David Cage's uneven but interesting adventure Beyond: Two Souls is set to explore the otherworld on PlayStation 4 next week. Available from 24th November in North America and 26th November in Europe, the ambitious escapade will boast a bunch of improvements over its PlayStation 3 brother, including heavily enhanced visuals and the option to play through the campaign chronologically – once you've completed it as it was intended.
For those of you who don't know, the game stars Ellen Page as a troubled young lady named Jodie Holmes. Linked to a spiritual entity named Aiden, the plot goes some pretty bonkers places, but there are individual moments that are worth experiencing. Willem Dafoe also appears as Jodie's shrink, and both big name actors turn in impressive performances – in spite of the slightly shaky script.
The title will cost you £24.99/$29.99 from the PlayStation Store, and will be followed by Quantic Dream's other game Heavy Rain on 1st March in North America and 2nd March in Europe. A retail release will deploy in Europe only on 4th March, though if you do decide to go digital on Beyond: Two Souls, you'll be granted a discount on its predecessor. How many of you are planning to revisit these story-driven outings? Make the right decision in the comments section below.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via blog.eu.playstation.com]
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I liked Beyond my first go around but not enough to buy again. That said I'm tempted by Heavy Rain. I felt it was a much better game.
@Splat I feel like they've both got big problems but are both interesting enough to be worth playing. There are some brilliant "moments" in Beyond: Two Souls I think, it's just not quite sure what it wants to be.
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@get2sammyb Nightmare fuel
@get2sammyb Aiden Seek?
I really liked the game but yeah, played it and don't feel I need to play it again any time soon really. Good price for those who haven't played it already!
I was amazed by the visuals on PS3, more so than I've been by many PS4 games...
I purchased Heavy Rain but never got around to it, and I skipped Beyond because I was in full on PS4 hype mode. So I'll probably pick both of these up.
Wasn't Heavy Rain um, heavy, on Move support? Am I thinking of a different game? If I'm right, I wonder how they'll translate that.
@glassmusic PS Move does work with PS4, but not sure if they're included it in the port.
Loved it but no interest to go back until it hits the bargain bin.
o.k that's the most stupid thing I've ever heard, they make a decision based game play out of order which I thought was the worst design decision ever made in gaming... then they took the time an effort to arrange the game so it can be played chronologically, which I think would greatly improve the game for people who have not played it before but.... they make it so that you have to play it out of order first before unlocking the option to play chronologically... they outdid themselves with the bad design decisions
@DualWielding The ordering of the story was clearly a stylistic choice and how they intended for the game to be played. I know not everyone liked it, but I do think there was method behind the madness there, so I understand why they want people to experience as it was meant to be.
@get2sammyb A bit of advice please Sammy.
Beyond Two Souls or Life is Strange, which should I buy next?
@get2sammyb its a stylistic choice that makes no sense for this type of game... like when you spoilers play lot of scenes with her on the FBI and then you get to play the scene where she is asked whether she wants to join the FBI, the moment is totally ruined because you already know that no matter what you decide she still ends up with the FBI...
@DualWielding I believe it was an intentional choice to attempt to immerse the player and have them feel the same frustration as Jodie over the lack of control over her life. It was an important theme. Telling the story out of chronological order also allowed for the dev team to sprinkle in action and grand set pieces in places they wouldn't normally be in order to help the pacing. There is actually a video on YouTube that plays through the entire game in chronological order and the first like 3 hours of it are super boring because all of the big momemts happen much later in her life. So the game was never meant to be about choice but more about what it's like to be Jodie and live her messed up life.
@DualWielding I guess you never bought the Special Edition version of the film Memento?
@soracloud28 Very good!
@themcnoisy Hmm. I'd get Life Is Strange first.
@tabris95 Wow... great insight, I never thought of it this way...
I guess most gamers mindset had been framed that these adventure games must be player choices focused. Hence when their choices doesn't matter, they think the design is flawed...
Physical or bust.
I swore I wasn't buying any more digital "retail" games unless they've been on the store for a year (then I know it's not getting a physical version). And I stand by that.
@themcnoisy I agree with @get2sammyb, you should get Life Is Strange First.
Also, between Beyond and Heavy Rain, I'd play Heavy Rain first as I think the story is more engaging.
@get2sammyb @Jairo_MC Many thanks will pick it up later.
Another game to get before the year ends. After this game, I am set for the year and ready for the games of 2016.
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