You had one job: Don't overdo the supernatural stuff. For all the things director David Cage does well - that not being very many depending on your thoughts on Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain - he thoroughly pooped the bed when it came to Beyond: Two Souls. Set to easily remedy the bad voice-acting complaint levied at Heavy Rain by starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond was supposed to be a deeply emotional and moving experience surrounding Page's character Jodie as she is forced to grow up whilst tethered to an invisible spirit. Cage's first major release Fahrenheit had an impeccable premise - especially for the time - as morale choices in games were far from common. Playing as a man who'd murdered another whilst in a trance, it left the different ways to escape up to you, although come the end all that was thrown out the window as the narrative into a really bizarre Matrix-esque story. Revolving around you being 'The One', you then fought a magical tramp on a rooftop before stopping the world from being overtaken by techno-aliens. As you do. Heavy Rain fared better at wrapping up a narrative without relying on supernatural garbage to tie things together, but with Two Souls Cage returned to the absurd once again, animating such ludicrous scenes as a demon within a sandstorm you had to run away from, and a final supposedly moving moment where Jodie chose her life-partner from a menu.
