Hea Rain Demo - Impressions

[davygee]

Okay, managed to get a code from the site and downloaded the 1.8Gb demo.

NO SPOILERS FOLLOW:

What a difference experience....The demo consists of 3 sections...a very short tutorial section followed by 2 good length sections featuring 2 of the main characters.  It's a perfect length for a demo and basically gives you the idea of what the game will be like.

Firstly, this game WILL NOT be for everyone....yes there will be people who think it's a quicktime event game, that is totally wrong.  Basically this game is like a traditional point and click adventure taken up quite a few levels.  Like any game, there is specific actions and events that can be done and can happen at specific locations and specific times.  The quicktime events in the game play differently from other games, where for some of them at least, if you don't press the correct combination you end up with another totally new outcome rather than...you are back to the beginning and you need to start again.

Graphically, the game is gorgeous, the character models are brilliant and the environments are very realistic.  Definitely up there with the best.  The character voices and acting if pretty good from the demo as well.

Overall, a refreshing experience, which certainly does leave you wanting more.

I was going to pre-order the game and will definitely pre-order it now...actually fancy the special edition as it's only £3 more.

I can see this game doing well with regards to ratings, although can't see it selling magnificently, although I still do think it should break 1m WW at least in it's lifetime...and maybe closer to 1.5m

I have the feeling that this game will be regarded as a some sort of cult classic a few years from now seeing as there is nothing quite like it and it's a very bold step from both QD and Sony and I'm really happy they have decided to actually make the game.