Beyond the Movies - Beyond: Two Souls Reviewed

Post by Eorl @ 10:20am 13/10/13 | 11 Comments

Beyond: Two Souls is Quantic Dreams' latest venture into the interactive movie-like experience, blending Hollywood and gaming together to form what many hope to be a solid game experience with a high budget for detail. With David Cage at the helm and starring the Hollywood-experienced Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, could Beyond: Two Souls follow the success of Heavy Rain's interactive gaming successfully?

We enlisted supernaturel specialist Jickle to help us see just what his thoughts were on David Cage's latest movie-like experience, and whether it held a light up to previous installments from Quantic Dream.

David Cage may have succeeded at making his most cinematic game yet, but if I’d paid $8 to see Beyond on the cinema’s cheap day I would have walked out well before the credits rolled.

Check out his full review for more on Beyond: Two Souls.

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fryzeegunner
Posted 11:47am 13/10/13

oh wow

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Vash
Posted 12:05pm 13/10/13

Haha was about to buy this.
I wonder what he rated Heavy rain

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fencer
Posted 12:16pm 13/10/13

Nice review on the game Jickle. Real shame for the makers of the game they got lost in style over gameplay.

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fryzeegunner
Posted 12:24pm 13/10/13

I loved heavy rain so much. So i was very tempted to buy this. Now i'll wait for the bargain bin.

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Jickle
Posted 12:29pm 13/10/13

I liked Heavy Rain, more or less. The plot holes were enormous, the writing and performances weren't great, the twist was unearned...but it remained oddly compelling throughout, it made the mundane interesting, and the challenges you were issued throughout were a good idea. I didn't love it, but I also didn't hate it.

(I accidentally submitted a similar commment anonymously a moment ago so if another comment pops up below echoing this one, that's why)

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Khel
Posted 01:25pm 13/10/13

Definitely a very polarising game, looking at metacritic there's plenty of glowing reviews with high scored but plenty of not-so-good scores too. Seems very subjective, more so even than your average game.

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Ross
Posted 05:28pm 13/10/13

This game was awesome!

Read first few paragraphs of s***** self indulgent review. I liked southland tales :(

last edited by Ross at 17:28:12 13/Oct/13

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Phooks
Posted 10:25pm 13/10/13

Great and refreshingly honest review Jickle, but it doesn't read well. You (and your editor?) really need to speak in more simple terms, and spell things out more clearly. Try using less flowery language in places that don't need it, don't throw 5 different concepts into one/two sentences and dear god use less commas! :)

I can see where you're coming from though, videos of the gameplay seem awfully restrictive even when compared to heavy rain. It demands your empathy through the story, but never immerses you in the characters/world because of the limited mechanics..

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gab4moi
Posted 10:54pm 13/10/13

A bit hard to take the review as a guide to my possible experience, given my diametrically opposite taste in the media referred to in the intro... Spring Breakers, Jees Louise...

Still, given my slavish devotion to all things Ms Page, I don't think I really have a choice!

... and if she reads this, beware Jickle, she may lay the Hard Candy smackdown upon thee! ;)

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Zapo
Posted 08:08am 14/10/13

I just finished it this morning, would I give it a 2.5/10, probably not - I think that's a bit harsh. I enjoyed the game, but certainly not as much as Heavy Rain. Without going back and playing the game a second time, I do agree that there seemed to be few choices in the game that had a really meaningful impact on what was happening.

You didn't mention it in your review (or if you did I missed it) but there is co-op in the game, and it does accommodate those who really don't play many if any games.

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Ross
Posted 07:42pm 14/10/13

I should say I played it through co-op as well. Probably made it heaps better.

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