There have been rumours of David Cage's most recent emotional escapade Beyond: Two Souls getting the next-gen treatment for quite some time now. First, a rather suspicious input code was uncovered, and then a Swiss online store posted a listing for the title, even going so far as to include some swanky new cover art.
And now, achievement tracking site Exophase has apparently unearthed even more evidence, in the form of a list of PlayStation 4 trophies for the game. The site takes its data directly from the PlayStation Network, so presumably there's some credence to this claim. However, as always, it's probably best to take this news with a hearty pinch of salt.
Regardless, we reckon that this is exactly the sort of title that deserves the upgrade treatment. Would you give Beyond: Two Souls another shot, or was one emotional rollercoaster more than enough? Make a life-changing decision in the comments section below.
[source polygon.com, via exophase.com]
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So many titles worthy of a remaster/next get port and they pick this one?
Well you're playing with my emotions!
"Regardless, we reckon that this is exactly the sort of title that deserves the upgrade treatment." Oh Push Square.
the game has graphics, and that's what people want of their next gen consoles... from a marketing point of view it makes a lot of sense to make this game available on PS4.
With that said, the game kinda sucked I hope if they rerelease it they offer an option to play the story linearly, that would really improve the game
@DualWielding @Punished_Boss To be clear, I personally didn't like Beyond: Two Souls at all. I just figured that it's the sort of game that people who've upgraded to a PS4 from an Xbox 360 are likely to want access to - since it's one of the "big" Sony exclusives. I didn't make that particularly clear in the article, though.
@k_andersen Big? Hmmm I don't know whether to forgive you or throw pies at you!
@Punished_Boss Hence the heavily sarcastic quotation marks
I wouldn't mind trying it, so I kinda welcome this.
Could've been grand, but Cage really dropped the ball here. Shame as I absolutely loved Heavy Rain! Tbh I'd much rather see that get all tarted up in next gen graphics, that would be worth going back for!
Only the graphics get my attention. Story / setting don't appeal to me so I don't think I'd be interested.
I really enjoyed, it wasn't a great game but a solid 8, its obvious that all the new kids to PS will maybe want this, why not. They could do some interesting stuff with the dualshock 4...
I know people like to criticise the amont of ports from last year's games to next gen (with merit in some parts, it should be said) but is it really any different then when retail games got rereleased as "GOTY or "Definitive Editions" it's not taking away development of other games in terms of resources. It's like I said, publishers want to make back as much money as possible, chances are Sony won't be finished yet cos there's still rumours of GoW Ascenstion & Puppteer, plus an Uncharted collection is all but certain.
Nothing against Ellen, she's great. I just find this funny.
I would definetly buy this game.
I'm hoping QD reveal their new game they r working on at the same time they announce this remastered. I think it would make sense.
@adf86 Yes, it's different. Sony has PS Now if they want to charge people to play older titles (rather than make it free through backwards compatibility), so there's no reason to remaster these games other than getting people to pay near full price for them. Also, Beyond: Two Souls, Tomb Raider (2013), The Last of Us, and GTA V are not old games. They don't need the upgrade.
They should have pick Heavy Rain instead of Beyond Two Souls.
Not only is Heavy Rain a better game it's also older than Beyond Two Souls
http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2856-Beyond-Two-Souls
There is already a Trophy list for the PS4 version
I can see this working as a next gen release, and sell.
Personally, I enjoyed it, there were some great moments, but also many flaws and yes I finished feeling like the game had let em down. Not because it was bad (its not), but because with some simple changes, it could have been so much more.
Just a couple of examples, the sequence of memory was silly, and just confusing. It needed a central story-line and then flashbacks, rather than the endless jumping around. I also think that the game lacked puzzles. There were there in places, but not enough. If there is no game over screen, then there still needs to be a challenge to move forward. In some parts there was no challenge at all.
If David Cage is doing this, then I hope he takes the opportunity to do Beyond 2.0. Because some simple tweaks could transform the game from patchy to great, in my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed Heavy Rain much more.
Maybe a bundle would be better. Heavy Rain & Beyond Two Souls on one disk would make more sense I would think. Two Sony exclusives a lot of people missed out on. Price it for around £40 and you've got yourself a bargain. I doubt many would find a reason to complain about that remaster.
@Storytime7 Ideally PS Now would be the answer but the tech just isn't there for a lot of people. There are other reasons to consider why some companies especially Sony are rereleasing last year's games (other then the financial rewards). Naughty Dog devs have been very vocal after porting TLOU about vital data they accumulated with the PS4 dev kits that it will greatly benefit the making of Uncharted 4. While some publishers of course are rereleasing these games just to make a quick buck cough Sleeping Dogs cough they can (If done properly) be beneficial to everyone.
been meaning to get this, glad it's coming to PS4
I have not play this yet. Definitely welcome it to PS4.
I've still never played this or Heavy Rain, but might pick it up eventually, once it's a "bargain deal" game ($30 New on Amazon etc)
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