Downloading the demo now.Excited? Maybe? Will discuss.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 February 2010 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
isn't this basically a really expensive choose your own adventure?
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 12 February 2010 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
figured i might as well skip the demo as i am going to definitely pick it up when it comes out. it is reviewing nicely. pretty optimistic about it.
comes out on same day as sonic and sega all stars racing. if heavy rain delivers and i come out of that day with a serviceable next gen cart racer, it will go down as a storied day in the annals.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I also didn't try out the demo, but am definitely planning on picking it up (if I scrape up enough cash). Very interested in a game that seems to try to do things so differently.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
what is the deal with it?
― snoocki (s1ocki), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
it uses a revolutionary new "first person perspective" so that when you are killing enemy combatants you get the visceral thrill of having no peripheral vision.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Quick Time Event: The Movie
― zappi, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
actually, thinking about this in relation to the conversation about uncharted 2 being the new dragon's lair, i guess heavy rain could actually be considered the real inheritor of that tradition. as in understand it, you are very limited in how much you can move your character. the game unfolds scene by scene like a movie and you react to specific events with indicated button presses. early on people were assuming that this would result in a horrible qte-burdened mess, but the review consensus seems to be that it suits the game perfectly. it's a dark murder mystery with some stark moral choices that dramatically alter how the game unfolds. there are no reloads or do-overs, and if you get someone killed there is a limit of four playable characters before game over.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
have any of the reviews said how long it is? how long can an interactive movie game last?
― zappi, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
10 hours i think. the choices make it very repayable but the game's creator has pleaded with people to only play it once, to preserve the effect or something.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Since everything is in the 3D engine, they can make the game pretty long, especially reusing the same character models and sets for many scenes. Indigo Prophecy was a lot longer than I expected it to be.
― Nhex, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
see the only thing is this sounds like a game that relies heavily on writing/story and i just dont trust a video game to deliver that for me
― snoocki (s1ocki), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, it sounds like they've dispensed with gameplay entirely. reminds me of those '90s "interactive movie" cd games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_Consulting_Detective)
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
$60 for that... ehh
― snoocki (s1ocki), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
$60 on day one, trade in a week later for $40, net outlay $20, good time had by all.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
deal
― snoocki (s1ocki), Friday, 12 February 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
aarrissi-a-roni re: sonic and sega all stars racing - just tried out the demo for that and it didn't click with me. It felt servicable, but not fun? In particular the music & the announcer was annoying & the game just felt lacking in charm - I'd much rather just play Mario Kart Wii (which I already own) as this offers nothing more & kinda less. The drifting also felt kinda shit. As did the different power ups. I'd say wait for Mod Nation Racers - maybe that will turn out okay(?. At the least it will offer something different - we know that.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
well, on the one hand, awww nuts. on the other hand, if i am honest i am not looking for much. i do not wii so i really have nothing to fall back on. if it plays okay i will probably go for it. we got a llllot of mileage out of star wars super bombad racing, and i assume 'bombad' is gungan for 'somewhat below average'.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know why - i must have read something - but i have essentially written mod nation racers off. i hope i am proved wrong.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
$60 on day one, sell on amazon a week later for $54, net outlay $6, good time had by me.
― jeff, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm fired
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
this was interesting but it feels like it defines "rental"
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
it does feel unique; fights are deeply engaging QTE and not fun! You want to avoid them! Even if you win, you get beat up badly.then there's THIS:http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-mall-heavy-rain/61347GAH
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
This game got so many sloppy kisses 100% reviews
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
That video actually looks really interesting to me! Sure, the drama is a little overblown, but just the idea of having a gameplay section that's not just punching people in the face (not that there's anything wrong with that) is worth a look... and it seems like the whole game's going to be full of that sort of thing. I love that the tension is based on losing track of your kid in a shopping mall.
― Nhex, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
the slathering fanboy press coverage is REALLY turning me off to this game. "This isn't really one of those games that you play" *twelve paragraphs of intro-to-community-college-level textual analysis* "9/10".
― /no cobo (jamescobo), Friday, 12 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
it does seem a bit odd that there is so much hype for what seems to be a very niche game. how well did Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit sell? and does this mean that on rails games are ok now?
― zappi, Friday, 12 February 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
exactly my fears, slocki otm
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Friday, 12 February 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
According to Wikipedia, Fahrenheit/Indigo sold 800k worldwide, much better than I would've guessed.
