Move Puts Heavy Rain DLC on "Indefinite Hold"

[Logan Westbrook]

Move Puts Heavy Rain DLC on "Indefinite Hold"

Motion controls win out over DLC on Heavy Rain's cold streets.

If you're eager to explore more of the dark world of Heavy Rain, then you're in for some disappointment. Production of new episodes of Heavy Rain Chronicles has been put on "indefinite hold" while Quantic Dream adds Move support to the original game.

The first downloadable episode, a prequel entitled The Taxidermist, was given away free to those who pre-ordered the game, and was made available for purchase on PSN soon after the game's release. The second episode was supposed to feature the Origiami Killer as a playable character [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97657-Heavy-Rain-DLC-Allows-Control-of-Origami-Killer], but now its future seems uncertain.

According to Quantic Dream's Guillame de Fondaumière, Sony encouraged the company to focus on adding motion controls, rather than creating more content for the game. de Fondaumière said that work on more downloadable content might resume once Move controls had been implemented, but that Quantic Dream was more likely to start work on its next project instead.

Susan Arendt gave the Move version of Heavy Rain a try at E3. Look for her thoughts on it soon.

Source: Game Informer [http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/06/15/heavy-rain-dlc-on-indefinite-hold.aspx] via 1up [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179999]


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[Marter]

I still hope that it will come out. I really liked Heavy Rain, and although the first DLC was pretty short, it was still enjoyable.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Aww, come on?
Seriously, who is going to get themselves a copy of Heavy Rain just because it has motion controls?
Now new episodes, that would be absolutely fantastic for people who already completed the game, got all the endings and trophies etc. (like meeeee).

 

[archvile93]

Who's making the decisions over there? Because he really needs to be beaten until he's sane.

 

[Carnagath]

Move support makes sense for Heavy Rain I guess. I am pleased that they might not bother with any more DLC after that, I'd rather see another full game sooner.

 

[Irridium]

Time to drop a large spoiler.

Spoiler

You already get to play as the Origami Killer in the main game. Both as an adult and as a child.

 

[bigsby]

So it begins...
A casual, and I pronounce casual the same way i would pronounce, for example "amoeba", gimmick hurting real gamers.
It was a good run guys, now lets all go buy a wii.

 

[crobulator]

i just want them to port heavy rain to pc then i will be happy

 

[Stabby Joe]

Time to drop a large spoiler.

Spoiler

You already get to play as the Origami Killer in the main game. Both as an adult and as a child.

Yep, to those who haven't played it, the news sounds better than it actually is.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Spoiler: MASSIVE HEAVY RAIN SPOILERS

Spoiler: I am serious, if you have not played the game it will ruin the entire game.

Spoiler: Only click here if you have played the game!

Spoiler: This is your last chance. No turning back now.

But... you do play as the Oragami killer. Do you mean... play as him while he actually kidnaps and kills the children? Because I don't know... the game made you do some things that put me out of my comfort zone, but that's a bit much... controversy!

But the thing about the motion controls... this is probably the only non-casual game that I can think of that motion controls would improve the game. I'm still not going to buy Move for it, but I can imagine that it would really help.

 

[Jared]

Well, at least move has less gimmicks on launch then Kinect...

 

[GonzoGamer]

Talk about a kick in the balls, but I found the game tedious so I cheer! I keed..

Yea, I think any sort of change to the controls would help.
Good idea, I say

 

[erbkaiser]

Wiggly gimmicks over content win again.
Bad move on Sony's part, this won't make people happy.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Move support makes sense for Heavy Rain I guess. I am pleased that they might not bother with any more DLC after that, I'd rather see another full game sooner.

Can you please explain how that works? It is mostly just QTE's, how is that improved by adding waggling?

 

[Hiphophippo]

Saw it coming a mile away and sold off my copy. Could foresee zero reason to continue to keep it. Not like I'd ever play it more than once.

Move support makes sense for Heavy Rain I guess. I am pleased that they might not bother with any more DLC after that, I'd rather see another full game sooner.

It is mostly just QTE's, how is that improved by adding waggling?

I guess it -was- mostly QTEs but I've personally never seen any so well implemented. Felt very natural and wasn't immersion breaking at all. Added to it, to be quite honest.

 

[Moriarty70]

Talk about a kick in the balls, but I found the game tedious so I cheer! I keed..

That's actually part of Microsoft's ad campaign. They're the only motion based controller that allows you to directly kick your opponent in the balls.

That being said, if a game of this quality didn't make me go and buy a PS3, the extra cost of a motion sensing version of it sure as hell won't.

 

[Carnagath]

Move support makes sense for Heavy Rain I guess. I am pleased that they might not bother with any more DLC after that, I'd rather see another full game sooner.

Can you please explain how that works? It is mostly just QTE's, how is that improved by adding waggling?

Well, all the Sixaxxis gestures will play better on Move, and I'm guessing they might replace some of the QTE's with some Move inputs that are a bit more interesting than just "Press X". When and if I buy the Move controller, I can definitely see myself giving Heavy Rain another playthrough just to see how it "behaves" after the update, while otherwise it would just be gathering dust on the shelf, and that's pretty cool. I definitely prefer a reason to play the game again to just another 30-minute long, 15$ DLC. This milking needs to stop and they need to work on their next game instead imho.

 

[AMMO Kid]

Screw motion controls. Who are these companies hiring to say "Add motion controls! It's all the rage!!!"

 

[The Rockerfly]

Hmm that sucks for ps3 users however I think that would be a good thing not to play the killer. The main way fear is caused is by the unknown which creates fear

The killer becomes detailed then the fear goes away

At least in my opinion