dragonbane
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It is. But you have to have a certain mindset.
Do you have a smartphone or tablet? Just control the game that way.
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BEYOND: Two Souls (Ellen Page, Willem Dafoe) |OT| Press Triangle to Aiden
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PumpkinPie
Banned
When are the real reviews coming?
ttocs
Member
Metacritic is showing 51 reviews...so I'm guessing they came in.
The perfect Dark
Banned
cleveridea
Member
fuck these reviews with low scores
demo was awesome, bought game, played this morning and love it
demo was awesome, bought game, played this morning and love it
PumpkinPie
Banned
Oh, I checked the OP and it was bare :/
wow, Gamestop are being sheisty about this preorder bonus that was offered online.
i was told, they couldnt find my preorder in their system and was told not to preorder online, ever, because they dont get the proper special edition allocation, and that someone else who preordered would have to lose their preorder edition even though i was first by a looong shot.
turns out that person who was gonna get told no soup for you, was actually an employee! wtf?
this and having to wait, with no one else in line, while the associate blabbers on with the upsells, fast & furious style, on the landline customer phonecall--even though i was there prior to the call--makes the whole experience reek,
and yet gamestop offered this steelcase edition, exclusively! so if i want it, what choice am i left with?
i was told, they couldnt find my preorder in their system and was told not to preorder online, ever, because they dont get the proper special edition allocation, and that someone else who preordered would have to lose their preorder edition even though i was first by a looong shot.
turns out that person who was gonna get told no soup for you, was actually an employee! wtf?
this and having to wait, with no one else in line, while the associate blabbers on with the upsells, fast & furious style, on the landline customer phonecall--even though i was there prior to the call--makes the whole experience reek,
and yet gamestop offered this steelcase edition, exclusively! so if i want it, what choice am i left with?
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
About half an hour in. Christ this game looks incredible, probably the best on the console. Character models, lighting, animation... Practically looks next gen
Just pre-ordered the game. Something tells me that i need to play this game to be able to judge it properly. I have always loved adventure games and Quantic Dreams hasn't dissapointed me yet. As with their previous games, i'm convinced that it will be a mixed experience with both good and bad aspects. But i also hope it's going to be an interesting experience worth playing.
DZ_b_EZ
Member
I had a copy preordered through GS website, but then I found that Newegg was also doing the special edition so I canceled and preordered through them. I won't get the game until maybe Thursday or Friday so I'm not entirely sure, but on the product page it stated that if you order the game through them you get the special edition copy.
Of course it doesn't say it anymore but I was lucky find it in time. That GS order was like $70 something after tax and shipping but the Newegg order was literally only 59.99 with no tax or shipping cost.
Thanks for the link. I noticed you playing it the other night from the friend's list and I was so jealous. I just picked up my copy during lunch today and hoping to enjoy it starting this evening. I'm hoping that it is spectator friendly as I'm going to try to get my wife to watch as I play through it. She seemed to enjoy watching me play the Uncharted series and TLoU and but didn't watch Heavy Rain (due to subject matter).
i did in-store pick-up though, to avoid
A) shipping cost, and
B) waiting, like you are now...
Gah, really!? I feel so stupid for not knowing this.
Oh well, too late now. I would've gotten free 2 day shipping to boot.
ComputerMKII
Banned
If reviews stopped having scores, I wonder if the tone of the reviews would be less extreme one way or another - If you give 9/10 or 4/10 to a game you sort of have to justify it by being hyperbolic somehow
I don't know who's trolling who anymore.
I don't know who's trolling who anymore.
Well i don't consider his earlier films(Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, etc) to be garbage, but even at his height he was a very divisive figure. and a lot of the criticisms are the same.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Wow, can believe this won't be released digitally.
Revolutionary
Member
Preorder stuff is up
Nintendoes what sony don't
if only they had a decent account system not liked to the console =/
anyways, after reading some reviews, it seems this is a love/hate relationship
Murder. She Wrote
Member
I liked Heavy Rain despite it's flaws and I loved the Beyond demo.
