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Serious_frusting on 20 August 2009

I have gone into lock down mode on this game. I dont want to spol it for myself because it is really story heavy ;)



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PullusPardus on 20 August 2009
Serious_frusting said:
I have gone into lock down mode on this game. I dont want to spol it for myself because it is really story heavy ;)


lol... i wish i had that much will,  now i wish i went back in time and never watched the FFXIII trailer.



Larad on 20 August 2009

Why are people so up in arms about QTE and cutscenes? Without directorial control narrative in games will never surpass that of film.



Dgc1808 on 20 August 2009

No matter what, people will think what they think.

With that said. I'm going to stop following info on this game. Recent threads on heavy rain have been giving out too much info. I don't wanna spoil too much of the game.



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waron on 21 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:

 

The scene Cage gathered journalists to witness was the first glimpse of Ethan Mars, a single father who blames himself for the death of one of his sons, Jason. In the scene, Mars picks up his other son, Shaun, from his ex-wife, and then looks after him for the evening. This involves getting him something to eat, helping him with his homework and then putting him to bed.

It's fully interactive throughout, as Cage said, with opportunities to behave like a responsible dad or to be severe or to just do nothing, really. After seeing it play out one way Cage showed a video of other possible outcomes. It was all rather poignant.

wow so i can just stand there still and do nothing as time pass, do QTEs good or fail at them - that is so not QTEsish.

lol, at that excliting gameplay - is it Wii Music clone for hd consoles or Cooking Mama for guys who don't want to admit that they like playing this game? cause from what he told so far it's even more "casualz" then Wii Music and Cooking Mama where you actually have to do something to unlock songs - Heavy Rain have no Game Over screen and no challenge so you can basically kill all your characters in their first QTE scenes and see the ending of the movie(so it's even less than interactive movie games because there you CAN fail).



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Torillian on 21 August 2009
waron said:
CGI-Quality said:

 

The scene Cage gathered journalists to witness was the first glimpse of Ethan Mars, a single father who blames himself for the death of one of his sons, Jason. In the scene, Mars picks up his other son, Shaun, from his ex-wife, and then looks after him for the evening. This involves getting him something to eat, helping him with his homework and then putting him to bed.

It's fully interactive throughout, as Cage said, with opportunities to behave like a responsible dad or to be severe or to just do nothing, really. After seeing it play out one way Cage showed a video of other possible outcomes. It was all rather poignant.

wow so i can just stand there still and do nothing as time pass, do QTEs good or fail at them - that is so not QTEsish.

lol, at that excliting gameplay - is it Wii Music clone for hd consoles or Cooking Mama for guys who don't want to admit that they like playing this game? cause from what he told so far it's even more "casualz" then Wii Music and Cooking Mama where you actually have to do something to unlock songs - Heavy Rain have no Game Over screen and no challenge so you can basically kill all your characters in their first QTE scenes and see the ending of the movie(so it's even less than interactive movie games because there you CAN fail).

What's the difference between killing all your characters and having the killer still running free and your standard gameover screen.  You don't honestly need those words on a screen to tell you you fucked up and should try again do you?



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waron on 21 August 2009
Torillian said:
waron said:
CGI-Quality said:

 

The scene Cage gathered journalists to witness was the first glimpse of Ethan Mars, a single father who blames himself for the death of one of his sons, Jason. In the scene, Mars picks up his other son, Shaun, from his ex-wife, and then looks after him for the evening. This involves getting him something to eat, helping him with his homework and then putting him to bed.

It's fully interactive throughout, as Cage said, with opportunities to behave like a responsible dad or to be severe or to just do nothing, really. After seeing it play out one way Cage showed a video of other possible outcomes. It was all rather poignant.

wow so i can just stand there still and do nothing as time pass, do QTEs good or fail at them - that is so not QTEsish.

lol, at that excliting gameplay - is it Wii Music clone for hd consoles or Cooking Mama for guys who don't want to admit that they like playing this game? cause from what he told so far it's even more "casualz" then Wii Music and Cooking Mama where you actually have to do something to unlock songs - Heavy Rain have no Game Over screen and no challenge so you can basically kill all your characters in their first QTE scenes and see the ending of the movie(so it's even less than interactive movie games because there you CAN fail).

What's the difference between killing all your characters and having the killer still running free and your standard gameover screen. You don't honestly need those words on a screen to tell you you fucked up and should try again do you?

no i'm talking about the fact that you will see closure to the story no matter what you do - it's kinda weird to me.



theprof00 on 21 August 2009

waron did you even watch the video I posted about halfway down? That is what the game will be like.



SickleSigh on 21 August 2009

I don't get why this game is so hard for people to understand...or maybe people are just looking for a easy way to bash it.

Like others have said it reminds me of a point and click somewhat and a mix of sims.
I wouldn't really call the sims a QTE game yet you have control of your sim then you have options at a toilet like clean, use, flush which affect the outcome of your sim lol. I dono if thats right way to explain Heavy Rain but the game looks good.



vitoaf27 on 21 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Serious_frusting said:
I have gone into lock down mode on this game. I dont want to spol it for myself because it is really story heavy ;)

* sigh * If only it were that easy for me.....


Me too. :(