― Nhex, Friday, 12 February 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Also that was a multiplatform Xbox/PS2/PC release.
― Nhex, Friday, 12 February 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I played through the demo. Really neat, but if you didn't like Indigo Prophecy you won't like this either.
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Friday, 12 February 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Sony have been very clever about building hype for this game.
Also all platform specific games get way more hype as they are all just fan-boy fodder.
plus most of the VG bloggers have been talking about narrative as the new frontier in videogames as neither graphics or sound are likely to improve considerably.
and the wii has shown that new control systems can be gimmicky
so this fits in with the half bakes musings of most VG journalists.
I think the game will rule btw.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 12 February 2010 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish devs wd focus on AI over narrative and gfx; is it only valve and bungie tht gets this?
― chris nibbs (cozen), Friday, 12 February 2010 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
valve has an awesome focus on narrative!
― snoocki (s1ocki), Saturday, 13 February 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, they have tight gfx and sound too... but they also nail the illusion of AI in a way you don't get with other FPS (except perhaps halo)
― chris nibbs (cozen), Saturday, 13 February 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
like, enemy AI? what games? i guess it's good in the half-life games. but it doesn't really exist in portal. nor team fortress.
sir, what are you talking about?!~
― snoocki (s1ocki), Saturday, 13 February 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
F.E.A.R. has excellent A.I., at least on PC
― Jeff LeVine, Saturday, 13 February 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yo, this game is awful. just a head's up!
― GM, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks
― shite new answers (cutty), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
no problem! TGI Friday's is also kinda shitty.
― GM, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
sometimes I'm in the mood for TGI Friday's, though; will I ever been in the mood for this game?
I guess I could play the demo I downloaded and find out for myself
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
what else is shitty GM
― shite new answers (cutty), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
just got this... but now im going to throw it away. thanks GM
― jeff, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i've figured out what GM stands for..
http://www.nomadradio.fm/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Oigamesmaster.jpg"yo, this game is awful. just a head's up!"
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
baaaaaaahahahahahahahaha
Just a heads up for anyone currently playing Heavy Rain (or intending to play it any time soon). There's some jackass on Twitter who's given himself a username that's a huge fucking spoiler for Heavy Rain and is spam-following anyone who mentions the game or other gaming-related keywords in their tweets.
― /no cobo (jamescobo), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
people are awesome
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
You know I'm always looking out for ILG.
The writing in Heavy Rain is incompetent. That's pretty significant, since story's about the only thing the game is concerned with. It's like playing through a late night Cinemax movie but with most of the fake sex cut out. Actually that's not fair to Cinemax movies; they're often amusing, intentionally or not, whereas Heavy Rain is completely humorless.
― GM, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a C&P 2010 quote for when Heavy Rain gets an 11-way tie for 21st place.
― Paradise can't mean straddling felled treetrunks in dentalfloss thongs (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:00 (fourteen years ago) link
you can get this game on xbox btwhttp://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/761567/marvelous-interactive-project/videos/deadlypremon_gmp_driving_22210.html;jsessionid=365e5mbn26sbh
― a passing heavy daftie (cozen), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
link
i admit i sometimes play a game irl i like to call "making scrambled eggs". however, with that game, if i win, i get some scrambled eggs as a prize.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
what happens if you don't scramble the eggs
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
the kid dies
― aarrissi-a-roni, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
making fake breakfast is better than playing a second draft from David Cage's sophomore year screenwriting class
― GM, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
of hunger? i really hope this is true.
xp
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
they should make heavy rains for novels. heavy rain: the magus, i'd play that. heavy rain: gatsby.
cmon it'd be fun.
― goole, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
if you successfully scramble the eggs the hooker with a heart of gold cries a little less
― GM, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.heavy.com/post/press-x-to-jason-the-game-4539
big lols
― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:40 (fourteen years ago) link
haha!
― aztec gamera (zappi), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
working hard to get all the achievements right now.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Peter Molyneaux has seen the future. And aside from incorporating twitter and a bunch of other bullshit into fable, its heavy rain
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/molyneux-says-heavy-rain-offers-first-glimpses-of-the-future/
― mayor jingleberries, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked this game! But I loved 90's adventure PC games. I mostly was pushed to keep playing because I knew that Ethan and Madison would someday bone. By the time that happened, I was pretty hooked in the story.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Watched a friend play this game with 3 or 4 other spectator friends over the course of a week or two and we all really enjoyed it. I haven't been interested in the story of a game I haven't been playing myself since twilight princess.
