Shalashaska
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Heavy Rain - A Neogaf Official Thread on the Gaming Forum
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sloppyjoe_gamer
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Shalashaska said:
:lol Me too....thought it was pretty amusing.
bodyofanamerican
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ok I lol'eddollartaco said:
sloppyjoe_gamer said:
Yeah it was pretty funny, but the shitty thing about it was that I was trying to show off Heavy Rain to my girlfriend when it happened. I was like "check out this game, it's just like a movie, the characters look so lifelike!" only to have her see a teleporting hooker and levitating cigarettes just a few minutes into the demo. "Uhm, that normally doesn't happen..."
BruceWayneIII
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templeusox said:
Funny thing is: I only REALLY care about their games and the diversity in their portfolio. The PS2 library, and especially Sony's 1st party efforts, did that for me.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Another review from Norway up, this time from Dagbladet, who gives it 6/6. The review also mentions that the game is unlike anything else, that it's a game that'll be talked about for a long, long time and that the controls might be a bit clunky at times.
templeusox
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The AP gave it a nice write-up. No number score, but it hits on all the big points.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100217/ap_en_ot/us_game_review_heavy_rain
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100217/ap_en_ot/us_game_review_heavy_rain
Wow, I was looking at the 2006 "casting" vid. The character models in the demo make the 2006 vid look like crap. I've been waiting for this game for a long time, but thank goodness they didn't release it back then.
SolidSnakex
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luxarific said:
That was actually never meant to be seen publicly. Quantic Dream made it to test how well the current gen could handle facial animations. Somehow though Sony saw it and asked QD if they could show it at their booth during E3. It was also created in less than 3 months.
Just got back from vacation and got the demo. I love the way QTEs are implemented in the game. Highly stylized, good enough time to push the button but not so much that it's too easy. Voice acting is weird, like sometimes it's ok and other times it's laughable. I think playing ME2 and going straight to this may be why I'm so sensitive to it though. I love the loading thing where you're seeing the facial models up close, it's damn creepy (and at 61 inches it's DAMN creepy). Can't wait till tuesday, the funny thing is I pre ordered this game over a year ago and I totally forgot I paid it off. It feels like I found $60 in my couch cushions.
Crazypanda_85
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I see and can understand the complaints most of the reviewers have about the Voice Acting but it's not that bad. I think it's just some people were expecting a certain voice to come out of particular characters and since it doesn't match their ideal VO, they decided to take points away.
Either way, I can't wait to finally get this game. Heavy Rain X FF13 X Yakuza 3 X God of War 3 = my wallet crying for help
Either way, I can't wait to finally get this game. Heavy Rain X FF13 X Yakuza 3 X God of War 3 = my wallet crying for help
GeekyDad
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Crazypanda_85 said:
Yeah, I personally had no issue (during the demo) with any of the voice work. I liked pretty much everything about the game's presentation. My wife, however, complained that the command prompts were too small to read well. Considering so much of the gameplay seems comprised of hitting those prompts, I hope it doesn't ruin the experience for her (already pre-ordered a copy for her).
Crazypanda_85 said:I see and can understand the complaints most of the reviewers have about the Voice Acting but it's not that bad. I think it's just some people were expecting a certain voice to come out of particular characters and since it doesn't match their ideal VO, they decided to take points away.
Either way, I can't wait to finally get this game. Heavy Rain X FF13 X Yakuza 3 X God of War 3 = my wallet crying for help
I don't think that's it at all. The problem is that the game presents itself as an interactive drama, and demands to be taken seriously, but the voice acting just doesn't match the ambition. Uncharted 2 demolishes Heavy Rain in terms of motion capture and voice acting, and that's a third person shooter/action.
Heavy Rain over promises and under delivers I don't think the edge review was harsh enough to be honest.
Thought the Eurogamer interview was interesting. Talking about a clip-on thing for the dualshock with lights that could be detected by the PS eye...for a while Sony filed a fair number of patents relating to light patterns on a dualshock as picked up by a camera, for tracking position/orientation. The sixaxis/dualshock already has 4 little leds on the front, but these patents also proposed different led layouts that might have been more useful...and I guess this is where a clip-on might have entered the equation.
Anyway, as it turns out they decided to make something more specific (Arc), but interesting nonetheless.
