Live the life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to a mysterious invisible entity. 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, the demons and the spirits follow, and wreak havoc. The game plays as a non-linear third person adventure game and allows the players to choose which or how severe actions Jodie will take in certain dangerous or normal situations. The game has several endings dependent on some of the choices that decide the fate of both Jodie and several side-characters she befriends throughout the game. After going through the whole game I feel an empty void inside of me. It's like I never wanted the story to end. This game is like an amazing movie but longer in length and I enjoyed every minute of it.<br/><br/>I feel the same way I felt when I played The Last of Us. I don't know if it's because Ellen Page has something to do with both games or what…<br/><br/>Terrific performance from Ellen Page. Willem Dafoe did a great job as well. I don't know much about Page but the acting (and singing) she did this time is amazing. They chose the right person to be Jodie. I think nobody could've done a better job.<br/><br/>The plot is one of the reasons I give this game such a high rating. I couldn't have asked for a better one. You go through so much drama and I have to admit, there have been about six or seven times when my eyes began watering because of how bad I felt for Jodie (and little Jodie) and all the things she was going through. As you play, you start asking yourself: why Jodie? who or what is this entity? but when…? and so on.. At the end of the game you find all the answers to those questions, which by the way, is one of the most beautiful endings my eyes have ever witnessed. It's like a beautiful dream.<br/><br/>The graphics, outstanding. Beautiful world, the whole thing is very detailed, the actors very detailed as well.<br/><br/>If you like to shoot and blow everything in sight, then this game is not for you. This type of game-play is unique, made for you to make choices. That's it. And even though there's not much interaction with the character, the storyline and everything else makes it up for it.<br/><br/>The music is ones of those things that reminds you of something you did in the past and you enjoyed it a lot. As I'm listening to it I feel like I've been there with Jodie and went through a lot, much like an entity linked to her..? The soundtrack is unique and yes, my eyes still water when I play it. Greetings from Lithuania.<br/><br/>"Beyond: Two Souls" (2013) is a very mixed bag. It has its moments of brilliance. There were chapters in this game hat literal brought my to tears ("Homeless" especially). But the game play itself is far from great. Basically this is movie type game where most of your time you will spend watching, and gameplay itself isn't involving. What i did liked about this game were amazing performance by Ellen Page, a good one by Willem Dafoe and a good script.<br/><br/>Overall, "Beyond: Two Souls"is a unique genre game. If you like these kind of adventure narrative driven games you will probably enjoy this one because it has its moments of pure brilliance - but they are unfortunately far and in between.
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