Beyond: Two Souls

In Beyond: Two Souls, players take control of Jodie Holmes. Jodie possesses supernatural powers through her link to an invisible entity named Aiden. Jodie and Aiden quickly become an asset to the CIA, with shenanigans following as she attempts to live her life. Players will encounter frequent possession, murder, suicide, and multiple cases of death. This is a game that depends heavily on player choice, meaning there are many ways to play out the chapters of Jodie's story. Quick-time events are used often, and failing these can lead to character death and other less desirable outcomes. Special thanks to vgtriggers on tumblr for pulling together some of the information below. Please note that this game came out prior to Elliot Page transitioning, and his deadname may be seen in the credits.

• Release date: 10-08-2013
• Developer: Quantic Dream
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows PC

Triggers for this game

Animals & Wildlife

• Dogs

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  During the 'Hunted' chapter, you have to fight off, injure, and kill police dogs.

  • Can't be avoided

Crime

• Assassination

  Jodie and Aiden can assassinate antagonists.

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  The chapter entitled 'The Mission' involves Jodie committing an assassination.

  • Can't be avoided

• Attacks on Law Enforcement

  • Can't be avoided

• Being Held Against Will

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is bullied by other teenagers. This can include being shoved into a closet under the stairs. In the chapter 'The Mission,' depending the player's choices and responses to quick-time event, Jodie can be knocked out and captured by the militia. If this happens, she will wake up tied up in a room with a guard.

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Guns & Shooting

  • Can't be avoided

• Human Trafficking & Forced Labor

  Jodie is regularly forced to work for the DPA and/or CIA.

  • Can't be avoided

• Kidnapping

  • Can't be avoided

• Murder

  • Can't be avoided

• Stalking

  • Can't be avoided

• Torture

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' the teens burn Jodie with a cigarette.

  • Can't be avoided

Death & Loss

• Abandonment

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  Jodie's adoptive parents abandon her to the DPA's care.

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Child

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  Nathan's wife and daughter are killed in a car accident.

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Loved One

  If you fail quick time events or make specific choices, nearly anyone in Jodie's life can die.

  • Is avoidable

• Death of Parent

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  Depending on your choices, you can either help Norah cross over or leave her in a coma.

  • Is avoidable

• Death of Spouse or Partner

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  Nathan's wife and daughter are killed in a car accident.

  • Can't be avoided

• Drowning

  • Can't be avoided

• Loss of Pregnancy

  Stillbirth

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  Aiden is Jodie's twin, who became strangled by the umbilical cord and came out stillborn.

  • Can't be avoided

• Single Parenting

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  Jodie's friend Tuesday left her abusive partner and raises her child without him.

  • Can't be avoided

• Suicide

  After taking possession of random characters, Aiden can use them to kill others and then force them to commit suicide.

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  As this game is heavy on player choice, Jodie can choose to attempt suicide during at least two chapters - 'Homeless' and 'The Mission.' In both cases, Aiden will stop Jodie from doing so. Depending on the player's choices, other characters may commit suicide on-screen throughout the game, including Nathan.

  • Can't be avoided

Disturbing Sounds & Sound Design

• Distorted Voices

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• High-Pitched Prolonged Tone

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• Misc. Eerie Noises

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• Screams

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• Sirens & Alarms

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• Wet Sounds

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Drugs & Alcohol

• Alcohol Consumption

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is offered beer by other teenagers. She can decline, but others will still drink. Jodie will drink wine with Ryan in the chapter 'The Dinner.' Nathan, Cole, and Ryan make references to drinking, have bottles of alcohol in their offices, or drink with others throughout the game.

  • Can't be avoided

• Drug Addiction

  Jimmy, from the chapter 'Homeless,' struggles with substance use disorder. While he is not shown using on-screen, you see a syringe next to him under the bridge. Others mention his use and you witness symptoms of withdrawal throughout the chapter.

  • Can't be avoided

• Forced Drug Use

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  General McGrath and the CIA restrain Jodie and forcibly give her a drug cocktail meant to keep her in a prolonged coma for the rest of her life.

  • Can't be avoided

• Intoxication

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is offered beer by other teenagers. If she drinks, she will become intoxicated.

  • Is avoidable

Financial & Resource Management

• Homelessness

  • Can't be avoided

• Poverty

  During the chapter 'Homeless,' Jodie and Stan beg on the streets in order to get enough money to eat.

  • Can't be avoided

Genocide

• Indigenous People

  References to colonizers harming Indigenous people occurs during the chapter 'Navajo.'

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Animal Violence

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  During the 'Hunted' chapter, you have to fight off, injure, and kill police dogs.

  • Can't be avoided

• Blood

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• Body Horror

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• Guts

  • Can't be avoided

• Viscera

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Ableism

  Ableism, sanism

  • Can't be avoided

• Ageism

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• Appearance Discrimination

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is bullied by other teenagers. This includes appearance discrimination.

  • Can't be avoided

• Dehumanization & Objectification

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is bullied by other teenagers. This includes sexual comments.

