And the surprises just keep coming. Alright, we've know about this one for eternity: Quantic Dream's divisive adventure Beyond: Two Souls is coming to the PlayStation 4. There's more, however: Heavy Rain will be joining it as part of a Blu-ray double pack. The downside is that it'll only be available in Europe, which is disappointing for our American readers, but kind of makes sense; our understanding is that both games sold much better in the Old World.
You'll be able to purchase each game individually from the PlayStation Store, so you won't necessarily need to be saddled with one or the other β we know that some of you hate Beyond: Two Souls, while others dislike Heavy Rain. The developer's actually changed the former, allowing you to play it in chronological order if you prefer; the original was presented as a series of out-of-sequence events, which wasn't necessarily to everyone's tastes.
Of course, you're free to complain about remasters in the comments section β especially after that Xbox backward compatibility bomb β but kudos to Sony for keeping this out of its press conference and revealing it as its own thing. Just another sign that it nailed virtually everything during its media briefing last night.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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YES I haven't played those 2 yet.
BTW...I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN LAST NIGHT DAMN YOU SONY TAKE ALL MY MONEY TAKE MY UNBORN CHILDREN TAKE EVERYTHING.
Really no need for this. I know I'm not forced into buying the games but I'd rather see new games, not touched up last gen games.
I'm upset it is EUROPE ONLY! I never played these games before.
I rather have remasters than 12 BC games..seriously, I was so excited about xbox BC until I just read its not compatible with every 360 game.
Oh and Fallout 4 mods aren't only on xbox and PC, so I guess I can stick with PS4 for now.
@stevie85 Don't worry, Quantic Dream's working on a new game for PS4.
If it comes in a Blu-ray pack, this American could just import it right, being PS4 is region free?
@Sonicfan11589 it's a bummer but you could always import, would probably still be cheaper than what we have to pay over here in the UK.
@Sir_JBizzle Yeah, you could import it.
@Sir_JBizzle I read its not region free but Pal only
@PoisonDwarf I'm pretty sure it will be region-free, as all PS4 games are. Do you have a link?
Doubt I'll pick up the double pack, but the ability to play Beyond in the correct order may tempt me back. I only got about half way through it previously before I gave up as jumping all over the timeline was doing my head in!! (Also I picked up GTA V meaning this got totally sidelined)
Well, I have both on PS3, so I'm good. Loved Beyond, btw.
Cool stuff, bargain bin material... loved both games.. but there are simply too many new games at the moment!
@get2sammyb there you go http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/06/16/heavy-rain-and-beyond-two-souls-are-coming-to-ps4/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
I've no issue with remakes and remasters...but I think they should at least stick to big iconic games, which in my opinion this isn't.
Hope this is released in NA as well. I would not get the bundle but being able to by them individually even if only digital is fine by me
Started a third playthrough of Beyond the other day. Must be fate. Day one for me
I don't really see much of a competition between remasters and backwards compatibilty. I have access to TLOU on PS3 thanks to a friend, but am actually not going to play it because I'm going to get the PS4 remaster when my gaming schedule gets a bit less packed. I don't think remasters are really aimed at people who have the PS3/360 but can't be bothered to plug it in, they're aimed at people who either didn't play them at all (the "get up to speed before U4 arrives" Uncharted Collection springs to mind) or who loved them so much they want the ultimate edition, like people buying Bluray versions of movies for films they have on DVD even though Bluray players can play DVDs. In either case, backwards compatibility is as irrelevant as a BD player's ability to play DVDs.
I don't have BTS or HR so this'll be a great chance to play them and see them at their best. I get the impression they're very much based around the graphics, both as a kind of tech demo but also because they're all about human interaction and relationships, so the great facial animations and stuff really add to that.
@PoisonDwarf It won't be PAL only, as PAL is a colour encoding system for analogue television - it's no longer relevant in the days of HDTVs and HDMI since these are digital signals. I suspect they are using the "PAL region" to indicate the countries that it will be released in officially, but there's no technical reason why you couldn't import to another country and use on a Playstation 4 there.
North America here, loved heavy rain, beyond two souls sucked, think it was the jumping around her lifetime that lost me
@stevie85 Because Sony didn't just announce The Last Guardian from Sony Japan Studio, Horizon from Guerrilla Games, and Dreams from Media Molecule last night. Also Quantic Dream is working on a new IP that we'll be seeing soon. Stop acting like remasters stop people from making new IP.
Looks like I will be importing this one. I have been wanting to play these two but since I don't have a PS3.
so will the digital be available on the north american psn? i absolutely adore heavy rain. probably more than beyond (though beyond is amazing aswell).
I love this developer and I'll be getting this double pack for sure. Loved Heavy Rain and I never got around to picking Beyond: Two Souls. I tried the demo and really enjoyed what I saw so I'll look forward to playing it through.
@stevie85 Judging by E3 we're getting plenty of new games.
Would have rather indigo prophecy(Fahrenheit for euros) and heavy rain, beyond was a weaker title.
@viciousarcanum I'm confused...in what way is paying import shipping cheaper than just buying the game directly in the UK? I've imported games from you guys before...it's EXPENSIVE because the pound is worth more than the dollar.
@Sonicfan11589 You missed out by exactly zero.
The precursor to these, Fahrenheit was great, these are a but crap to be honest.
Unless you like story driven games with terrible controls.
@Dohv Nobody is saying they don't. These projects are obviously outsourced to other devs. My point is there really is no need for these games on PS4. It's not as if they were heavily requested by fans.
Is it me or do the graphics look awful??
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