Can Beyond: Two Souls Bring Back the Magic?

19th June, 2 replies

Beyond: Two Souls, Quantic Dream

Heavy Rain may not be the most “gamey” game in existence but it was still quite a bit of fun. There were quite a few choices that were gut wrenching at the time, even if they were largely meaningless when you look back on it. Beyond: Two Souls is Quantic Dream's next take on story telling in gaming and I was curious to see how they'd make it work.

One of the best parts about Heavy Rain was that, with multiple characters, failure and even death could be part of the narrative instead of just a death screen before going back to the checkpoint. This made scenes more exciting because you knew if you screwed up the QTEs enough you could die and not be given a second chance for that character. With Beyond: Two Souls only having one character it seems like a bit of that tension may be gone this time around, but at least the demo showed me that the gameplay has certainly been refined...

Source:

gamrreview.com/preview/90218/…

Around the Network

2 COMMENTS
Reply

Related Brainwaves

Trending Articles

  • 6th January

    Best RPG of 2014

    When it comes to video games with deep stories, huge open worlds, and complex battle systems, nothing comes close to the RPG. Few genres are more diverse...

  • 21st September

    Rumour: New Planet Found in Destiny's Source Code

    Gamers have found a new player vs player playlist and a new planet buried in Destiny's source code. The playlist is called Tales of Osiris and will take...

  • 5th November

    Fallout: Shadow of Boston Trademarked

    Fallout: Shadow of Boston and Fallout: The Ultimate Collection trademarks have been filed at the German patent office. The Office for Harmonization in...

  • 18th June

    Miyamoto says "He feels that he has made a bad game"

    Legendary Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told Kotaku that he feels that he made a bad game. Shigeru Miyamoto is famous for games like Metroid, Star...

  • 21st January

    Rumor - Durango (Xbox 720) Specs Unveiled

    As we promised during the weekend in the next weeks we will unveil Durango and Orbis. All the technical info you want to know about the next generation...

  • 25th July

    No cutscenes or story in Super Smash Bros. Wii U?

    The next installment of the Super Smash Bros series is in development. Ever since a few days ago, people were excited to see it. Now, fans of the series...