Called Aiden and independent of thought, his inexplicable appearance at birth sees Jodie going into the care of the Department of Paranormal Activity (DPA), who are researching the apparition’s behaviour. Taking place over approximately twenty years, Beyond: Two Souls tells the story of a young girl named Jodie Holmes who is born with a spirit tethered to her. However, when Beyond allows you to engage with its world and its characters, just like Heavy Rain before it, it becomes one of the most engrossing gaming experiences, and may even change opinions on what Cage is attempting to achieve.
I say “viewer” rather than “player”, simply because there are definitely points in Beyond: Two Souls where you’re a passive participant, which, of course, is a common thread in the studio’s titles. But as one of the main proponents for more emotional narrative in video games, writer David Cage isn’t just going to serve up explosions and fight scenes, and over-saturate the viewer with violence. The next logicial step for the developer was to cast two big Hollywood stars in the primary roles of its PlayStation 3 swansong and see out the generation with some science-fiction bombast. French developers Quantic Dream have embraced this ever since their 2005 release Fahrenheit, and then went further with the divisive Heavy Rain. Cinema’s influence on video games has grown exponentially over the course of the past ten years.
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