Beyond: Two Souls

David Cage's best "interactive drama" experiment to date comes to PS4 in better shape than ever.

Beyond: Two Souls feels like a Frankenstein creature; a television show with interactivity jammed in for the sake of it.

Beyond: Two Souls is strange game that isn't quite sure what it wants to be. There are moments where the title pushes boundaries and attempts things that most developers wouldn't even care to try, but the plotting is uneven and the more touching sequences are undone by prolonged periods of outright idiocy. Ellen Page is excellent throughout and the presentation is staggering on the PS4 – it's just best to know what you're getting into before venturing headfirst into the Infraworld.

Beyond: Two Souls was a great narrative driven experience that plays beautifully on the PC platform as a definitive release.

While the story may be interesting at times, the sheer weight of the game’s writing issues really bring down the experience. From the heavy reliance on plot conveniences to the overly ambitious nature of the game’s storyline, there’s simply too many issues to warrant recommending it. It may have gotten a gameplay upgrade over Heavy Rain, but unfortunately that’s not enough to carry the story.

Despite being a game of ambitious proportions with the visual appeal and an intriguing plot, Beyond: Two Souls falls short of fully living up to the expectations with unintuitive gameplay segments, anti-climatic choices and some poorly developed characters that don't fully relate to players.

If you’re a fan of Beyond: Two Souls and want to revisit its world, this is easily the best way to do it. The visuals look superb and the new additions are welcome. However, age hasn’t been kind to Beyond: Two Souls’ story. Without the innovative glean that made this game so unique, Beyond is a poorly written experience that lacks player engrossment. It feels like David Cage’s attempt at directing a movie and, sadly, a tacky one at that.

Beyond Two Souls is a mixed game, with many elements of the story amounting to binary choices, some aspects of the narrative being poorly fleshed out and gameplay regularly amounting to choosing whether to be terrible or not. At the same time though, there are enough satisfying moments that provoke empathy for Paige's character and moral quandary to intrigue and entertain those drawn to coming of age stories and tales of the supernatural.

If you’ve never played Beyond: Two Souls before and fancy sitting down with something that tells an interesting story and doesn’t require too much effort to play, you’d be wise to give it a go.

Heavy Rain is perfect game as a PlayStation 3 classic. And now PC port looks good and works smoothly.