Heavy Rain
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So the demo drops today/tomorrow. Anyone psyched for this? I've got high hopes for it based on the first half/two-thirds of Fahrenheit (and David Cage has apparently promised there'll be no supernatural crap either). As long as they keep it focused primarily on character drama I think I'll be a happy camper.
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I wish they had tried to stylize the characters somewhat. Seems like I'm trying to sympathize with inanimate marionettes.
I'm still hoping this is one of those 'genre-transcending' type games, but I'm going to hold off purchases until after the reviews come in.
Except I don't own a ps3.
I feel the same way about Indigo Prophecy and I have been looking forward to Heavy Rain for years but unfortunately I'm in the same boat, no PS3
Yeah man, I haven't been that disappointed in a piece of entertainment in a long time. Everything was so awesome, then they started throwing in a bit of paranormal stuff, but then all of a sudden, in the space of 5 minutes the game went from awesome to WTF (the rooftop fight til the
I don't own a ps3 either. I'm getting one after work today (found out my monitor is hdcp-compliant, so I don't have to worry about spending on a telly).
It is a beautiful looking game, though, and mad props for originality.
I think it looks fantastic - It looks normal and everyday for the most part, but executed really fucking nicely, which is a nice change to orks, glowing power armour, or whatever.
Nice to see a serious attempt at realism, rather than "realism".
The only bad point about the QTE's in Indigo Prophecy, for me, was that I played it on a PC and didn't have the joypad, which would have been a load better, tbh
ADDED: I got my code, punched it in. Says it is already used? They are correct, I will try again at lunch. Maybe they have are not in the system yet? Anyone else have this?
yeah, it jumped the shark bigtime. Also, sex with a dead guy. Creepy.
Anyways, PS3 has been acquired, updating is being done. Gonna download that shit after I get back from my girlfriend's place (while playing uncharted2/bayonetta
I actually liked it some much that I fooled arround with the enviroment and animations.Nevertheless I wasnt interested in HR because I already have to play trough Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2, but looks like its gonna be a sad month for my pockets.
sucks
@ c0ldhands - A sad month indeed.
I liked the supernatural stuff in Indigo Prophecy, mostly. The last couple hours were extremely rushed and silly but the idea behind it with the prophecy and stuff was really cool, I thought. But I am a whore for the supernatural/paranormal fiction. :P
It should be excellent though if it's just realistic stuff too. I mean. even though I liked the paranormal stuff, it still wasn't as awesome as the first half of the game.
I only played Indigo Prophecy in December, and I almost went through it in one sitting. Kind of good, because I didn't have to spend a lot of time anticipating this.:)
I can not wait to play this more...In fact I am going to now!
http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/heavy-rain-how-far-would-you-go-for-love
Enjoying watching the story unfold.
Also, the ARI is awesome. I thought it was just for crime scene investigation like in the demo, but it blew my mind.
Amazing art, the environments were quite small and closed off, so they really pushed the detail. They felt like a part of the world, you could often see far off into the distance in some angles and see the outside world going about it's business. A real living, breathing and raining atmosphere.
The closest to the feeling I got from playing Shenmue for the first time. That game drew me in big time, even more so than Heavy Rain I think.
So... first off Im going to say, for the most part... i HATED the story, and the direction the devs took it (some areas anyways). Seemed like they were bringing in some old indigo prophecy things that honestly didn't fit, and made me go "Wtf... why".
I was pretty pissed until the very end, when it all came together in a weird way... but I enjoyed it. I was doing pretty good overall... until the very end, and I fucked up
If it wasn't for the very ending I would be disappointed, but now I'm "ok" with it.
I was hyped for the game, but I thought my hype was realistic, I was looking forward to an awesome story that was more grounded then what I experienced.
I'm hoping remedy can pull off Alan Wake :P
I completed it in 2 days flat (Not a short game just spent WAY too long on it haha) and I just want to go back and play it some more and see what other ending I can come up with
Proprietary engine and tools.
I have been riddled with problems trying to play it though. The game will drop to 2-5fps at times, it has hardlocked on me 4 times, and for a while - my save game would absolutely not load until i fully powered down the ps3 by unplugging it and letting it sit for a while. During the installation, the entire UI flickered (I thought it was supposed to be like that, since the mega warning for epileptic episodes and or seizures), and geometry was missing in the world. I've been really trying to keep my patience and get through it - because it really is cool, just really annoyed that the experience is destroyed by either the game, or the ps3 failing.
They did a great job to make it "not a game," there aren't obnoxious pickups and collectibles in levels, its completely up to your choices and how you want to play. I enjoy and respect that, just sad i'm constantly reminded that it is a game, and not a movie/book, by the technical problems that really should not exist.
That's odd. I totally agree with you about how great this is (it is now my joint favorite game of all time). But i've only had it freeze at one point (the luggage lockers with ethan) and i've played it through almost three times (maybe you played more than that?). Not had any geo dissapear the only bug i get often is necks twist head to the side for a split second making them jerk but this is infrequent. I've only had my ps3 for a few weeks but i've noticed it flickers in the ps3 menus until i get into a game. This is weird and i've not found out why except that it's maybe a handshake issue but haven't resolved it. Could this be an issue with what you're getting?
I could talk about this game forever! The skin looks pretty good on some of the lead characters... i wonder how they did that maybe something similar to Transmission masks? Or maybe their Quantic's engine can handle a spoof/basic type of SSS? If anyone has any links to behind the scenes stuff for this game i'd really appreciate it as the special edition didn't have much tech stuff...
In terms of the plot, I think I'm cutting it some slack because it is a game rather than a book or film. There are some pretty huge plot holes and instances where characters act in very implausible ways that do detract from the experience, but they aren't quite unbelievable enough for me to stop playing. I still feel that this area really needs to improve greatly if this type of interractive fiction is going to challenge other forms of narrative-driven entertainment.
Overall though, this really does feel like a breath of fresh air. I know there have been a lot of very accomplished games released in recent months, but it wasn't until I played Heavy Rain that I realised just how fatigued I had become with having essentially the same experience over and over again. I really hope that this game is succesful enough to warrant further titles from Quantic Dreams and that this niche of gaming widens in the future.