Heavy Rain Gameplay Demo is Really Depressing

[Capo Taco]

I think they should be called 'modern adventure'. But that will never catch on.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

This will probably make me sad. I don't know if I want to play this.

 

[Ancientgamer]

(seriously, what are we calling it now? Interactive Adventure? Choose-Your-Own-Quicktime-Event? Hideo Kojima's Dream Genre?)

Sounds like the cumulation of everything serious gamers have been praying for.



It saddens me that after years of of insisting games are a powerful medium for story, emotion, artistry, and entertainment, all the self-proclaimed sophisticates are now going "wah wah wah, it looks boring! when someone tries to break the mold.



And I'm not talking about you funk.

 

[Ryuk2]

It looks very good. Like a GOOD version of Fahrenheit.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

This looks too good to be true. Still, they could've put some more thought in the character names. Ethan Mars? Seriously?

 

[RetiarySword]

It seems like an interactive movie.. Interesting though.

 

[Video Gone]

It's a GIANT QUICK-TIME EVENT.
But... no... it looks quite... good...
Well, I'm confused.

 

[Sephiwind]

Looks cool, but it looks like something that would make Yahtzee jump off a bridge.

I'm not to sure about that. I forget which review it was but I think that he mentioned in one of his reviews that if you were going to use a feature such as quick-time events to make a a major game element in the game rather then being a speraticly placed feature in a game.

I'm personally not a fan of quick-time events in games but this might be fairly intresting since it will be pretty much like a choose your own adventure book, except it will be a visual game.

Really I think when it comes down to it this game will be make-or-break with it's story telling. If the story is all around good then it think people will be able to look past the fact that it is entirly quick-time based.

On a final note you have to give this company some respect since they are trying to be some what creative and innovative. I'm really glad to finally see a game that is made for adults that doesn't have the connotation of being porn. I am seriously getting sick of seeing all these games pandering to the tween, frat-boy, and death-match tea bagging demographics.

 

[wkim564]

It looks very good. Like a GOOD version of Fahrenheit.

Fahrenheit is good, it just becomes really crazy towards the end.

I also look forward to this, I'm hoping to get this when it comes out.

 

[Ryuk2]

It looks very good. Like a GOOD version of Fahrenheit.

Fahrenheit is good, it just becomes really crazy towards the end.

I also look forward to this, I'm hoping to get this when it comes out.

Of course it got worse at the end and the choices didn't change anything. This game looks like something that Fahrenheit could not have achieved.

 

[GrinningManiac]

looks interesting

I said interesting, not nessecarily "fun", persay

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Looks cool, but it looks like something that would make Yahtzee jump off a bridge.

On a final note you have to give this company some respect since they are trying to be some what creative and innovative. I'm really glad to finally see a game that is made for adults that doesn't have the connotation of being porn. I am seriously getting sick of seeing all these games pandering to the tween, frat-boy, and death-match tea bagging demographics.

I can certainly respect them. They made Indigo Prophecy, right? Only problem i can see to that game is that it will eventually be mistaken of porn.

There's a scene where the female character in the game strips in front of one of the mob boss characters in the game. So yeah, I reckon some will buy that game just cause their mate said THERE BE BOOBS!

 

[wkim564]

Looks cool, but it looks like something that would make Yahtzee jump off a bridge.

On a final note you have to give this company some respect since they are trying to be some what creative and innovative. I'm really glad to finally see a game that is made for adults that doesn't have the connotation of being porn. I am seriously getting sick of seeing all these games pandering to the tween, frat-boy, and death-match tea bagging demographics.

I can certainly respect them. They made Indigo Prophecy, right? Only problem i can see to that game is that it will eventually be mistaken of porn.

There's a scene where the female character in the game strips in front of one of the mob boss characters in the game. So yeah, I reckon some will buy that game just cause their mate said THERE BE BOOBS!

Though we don't want another incident like Mass Effect got when they talked about their game and got put all over the news.

 

[dreamtime]

As long as it doesn't have the same flaws as Fahrenheit, like having to play through scenes that does not in any way advance the story. Or for that matter a story that sort of dies halfway through and is followed by an incoherent mix of movie-clichés.

 

[Casual Shinji]

The graphics of this game are really losing their momentum, especially now that Uncharted 2 is out.

 

[The_Echo]

Each time I see more news about Heavy Rain, I get a million times more excited.

Looks interesting. Never knew it existed until now. I love plot driven stories, so it'll be one to look out for. Am I right in thinking it is a PS3 exclusive?

Yes, it's exclusive.

 

[Echolocating]

I'm not going to deny that Heavy Rain is a spectacular (and spectacular-looking) piece of storytelling tech, but there's still one question in my mind: Will it be any fun to play? The investigation and fight scenes that we've seen thus far seem like they could be interesting and engaging, but it strikes me that a scene like this - very depressing, very emotionally charged, where you're essentially playing a guy going through the trials and tribulations of life - might not go over so well with the vast majority of gamers. Everybody has real-life problems of their own: Why do they want to have to deal with the problems of a fictional character in a game?

That's where I'm getting hung up on Heavy Rain thus far. Maybe I'll be wrong, but it would be a shame for a title with so much work going into it to ultimately end up as something that appeals only to a very small niche.

I don't think this game will be fun in the sense that you're suggesting. Was No Country For Old Men any fun to watch? No.

I understand the concern about popularity equating to great sales and more developers follow suit with adult drama games, but I think it's a catch 22. Either you make a dramatic game for adults or you don't. As soon as you make it appealing to the youth, it loses it's appeal with adults.

I really enjoyed Cursed Mountain, but the sales are dismal. I would love to play more games like it, but that may never happen (because of the sales). However, what would it have needed to sacrifice in order to have those great sales? Would I still have enjoyed it? Probably not.

Sooner or later, developers are going to have to start making video games for adults. Why not now? Now is a perfect time. ;-)

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You don't have to replay

BULLCRAP! I WANT ALL THE ENDINGS!

Hear Hear.

He meant you don't have to keep replaying the same event after you die or fail because the story will simply continue. If you want to try the same event over and over again, I'm sure you can just reload.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

This game is highly interesting to me, I might pick it up/ask for it from the rents, this definitely seems like an art game and I'm really interested in unique media like this.

 

[shadowstriker86]

lol the french, they cant fight, they cant win, they cant make fun games, so what can they do?