I'll probably play Beyond eventually but I have a question for those who have played it: how's the writing?
That would be the only flaw that would potentially ruin the game for me. As I've gotten older and played more games my tolerance for shit writing has drastically reduced.
I'll probably play Beyond eventually but I have a question for those who have played it: how's the writing?
That would be the only flaw that would potentially ruin the game for me. As I've gotten older and played more games my tolerance for shit writing has drastically reduced.
Revolutionary
Member
Advanced Experiments DLC is meh. Just a 30 minute time trial. Not nearly as good as The Taxidermist.
I've played up to the ending of the demo area. I'm very happy with the game so far. Glad I stuck to my guns on this one. The score, and graphics are amazing. I've played many games this gen, and very few game match the IQ of this game. If this bad acting and writing, give me more.
So that's what is it. I'll give it a try during my next session.
I don't want to rush through this one.
So that's what is it. I'll give it a try during my next session.
I don't want to rush through this one.
Miles Quaritch
Member
That's very disappointing. Was hoping it would be a fun DLC episode. Ah well, guess we can't have everything...
dragonbane
Member
It's much better written than Heavy Rain, while retaining supernatural elements from Fahrenheit.
Revolutionary
Member
Eh, it makes you think a bit but it's not very difficult at all. I finished it in less than 10 minutes lol
dragonbane
Member
BTW, before you head into the game remember to always explore your environment fully. That's what reviewers don't do and what makes this game so special in many instances. There are some very emotional, sad and happy side stories waiting to be discovered.
Also man this game works great if you just pretend to live the life of Jodie. I'm at a point right now, where I'm doing some kind of a job and it's mundane but so awesome. Love this shit.
Less than 10 minutes?
That's very disappointing. I thought it was supposed to be 30 minutes.
dragonbane
Member
It's a 30 minute time trial apparently. I will see for myself, can't believe how many hated the Taxidermist and finished it in 10 minutes either.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I figured it wouldn't be 30mins, but 10mins? Couldn't even stretch the content to the standard half the time stated by the developers...Yeesh.
Thanks for the heads up. I usually thoroughly explore environments to search out little details and such, so it's great to hear the game is full of those little details.
General rule of thumb, whatever length developers state, half it and that's almost always the real length of the game, DLC, whatever.
This
most reviewers just rush through games, you know that they don't even finish RPG games which are 30+ hours or if they do they don't bother with sidequests, a lot of them are exactly interested with this slow-paced interactive movie genre, too busy hyped with Titanfall or Battlefield 4, so they probably rushed 4 hours and sprout whatever came to mind, the game is really great and of course should be played like Heavy Rain, soaking everything. I love this game !
Revolutionary
Member
At least Taxidermist was replayable for different outcomes. I guess this one is replayable for changes in the instructor's dialogue, but that's it. Jodie doesn't even talk.
Anyway, as for the actual game, I'm about 4 hours in and loving it so far. Very Fahrenheit at times.
dragonflys545
Member
nvm
Miles Quaritch
Member
Hamlet Machine
Member
A question to those who FINISHED the game :
Just finished the "imaginary friend" chapter. Does Aiden has something to do with "Diane" ? That could be something like Jodie's dead sister ? Don't tell too much, just if I'm on the right track 
ComputerMKII
Banned
A question to those who FINISHED the game :
Just finished the "imaginary friend" chapter. Does Aiden has something to do with "Diane" ? That could be something like Jodie's dead sister ? Don't tell too much, just if I'm on the right track
Keep playing.
You killed almost all my interest in playing this with a 4 word sentence...
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
WTF!?!?!!?!
People have ALREADY finished this?
What did you guys do? Speed run this thing from a midnight launch?
The game just came out today and its like over 10 hours long supposedly.
Unless some you got it early.
People have ALREADY finished this?
What did you guys do? Speed run this thing from a midnight launch?
The game just came out today and its like over 10 hours long supposedly.
Unless some you got it early.