Heavy Rain - Now with QTE SPOILERS

Also that was a multiplatform Xbox/PS2/PC release.

I played through the demo. Really neat, but if you didn't like Indigo Prophecy you won't like this either.

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.

I wish devs wd focus on AI over narrative and gfx; is it only valve and bungie tht gets this?

valve has an awesome focus on narrative!

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)

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?!~

F.E.A.R. has excellent A.I., at least on PC

yo, this game is awful. just a head's up!

thanks

no problem! TGI Friday's is also kinda shitty.

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

what else is shitty GM

just got this... but now im going to throw it away. thanks GM

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!"

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.

people are awesome

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.

That's a C&P 2010 quote for when Heavy Rain gets an 11-way tie for 21st place.

you can get this game on xbox btw
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/761567/marvelous-interactive-project/videos/deadlypremon_gmp_driving_22210.html;jsessionid=365e5mbn26sbh

link

lol my gf just mocked me for playing this

gotta say i'm curious about this

that ten minute gameplay video of a woman sexying herself up in a bathroom was kinda o_O

it's the most fun i've had trying to climb up a muddy hill

$54 on day one, sell on amazon a day later for $51, net outlay $3, boring time had by me.

maybe i'm not gonna buy a PS3 after all

I'm not even sure this is worth $3.

RIP

i have never been so angry. i hadn't even taken my copy out of the plastic, but i put it in the microwave anyway. fuck these assholes and their shitty game.

and as for all those reviewers who gave it high marks...first against the wall, you hear?

heavy pain in jeff's butt

high marks from amazon customers

more like high marks from high customers

Metacritic Score: 87
User Score: 6.1

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 71 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Game has 7 100s and 1 99. Who the fuck are these people.

tracer, surely the show is another reason to buy a PS3?
http://www.vertigogaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/show10.jpg
*droooooooool*

main reason to buy a PS3 is WipeoutHD, IMO

god stop rubbing it in ;_;

still haven't BOUGHT wipeout, maybe i should take a blizzard plunge

guys i want to hear more about heavy rain

well, the thing about Heavy Rain is PRESS △ TO READ THE REST OF THIS POST OOPS TOO LATE

is heavy rain just like a whole game of those mini moments in RE4, where you had to QUICK, PRESS TRIANGLE & CIRCLE TO DODGE THIS BOULDER !! oh you failed.
?

(they were crap)

Apparently it is, and I'm guessing the reviewers who loved it don't read because they keep talking about how awesome the story is, whereas everyone who has panned it says the story is a useless pile of shit

I don't think you can fail the though, right - the game just kinda keeps going whatever you do (even if your character dies as a result of your actions or non-actions)? I should really try out the demo....

if it's better than fahrenheit (same developer guy) then it is v. good. Fahrenheit's story turned pretty woeful but it had a new (ish/kinda) and interesting mechanic for those stories so is v. exciting. This seems to be pretty much the same but with better mechanics and apparently a better story (tho prob. still awful). If i had a ps3 i'd buy this in a second.

i am gonna put some time in on this over the weekend, so i will be in a position to tell everyone what to think on monday

I mean Fahrenheit is one of my favorite games of all time despite the shitty ending so if this is even close to as good (and supposedly HR has no supernatural chosen-child radioactive Purple Guild bullshit) then sheeeeeeit - FWIW I loved all the minigames in Fahrenheit (especially the basketball one) so I may be an outlier here

Yeah cozen I'm just not sure about The Show.. I know wrong thread but honestly what I want out of a sports game is something that I can pick up and play - just do.. not.. have.. the patience for spending weeks getting good at hitting an animated baseball so that I can begin to have fun

this is true; lots of things outside of the show to recommend the now £215 (at asda) ps3 tho (says the guy lined up to buy one this week)

rented this & played the first two hours earlier. once you get past admiring the graphics & lighting effects it quickly became very tedious. virtually no gameplay, with as much meaningless waggle as a cheap wii minigame collection. mediocre voice acting & dialog. wtf reviewers have you gone insane?

Hmm that's a bad sign - the first two hours of Fahrenheit were A+ top notch would QTE again

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

hahahahaha

you mean you have a crush on YOURSELF

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

Think they've done that already. I have no interest in any of that though.

come on you'd be controlling a naked woman with a glowing dildo

gonna start playing this shortly (no reference to prior comment is intended)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FSiZHPuq5Y

^the best game review ive ever seen

I have a crush on madison /shamefulshit

― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow)

still ashamed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og

great find canks

on both those videos really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2JUpCsUOFY

his vids usually annoy me but that one is killing me

the song @ 5:03 lol

SHAUN

this piece of shit is coming to ps4. a whole new generation will be able to press X to JASON

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, March 16, 2010 4:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

great post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgOti7gLus

sometimes i wonder how many takes it took to get the right jason
and why did they decide four jasons was enough jasons even knowing that the player was gonna hear it at least twenty times

I think I ended up hearing it nearer 100 times.

I did find it incredibly hilarious though.