#Beyond two souls like other girl full#
The player has full control of Jodie’s movement, but she’ll handle differently depending on the context: During the forest sequence she rockets about in a desperate sprint later, just prior to stealing the motorcycle, she slinks about with a stealthy stoop. I wouldn’t be surprised if the game’s next showing focuses on a quieter moment, one more in line with the very beginning of the E3 demo, which finds Aiden toying with a selection of the train’s confused passengers.įirst things first: If you just said, “BUT QUANTIC DREAM DOESN’T DO GAMEPLAY!”, do me a favour and poke yourself in the eye.Īs you might expect, Jodie and Aiden have very different ways of interacting with their environments – and as Jodie’s means seem closer to the format of Heavy Rain, we’ll look at her first.īroadly speaking, it seems that much of Heavy Rain’s controls have been retained. At any rate, it’s interesting to consider that Beyond might offer more in the way of lengthy, sustained scenes, rather than the bite-sized chunks we saw in Heavy Rain.ĭavid Cage was also keen to point out that this action-heavy scenario is not typical of Beyond as a whole.
The whole chase was also seemed longer and more gruelling than any one chapter in Heavy Rain then again, as there are no other characters to switch to, you could argue that what we’re seeing here is several chapters seamlessly stitched together. Heavy Rain’s louder moments tended to occur at the end of scenes, acting like a miniature finale, but here the action is the meat of the experience. While Heavy Rain certainly had its fair share of action sequences, there was nothing comparable to this extended, Blockbuster-like set-piece. A stolen motorbike helps to crank up the pace towards the end of the demo, leading to the dramatic climax – an explosive stand-off in the streets of a small town, with Aiden taking down an entire army of SWAT officers. There’s only a moment’s pause before the police catch up, resulting in a Fugitive-like chase through the trees, with a trio of dogs hot on Jodie’s trail. The cops pursue Jodie through several carriages and even along the train’s rain-swept roof, ending with our girl making a desperate leap into the unknown, protected by Aiden. The episode begins with our pair aboard a train which is subsequently boarded by the police. The E3 demo seems to take place in a Twin Peaks-like setting – think dark forests and industrial hamlets – and takes the form of a lengthy chase sequence. Naturally we only have a limited amount to work with at this stage. Given that the 15-year timeframe, this means that we could see Jodie at the age of 29 (if 14 is the youngest we age at which we meet her) or as young as 6 (if 21 is the oldest).Ĭage has repeatedly hinted that Beyond’s story may stretch into the afterlife – but only if the player makes the right choices. A younger actress will provide vocals during the earlier stages of her life Cage mentioned that at least one scene will portray Jodie at 14. In the E3 demo, Jodie is 21 years old and is voiced by Juno star Ellen Page.
In what we’ve seen so far, Aiden seems to act like an unseen bodyguard, though Jodie also clearly finds their relationship to be difficult at times. A Donnie-Darko-like umbilical cord prevents Aiden from straying too far from Jodie, and as the plot spans a 15-year period – including Jodie’s childhood – it seems that the two have spent a long time in each other’s company. While Aiden’s relationship with Jodie hasn’t been explicitly explained, it’s clear that the two have an important link. Beyond: Two Souls, by contrast has a much tighter narrative focus – following a gifted young girl Jodie Holmes, and a mysterious poltergeist-like presence that goes by the name of Aiden (not Ivan, as I originally misheard one American journalist I spoke to swore that the spirit was called “Mom”.) Heavy Rain put us in the shoes of four different characters whose paths only intersected at set points in the story. So, having seen the first extended demo of the game, here are my initial impressions of how Beyond: Two Souls compares to Quantic Dream’s last release, Heavy Rain. It’s safe to say that the game’s initial appearance at Sony’s conference was somewhat perplexing, but I was lucky enough to score a place at one of Cage’s behind-closed-doors demos. After months of rumour and speculation, David Cage has finally revealed Beyond: Two Souls.
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