― peacocks, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm gonna get this :)
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
this is fuckin intense
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 July 2010 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Interactive detective movie? How does it compare to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_a_Killing_Moon
― lowwave (S-), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripper_%28video_game%29
― Humbert Humberto Suazo (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
so far the quick-time events have been awesome, probably my favourite part (besides the ARI spectacles - seriously, so fuckin cool)
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 07:58 (thirteen years ago) link
also the graphics are AMAZING.. light years beyond Red Dead Redemption for example
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 09:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I've given in and purchased this, got a taste for getting stuck into this type of adventure game. just over twenty quid so not bad.
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, reckon I'll wait until it hits a tenner myself.
― JimD, Thursday, 15 July 2010 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
£18 in blockies this week /hotukcozen
― team milfram (cozen), Thursday, 15 July 2010 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
so much to say about this game... it's fatally flawed in at least two ways but what an experience anyway.. a couple of times I actually felt like I was in the world of the game after I turned it off. that's only happened with me after playing marathon sessions of gran turismo an then seeing cars corner on the street
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 July 2010 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I just finished this last night. Managed to save the kid but kill off all three other characters and somehow, I still enjoyed the hell out of it. After I finished it, I went to bed, got up this morning and started a new game.
― Kate, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 07:04 (thirteen years ago) link
where did you play from, the second time around?
i finished this last night. the origami killer went free, but i saved the kid and kept ethan alive. everybody else: dead.
i was pretty disappointed by the story, ultimately. and i think the delicate little movements you have to make with the controller should have been limited to just things that are IMPORTANT. i still thought it was fantastic fun.
really interesting article here - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4412/persuasive_games_the_picnic_.php
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this is another great article, i love this stuff about how narrative works -
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27972/Analysis_Heavy_Rains_Storytelling_Gaps.php
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link
only played the intro so far, and the bit up until you turn up to a crime scene. but can't say i'm that impressed with the visuals, which I thought were going to be jaw dropping but imo look pretty basic. maybe they get better.
― F-Unit (Ste), Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
well i dunno, i was impressed. i only have a 26" TV though.
i'm super impressed with the crowd scenes, how individual everyone is
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
actually yeah the shopping mall crowd was pretty amazing
― F-Unit (Ste), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Hated the sound of this game. Played it because it was there, my bro has it, and really enjoyed it. Denouement a bit crap but I was with the story up to then. I have a crush on madison /shamefulshit
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahahaha
you mean you have a crush on YOURSELF
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
if they'd made the gestures only necessary for very specific shit and just let you get on with it otherwise it would have been loads better.
the news that this will be Move compatible is v v interesting though; i can imagine it working EXTREMELY well
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 September 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Think they've done that already. I have no interest in any of that though.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Monday, 27 September 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
come on you'd be controlling a naked woman with a glowing dildo
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 September 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna start playing this shortly (no reference to prior comment is intended)
― Muscus ex Craneo Humano (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 September 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FSiZHPuq5Y
― Hamburger Hitler (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 08:42 (eleven years ago) link
^the best game review ive ever seen
― Hamburger Hitler (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
I have a crush on madison /shamefulshit
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow)
still ashamed!
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og
― Hamburger Hitler (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
great find canks
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
on both those videos really
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2JUpCsUOFY
― joe bogus (am0n), Thursday, 6 June 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
his vids usually annoy me but that one is killing me
― joe bogus (am0n), Thursday, 6 June 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
the song @ 5:03 lol
― joe bogus (am0n), Thursday, 6 June 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
SHAUN
― joe bogus (am0n), Friday, 7 June 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
this piece of shit is coming to ps4. a whole new generation will be able to press X to JASON
― am0n, Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
― aarrissi-a-roni, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
great post
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 25 September 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgOti7gLus
― am0n, Monday, 22 February 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
sometimes i wonder how many takes it took to get the right jasonand why did they decide four jasons was enough jasons even knowing that the player was gonna hear it at least twenty times
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
I think I ended up hearing it nearer 100 times.
I did find it incredibly hilarious though.
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 25 February 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link