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DaColdFlash on 04 January 2010

i dont care what the reviews will say i just hope it will come up to my expectations and those are a deep, real atmosphere with an amazing story and a big freedom of action...sometimes those points are more important for me then amazing gameplay






 

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nen-suer on 04 January 2010

Reviewers loved Indigo Prophecy

HR is shaping up to be even better, i personally believe the game will receive very good critic reviews

Hope it sells well because i want more games like these from QD



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nen-suer on 04 January 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Videogirl said:
phxprovost said:

honestly what do you expect from a game that originally started as a tech demo? Personally i don't think this game is going to do well simply based on its concept, sure people are going to be amused by the "graphics" but i don't see that driving sales once people see how the game plays. I think its going to end up somewhere around 80-85

Where did the game start as a tech demo ? It was a full fledged game from the start you seem to forget that Quantic Dreams have already made the same kind of game before it is called Farenheit : The Indigo Prophecy. This game was an 8.4 and the major critiscism was that the story was great but fucked up a bit towards the end, that the graphics were meh, that some "traditional" adventure elements weren't that great, that the camera was sometimes painful.

You can already tell that the story's gonna at least be on par or even better in Heavy Rain, that the game mechanics are better thought up, that  in the graphic and the interraction department alone HR blows IP out of the water.

it was a tech demo when it was showed first at E3

Do you mean the "casting Video" ?



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Dexorosorous on 04 January 2010

haha yeah. i really wish it could succeed and not get lost in time. i just don't want it to be another indigo prophecy where it kinda just going to become a cult classic. it's something refreshing and is trying to be different and that's why i really want it to succeed to the critical masses. this is one of the things the gaming industry needs, and that is evolution and new genres, i just don't want gaming to just be marios, halos, and uncharted 2's (or whatever sony has. lol). i want more games that are different, and heavy rain is so far making it seem like that is possible. =]



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Solid_Snake4RD on 04 January 2010
nen-suer said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Videogirl said:
phxprovost said:

honestly what do you expect from a game that originally started as a tech demo? Personally i don't think this game is going to do well simply based on its concept, sure people are going to be amused by the "graphics" but i don't see that driving sales once people see how the game plays. I think its going to end up somewhere around 80-85

Where did the game start as a tech demo ? It was a full fledged game from the start you seem to forget that Quantic Dreams have already made the same kind of game before it is called Farenheit : The Indigo Prophecy. This game was an 8.4 and the major critiscism was that the story was great but fucked up a bit towards the end, that the graphics were meh, that some "traditional" adventure elements weren't that great, that the camera was sometimes painful.

You can already tell that the story's gonna at least be on par or even better in Heavy Rain, that the game mechanics are better thought up, that  in the graphic and the interraction department alone HR blows IP out of the water.

it was a tech demo when it was showed first at E3

Do you mean the "casting Video" ?

no not the casting video.Around E3 2006 Sony had lots of game in development but didn't have much footage to show for most of those PS3 games as they hadn't developed enough.That time Quantic Dream came to Sony and showed Heavy Rain's footage,So Sony took it and showcased it at E3 and it became a full fleged PS3 exclusive.That time Quantic Dream just made it as a sample to show to Sony.



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papflesje on 04 January 2010

As a reviewer, I can say that if the level of engagement of the preview version is maintained, then reviewers will love the way the game grabs you by the neck and seemingly drops you down a botomless barrel for the entire trip. That is IF the game manages to keep that up.



Videogirl on 04 January 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
nen-suer said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Videogirl said:
phxprovost said:

honestly what do you expect from a game that originally started as a tech demo? Personally i don't think this game is going to do well simply based on its concept, sure people are going to be amused by the "graphics" but i don't see that driving sales once people see how the game plays. I think its going to end up somewhere around 80-85

Where did the game start as a tech demo ? It was a full fledged game from the start you seem to forget that Quantic Dreams have already made the same kind of game before it is called Farenheit : The Indigo Prophecy. This game was an 8.4 and the major critiscism was that the story was great but fucked up a bit towards the end, that the graphics were meh, that some "traditional" adventure elements weren't that great, that the camera was sometimes painful.

You can already tell that the story's gonna at least be on par or even better in Heavy Rain, that the game mechanics are better thought up, that  in the graphic and the interraction department alone HR blows IP out of the water.

it was a tech demo when it was showed first at E3

Do you mean the "casting Video" ?

no not the casting video.Around E3 2006 Sony had lots of game in development but didn't have much footage to show for most of those PS3 games as they hadn't developed enough.That time Quantic Dream came to Sony and showed Heavy Rain's footage,So Sony took it and showcased it at E3 and it became a full fleged PS3 exclusive.That time Quantic Dream just made it as a sample to show to Sony.

So it is the casting video you're talking about, but contrary to what you think it was not a tech demo to present the game engine it was a tech demo to show off their mocap technique and how it rendered on the PS3 (Quantic Dreams also works on integrated infographic animation for commercials, and other projects).

The first "demo" they showed was in 2008.



libellule on 04 January 2010

I dont think it will be a graphic master piece

from a preview at gamekult :

- it is buged
- lot of QTE
- some boring scene
- I still want to play it because scenario/atmosphere are really good, I want to see what happens next



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papflesje on 04 January 2010

@ libellule: those bugs were notified and were being replaced and taken care of during the previewing (I even received a new cd several days later where the major bugs were tackled).

QTE is part of their staple and isn't exactly bothersome (so far).

boring scenes: possibly, but they were preparing scenes to introduce characters, so kind of hard to go "pew pew, tadadadadadaa...." imho



mario64 on 04 January 2010

@libellule : gamekult is a terrible website... They're talking a lot of nonsense.

Anybody can see in the numerous videos already released the game IS a graphical masterpiece.

I trust my eyes more than I trust gamekult...