| richardhutnik said: In the thread on Heavy Rain in Liberty City, the original posted posted this line about Heavy Rain: "Be it positive or negative reactions like the infamous "press X to Jason" bit, i think just the fact that someone thought it was worthwhile to make something like this tells a lot about the phenomenon Heavy Rain has become.". Well, exactly what kind of phenomenon has Heavy Rain become? All I saw is one fan-made video, here and mocking of "Press X to Jason". Outside of that, I saw a few other spoofs. I don't see anything that would put the game in a "phenomenon" level. I just see stuff in keeping with a title that may be considered a sleeper hit, and related material around that. But, is Heavy Rain really a phenomenon? |
I think it both introduced the adventure genre to those who never were interested by it, and re-introduced it. I also think it, along with Uncharted 2, showed that it's a sound idea to put a shit load of money into presentation and production value. It also has its very unique quirks, and controls. While you can tie games like Uncharted 2 to Lost Planet 2, Gears of War, perhaps even inFamous or Alan Wake, or Killzone 2 to all the other FPSs, there's very few or none on the consoles you can tie Heavy Rain to.
The adventure genre was mainly on the PC, and IDK how it faired in the Western Market. Heavy Rain is D-day, the very first game to pierce the two continents again. Dunno if any other games will come through that opening, but it's there.
