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Heavy Rain

MacRumorUser said:
No average game length of an action/adventure title is 8-12 hours.

A number of games can be breezed through a lot quicker. Resident Evil 5 can be finished in little over 6 hours.

RPG's tend to be the daddies of game length, some clocking in 60+ hours. However if you were to take out the backtracking, rambling text/conversations & random level grinding battles that length would probably end up around the same 12 hour mark.
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I think you breeze through games then. RE5 took me MUCH longer, and generally don't have a hard time playing games. Then again I do try to complete games, not just beat the story, and I also play on the hardest difficulty. If one wants to be babied, I can see "beating" (story only) most games on easy or medium in a shorter time period.
 
^ Nah I'm a hardcore gamer who play's on easy settings :D:D:D

Seriously too many games for me to play (i'm more of a compulsive buyer than anything if I'm truly honest) that even though a game can be finished in say 10 hours it will probably still take me the best part of 6-24 months to complete unless I grow utterly tired of it and never finish it (which happens to be the vast majority of games these days)....

Games that truly grip me, I will spend considerably more time on. I'm already 20 hours + on both my Dragon Age : Origin save's.
 
MacRumorUser said:
^ Nah I'm a hardcore gamer who play's on easy settings :D:D:D

Seriously too many games for me to play (i'm more of a compulsive buyer than anything if I'm truly honest) that even though a game can be finished in say 10 hours it will probably still take me the best part of 6-24 months to complete unless I grow utterly tired of it and never finish it (which happens to be the vast majority of games these days)....

Games that truly grip me, I will spend considerably more time on. I'm already 20 hours + on both my Dragon Age : Origin save's.
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Persona 4.



On topic, the demo was fantastic. Everything I wanted in the game. The fight is intense since some actions need to be entered so quickly. Voice acting on two of the characters (slut and the FBI agent) were a bit off, and some mega tearing at one point :)() but still... I want it.
 
if you like interactive movies you will like it .. if you don't .. well then heavy rain is nothing for you

i tried the demo and didn't really like it much .. feels a like a rental at best... what i totally didn't like is that in many situations it shows you a button for an action on screen and you don't know what will result from that action... which doesn't make you feel exactly in control

why not make a movie in the first place ?
 
takao said:
if you like interactive movies you will like it .. if you don't .. well then heavy rain is nothing for you

i tried the demo and didn't really like it much .. feels a like a rental at best... what i totally didn't like is that in many situations it shows you a button for an action on screen and you don't know what will result from that action... which doesn't make you feel exactly in control

why not make a movie in the first place ?
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Because it plays out differently. For instance, the first time I did the apartment scene, I got thrown out because I pushed her too hard and she got pissed off. Next time, I took a different approach and she spilled the beans about her kid and the murder.
 
Heavy Rain is hard to rank on my most wanted list because im not 100% sure what to expect from it. Its in the top 3 with GT5 and GoW3 though.

I can see myself playing Heavy Rain many many times to see the consequence of each action. I'll be picking it up tuesday for sure.
 
I think the same people that bough Indigo Prophecy and didn't get it, are the same who are going to struggle with Heavy Rain...


Sikinixx - Okay i've given in and placed an order for Persona 4 on ebay.... :) If it sucks I'm gonna hunt you down !! ;)
 
I like the execution of the demo, however I am not sure I will enjoy the full game so much. In games with QTE events or the likes of this game, I find myself scanning the screen waiting to pounce on the button combo instead of watching the story unfold. I will give the game a chance though.
 
^Understood but the thing with this game is the button interaction is not the usual QTE..if you miss a button press then a whole new series open up to you that will lead to another outcome or the same...it doesn't force fast button presses on you except for the action scene which like I said if you miss the button then it leads you to another.

Well these types of games arent for everyone but I'm glad to see the game sites giving it great scores.

This game is right in line with my favorite genre, survival horror which includes Silent Hill and Siren.



Bless
 
sikkinixx said:
I bet you don't get through the first dungeon before throwing it out the window :p:D
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LOL.. Yeah that does sound like me..... Also ordered Star Ocean : International at same time.

Loads of JRPG's all of a sudden with FFXIII and the new one from Sega too next month :rolleyes: I'm never going to finish them so why do I buy ? Why ?
 
MacRumorUser said:
LOL.. Yeah that does sound like me..... Also ordered Star Ocean : International at same time.

Loads of JRPG's all of a sudden with FFXIII and the new one from Sega too next month :rolleyes: I'm never going to finish them so why do I buy ? Why ?
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For the same reason I am 8 hours in to Star Ocean, 17 hours in to White Knight Chronicals (really good JRPG, ignore the reviews), and all the other RPG'esq games coming. I counted MRU, I have 60 disc based games and 24 downloadable.. I think I have beat maybe 5 or 6 of them, good thing I don't pay for the majority of them :p

If by Sega you mean Yakuza 3, thats one of the games I beat last year. I've been trying to get 100% with the side missions, buts its been nearly a year since I beat the main storyline :D
 
e²Studios said:
good thing I don't pay for the majority of them :p
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The hell:mad::confused:....I have about 50-55 disc based games and 19 PSN games which were all paid for *grumbles* and I'm glad I don't like Jrpgs because theres like 5 or 6 of them coming out with in a month.

I usually play 3 to 4 games at once taking turns on each one and I usually finish them but games like GTA and AssCreed I buy them but never finish them(I get bored with them quickly)

I'm still knee deep in MAG, Mass Effect 2, No More Heros 2 and I haven't open up Bioshock 2 as yet...well I gotta have em when I want em so:D;)


Bless
 
e²Studios said:
If by Sega you mean Yakuza 3, thats one of the games I beat last year. I've been trying to get 100% with the side missions, buts its been nearly a year since I beat the main storyline :D
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No that's not out for a while yet here, it was Resonance of Fate which I think is published by Sega here mid march.
Not forgetting Dragon Age Awakening expansion.
Lost Rebellion (Nippon Ichi) new title
Just Cause 2
Metro 2033
God of War 3

too many games in March..
 
sikkinixx said:
Because it plays out differently. For instance, the first time I did the apartment scene, I got thrown out because I pushed her too hard and she got pissed off. Next time, I took a different approach and she spilled the beans about her kid and the murder.
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Wow, You should of gone with the compassionate approach first ;)

Having played the demo, I will definately be purchasing it. I think it looks awesome! And the graphics are amazing!
 
I tried getting the demo code and it says "Here's your promo code" but it doesn't show me a code. What the heck am I missing?
 
I think the demo is open for everyone on the store now.

What browser are you using to get the code through the mini-game thing?
 
Tried the demo last night. It was kinda boring. I couldn't really get into it. Oh, and another thing that was annoying me is the stupid screen tearing. Sony turned Vsync OFF in this game, so if you hate tearing, then you won't like this game.
 
Bob am sad.

I really, REALLY want to play this game, but i played the demo tonight and i simply cant stomach time based 'simon says' gameplay. It's sad because I know it will be a brilliant engaging story, but It's ruined for me while my eyes flick from controller to screen, trying to remember where the triangle button is, or trying to read a conversation prompt that's zipping around the screen, obscured by both other text and scenery.

I want an autoplay mode so i can just watch it.
 
NoSmokingBandit said:
Has anyone else picked this up today?
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Not I. I think I'm going to wait a while. I've got way too many other games to play right now. I just got my PS3 2 weeks ago and I'm still trying to play Skate 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 and Silent Hill: Homecoming. See... too many titles to play. I can't start another one just yet.
 
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