Heavy Rain Nude Shower Scene Also Leaked

[ma55ter_fett]

I wish I had a PS3.....

This game looks really good

EDIT: Also I wonder what would happen if you just didn't put your clothes back on

Nude female wrestling match perhaps. Also I couldn't help notice she didn't wash her hands after using the bathroom.

You mean the player didn't wash his/her hands, considering he/she has full contol over the character.

 

[lacktheknack]

HOLY-

That... was... amazing. I feel like a really sad bastard when I say this, but that was better than most MOVIES.

I want a PS3 now.

How was that better than actual movies!? Did the lack of emotion and expression, and the super thick layers of creepy Uncanny Valley effect, and the pointlessly long and unnecessary bathroom scene make it somehow more effective?

One: don't get the game if you aren't prepared for the living daily life sections. I personally wouldn't mind that, and for me, yes, it DID make it more effective.

Two: I was referring to the fight sequence. Again, I know this probably sounds very stupid, but I think the fighting was better than most movies I've seen.

Three: am I the only one who isn't bothered/doesn't notice the uncanny valley effect? It's weird, I feel all alone...

 

[lacktheknack]

I wish I had a PS3.....

This game looks really good

EDIT: Also I wonder what would happen if you just didn't put your clothes back on

Nude female wrestling match perhaps. Also I couldn't help notice she didn't wash her hands after using the bathroom.

Probably because the player didn't choose to go to the basin and make her wash her hands. This gane appears to be FULL of trivial things you can do just to add realism to the world. Could this be the unofficial successor to Shenmue?

No way this will pass the OFLC in its current form in Australia. Dammit. Although I don't have a PS3 anyway, so it's no real skin off my nose at least.

Looks very intense, although I find it interesting (and possibly a bit dicouraging) that the character gets pretty badly beaten up even if you get all the action commands right. Seems a bit like a mild case of Failure Is The Only Option.

Well, at least she gets away, right? Besides, she may have been better off when between the window and wall, she chose to go left instead of right.

Also, Quantum say that it's going to pass the Aussie censors. I don't know how, but they refuse to buckle.

 

[johannmaximus]

I find the preview ok, but not great. I think there's a little too much quicktime involved, and having to push a seperate button to go up one small, 2 inch ledge is a little too much button mashing. The game looks interesting, and if I had a PS3, I would probably rent it when it came out, but I don't, so I'll just 'borrow' somebody else's PS3, and play the game on that.

 

[Jumplion]

So the game is going to suck because of what the burglars just happen to be wearing?

It's called disbelief, suspend it!

Ah yes, and the obvious satire of the post wasn't clear enough I see. Especially considering that the entire article was on the fact that there was a blatant nude scene in a video game (a perfect reason for any member of a certain censor-crazed government to get their knickers in a twist) and that I only showed any sense of shock and disgust at the fashion sense of the totally-minor minions.

The attached negative review was as well a satire of the fact that I have totally judged a game without any knowledge of the gameplay, story, or characters beyond the fact that the men wear ski masks.

A wee bit clearer now?

Oh, pftt, doy, I feel quite silly now. I just read your post after a little debate, so the "srs bsns" part of my brain didn't have time to wear off. Apologies my good man.

 

[geldonyetich]

I'm guessing that pill she hook was supposed to be birth control.

Slightly lazy that she puts on the same dirty garments after her shower as before.

Also her primping in front of the mirror leaves something to be desired in terms of articulation.

 

[Fuhjem]

Yeah, they honestly made nudity tasteful. I have no idea how they did it. The fight scene was incredibly intense. If they can pull this off, I'll have a whole new respect for the French. Damn French, making me like them through their tasteful and suspenseful games.

 

[paragon1]

Wow, that was actually pretty intense.

 

[Fuhjem]

I sorry, but the "game" is just a giant QTE movie.

While its nice to try and make an endearing, emotional experience, this is not the way to do it.

