In AD 2045, a group of military cadets, attending the preparatory course
of the Central Military Academy, proceeded for training aboard the space
station Aries. Within this group of cadets were Ryota Aizawa and his
classmates including Sayaka Nagase and Kazuhiko Nitta. The situation
went sour when a terrorist group called "Parallax" took over the
station. While the military successfully evacuated the station, Ryota
and his group were trapped aboard. Worse still, the boarding assault
left most of the military forces dead, effectively leaving the cadets on
their own. An unexpected twist occurs when a mysterious virus was
released within the station, gaining control of almost all personnel and
turning them into mindless creatures in the process. This forced
everyone, friend and foe alike, to find a way out of the station alive.
Type: Animation
Languages: Japanese
Status: Ended
Runtime: 25 minutes
Premier: 2006-04-01
Soul Link - Beyond: Two Souls - Netflix
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game
for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 home video game consoles,
developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
It was released in October 2013. The game features Jodie Holmes, one of
two player characters. The other is an incorporeal entity named Aiden: a
separate soul linked to Jodie since birth. Jodie, who is portrayed by
actress Ellen Page, possesses supernatural powers through her psychic
link to Aiden, growing from adolescence to adulthood while learning to
control Aiden and the powers they share. Willem Dafoe co-stars as Nathan
Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity and
Jodie's surrogate-father-figure. The actors in the game worked during
the year-long project in Quantic Dream's Paris studio to perform on-set
voice acting and motion-capture acting. Despite being a video game,
Beyond: Two Souls premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, marking
only the second time the film festival recognised a video game. David
Cage, writer and director of the game, explained that game development
studios should provide “interactive storytelling” that can be played by
everyone, including non-gamers. The game received polarized critical
reception upon its release. Sales reached over one million copies two
months after its worldwide release by the end of 2013. Two years later,
a PlayStation 4 version was released, both as a standalone title and
then in the Quantic Dream Collection with the 2010 title Heavy Rain.
Soul Link - Legacy - Netflix
In November 2014, David Cage discussed the future of video games and
referred to the generally negative reviews Beyond received from hardcore
gamers. “There will always be games for the hardcore gamers who see
games as a skill-based sport, or as a way to compete with their
friends”, he said. He also referred to casual gamers who play games “as
a mere hobby, like many titles for smartphones”. He then stated, “We try
to develop a middle way, with games that try to tell a story, to carry
meaning, and where violence isn't the core activity. Most of all, we try
to create an emotion, to make players live something strong and unique,
which remains an ambitious challenge in a video game.”
Soul Link - References - Netflix