Next week, PlayStation 4 players will get sapped in the face with more digital emotion than they can handle. The PlayStation blog has announced that Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls – David Cage’s weird, sometimes creepy digital shrine to Ellen Page – will be available for you to download.
It’s a pretty good game, and is graphically rather impressive – but in my opinion, it veers off the deep end towards it conclusion – and never quite has the emotional gravitas that David Cage intends it to.
In my review, I said that the game had a certain flair, but probably needed to be on next gen system to be fully appreciated. Willem Dafoe needs all that power.
“While Cage’s writing may be suspect, his keen eye for visuals is appreciable. He certainly has an incredible talent for cinematography, and some of what you’ll see in Beyond is downright mesmerising. He’s equally adept at creating moods, and fuelling tension – but I really wish he’d reign it in, open up and let somebody else in on his editorial process. His ambitious stories are always always let down by circumstantial irregularities and plot holes you could fit entire solar systems into.
Much noise has been made about the game’s extensive motion capture – and for the most part it’s incredible, with the system capturing every nuance of the actors’ performances. At least, when it comes to Jodie and Nathan, that is. Side characters often lack the same fidelity and detail and range of facial expression, creating quite a disconnect. Animation though, is still not quite there, so the game tumbles in and out of the uncanny valley, making the juxtaposition of realistic movement on what looks like puppetry quite jarring. It’s still one of the best looking games on any console right now, though if you stare at it for long enough, the cracks appear, and the need for next-gen becomes all too apparent.”
Well, it’s finally going to be available on new consoles, so we’ll get to see how much of an improvement it really is.
Here’s what sets it apart from the old-gen version. It’ll be available on the PlayStation store for $29.99, with no indication of its local price just yet.
- Enhanced 1080p graphics including motion blur, bloom and depth of field effects, as well as improved lighting and shadows. The game also makes use of the DualShock 4 speaker to improve immersion when playing as the Entity.
- Decisions are highlighted at the end of each scene and compared with those made by other players.
- You can now play the game in chronological order right from the start – a much requested feature in the PS3 version!
- Increased difficulty in certain fight scene, combined with improved controls for action sequences.
- Includes the “Enhanced Experiments” DLC.
Quantic Dream’s better PlayStation 3 game, Heavy Rain is coming to the Ps4 in March next year, and there’ll be a retail pack which includes both games. I can’t recommend buying that though, because nobody can handle all of that emotion.
Last Updated: November 20, 2015
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 08:54
Press X to Ellen
HairyEwok
November 20, 2015 at 08:57
Yeaaaahhh, looks way too much like Ellie, or wait is the game actually about Ellen?
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:06
Not about, but starring yeah.
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:35
Never saw the resemblance.. Maybe a tad in the hair… But thats about it!
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:06
Beyond two shits, I give not.
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 09:12
http://i.memeful.com/media/post/ewYKnPR_700wa_0.gif
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:15
Tehehehehe But I am David Cage, I am the emotion!
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:15
And something put a ring on that?!
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 09:17
Two goats and a calf
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:18
lol
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 09:26
Yeah, you prefer souls in quantity
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:41
Oi!
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:36
Yea, the game was underwhelming and the narrative broken as shit. 10/10 would not bang.. AGAIN!
Umar
November 20, 2015 at 09:07
This game gave me emotion sickness. I don’t think I can handle a David Cage game about emotions.
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:41
This game gave me buyers remorse.. Was nothing what Cage boasted it would be. It’s linear at best! heck even ME 3’s choices had more impact than this turd of a game had in the end!
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 09:14
I missed this on PS3 is it any good worth a pick up or not?
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2015 at 09:16
I’ll wait for a sale. $30 is still too much especially with the Rand being equal to rot
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 09:23
cool will check it out eventually too broke now anyways plus Fallout 4;)
RinceThis
November 20, 2015 at 09:16
Yeah, it’s a ‘press X for next part of story’ but apparently not a bad one. A bit contrived, but that’s David Cage for you.
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:43
It doesnt hold a candle to Heavy Rain though.. Even with Heavy Rain’s …mehh… VA, its still a much better story than this wanna be Momento crap.
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:41
I dunno.. If the PS4 had BC you could’ve gotten it for like R150. But hey, BC is shit, right?
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 11:44
Hahah zing hey!! Yes BC is shit and I am standing by it!!!
V@mp
November 20, 2015 at 09:30
okay, so can we officially just rename this “next gen” to “remastered gen” and get it over with?
Marcus
November 20, 2015 at 09:32
How dare you, you sly muggle!!! Come here with reasonable and logical thinking! Gone with yha!!!
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:44
*Clears thought*
Typical fanboy retort:
“They repackaged the game to run at 1080P and 60fps.. That makes it basically a whole new game! Plus I never owned a PS3, so its basically a whole new game too ME…. DURKA DURKA!”
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:33
Who needs BC?!?! Its all about the new games!” Sees Beyond two souls for PS4* “Oh, I never owned a PS3 before I better buy this!”. Ignorance is bliss…
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 11:44
BC is for fools! TM
WitWolfy
November 20, 2015 at 11:56
I quoted you on this before I saw you actually asking the exact question I quoted. 😉
DR Who se MOER!
Nikola
November 20, 2015 at 11:59
Hahahaha:)