Beyond: Two Souls is likely to be the last big first party game to be released on the Playstation 3, as the Playstation 4 is slated to be released this holiday. Although we may be moving on to a new console generation, many have noted that Beyond looks quite comparable to it’s next gen brethren, which is especially impressive for the aging Playstation 3 hardware. It seems as though that there’s a very specific reason as to why Beyond looks so technically impressive.
Well apparently Quantic Dream had access to Playstation 4 development kits and had been experimenting with the new technologies for quite some time now. Techniques such as High Definition rendering was something they’d learned about while working on the Playstation 4, and that actively influenced Beyond’s development. It’s one of the reasons the game looks some damn good!
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