Quantic Dream’s David Cage may be excited to implement a brand new engine into the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls, but that doesn’t make the concept any less absurd to him.
In an interview with Shack News, Cage discussed the much-improved engine powering the follow-up to Heavy Rain, which will push the PlayStation 3 in new ways. He admitted that it would have been easier to just reuse what was built for their last project, but thankfully, Cage believes that he’s too insane to go that route.
“We’re just crazy people. We don’t do this for money or fame. We want to take risks because we enjoy trying to push the envelope,” Cage said “Does it make sense from a company point of view? Not really, to be honest. Being the CEO of the company, I can tell you that it’s totally absurd. But we enjoy it so much. We’re a team of passionate people. This is ‘what we should have done,’ but we’ve done something else.”
We’ll just have to see if it’s worth all the extra work when Beyond: Two Souls releases in the coming months.
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