Beyond: Two Souls

a mess,,, no other way to describe it.

Beyond: Two Souls
✪ {ᏚᏟᏫᏒᎬ : 6.1}
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🝰 | 𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶𝚂

• Story : 4.3
~ it had some really good moments, like some of the chapters were good on their own, but most of them felt so disjointed from each other. It failed to be anything as a whole story. felt so overly exaggerated at too many times. had loads of cliche plot twists, and was way too all over the place and shallow.
𐄁 Characters : 4.6
~ only some of them were well put together, most were so hollow and had really cliche character arches, even the main character had those moments.
𐄁 Acting : 7.4
𐄁 Pacing : 6.4

• Atmosphere : 7.5
𐄁 Immersion : 6.2
~ the first couple of hours started very immersive, but idk, as it went on it just went downhill.
𐄁 Intensity : 8.2
~ sometimes it got pretty intense [tho fake]. the qtes keep you on your towes, and the first time you play it makes you think it could all go tits up. That also kinda dropped, probably because it got too repetitive.

• Gameplay;
𐄁 Movement : 6.3
𐄁 Level Design : 5.4
𐄁 Difficulty : Easy
𐄁 Choices : 3.3
~ your choices make a disappointingly very low impact, if any at all. at max, they might get you a slightly different cutscene, but after the end of the chapter nothing has changed.
even on qtes, when you'd fail them, tho so hard to fail, most of the time nothing would happen, or maybe aiden would save you. Your actions have no consequences, plot armor at it's finest. It's so funny how failproof it all is and how it always circles back to the same thing. I mean at that point why even give me choices?
the only time your choices actually do anything is at the very end, yet all the endings are so fucking cliche that make you want to bite your controller. tho the zoey ending was alright.
oh and yeah, i hate how it keeps pushing you to romanticly engage with the guy who you've already rejected 296153 times before, or with the guy you've literally just met, which you only get the choice to whether kiss him or weirdly hug him. like dude, am i playing a dating sim or something? XD
𐄁 QTEs : 7.3
~ i don't mind the frequency of the qtes, i think it's neccessary in these types of games to help keep the controller in your hand and make you feel like youre doing something. but like in combat, sometimes it wasn't at all obvious which direction you're supposed to pull. an arrow would help.
𐄁 interactive mechanics : 6.0

• Visuals : 8.2
~ it's inconsistant but still very good for a PS3 game.
𐄁 Textures & Models : 8.5
𐄁 Lighting : 7.4
𐄁 Small Details : 4.6
𐄁 Cinematography : 7.4
• Environment Design : 6.3


• Animations : 8.5
𐄁 Movement Animations : 8.6
~ i really liked that they made several different animation packs for different scenarios, it really helps with the immersion.
𐄁 Facial Animations : 8.4
~ sometimes it feels perfect, and sometimes good, but not that great.

• SoundTrack : 8.2
~ pretty good, but alot of the times when it felt like it needed some music it was absent.
• Sound Design : 7.3

• Performance : ￪￪￪

⎆ 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝚂⬎
𐄁 Replayability : 2.6
𐄁 Innovation : -
𐄁 Accessibility : -
𐄁 Setting Options : -
𐄁 Extras : ✓
~ i love that there were concept arts and behind the scenes. i love seeing the making of games.
𐄁 Trophies : 4.2
~ hate it when games make you redo the same boring thing a million times, I'd much rather have to do something very challenging.
It also when it forces you to play with 2 controllers :)

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？| 𝚀𝚄𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂

𐄁 Do i recommend this game? yes, tho it's far from flawless, i liked it at times.
𐄁 Did it meet my expectations? I mean i had already seen sean play it so i knew what to expect.

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〄 | 𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽

- Platforms : YouTube, PS4 Pro
- First Watched : years ago
𐄁 Channel : Jacksepticeye
- First Playthrough : 10.7.23
𐄁 Finished at : 12.7.23
𐄁 Playtime : 10h 20′
𐄁 Difficulty : Gamer
𐄁 Original order
- Beaten : 7 times
- Trophy Progress : 100℅
⟆⟅ | Platinumed on 17.7.23

great,learned how to give birth and everything

How to explain this... the first few chapters are great, fun,
yet as it proggress, it kinds of get broring and repetitive. I save the game for later playing. But it has stucked in my library for 3 years.... So, what it seems to be the problem? I felt suffering and bored just to launch that game again? Somethin must be worng. If the player doesn't feel like continue the game, it means the game itself must be rework.

This game exceeded my expectations. I was skeptical about it after detroit and heavy rain. It was great tho. Profounding and touching story.

Controls a bit glitchy at times, but strong story.