Whatever anyone says, but it turned out to be another exciting adventure from David Cage, the creator of such games as Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. His games have the appearance of the gaming industry. "Fahrenheit" was a breakthrough in the genre of interactive cinema in its time. It had high-quality implementation of both variability and an exciting plot. Heavy rain finally won my heart, that I did not calm down until I walked it along and across to see all the possible endings. Only it impressed me.

Beyond Two Souls is a great game that brought me a lot of bright emotions. And during the entire test, it was required that it last as long as it was possible to linger. Not only the plot hooked me, but also the little things filled with a well-known story. The plot is built around a girl named Jodie, played by Ellen Page. In my opinion, she did it perfectly. And she managed to convey all the accompanying characters 100 percent.

The game has collected a lot of cool things. There is a gripping plot and excellent graphics. Interesting gameplay (interactive cinema, diluted with action), cool characters and their dialogues, and even the secondary ones were worked out. Special awards are given to those who found themselves in the center of the plot. The work of William Dafoe and Ellen Page. They gave it all. At some point, you even forget that you are playing a game, and not watching a movie...

The plot revolves around Jodie (Ellen Page), and we go through her entire path of development with her. Starting from her childhood, ending with her growing up. She is not an ordinary girl at all, because she has to live with Aiden (spirit), who lives inside her. From birth, he is always there, or rather is a part of her, since he is in an advantageous position with her. Moreover, he has supernatural abilities, one of which is telekinesis and affects other people. As it usually happens, other people became interested in this goal and wanted to use it for their own purposes. And then the idea of ​​having two souls in one body changes the gameplay in an unusual way, because you can always switch from Jodie to Aiden. And he leaves his body, for example, he can open a closed door from the back, passing through. Or create a danger ahead in advance, for example, armed opponents and neutralize them. Or even take control of one of them, and then neutralize the rest of the enemies with it, who are completely unexpected. A share of mysticism also makes the plot even more interesting. I have never regretted that I decided to play, and now I want to replay it, delving into the details.

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Healing my inner teenager by playing all the games I would watch on youtube. The graphics and story are definetely something you have to play yourself. Thank you for creating such an amazing game.

Great game but the mouse and keyboard controls are nearly unplayable. Get a controller before you attempt to play it.

I am Quantic Dream fan since Fahrenheit, after I played it I fell in love with narrative games and couldn't wait for more similar games. Heavy Rain came out after some time and again I enjoyed it very much but it had flaws. And then Beyond Two Souls have been released. Wow I loved everything about this game, it's hard to find to say anything bad about it.

Beyond Two Souls tells a story of Jodie and her entity Aiden. Don't expect realism here, it's kinda similar to Life is Strange 2 in some way or Fahrenheit. A girl with supernatural power. Aiden is always with her, he doesn't leave her, he protects her and even lets her see souls and past events. In her childhood Jodie was taken by the scientists to do tests and experiments and her life has been a real roller coaster. No need to talk about the story much because of spoilers on every step so you need to experience it yourself.

The game has two known faces – Ellen Paige as Jodie and Willem Dafoe as doctor Dawkins. So you can expect a much higher quality than previous games.

Gameplay is as usual in that kind of game. You control the character, in this case Jodie and Aiden, interact with various items, people etc., talk with people and explore a bit. When controling Aiden you either help Jodie by protecting her or clearing the path or you wreak havoc and sometimes even annoy Jodie. Gameplay is nothing revolutionary but it's executed perfectly.
The pacing is great, some chapters are calm where you do some everyday stuff, some are full action and some tell a nice little sub-story.

This game really shines like no other when it comes to environments. There are so many of them and every area is highly detailed. The smallest details are there. Forests, facilities, snow, desert, home, it has everything. Some chapters are short, some could last an hour. Even if the chapter takes 15 minutes to complete you get to explore the whole area. I can't believe these developers spent time on modeling everything knowing that the player will spend 15 minutes in that area and many probably won't even explore everything. That's what I call dedication.

There's a lot to see and experience, laugh, revenge, death, love and so on. You get to see the whole life of Jodie since when she was just few years old. Her childhood, her teenage years, her first love. The game will take you through all the most important phases of her weird life. And at every stage of her life she's modeled differently, different clothes, different hairstyle, sure these are small detail but they're so nice to have. You'll see how hard it is for her to be different, how hard the life could be, how ugly the war is and much more.
Characters you see the most are obviously Jodie and Dawkins but you meet new people who appear in some chapters and experience their little stories sometimes forgetting that you're playing Beyond Two Souls.

I must say some scenes feel very similar to Life is Strange 2. I don't know if it's a coincidence or DontNod took some inspiration from this game. Play both and you'll certainly notice three chapters are very similar.

A huge improvement compared to Heavy Rain is camera. It's not completely fixed anymore. Sometimes you can move camera almost freely, sometimes only look to one side or another a bit. This makes moving easier and you stuck in a loop of going forward/backwards less often. It still might happen but nothing too bad. Many areas are much bigger too, some even creating an illusion of small open world.