Also worth noting his comment about future projects - I dunno where people got the idea Sony had signed them to a multi-title deal, but the interview confirms that this wasn't the case. Maybe Sony will be their next publisher, maybe not...I guess a lot may depend on HR's performance. Whoever they sign with, though, I hope they get the time/resources/patience they need to make the type of games they want to make.
Anyway, as it turns out they decided to make something more specific (Arc), but interesting nonetheless.
Also worth noting his comment about future projects - I dunno where people got the idea Sony had signed them to a multi-title deal, but the interview confirms that this wasn't the case. Maybe Sony will be their next publisher, maybe not...I guess a lot may depend on HR's performance. Whoever they sign with, though, I hope they get the time/resources/patience they need to make the type of games they want to make.
Combichristoffersen
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Kittonwy said:Why out of 6.
Because they use a dice to represent what score the movie/album/game reviewed gets
Like this:
templeusox
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Why do they want their review scores associated with objects which are intended to produce arbitrary numbers?Combichristoffersen said:Because they use a dice to represent what score the movie/album/game reviewed gets
Like this:
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
templeusox said:
Because.. Because I have no idea, really. I guess it's because VG, the other big tabloid rag in Norway, began using the dice in their reviews way back in 1952, and Dagbladet just ripped off the idea.
MoonsaultSlayer
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An issue I have with the game (one that won't keep me from getting it) is the lack of freedom/options and the seemingly uneccessary awkward anolog commands.
When I appraoch the doors in the demo, they give me an analog stick prompt to interact. Why? I can understand if they gave me the options to: knock, check door knob, kick it down, place ear against etc... so why not just "Press X to knock'? Seems silly. Of course there probably are other areas in the game where they do provide these options and I'm just being anal? (I hope this is true...)
When I appraoch the doors in the demo, they give me an analog stick prompt to interact. Why? I can understand if they gave me the options to: knock, check door knob, kick it down, place ear against etc... so why not just "Press X to knock'? Seems silly. Of course there probably are other areas in the game where they do provide these options and I'm just being anal? (I hope this is true...)
How About No
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Just played the demo.
At first, the "push a button for every mundane task" was annoying, but it got a bit better as it went on. I liked the investigation part.
The movement scheme was a bit weird, too, but then I remembered it was similar to the best control layout in Resident Evil REmake!
EPIC MUDDY HILL CLIMBING. MADE EPIC.
At first, the "push a button for every mundane task" was annoying, but it got a bit better as it went on. I liked the investigation part.
The movement scheme was a bit weird, too, but then I remembered it was similar to the best control layout in Resident Evil REmake!
EPIC MUDDY HILL CLIMBING. MADE EPIC.
polyh3dron
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whytemyke said:
cjtiger300
Member
Come on Feb 23!!!!!!!!! It's taking to long!!!!!!!
beast786 said:
I agree. For example, this is not that much of a spoiler since some have already seen it in some of the trailers, but the scene where you have to
cut Ethan's finger
If it were up to me, I wouldn't do it because I already form an attachment towards the character. But I know if I were the character, he'd want to do it because
in his view, that's the only way he can save his son
Digital-Hero
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cjtiger300 said:
You're telling me. The wait is so unnecessary and borderline laughable. Sony could have launched in all territories simultaneously.
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Crazypanda_85
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MrSerrels said:
I do agree the VA in Uncharted 2 was better than Heavy Rain but I don't think the motion capture demolishes Heavy Rain's. I do think that Heavy Rain does deliver but it does have it's flaws. Since Heavy Rain is going for a super realistic feel, it's easy to see where it falls short. Since we live in the real world, it's easy to see when something that mimics it doesn't meet that goal.
As of over promises, I don't think QD ever over promised how effective Heavy Rain would be on the player. (This is where we go into opinion's territory) I feel that this game will not connect with everyone but that's okay, games that take risks are not made for everyone to enjoy. You can't please everyone and if you're trying to bring a unique experience, then you are asking for the naysayers to come out and challenge your product. Heavy Rain is a unique game no matter what people say and I'm glad that it exist.
Crazypanda_85
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luxarific said:
OH Crap! I should've listened to you instead of clicking the link. I think I just saw who the killer was
( I haven't been this disappointed since someone told me that Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense before I got past the first act.