Although I'm quite sure you're trolling, you're right. This game is a QTE game, full of them. But not in the way they're usually implemented. Failing a single prompt in a usual QTE ends the game and you lose. In this game, whether you hit or miss a prompt it evolves into the next one seamlessly. This is the right way to make a QTE. Hope I cleared any rage from the people who've been fooled by these trolls. G'Day!

 

[Jumplion]

Boobs?

That's it? That's why this game is meant to be so amazing? You've got to be shitting me.

There are better games I can buy instead of whatever piece of headline grabbing crap this is trying to be.

"Ohh, we've got artsy boobs! Buy our game!"

Quantic Dream never claimed that their game was amazing just because it had boobs in it. They're pushing it forward as revolutionary because of all the choices you can make in the game to push the story forward. The breasts shown are no worse depicted than in most film noirs, and it's hardly "WE'VE GOT ARSTY BOOBS!" compared to the plethora of games that say "WE'VE [http://www.pwned.com/gamecovers/wii/1236962926-Madworld.jpg] GOT [http://files.aag.webnode.com/200000529-c04ecc148b/gears-of-war-1433.jpg] BLOOD [http://thumbbook.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/god-of-war-psp-ripten-review-copy.jpg] N' [http://www.breakitdownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-screenshot.jpg] 'SPLOSIONS! [http://www.thegameraccess.com/images/killzone2.jpg] and [http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/article/765/765842/rachel_ninja_gaiden_460.jpg] boobs [http://geekywomen.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/soul-calibur-4.jpg] to [http://www.taradgame.com/images/Dead%20or%20Alive%20XtremeBeachVolleyBall-xbox.jpg].

To say that because Quantic Dream just so happened to show regular, proportional, breasts on a screen and claim that they're using it as a sole marketing ploy is like saying that Mario is using violence against turtles to push their copies.

Yeah, fantastic. If I wanted to see animated boobs that much, which to be quite honest I don't, I'm sure Google could help me out there. You know, opposed to spending £40 to see it instead.

Hell, you don't even need to see them, you don't have to take a shower or relieve yourself in this scene. You could just walk out the door without any boobage showing up anywhere. Again, this is hardly being used as a selling point, and if it was as a very weak one anyway.

An entire game of QTEs? No thank you.

I thought that maybe this game would let you choose your actions, but this entire clip shows nothing but the "Press a button to not die" QTE that only allow you to progress further, not differently.

None of the QTE's were "Press this not to die", all of them were just actions. The player even missed a few buttons and an entirely different outcome took place. The character can die if you miss some buttons, but if they die they die permanently from the story and it goes on without them. Some choices offer different paths, others are minor little things to get you situated in the event. Either way, you're never forced to press anything. Hell, let her die if you want, doesn't matter either way.

This man/woman/didn't check, is so right it's painful. This is a game of quick time events. Where the hell is the fun in that?

Maybe it's interesting to some people who want something different then the same ole same ole?

Also, how in the hell did that wimpy frame of a woman take on two/three/four/five/not sure how many guards with weapons, whilst she was completely unarmed? Is she fucking Neo or something?

Isn't this game meant to be "realistic"?

Oh for god's sake, did you actually watch the video? Madison (the woman) got slapped, kicked, thrown down, punched, knocked down all over the place all while running for her life. If there's a ladder you can throw act the burglars, then throw the damn ladder. None of the prompts shown in the video had to be pressed. What's so unlikely about a woman defending herself by punching and throwing stuff at robbers? Happens all the time I'd imagine.

Obviously, after all of this, you can tell that I'm extremely excited for Heavy Rain. I hope it does everything Quantic Dream says it will do and more. If it sucks, then oh well it sucks, but if it's amazing then hot damn it could be a revolution in storytelling and choices in gaming. I dunno, either way I'm heavily excited for it and can't wait for it to come out.

 

[maninahat]

Has anyone played that other game by the same company? I was considering getting Farenheit (a.k.a Indigo Prophesy) but I'm still not sure. I reckon I would enjoy this. Much of its gameplay releis on quick time events, but seeing as how they are used fairly consistently and work well for the sake of panicky suspense (the game doesn't seem to automatically end when you miss some of the events, like many other titles do) QTEs seem well integrated.

