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Heavy Rain

dukebound85 said:
Doesnt this game seem VERY boring?

Its just an interactive movie from the demo i tried

*i need to use inhaler....shake controller up and down*

so gimmicky
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I am actually very glad they released a demo for this game. I got a little fed up (but not that much so) but the awkwardness of the controls, but the pacing actually wasn't too bad. It seems like most first/third person games use the same basic movements, but I found it too difficult to control the characters.

I think this is a landmark game for a number of reasons, but it's just a bit too different to have a lot of mainstream success... and probably for that reason I'd be interested in playing it after buying it used later this year while games I'd be much more interested in playing are finishing development or being beta-tested by fanboys right after their release!
 
Got the game yesterday morning, and COULD NOT STOP until it ended.

Completely amazing. Highly recommended. I'm really looking forward to my second play through, making different choices, and seeing a different ending.
 
dukebound85 said:
Doesnt this game seem VERY boring?

Its just an interactive movie from the demo i tried

*i need to use inhaler....shake controller up and down*


so gimmicky
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It feels weird at first, but later it all just feels so natural. It really connects you with the character too. Compared to the full game, the demo is absolute crap.

If you are looking for something with a ton of action dont even bother with Heavy Rain. Its not an action game by any means. There are a few action scenes, and they can be very intense (mainly because if you fail you die and the game keeps going, you dont get to try again), but the focus is on the story and the story is amazing.
 
Okay I got my copy and installed the 4GB info *grumbles* and now I'm two hours into it...I'm intrigue by Ethan Mars. This guy is having a really tough time and QD really layed it thick on him(Kinda feel bad for him)

So far so good...voice acting is kinda "meh" but I love a good story and so far I'm intrigued.


Bless
 
If anyone is having issues with the game freezing, the character getting stuck, audio lapses, or video stutter please report it in the following thread

http://boardsus.playstation.com/pla...&thread.id=3968&view=by_date_ascending&page=6

I purposely used page 6 as a developer responded on the 2nd post on the page.

Try not to give out spoliers when if you make a report.

I had the character get stuck once (had to quit and restart the game), and some audio issues in the beginning.

One tip is to delete the patch they just released and let it re-load, that seems to help some people.
 
I went to Gamestop last night to pick it up....they had it, but they can't sell it before the big electronics retailer down the street breaks the street date, and their shipment is late. Gamestop has had it since Saturday, I even got to hold a copy in my hands. :rolleyes: But the good thing is that I was still able to preorder it that way last night, and receive the download code for the prequel chapter. Since I was there to buy the game anyways, that's a nice freebie for me! :)

However, since I am leaving for vacation tomorrow, I won't get to play it for awhile...
 
I finished it today. Yes, its rather short, but good god is it intense! I'm going to start playing through again in order to see what i missed.

Now that i finished the story (with only one death, right at the very end :mad:) i let myself look at a few spoiler threads on the internet. I havent found one person who got the same ending i did. There seems to be about 4-5 different ways the last scene can play out and about 3-4 different epilogue scenes for each character.

Long story short, this game is fantastic. If you care at all about a great story then you must pick this up. Its not going to keep your fingers as busy as COD or something, but it draws you in like you never thought a game could. There were moments where i sat on my chair completely at a loss of what to do next because i could actually feel the emotional struggle in the character's mind.
 
I rented the game today liking it so far imo this game screams for a "Ark" PS3 Wand patch when it comes out.
 
I've read that they actually designed the game for Arc, but they didnt want to wait for Sony to finish it or something.
 
yes it does i did my second ending today my second one was much better than the first one lol going for walkthrough number 3 now.
 
I just completed the game, it was amazing. I was fooled by the mind tricks in some of the scenes. I guess I was one of the lucky few, I got a good ending in my first play though but I did screw up some of the scenario. Some of the scenes remind me of the movie Saw.

I have to add on that this game suffers quite a few technical glitches though.
 
I finally started playing last night. Very glitchy, indeed. Audio hiccups right from the start; in the shopping mal scene the video froze but the audio kept going, then the video came back and ran without sound (since the audio had already played). How the game was declared "gold" in this state is beyond me. :confused:

But I am really enjoying it. The walking controls are the only negative thing I can come up with. But it's no big deal so far, the control scheme in general is very fitting and really connects you with the characters. The story seems very interesting and well told. Only a few hours in, but my g/f and I are very intrigued. Can't wait to see how this unfolds...
 
I didn't play it, but i watched a friend play it because it was quite entertaining to just "watch." It was really just like watching a movie. They could easily make hundreds of this types of games that could entertain a few people as if watching a movie.

Maybe this is the next form of entertainment; interactive movies. Opens up a lot of possibilities.

Also, it really looked amazing. Graphics were sweet. We did have a few skips here and there as mentioned by previous posters.


(i only read the last page of posts, so forgive me if i repeated anything/everything)
 
Finally finished it today! What a ride, I really enjoyed it.

On my first ending, ALL FOUR playable characters died...but Shaun lived. It was pretty harsh. Then I played around some more and got a few better ones, including the "Four Heros" trophy.

For some reason, it wouldn't give me the Birthday trophy, even though I did everything that was asked. Weird, but oh well.

Overall, a great game, very well done! I'd like to see more like it!

SPOILER QUESTION:
Highlight to read: Is it ever revealed why Ethan is having these blackouts and ends up with origami figured in his hands??
 
played it together with friends while having somedrinks during eastern with swapping controller back and forth ... and for that purpose it was fun (also thanks to our great QTE skills we did pletny of trophies) but i hate to say it's a rental at best.. sure gettign all the trophies migth take some time but after finishing it i don't have a motivation for playing through the whole thing again ...

it's better than i expected it to be as an interactive movie and it's hilarious if you sit in front of the Tv arguing about what to do in certain situations but i can't see it developing into more than a niche .. especially at that price
 
I agree this would be a good rental, period! It was very enjoyable for me but seemed very short. Right now I am just trophy hunting before selling back to Gamestop. With some tweaks there could be a good future with this type of gameplay interaction.
 
It seems like my definition of a "short" game is changing drastically the older I get. I just don't have that much time to game anymore... Bioshock lasted me a good year. Heavy Rain lasted me over a month (one play-through), and I played that what I consider "a lot". As a rental, I would have to play it an entire weekend, from the minute I wake up until I go back to sleep. Reality is, if I get like 3-4 hours in on a weekend, it's exceptional.
 
I finished it a couple of days ago, I thought it was amazing. One of the best PS3 games there is. Unfortunately I got a kind of bad ending :(
 
Taustin Powers said:
It seems like my definition of a "short" game is changing drastically the older I get. I just don't have that much time to game anymore... Bioshock lasted me a good year. Heavy Rain lasted me over a month (one play-through), and I played that what I consider "a lot". As a rental, I would have to play it an entire weekend, from the minute I wake up until I go back to sleep. Reality is, if I get like 3-4 hours in on a weekend, it's exceptional.
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well we got through it in 2 sittings on friday and saturday evening .. both around roughly 4 hours perhaps
and my rental comment was more focused on the current price of heavy rain .. paying 69 euros like some shops want around here is simply out of question for a interactive movie for me


sometimes games can last me months as well.. like uncharted 1 which i have to admit is simply too cliche and predictable story wise and with annoying combat .. i had to force me to actually finish it ... i borrowed it from a friend ;)
 
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