Utilising advanced motion capture techniques to record the performances of its main stars Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe and a score orchestrated by the late Normand Corbeil and Lorne Balfe, it is certainly poses the contentious question of style over substance and indeed depending on your viewpoint or attitude to the purity of gaming I would position possibly a valid concern. Indeed from its inception and into the development phase the creation of this game had many of the same institutions and processes as you would come to expect in a motion picture. Announced during E3 in 2012, Beyond was described as an РІР‚ВAction-Driven experienceРІР‚в„ў and from this perspective, as a game it certainly remains one of the forebears and predecessors of the РІР‚ВexperienceРІР‚в„ў genre of games, titles with reduced or minimal gameplay mechanics, favouring instead the narrative optic and embracing this as its main strength. Released in October 2013 on the Playstation 3 from French Studio Quantic Dream and writer David Cage, the successor to their first acclaimed hit Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls. If I had to say how it all began, I might just as well start hereРІР‚Сњ I need to remember, put things in order right up to this moment. РІР‚СљI was born with a strange gift, the ability to see what know human being has ever seen before. From one of the most well-known and praised titles to a more niche release, this year will provide me with the opportunity to enjoy a range of games within my collection and review them retrospectively.

IРІР‚в„ўve set myself a personal challenge to complete one game a month in 2019, a mixture of larger studio published games and more independent titles to provide variety and avoid repetition.

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