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Beyond: Two Souls sales tops 1 million

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David Cage and Quantic Dreams’ emotional  tour de farce Beyond: Two Souls was one of the most disappointing experiences for me last year. It wasn’t terrible, but it just didn’t offer me anywhere near as good a time as Heavy Rain did. Mostly, it veered off into that poorly written sci-fi twaddle arena that Fahrenheit/The Indigo Prophecy did. That hasn’t stopped it from doing pretty well.

Over a million people have picked up the Ellen Page vehicle since its debut last year, one of the PlayStation 3’s last swansongs before the arrival of the PS4.

That’s according to Quantic Dreams’ co-president Guillaume de Fondaumière, who tweeted as much.

 

On top of that, over 70 000 copies of those were sold in France alone, which is pretty darned good for a little country.

 

My biggest problem with Beyond: Two Souls was that it’s story – the very thing a cinematic bit of interactive fiction like this is hinged on – was all over the place; a confused and jangled mess. It actually starts off well enough, but once that Navajo bit started, I knew it would soon descend into being twaddle.

And despite that all, I’m really looking forward to whatever it is Cage and Quantic have in store for the PS4 – provided Cage is actually able to hire some writers (or even better, an editor) who can rein his creative flights of fancy in a little.

Last Updated: January 13, 2014

17 Comments

  1. Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

    January 13, 2014 at 13:37

    Original unedited headline brought to you by the Department of Redundancy department.

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

      January 13, 2014 at 13:57

      hahaha. GG

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    • No Longer SIR Twakkus

      January 13, 2014 at 14:02

      Your Eduction hard at work I see 🙂

      Reply

  2. RinceThis2014

    January 13, 2014 at 13:41

    It’s beautiful! BEAUTIFUL! So much EMOTION! trololo

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  3. Hammersteyn

    January 13, 2014 at 13:41

    Your article “bettor” needs to be proofread a few times before posting.(Please don’t kill me)

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    • Kensei Seraph

      January 13, 2014 at 13:51

      Agrood.

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  4. Lord Chaos

    January 13, 2014 at 13:55

    I didn’t ever realize it came out.

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  5. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    January 13, 2014 at 13:55

    Beyond: 1 Million Souls

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      January 13, 2014 at 14:01

      disappointed..

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      • Hammersteyn

        January 13, 2014 at 14:02

        LOL

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      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 13, 2014 at 14:03

        BOOM!

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  6. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    January 13, 2014 at 13:57

    lol. Twaddle. I don’t know why but that word always makes me grin

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  7. Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

    January 13, 2014 at 14:09

    *knew

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  8. Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

    January 13, 2014 at 14:10

    Who is this Ellen Page person?

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    • ALKi1234

      January 13, 2014 at 16:49

      She won american idols i think
      .

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

        January 14, 2014 at 10:36

        So this game is about singing..?

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        • ChevronZa

          February 17, 2014 at 11:30

          Ellen Page is an Hollywood movie actress.

          I really enjoyed BTS though. Could not put it down.

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