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I reality enjoyed Farenheit and Heavy Rain, so i'm sure i'll enjoy BEYOND. Anyway, at least people can't call it "overrated". Not that that word has any meaning anymore.



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"One last swing at Playstation"

Sigh.

Unfortunately, videogaming is becoming like politics. Anyone who doesn't exactly align with how things "should" be is automatically biased, on someone's payroll, or has an axe to grind.





Wright said:
EdHieron said:


Well, as I said earlier the obvious quality of games like "Uncharted" 2 and 3 and "The Last of Us" did make them back off a bit.  But Western Critics still decided to take one last swing at the Playstation 3 and its Last Big Game before Next Gen starts.



Yeah, "Puppeteer" should have received a 91, and if it had been an XBLA game it would have.



EdHieron said:
Wright said:



Yeah, "Puppeteer" should have received a 91, and if it had been an XBLA game it would have.


You ignored that 79 of Gears of War, didn't you? :)



Wright said:


You ignored that 79 of Gears of War, didn't you? :)

psh... if it was a ps3 title it would have gotten a 5/10



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Max King of the Wild said:
Wright said:


You ignored that 79 of Gears of War, didn't you? :)

psh... if it was a ps3 title it would have gotten a 5/10


Shhh. You're going to cheer him up! :(



Just gotten far enough into the game to reach the chase sequence from the demo.

Let me just say a few things about this game.


#1.) It is different from Heavy Rain. While Heavy Rain feels like a linear story line that has a beginning and you progress straightforward towards the end, Beyond does not from what I can tell so far. If I were to compare it to anything, it would be a Sci-Fi TV series. Each chapter has it's own set of events. Do not go in expecting it to be just like Heavy Rain and approach each chapter with an open mind and not with expectations of it being a direct continuation of the chapter you just finished.

#2.) It looks INCREDIBLE! Wow, this is definitely a beautiful game.

#3.) The voice acting is great, especially Ellen Page. Easily one of the better, if not best acting performances I have seen in a video game. The highly details graphics and animation helps in this aspect since it really helps to portray what the character is feeling.

#4.) What you do doesn't feel as though it makes much of a difference in the end. Yes, the scenes can play out differently, but they still seem to end the same way. When I did the chase scene in the demo I got caught in the woods. This time I did not and the scene leading up to the motorcycle chase was different.

#5.) I'm addicted. Yes, it doesn't feel like my actions make much difference and the game seems really easy so far, but oh my, this is like an addicting Sci-Fi TV series and I am actually having an enjoyable time playing it. It is far from a perfect title though as the way the chapters play out can definitely come off as confusing.

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I only played as Aiden for majority of my gaming session. My 4-year old daughter controlled Jodie with the PS3 controller and I controlled Aiden with my iPhone.

Playing Aiden is so much better with a phone/tablet IMO. Now I just use both and swap between them.




Going to play a bit more in a little while, once I get my daughter to go to sleep.



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Is the overall score of metacritics affected by the user score or just the critics? I never was one to read into reviews when choosing the games that I play. So I am a super noob when it comes to how metacritics works.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/beyond-two-souls



tiffac said:
Is the overall score of metacritics affected by the user score or just the critics? I never was one to read into reviews when choosing the games that I play. So I am a super noob when it comes to how metacritics works.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/beyond-two-souls

they are both serperate.user goes to user scores critics go to critics scores



Max King of the Wild said:
tiffac said:
Is the overall score of metacritics affected by the user score or just the critics? I never was one to read into reviews when choosing the games that I play. So I am a super noob when it comes to how metacritics works.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/beyond-two-souls

they are both serperate.user goes to user scores critics go to critics scores

Gotcha. Thanks for answering ^_^