E3 2013: What Has Beyond Two Souls Become?

awesome!i am looking forward for this game

So this is also a dating sim game right?

So non-prompted QTEs. Got it!

People seemed to like Ryse a bunch and that had horrific QTEs. People seemed to like Heavy Rain a bunch and it had horrific QTEs. Conclusion: There are people that are okay with QTEs. Blame God of War.

Blame Shenmue!

You know a game is getting weird when moving the left stick to move is in an E3 trailer.

Hoooly shit those 30 second tank ads get real old REAL fast

Can't wait to blast some objects.

So it's Dragon's Lair?

Who is this trailer for? Why am I being explained how the left stick moves the character and the right controls the camera?

i'm in, even though it seems like ol' cagey doesn't know what he wants anymore.

Blame Dragon's Lair !

Crazy... I loved Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain so I'm sure I'll love this as well.

I don't mind QTEs, if they don't seem out of place and are in context to what's happening on screen.

Blame...Dark Cloud?

Blame Punch-Out

Now featuring Ellen 'Oscar Mike' Page!

In what universe did Heavy Rain have horrific QTEs?

I dunno when there is a lot of stuff happening on the screen I don't want to keep repeating scenes because I didn't understand that she was pulling her arm back for a punch rather than moving her foot forward for a kick.

Still, kinda interested, the trailer shows a wide range of environments.

Left stick to move and right stick to look around? What is this sorcery?

Looks great, can't wait to play it.

This looks fucking crazy.

Punch out didn't have QTEs, not the NES one anyway. Just twitch gameplay and pattern memorization.

So excited for this game, have no idea what the fuck it's about! But excited none the less.

@secondpersonshooter: Blame the Die Hard arcade game!

Well I am boned. I cannot tell my left and right apart, since I am dyspraxic. I have hellboys right hand tattooed on my right arm to tell which is which and with the game needing quick identification of left and right no way I will be able to be good at this game.

Cooool.

How the hell does this run on the PS3.

With 256/256 megs of split memory for system/graphics.

What is this wicked-ass magic.

Because that's new for a Quantic Dream game, sad to say. Have you played one before? Maybe you'll love/hate them as much as I do!

@ekpyroticuniverse said:

Hopefully not too much of a derail, but how do you play most games? You don't need to know which hand is which to know which way to run in a platformer. It sounds like this system is similarly intuitive. You move the stick in the direction Jody needs to go, not based on handedness.

I was iffy on this game, but it's looking better and better. I'm definitely a lot more interested than I was.

Jesus Christ, what the fuck is this trailer?

This is beginning to look more and more like a female metal gear solid.

This looks so good...

I love how friggin' nuts this game looks. Can't wait.

Reminds me of Geist.

Looking pretty damn good Monsieur Cage.

The main problem I had with Heavy Rain was that some of the game's story development was based purely on a simple reflex system. I felt robbed when I couldn't react fast enough and my character died resulting in me resetting the system and trying again.

If your skill and tactical ability in gameplay affected the outcome of the story it would feel fair but when it comes down to simple reflex motions it feels more like the game failed instead of you. Not sure if I explained my point very clearly but it doesn't seem like Beyond will resolve this problem completely. I like the look of the game and the main character and everything else about it, but deeper gameplay mechanics should be involved when the fate of a character is on the line, and player choice should be involved as often as possible (do I fight this guy or jump off the train etc).

@redrocketwestie:

@ekpyroticuniverse said:

Hopefully not too much of a derail, but how do you play most games? You don't need to know which hand is which to know which way to run in a platformer. It sounds like this system is similarly intuitive. You move the stick in the direction Jody needs to go, not based on handedness.

I was iffy on this game, but it's looking better and better. I'm definitely a lot more interested than I was.

Normally this is not an issue, you are right you move the stick without really thinking. But this game asks me to identify which left or right the character is using (something I can't do instantly) then asks me to correspond with the same left or right stick movement (something I will need a second to work out) Not a major issue but will mean I am going to die so much lol

I don't mind QTE, story focused games as long as the story doesn't suck and the voice acting isn't horrible. Heavy rain suffered from both those things, but it seems at least this game has proper acting.

I loved Heavy Rain, but I have no idea what to make of this game. Hopefully it makes for an exciting surprise in October rather than a disappointment.

I'm still not really sure what this game is about, but the more I see of it the more I think it looks freaking sweet.

A couple of things:

1. Muting the color is not grey-scale.

2. I have always wanted to be Ellen Page.

Ellen Page with different hairstyles: The Game.

Not sure why the story needs to include war in somalia and crazy train jumping in order to be emotionally involving, but I like the ideas of the game and interactions do look far more intuitive, so I'm down.

Guitar Hero/Rock Band were just peripheral-based QTE's that lasted upwards of 7 minutes.

GET AT ME

Are platformers QTE-based games where the jump QTE prompt is an obstacle?

What, like job placement?

I have always wanted to be in Ellen Page...

I mean, umm, nevermind. Anyways, game looks pretty cool.

Yeah, it's crazy. Compared to the very first PS3 games, this is next-gen.

It's called hard work.