Oct 23, 2013  To answer the question, it’s a yes and no. Beyond: Two Souls virtually recreates the body of Ellen Page for a video game character named Jodie Holmes. But apparently the video game developer Quantic Dreams went way beyond what was necessary for the story of Beyond: Two Souls, recreating Ellen Page nude and fully detailed in certain private areas.

Powered by Trusted Reviews Exclusive to PlayStation 3Like Heavy Rain before it, Beyond: Two Souls pushes the boundaries of what a game can be. At times it’s barely a game at all. It’s more a work of interactive fiction where you can influence the direction of the narrative without really feeling in control of what is happening to your protagonists inside it.Yet as an experience it’s both richer, more affecting and more coherent than Heavy Rain. It’s Quantic Dream’s best ‘interactive drama’ yet. Even when Beyond: Two Souls’s gameplay as such isn’t 100 per cent convincing, the storyline always pulls you on.Beyond: Two Souls – StoryWe won’t dwell too long on the plot, for the simple reason that it’s much, much better if you discover it for yourself. Beyond: Two Souls’s protagonist is Jodie Holmes, a young girl with mysterious psychic powers.She’s linked to an unknown, unseen entity known as Aiden, who is constantly hovering around her. But Aiden is capable of venturing through walls and floors to go where she cannot, and can influence the world around him through classic poltergeist tricks and the occasional possession.Beyond: Two Souls follows the pair through Jodie’s childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, though the scenes you play through aren’t necessarily experienced in chronological order.

The more you play, the more you discover of the truth behind Jodie and Aiden, and how they got into the situation you witness during the opening of the game (no spoilers here).Two Souls is an odd mix – part supernatural drama, part espionage thriller, part action film, part horror movie, but it’s never less than compelling.Beyond: Two Souls – GraphicsAs you might already know, Beyond: Two Souls’s Jodie is played by a motion-captured Ellen Page. With the aid of some pretty dazzling graphics tech she puts in what might just be the best performance we’ve seen in a video game.There are odd moments where you catch a glimpse of the old uncanny valley, but everything from the close-ups to the walking animations seems to have been captured with a fierce eye for every nuance, every detail.The result is a heroine you can root for, some really heart-wrenching moments, and a story you can believe in.

The same goes for a fine supporting turn from Willem Dafoe, and the vast majority of other characters. Blaze of battle ferryman movie. We won’t say that people watching you playing Beyond: Two Souls will be convinced they’re watching a Hollywood movie, but on a dramatic level Beyond: Two Souls works incredibly well.Beyond: Two Souls – GameplayWe weren’t always quite so convinced by Beyond: Two Souls’s gameplay, at least to start with. Strip away the drama, and Beyond: Two Souls can sometimes feel like a stream of quick-time event sequences.

As a small child, Jodie Holmes became a government lab rat due to her strange psychic powers caused by her link to an incorporeal psychic entity known as Aiden. Scientist Nathan Dawkins was chosen as her handler and tasked to study her, raise her and prepare her to join the Psy Ops military division as soon as she's of age. Having no friends, and being bullied and accused of witchcraft by every kid she ever tried to become friends with, Jodie grew attached to Nathan and became his surrogate daughter.

Eventually, she joined the military only to become their pawn forced to commit criminal acts abroad for the supposed greater good. She also discovered that, since she can also channel the dead, the military will eventually probably force her to use all her powers to open a rift to the afterlife dimension, even though this could literally unleash Hell on Earth. Realizing that she will never be free, Jodie decides to run away like many times before. However, wherever she goes, the military. TriviaA PlayStation 4 remaster for Beyond: Two Souls was released on November 24th, 2015. The most noteworthy addition to this version is an option to either playthrough the story in chronological order or in its original out of sequence order.

Other improvements are a bump to 1080p resolution as well as new visual effects such as motion blur, bloom, depth of field effects, and improved lighting and shadows. Also your decisions are now shown at the end of every scene, and can be compared with other players' choices. Controls have also been improved for action sequences, and the difficultly in certain fight scenes has been increased. Finally the 'Advanced Experiments' DLC is now included for free, it was previously only available as a bonus to those who pre-ordered the original PlayStation 3 version. From video game developer David Cage, maker of Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy, comes one of the most amazing and most entrancing video game experiences I have ever had in my entire life. Without mentioning any spoilers, I'll just say that this game carried me emotionally the whole way through, and gripped me the whole time.

Unlike most video games, this game stars actual actors, Ellen Page & Willem Dafoe. Page plays a girl names Jodie Holmes, a girl linked to a supernatural entity. Dafoe plays a man named Nathan Hawkins, a scientist assigned to study her case.

There's not much else I can say without giving away major plot details. Since the game plays out on a very large scale, it makes sure the player is invested by jumping around to different points of time.

If the game followed a linear storytelling method, the segments would drag on. But this system gives the player a lot of flexibility, since no level is similar to the previous one. I don't usually look at performance by a mo-cap actor or voice overs, but this is a rare exception. Both Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe deliver exceptional performances, both should win some award at the GOTY shows this year. This is also on a large part due to the phenomenal tech team Quantic Dream was working with that allowed the actors to show every facial expression, and every detail of the world around them to further captivate the player. The gameplay is fluid and rather exciting.

Quantic has really stepped it up a notch with the gameplay, allowing for a control scheme that is easy to adapt to, and subtle. In the game, there are segments where you get to play as the entity Jodie is linked to, and these are very fun to play. The entity (which Jodie calls Aiden) can control various things in the world. In some levels, it adds a puzzle game feel to it, giving Jodie a situation where Aidens abilities are used in creative ways. The soundtrack is beautifully composed, as with Quantics latest venture (Heavy Rain). It's also very emotional, bringing a very powerful reaction out of me. As to be expected from a Quantic Dream game, the shining quality is the story.

This is by far, the best storyline I have ever followed in a video game. You're captivated and involved in the story, and there are no levels I would classify as 'filler'. Every section serves the story, and the story takes twists in ways I couldn't expect. Overall, Beyond: Two Souls is a rare game. One that came to me as a large surprise. And while the action oriented fans of the shooter genre will not be impressed by the strange thing called 'plot', It's an amazing narrative, one I will easily play again & again.