Meanwhile, Heavy Rain is a crime story about a father trying to save his son from a serial killer. The decision to motion capture famous Hollywood actors for the game was a somewhat controversial one, exacerbated by an exploit discovered by players which allowed them to control the game’s camera during a shower scene in which Page’s character, Jodie, was nude. Gaming websites starting posting the lewd. While the video game is animated and Page provides the voice of the game, the likeness of the character is modeled after Page, so nude images within the game make it look as if it is her. However, in Beyond: Two Souls you can also play portions as Aiden, and behave much like a poltergeist, knocking things over and causing trouble.Įllen Page and Willem Defoe star as Jodie and her pseudo-father figure respectively. Beyond: Two Souls actress Ellen Page may be suing Sony for including realistic nude depictions of her in the game. There are quicktime events and exploration sequences in the third person. The gameplay is typical to other Quantic Dream games like Heavy Rain. The player doesn’t know at first what he is and why he and Jodie are linked, but their relationship is central to the game’s story. Includes the “Enhanced Experiments” DLC.īeyond: Two Souls is a game about a young girl named Jodie who has a psychic connection to a strange entity named Aiden.Increased difficulty in certain fight scenes, combined with improved controls for action sequences.You can now play the game in chronological order right from the start.Decisions are highlighted at the end of each scene and compared with those made by other players.The game also makes use of the DualShock 4 speaker to improve immersion when playing as the Entity.
Heavy Rain won’t make it to the console until March 1, 2016, but if you buy Beyond: Two Souls now you can buy Heavy Rain at a discount.īeyond: Two Souls was almost eerily beautiful when it was originally released in 2013, but it is getting further graphical upgrades for the PS4. Starting on November 24, Beyond: Two Souls will be available for a heavily discounted $29.99. PlayStation has confirmed that David Cage’s Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain are both on their way to the PlayStation 4.