  • Can't be avoided

• Misogyny

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• Persecution

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• Sexism

  • Can't be avoided

Horror Themes

• Chase & Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Demons & Devils

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  In the chapter 'Navajo,' you learn that the Diné ancestors summoned Yé'iitsoh, a hostile spirit to protect them from colonizers. After Yé'iitsoh was done with the colonizers, though, the spirit turned against the Diné. It is this being that shows up to harass the family's farm.

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• Ghosts & Hauntings

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• Jump Scares

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• Mind Control

  Aiden can take control of people.

  • Can't be avoided

• Monsters

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• Possession

  Aiden can take control of people.

  • Can't be avoided

• Psychological Horror

  • Can't be avoided

Law Enforcement

• Police Brutality

  • Can't be avoided

• Police Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

Mental Health

• Family References

  Allusions to Jodie's birth mother.

  • Can't be avoided

• Grief

  • Can't be avoided

• Hallucinations

  The visions Jodie has could be considered hallucinations in some situations.

  • Can't be avoided

• Mental Illness

  • Can't be avoided

• Psych Ward

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  Jodie's birth mother is in a psych ward in a forcible coma.

  • Can't be avoided

• Suicidal Ideation

  Jodie experiences ideation relatively frequently.

  • Can't be avoided

Natural Events

• Storms

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Altercations

  • Can't be avoided

• Assault

  • Can't be avoided

• Bullying

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie is heavily bullied by other teenagers.

  • Can't be avoided

• Child Abuse

  Jodie is regularly placed in harm's way by adults around her.

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  Jodie's adoptive father is verbally abusive.

  • Can't be avoided

• Child Endangerment

  Jodie is regularly placed in harm's way by adults around her.

  • Can't be avoided

• Domestic Violence

  This happens off-screen and is shared in dialogue during the chapter 'Homeless.'

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  Jodie's friend Tuesday left her abusive partner and raises her child Zoey without him.

  • Can't be avoided

• Emotional Abuse

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  Jodie's adoptive father is verbally abusive.

  • Can't be avoided

• Gaslighting

  Victim blaming.

  • Can't be avoided

• Harassment

  • Can't be avoided

• Magical Violence

  • Can't be avoided

• Manipulation

  • Can't be avoided

• Psychological Abuse

  • Can't be avoided

• Stalking

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Acrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Aerophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Agliophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Claustrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Emetophobia

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  Occurs during in 'The Mission,' after successfully assassinating the target.

  • Can't be avoided

• Hemophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Megalophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Merinthophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

  Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car, Anginophobia: Fear of angina or choking, Angrophobia: Fear of anger or becoming angry, Dromophobia: Fear of crossing streets, Eremophobia: Fear of being oneself, Gelotophobia: Fear of being laughed at, Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth (in flashbacks), Phasmophobia: fear of ghosts or phantoms

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Nyctophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Ommetaphobia

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  If Jodie doesn't speak up during the interrogation during the 'Dragon's Hideout' mission, Ryan will have his eye gouged out.

  • Can't be avoided

• Traumatophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Trypanophobia

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Pain & Physical Suffering

  • Can't be avoided

Sex & Erotica (Consensual)

• Implied Sex

  Jodie may have consensual sex with any one of a number of love interests, depending on the player's choices.

  • Is avoidable

• Kissing

  • Is avoidable

• Nudity

  Primarily during shower scenes in 'The Dinner' and 'Navajo,' but no sexual parts are shown.

  • Is avoidable

Sexual Abuse

• Sexual Assault

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  In the chapter 'Like Other Girls,' teenage Jodie sneaks out to a bar. If you stay long, the two men at the bar will flirt with Jodie, sexually harass her, and then attempt to sexually assault her. If this happens, Aiden will intervene and murder the men. This situation can be avoided by leaving the bar shortly following the younger men or failing to even leave the base in the first place. In the chapter 'Homeless,' Jodie can contemplate giving a man oral sex in exchange for money. She will back down and the man will try to assault her, but is stopped by Aiden.

  • Is avoidable

• Sexual Harassment

  Jodie is sexually harassed at multiple points in the game, but most absurdly in the scene mentioned under 'sexual assault.' See the spoiler tag there for details.

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Accidents

  Helicopter crash, car crash

  • Can't be avoided

• Apocalypse

  • Can't be avoided

• Human Experimentation

  • Can't be avoided

• Mass Casualty Event

  • Can't be avoided

• Mass Shooting

  • Can't be avoided

• Structure Fire

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  In the chapter 'The Party,' Jodie can choose to burn the house down with the teenagers inside of it for revenge. In the chapter 'Homeless,' bullies light the abandoned house on fire requiring Jodie to try to save everyone before the building burns down.

  • Can't be avoided

War & Military

• Middle East Wars

  Jodie goes to Somalia in the chapter 'The Mission.'

  • Can't be avoided

• Tanks

  Seen in the chapter 'The Mission.'

  • Can't be avoided

• War Scenes

  • Can't be avoided

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