Heavy Rain Demo on PSN

[Haggis and tatties]

I really enjoyed the demo, to me the game feels like a modern day version of your point and click adventure game, i loved the whole CSI bit searching about the body and yeah the fight bit was really well done, i got right into that.

 

[Servo]

I bought the full game on Friday. Didn't get a chance to start playing it til around 10pm last night. It's now gone 5am, and I've only just managed to drag myself off it to go to bed for some much needed kip.

Brilliant game, loving it so far. Can't wait to pick it up again tomorrow.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^You don't get many games like that any more, Fallout 3 was the last that had me up to the wee hours of the morning like that.

I will have to wait unfortunately as i have far too many games at present, i still have Killzone 2, Infamous and the Sega collection to name a few that i still have to actually play.

So many games, so little time.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Re: Heavy Rain

For those who are interested, here is a review

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-heavy-rain/61846

thanks clint g.
i really like the fixed-camera positions actually. I'd love to see some Trek game with fixed-camera positions.

I came across these quotes from some reviews about the an interactive film-ness of Heavy Rain:

...it's an example of the potential of video games to create an entirely new aesthetic medium every bit as important as cinema or the other established visual or performing arts.

The new aesthetic form is not simply a matter of audiovisual virtuosity or game-play mechanics; it's an entirely new space for what Edge magazine's Randy Smith calls 'interactive art'.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...nre-of-creative-expression-20100401-rh8z.html

It's a truly unique game that provides an emotional, movie-like experience

http://www.mercurynews.com/business-headlines/ci_14726197

This is finally showing what videogames can be for storytelling with cinematic elements.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Re: Heavy Rain

i really like the fixed-camera positions actually. I'd love to see some Trek game with fixed-camera positions.

There was , i was called Star Trek Hidden evil.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Movie Deal plans for 'Heavy Rain'

Heavy Rain has a more satisfying narrative and follows in the vein of movies like Seven, Zodiac and Silence of the Lambs (which to me is AWESOME).

EXCLUSIVE: An auction of screen rights for the PlayStation3 game Heavy Rain is coming to a close. I'm told a deal is near with Unique Features, the film shingle started by Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne after they exited New Line.
Using their own money, Shaye and Lynne posted top bid in an auction

http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/mov...-playstation-3-serial-killer-game-heavy-rain/

This is one case where a studios foresight into seeing the future potential of a videogame based movie was dead -on, as a game like Heavy Rain could make a pretty perfect transition to film.
The rights for the game were filed in 2006 and then re-filed in 2007. And although this doesn’t mean that Heavy Rain WILL be turned into a movie, it certainly is very likely.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/20...hts-optioned-by-new-line-cinema-years-ago.htm

Heavy Rain is as close to a movie as you can get without, you know, actually being a movie.
Why do we need a movie-movie version of this??

Comment by The.Watcher May 20, 2010

A movie can’t be interactive. A singular movie version would seem to disregard nearly everything special about the concept and execution of Heavy Rain. Unless New Line plans to create a Clue-like film involving multiple, interchangeable plot developments,

Is A Heavy Rain Movie In The Works?
http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/is-a-heavy-rain-movie-in-the-works/
oh yes the movie Clue with 3 endings. A good ploy to get people to see the film 3 times. Of course before the Internet when you don't know what the other 2 endings are...

 

[firehawk12]

There's nothing really special about the story anyway that would be ruined by having a definitive movie version though but the story is probably interesting enough to make a decent movie out of.

 

[Arrqh]

Honestly, I didn't find the story to be particularly amazing... it was engaging enough for the duration, but it had a lot of holes. I wouldn't bother watching a movie version... without all the fun of it being interactive, it would just be a mediocre film.