evlcookie said:
This and heavy rain will be something i pick up when it's on sale for $30 at zavvi. I'm in no rush for either but would like to give them a shot.
I'm really getting into Heavy Rain, despite my apprehension.
It's miles away from what I typically like to experience when I sit down in front of my TV and pick up a controller, but I have to admire what the developers aimed to achieve with the game, even if they fell short in a few areas.
I think the story can only really be told as a video game - if someone were to take just the cutscenes and edit it together as a film without any interaction, I think it would be a very bland uninspired piece of story telling. Engaging the player directly with the controls is probably what makes the game work. I don't mind quick time events, but a game that does it poorly can fucking ruin it for me. Good thing that I think Heavy Rain does it well.
I'm quite far into the plot now, and I'm scratching my head as to just how different the game could have progressed if I'd made different, even subtler choices earlier on. I would love to give the game a second playthrough once I'm done just to see how many different ways the story can go.