Another changed aspect are the controls. While many actions require you to press buttons like in other QD games, action scenes take slightly different approach. Some people might not understand how controls work in action scenes because sometimes it's counter intuitive. I've seen some confusion in comments etc. but it's pretty simple. Just pay some attention in training chapter! It's there for a reason. You don't get button prompts, instead time slows down and you need to flick the right stick in the right direction. It doesn't literally tell you which way, you need to watch Jodie and flick it at the right time to the side Jodie, her arms or legs are moving. Pretty simple when you understand it and I love it. Of course it could be challenging but that's where the fun is. Nothing is perfect, even best UFC fighters get punched in the face, so here it's the same.
If you don't like that you can choose easy mode where qte's and action scenes are easier.

There's also coop mode and remix mode. I suggest avoiding remix mode where chapters go in chronological order and play the game in original mode.

Now onto the technical side. This is a technical marvel considering it ran on PS3. I know this version is improved but still, this game looks good even by today's standards, not even talking about animations. Character models are so good that it looks better than majority of current gen games. Graphics are greatly improved compared to Heavy Rain. Graphics are better in every way. Much improved hair, environments have much more detail, even better animations and much better facial animations. When characters are talking or doing something it feels so natural, almost as if you're watching a movie.
Weirdly it has native ultrawide support. Don't know if it's intentional or not but it's weird because Detroit doesn't have it.
The game is unfortunately locked to 60fps. It's fine, but unlocked framerate would be appreciated.
They even added such a minor steam feature like when you play the game your friends can see in which chapter you are.
Game runs on 60fps steadily for me on 3700x, 2070s, 32gb at 3440x1440.

Sound design is done perfectly too. Voice acting is like day and night compared to previous games. Voice acting means a lot in this kind of game so I really appreciate that developers decided to go this more expensive and more complicated path. Thank you.
Soundtrack? Again it's great. It's a blockbuster movie quality soundtrack. Music lets you feel more connected to what is happening on screen and lets you immerse into Jodie's world even more.

This game is a masterpiece in my opinion. Must play for every fan of the genre. Sure it's not realistic, it's like a Holywood blockbuster. It has improved a lot since the last game and in some areas even surpasses Detroit. Great variety in chapters, environments, characters, good main story and on top you get some good little stories of different people or families. Great graphics and sound, filled with action scenes and of course you never get tired of seeing that cute face of Ellen Paige.

EDIT: Yes i know it's Elliot now. That doesn't change anything.

Pros

• Great story
  
• Good sub-stories
  
• Outstanding graphics
  
• Good pacing&gameplay
  
• Action scenes are extremely fun
  
• Very good voice acting
  
• Good soundtrack
  
• Enormous variety in environments

Cons

• Locked to 60fps

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⚖️ Grade = B. Worth a buy, if you enjoy a Blockbuster movie with options. However, if you're looking for more user friendly option, it doesn't have

✔️ Cinematic scenes
✔️ Supernatural Abilities (list in compliments section)
✔️ Long hour content
✔️ Many possible ending
✔️ Proceed without any guide or map
❌ Fast forward on completed scene
❌ Customization
❌ Score/Time Attack for replay value

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🕘 2013: Game released on PS3
🕘 2015: Game released on PS4
🕘 2020: Game released on steam
🕘 2021: Love the demo and buy instantly
🕘 15 hours later: Demo was better than the full game 😩

🔊 Keyboard and mouse controls are not good
🔊 Coop mode is require keyboard mouse with controller
🔊 Coop mode is require switch character in order to play accordingly
🔊 Full version campaign doesn't progress in a normal sequence
🔊 Original order = Play the plot back and forth (very confusing)
🔊 Remixed order = Play the plot in chronological order
🔊 Advanced Experiments = Puzzle in the white rooms by rooms
🔊 F r e e_to_play_demo available
🔊 Demo progress will not sync after purchase
🔊 Full version is less exciting than demo gameplay
🔊 Community Rating: Very Positive

⚠️ Controls are garbage ➜ Not happen in the demo, but happen on the full version 😩
⚠️ Feel clunky and cumbersome ➜ Kinda true in some situation
⚠️ Don't buy unless you have a controller ➜ Some people struggling playing with keyboard+mouse, but not everyone

💎 Provide alternative cutscene if make decision differently
💎 Notify undiscover decision making
💎 Display global percentage of decision made
💎 7 Supernatural Abilities
💎 24 different endings

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This game is that type of games which you after the ending will say ''Wish my memory would erase to play this game again'' :)

Best Ellen Page simulator on Steam.

Edit: Update, this is a Non Binary Elliot Page simulator now.

being homeless a major part of my life, this game made me cry.

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☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Dialogue }---
☑ Deserves an Oscar
☐ Great
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☐ 404 Dialogue not found

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Significant, nothing but a big terrarium for bugs
☐ Call the exterminators

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