5. Passion Project
The term "passion project" can herald a variety of responses, mostly coming from the throwers of "pretentiousness" and "self-indulgence" into the mix. Whilst those things are definitely true with Beyond, and I would still maintain David Cage is in desperate need of an editor to come in and refine his more eccentric tendencies - the fact that someone who has something to say for a burgeoning medium has within his reach the means to do so is something to be celebrated. If you played Beyond and came out of it thinking it was a huge waste of time, thats completely fine. To be completely honest, I dont think it succeeds in telling the story it sets out to tell very well, but that doesnt take away from the potential of the idea in the first place... or the myriad of things it does do spectacularly well. Its only when the credits are rolling that youre left to think about the overall experience, and when doing so if the entire interaction was a memorable one and you can see what they were trying to do, it was definitely worth your time.