Replay Value & Multiple Playthroughs

Beyond: Two Souls offers branching paths. Learn how to see every outcome by replaying key moments and making different choices to experience Jodie's full story.

Beyond: Two Souls is a narrative-driven experience where player choices significantly impact Jodie's journey and the ultimate fate of those around her. This inherent branching narrative design makes multiple playthroughs not just an option, but a highly recommended way to fully appreciate the game's depth and explore every facet of its compelling story.

Why Replay Beyond: Two Souls?

• Uncover All Endings: The game features several distinct endings, each influenced by a culmination of choices made throughout the entire story. A single playthrough will only reveal one.
• Explore Different Relationships: Jodie's interactions with key characters like Ryan, Jay, and Cole can vary dramatically. Replaying allows you to pursue different relationship paths, leading to unique scenes and outcomes.
• Witness Alternate Character Fates: Crucial decisions can determine whether certain characters live or die, or what their ultimate role in Jodie's life becomes.
• Achieve All Trophies/Achievements: Many trophies are tied to specific choices, collectibles, or alternate paths that cannot be experienced in a single run.
• Deepen Your Understanding: Seeing how different choices ripple through the narrative provides a richer understanding of the characters' motivations and the underlying themes of the game.

Strategic Playthroughs for Maximum Exploration

To efficiently explore the game's various paths, consider these structured approaches:

Playthrough 1: The "Heart" Run

For your initial playthrough, we recommend playing authentically, making choices that feel right to you without consulting a guide. This allows for the most genuine emotional connection to Jodie's story.

• Focus: Emotional impact, personal connection to the narrative.
• Key Considerations:
• Relationships: Naturally gravitate towards characters you feel drawn to. Do you want Jodie to be with Ryan, or find solace with Jay?
• Aiden's Influence: Experiment with Aiden's powers. How much do you let him interfere, and how much do you try to control him?
• Moral Choices: Respond to situations based on your own ethical compass.

Playthrough 2: The "Completionist" Run (Good Ending Focus)

This run aims to see as many positive outcomes as possible, focusing on keeping characters alive and achieving generally favorable resolutions. This is also a good opportunity to start collecting any missed Collectibles.

• Objective: Achieve a "good" ending, save key characters, and explore positive relationship arcs.
• Key Chapters & Decisions:
• "The Condemned": Ensure you successfully escape the police and avoid unnecessary violence.
• "Homeless": When interacting with the homeless group, choose to help them. Specifically, when Jimmy is injured, use Aiden to heal him. retrieve the Money from the ATM for the group.
• "The Mission": When confronted with the choice regarding the General, consider the long-term implications of your actions. For a "good" outcome, you might choose to spare him or find a non-lethal solution if available.
• "Norah": When visiting Norah, choose to be compassionate and use Aiden to comfort her.
• "The Black Sun": Your final choices here are paramount. To achieve the most positive ending, focus on saving as many allies as possible and making the ultimate sacrifice if presented as the best option for humanity.
• Relationship Focus:
• Ryan Clayton: Consistently choose options that build trust and affection with Ryan. In chapters like "First Date" and "The Dinner," make choices that strengthen your bond.
• Jay: If you want to explore a positive relationship with Jay, ensure you stay with the Navajo family in "Navajo" and choose to return to them in "The Black Sun" if given the option.

Playthrough 3: The "Dark/Alternate" Run (Bad Ending & Negative Outcomes)

This playthrough is for those who want to see the darker side of Jodie's journey, exploring how different, often more aggressive or self-serving, choices can lead to tragic or challenging outcomes.

• Objective: Experience "bad" endings, witness character deaths, and explore negative relationship arcs.
• Key Chapters & Decisions:
• "The Experiment": Act aggressively with Aiden, causing maximum damage and fear.
• "The Embassy": Fail the mission objectives or choose to be uncooperative.
• "The Mission": Choose to kill the General without hesitation.
• "Homeless": Choose to abandon the homeless group or act selfishly, potentially leading to their demise. Do not use Aiden to heal Jimmy.
• "Norah": Be cold and unfeeling towards Norah, or choose to leave without comforting her.
• "The Black Sun": Make choices that prioritize Jodie's survival above all else, even at the cost of others, or fail critical QTEs leading to dire consequences.
• Relationship Focus:
• Ryan Clayton: Act hostile, reject his advances, or betray his trust whenever possible.
• Jay: Choose to leave the Navajo family in "Navajo" and never return.
• Cole Freeman: Disregard his advice and act rebellious.

Chapter Select for Specific Outcomes

Once you've completed the game at least once, the "Chapter Select" feature becomes invaluable for targeting specific outcomes, finding missed collectibles, or unlocking particular trophies without replaying the entire game.

• Accessing Chapter Select: From the Main Menu, navigate to "Play" and then "Chapter Select."
• Important Note: When replaying a chapter, your choices will overwrite subsequent chapter progress. If you wish to preserve your main save file, ensure you understand the implications or create a separate save.
• Targeted Replays:
• "The Party": Experiment with different interactions to see all possible social outcomes and how Jodie reacts.
• "First Date": Explore both the positive and negative reactions to Ryan's advances.
• "Navajo": Try both staying with Jay's family and leaving immediately to see the different narrative branches.
• "The Black Sun": This chapter has the most significant impact on the final ending. Use Chapter Select to replay your final decisions and witness all possible conclusions.