One thing I noticed though - the woman put the same clothes back on she wore before the shower and didn't wash her hands after the bathroom visit. Bit of a skank if you ask me.

 

[SimuLord]

As a lady, I have to say--boobies do not impress me.

Also, this plays out like some....kind of creepy fantasy. What was the point of her 5 seconds in the shower and her toweling down. I mean, really?

You have to ask? Say you're the developer and you know you have to convince the publisher this will be marketable. You're filling the marketing copy with all kinds of drivel about "feelings" and stuff that reads like chick-lit. Most potential buyers of a PS3 title are young, male, and behave like they're auditioning for a beer commercial. If you want to convince the publisher to greenlight, you have to convince them that there's a core among those beer commercial kids. What's the magic word? "Boobies."

I submit that's the entire point of that little exercise, in much the same way that a fair few chick flicks feature a love scene where the female lead goes topless---guys are more likely to want to take their girlfriends and pretend to be sensitive because "hey, you see (famous attractive actress name here)'s tits!" He won't say it to his girlfriend, but he might justify it to his buddies that way to maintain his cool factor.

Yes, I'm trading in stereotypes here (not trying to offend every woman on the Escapist, really!), but if I learned anything in Marketing 210, it's that marketing is all ABOUT trading in stereotypes!

 

[Yopaz]

I wish I had a PS3.....

This game looks really good

EDIT: Also I wonder what would happen if you just didn't put your clothes back on

Nude female wrestling match perhaps. Also I couldn't help notice she didn't wash her hands after using the bathroom.

I was thinking the same thing when I watched it. I also fail to see the realism in a woman using less time showering than peeing...

I don't like the looks of this game though. Seems like there's a whole game of quick time events. Actually looks so bad from what I saw in that video that I hope there wont be a ZP review from it because I know what I could expect from it by the looks of this game. There might be more to it, but that video showed nothing I liked.

 

[Fingolfin High-King of the Noldor]

The gameplay looks really cool in there. And the boobs help too.

 

[Hazy]

I can't see any reason for why you'd need to towel down the woman that adds to the game-play/story.

Call me crazy, but I don't think you ever need to enter the shower/undress Madison.

So long as you enter and exit the bathroom, the scene still seems to advance. Despite what you do/don't do while in there.

 

[historybuff]

As a lady, I have to say--boobies do not impress me.

Also, this plays out like some....kind of creepy fantasy. What was the point of her 5 seconds in the shower and her toweling down. I mean, really?

You have to ask? Say you're the developer and you know you have to convince the publisher this will be marketable. You're filling the marketing copy with all kinds of drivel about "feelings" and stuff that reads like chick-lit. Most potential buyers of a PS3 title are young, male, and behave like they're auditioning for a beer commercial. If you want to convince the publisher to greenlight, you have to convince them that there's a core among those beer commercial kids. What's the magic word? "Boobies."

I submit that's the entire point of that little exercise, in much the same way that a fair few chick flicks feature a love scene where the female lead goes topless---guys are more likely to want to take their girlfriends and pretend to be sensitive because "hey, you see (famous attractive actress name here)'s tits!" He won't say it to his girlfriend, but he might justify it to his buddies that way to maintain his cool factor.

Yes, I'm trading in stereotypes here (not trying to offend every woman on the Escapist, really!), but if I learned anything in Marketing 210, it's that marketing is all ABOUT trading in stereotypes!

I know why. I was just making an idle comment. I think it's silly but I know for guys that this is relevant for them. It's just not relevant for me. It doesn't make me want to play the game more. But I am not the target audience. So it's fine for them.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

Oh, pftt, doy, I feel quite silly now. I just read your post after a little debate, so the "srs bsns" part of my brain didn't have time to wear off. Apologies my good man.

Nothing of consequence. In all honesty, when I had wrote that reply to you, I was in my smartass phase of the day, so I also owe you an apology. It all equals out.