Comments on: Heavy Rain: Gorgeous but Vacuous?

By: Andrew Adam

Andrew Adam — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:19 +0000

I'm clearly one of few that just thinks it sounds boring. I listened to a podcast which talked about the game at length, and I was shocked they seemed interested. I want to play a video game, not watch lengthy cut scenes then hit some random buttons that appear on screen.

By: Vixx

Vixx — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:09:59 +0000

Like I said, I totally get his reasons why he says playthrough once, but that doesn't make financial sense for me to make the purchase. Makes me think I should save my money and borrow/rent the game rather than buy it for myself … which it strange, as I don't think that very often.

By: Andrew Adam

Andrew Adam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:04:19 +0000

By: Vixx

Vixx — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:09:59 +0000

By: ShaneW

ShaneW — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:31:46 +0000

I totally agree with you on Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit and I'm really hoping HR isn't like that because I've been following this game too and I'm getting my hopes up in the process!

I agree with Guillaume de Fondaumiere's decision to not release the game in Nov-Dec due to the onslaught of the CoD's and Assasin's Creed type games.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:04:45 +0000

I totally agree with you on Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit and I’m really hoping HR isn’t like that because I’ve been following this game too and I’m getting my hopes up in the process!

I agree with Guillaume de Fondaumiere’s decision to not release the game in Nov-Dec due to the onslaught of the CoD’s and Assasin’s Creed type games.

By: Joe Fourhman

Joe Fourhman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:49:34 +0000

Sounds like there is replay potential, but he would rather you not. I totally sympathize with his suggestion. Nearly all of the significant story-focused games I adore I have only played ONCE on purpose. Playing it once helps maintain the illusion that the story actually happened and I was a part of it. Of course, that's if you can get past any video gamey tropes like re-loading and re-dying that slaughter that illusion in its sleep.

By: mclazyj

mclazyj — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:21:33 +0000

The biggest issue I have with Quantic Dream is having big ambitions, but never executing on all cylinders. Omikron: The Nomad Soul was a fun universe, with a strange David Bowie tie-in, but it tried to mix three genres, and it successfully mastered none of them. Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit was a great storytelling experience, and a great study on player direction, but it ended up being a fancy simon game at the end with the ridiculous amount of QTE's in the game.

I am hoping that Heavy Rain can sort things out for them, but I have huge reservations.