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Heavy Rain - A Neogaf Official Thread on the Gaming Forum

Autofokus said:
All I know is, that the UK version is english-only - Sony´s anti-import idea since Infamous. The US probably will be ENG/SPA/FRA and other EU versions will be multi-language but could be split into different versions depending on the market.
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Thats fucking sucks. Its even worse than last gen region locks. :p
 
Ploid 3.0 said:
Final Fantasy 13 is a bit of a disappointment to some people, and the people that don't know about the new direction might end up getting burned. Some on gaf still don't know there are no cities, and that it's very linear with only battles as the main attraction. Battles that end up being X X change optima X X X. However I'm surprised that there are quite a few gaffers still interested in the game. A friend says he know he might not like it, but will still get it just to have it. So maybe you're right, but it's also being split between PS3 and 360, how much do FF games usually sell in the US. It sold around 2m in Japan and that's it's main market. The US now has awesome western rpgs that does so much more than jrpgs.
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Well its not exactly like WRPGS have subsumed all elements which JRPGs generally excel...a strength for me is visual design...Apart from Diablo, most WRPGS are very grounded in cliche when it comes to this aspect....even ME. FFXIII is still my most anticipated game this year (although GoW3 may pip it), but Versus seems to be much more along the lines I am looking for. It excites me more than any wrpg.
 
Sometimes being in South Korea is fairly annoying. Such as today. It's after 7 pm here, I'm done with work for the day...but it'll be another 10 hours or so before the PSN updates so I can download heavy rain. So I gotta wait until after I get out of work tomorrow to play the demo now >_<
 
For people who haven't played the demo yet. It will be on PSN today.
I am not going to download the demo though. No need. I already know I will buy this so I don't need a demo to decide that.
Plus I want to go in fresh.
 
Someone on my Facebook just posted some trophies from Heavy Rain. Some people get all the luck! Just another 16 days, just another 16 days....
 
I was totally on the fence, but made up my mind. I'm going to buy this game to support them for doing/trying something different. Well, the good reviews helped too :lol
 
Kinan said:
I want to preorder the game, but I need to know if UK or at least german version has a Russian voice overs in it. I dont want that they pull another Uncharted2 on me. :(
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Why would you want a badly localized russian version? You obviously speak english!?
 
edgefusion said:
Someone on my Facebook just posted some trophies from Heavy Rain. Some people get all the luck! Just another 16 days, just another 16 days....
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16 days? iIts a long long wait.
I have to freeze myself like Eric Cartman waiting for Wii
 
Autofokus said:
All I know is, that the UK version is english-only - Sony´s anti-import idea since Infamous. The US probably will be ENG/SPA/FRA and other EU versions will be multi-language but could be split into different versions depending on the market.
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So if you import the Special Edition from HMV, that will be English, correct?
 
templeusox said:
This is complete bullshit and Exhibit A in why he is just fishing for attention. He just comes off as a spurned nerd who is bitter about being slapped in the face by someone who seeks to rise above the typical shitty videogame narrative.
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not really, why would someone be bitter about that? there's a lot that has been done (and can be done) with videogame narrative other than aping cinema. i think it's good that heavy rain exists as it represents one of the many directions you take with videogame narrative, but that's all. it's certainly not the be-all-end all of storytelling in the medium, i think there are much more subtle methods available that have barely been tapped into as of yet.
 
I'm DLing the US version atm thanks to a pretty awesome dude that sent me a code for it. I'm gonna install it, go to bed and wake up early before work so I can try it out. Really hyped about this game.
 
It's number one in sales on Amazon video games, WTF? This is usually the spot for the latest Wii or 360 big release. The 120GB PS3 is the top console at #4. wow.
 
DeadGzuz said:
It's number one in sales on Amazon video games, WTF? This is usually the spot for the latest Wii or 360 big release. The 120GB PS3 is the top console at #4. wow.
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Amazing. I had no idea the game had any real awareness outside of videogame message boards. This should be interesting....
 
bdizzle said:
HR's ranked #1 on Amazon. Don't know what type of affect it'll have come NPD time, but it looks like it's not gonna be a flop at least.
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Add +1 for Amazon. February 23rd can not come soon enough.
 
I think the best marketing that can be done for this game is to put the demo in "2012" bluray disc ( 2012 is Sony pictures title - release date : Mar 2 ), since this game is like the ultimate movies buffs wet dream.
 
I'm dying for this game. After playing the demo I want to keep going back to play it but I know I'll burn myself out on those two sections. Only game besides Pokemon I'm looking forward to for a long time.
 
