Beyond: Two Souls is a game that focuses on a young woman, trailing her and a companion entity for 15 years of her life, with limited action set pieces and a focus on her feelings and some higher philosophical questions.

Great motion capture; Solid performances from Page and Dafoe; Some emotional sequences

Limited gameplay; Overall narrative feels a little unexciting

Scene by scene, is compelling enough, principally thanks to a remarkable performance from Ellen Page. But never before have I felt like such a passive participant in a video game, my choices and actions merely icing on a dense, multi-layered cake.

Terrific performance from Page; Beautiful world

Choices feel inconsequential; Unfocused plot; Poor combat mechanics

Beyond is also about player choice, and though you physically follow a linear path throughout the game, only deviating with Aiden to search for bonus unlockables, you'll be faced with a variety of decisions, some of which just affect the dialogue at that particular time and others that have a bigger...

Visually it's in a different league to many games on PS3; Stunning facial animation and locations, Great characters, great plot, excellent twists and a fitting conclusion, The action sequences are superb and switching between Jodie and Aiden delivers a unique mechanic

Some interactions are over excessive and gameplay plods along on occasions; The action sequences are so good; we would have liked to have seen more

Four years after QuanticDream's frantic "Press X For Jason" simulator, the company goes all blockbuster with Beyond: Two Souls. The most notable aspect of which is, of course, the inclusion of Hollywood stars Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe likeness, voice and all.

Yep; That's definitely Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe; Some gripping storytelling; but timeline jumping is not for all; Accessible to non-gamers so get the family into this

Fumbling in confusion when you can't tell what you're supposed to do next

Awesome graphics, beautiful gameplay, maybe a interactive novel, excellent characters great history you can felt joy, suffer and felt scary with the protagonist, good work for Quantic dream

The studio that gave us Heavy Rain has returned with another story-driven, cinematic adventure.

Great lead performance and tech, wasted on a lacklustre story.

Impressive facial animation; Solid performance by Ellen Page

Clumsy; unnatural dialogue; No sense that you're having any impact on the story

Roger Ebert once infamously dismissed video gaming as a non-artistic medium, but even the legendary critic would have struggled to put together a convincing argument that

After completing Beyond: Two Souls, my biggest question has been how to define it. Is it a game? Is it a choose-your-own adventure? Would it have been better as a movie? Creative director David Cage has referred to it as an "interactive drama" and that's probably the best way to describe it.

Sometimes I wonder if the very definition of a video game is too narrow and constricted. In an industry where flinging birds go hand in hand with offing zombies, there are somethings that appear off piece.