I'm loving the magazine ads for Heavy Rain in the latest OPM UK.
1 for each character with the 4 thought options floating around that are relevant to them.

No mention of Lamp though :D
 
WOW

#1 at amazon.com is huge for a new ip from a dev who has cult classics not well known games.

beating out xbox 360's version of bioshock 2, ps3 version of ffxiii etc

for a somewhat unknown game and dev this is pleasant news.

cant wait to get my hands on this.
 
andymcc said:
i gotta say, your american apparel ass thread is a little better than this one.
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:lol

This one is good, but man .... that American Apparel thread was fantasstic.

I don't know what games I want to get. I don't have a ton of money as I just bought a house.

This / GOW / FFXIII ???

People don't seem to mind the QTE sections here so I might have to give it a whirl.
 
Fenderputty said:
:lol

This one is good, but man .... that American Apparel thread was fantasstic.

I don't know what games I want to get. I don't have a ton of money as I just bought a house.

This / GOW / FFXIII ???

People don't seem to mind the QTE sections here so I might have to give it a whirl.
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Yes. :lol
 
I wonder if it is selling systems. That along with FF. The slim is in the top 5 along with heavy rain and FFXIII. I need to get a dualshock along with the game.
 
Was anyone else competently underwhelmed by the character animation? Walking looks totally unnatural and really breaks the illusion for me. I like a lot of what they're doing and I'll be giving this a rental for sure but it's just not the cinematic experience they've been selling to me all this time. Based on what I've seen in the demo Uncharted 2 has way better motion capture. That was a world i could get lost in. Heavy Rain I duno...there's something about it where I'm always just acutely aware that it's a video game if that makes any sense.
 
I HIGHLY recommend not bending to the urge of looking at the trophy list for Heavy Rain. There's a reason that they don't show up until the chapter is complete, as the trophies can hold HEAVY spoilers.

Resist the urge!
 
Can anyone tell me if the scenes in the demo are from footage we've already said? Don't want to spoil any more scenes ;)
 
Torgo said:
I HIGHLY recommend not bending to the urge of looking at the trophy list for Heavy Rain. There's a reason that they don't show up until the chapter is complete, as the trophies can hold HEAVY spoilers.

Resist the urge!
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Dude, I know but it's so hard!

I'm assuming it'll take multiple playthroughs to get all trophies? I haven't really seen one way or another yet, might've just missed it.
 
dak1dsk1 said:
If you live in Denmark, there is a damn nice deal on Heavy Rain - Special edition. For some reason, it's cheaper than the regular edition.

http://www.elgiganten.dk/product/sp.../PS3HEAVYRAISE/heavy-rain-special-edition-ps3

349,- DKR delivered. (~64 $US)

That's almost half price, as new games usually retail at around 100 $US. The game comes PEGI-marked, so it's eligible for resale or trade-ins.
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Holy shit that's a good deal, are they usually good at shipping at time ? Just cancelled my 550kr preorder of the special edition. :D
 
Played trough the demo 4 times, looks interesting at least.

Italian dub sounds better than the original. Good translation, more appropriate voices and better interpretation. I'm quite surprised, even subs are quite correct translations.

Day one, i'm going to play this with wife, i'm really interested in this.
 
Played the demo and gotta try to resist replaying it so I don't exhaust it before the game comes out. I loved it a lot and I can definitely see why reviewers are praising it.
 
dak1dsk1 said:
If you live in Denmark, there is a damn nice deal on Heavy Rain - Special edition. For some reason, it's cheaper than the regular edition.

http://www.elgiganten.dk/product/sp.../PS3HEAVYRAISE/heavy-rain-special-edition-ps3

349,- DKR delivered. (~64 $US)

That's almost half price, as new games usually retail at around 100 $US. The game comes PEGI-marked, so it's eligible for resale or trade-ins.
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Do they ship internationally? If so how is the cost? Considering cancelling my HMV pre-order if I can figure out how to navigate this site...

I assume there is no way to turn it to English?
 
played the first few hours thanks to Mr. Sam Bishop, will finish my 40 and dump a few more hours in today.

I really really like it. I'm not even to "the best part" yet, apparently
 
I just saw a clip of the
amputation
scene on Youtube. Wow. I don't think I've ever felt so bad for a character in a video game :(.
 
Milk Lizard said:
Holy shit that's a good deal, are they usually good at shipping at time ? Just cancelled my 550kr preorder of the special edition. :D
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I've heard everything from delivery on day 1, to delivery 2-4 days later. You have the choice to ship it to a local store, and pick it up on day 1.
 
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