Author Topic: Heavy Rain - new screenshots (Read 6820 times)

JustinP · « **on:** August 06, 2008, 05:54:09 PM »

and what would heavy rain be without character monologue and close-up shots?

Crushed · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2008, 05:54:44 PM »

wow that gameplay looks so fun

wait a tick

demi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2008, 05:57:58 PM »

The eyebrows are a texture... this is the 360 version

MCD · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:00:16 PM »

creepy.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:00:56 PM »

From the developers of Indigo Prophecy.

lol

Crushed · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:01:31 PM »

oh wait this is the gameplay

Quote

"With the release of Fahrenheit, we gave the adventure genre a new grammar. We brought new ways into the genre, new words if you want to see it like that, a new vocabulaire. With Heavy Rain, where going to expand on that same grammar."

hmm yes that explains everything

cool breeze · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:02:43 PM »

It helps understanding what this will be if you played Indigo Prophecy. It is basically "Quick Time Events: The Game". I expect this to be similar. It is very impressive looking outside of the blurring of the background.

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:02:53 PM »

Indigo Prophecy is amazing. I might buy a PS3 for this game - until they announce the 360 version soon after

MCD · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:04:46 PM »

hope their budget is enough to finish the project this OH GOD WTF IS THIS MATRIX KUNG FU BULLSHIT

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:04:54 PM »

Then I guess I am buying a PS3 in 2010

y2kev · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:06:52 PM »

indigo prophecy is soooo good for 90 minutes

soooooooo good

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:06:58 PM »

The environments look like GTAIV. Same with the cars and bike. The characters look ok, but I don't see what's so amazing.

Crushed · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:09:07 PM »

nah, it looks pretty fucking good

keyword "looks"

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:10:11 PM »

appears to be some heavy mucus running out of her left nostril

cool breeze · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:14:47 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on August 06, 2008, 06:06:58 PM

The environments look like GTAIV. Same with the cars and bike. The characters look ok, but I don't see what's so amazing.

I think it looks leagues better than GTA4, but except for the bike picture from the rear, the environments don't look amazing. The character model looks great, as does the fat guy.

Quote from: Crushed on August 06, 2008, 06:09:07 PM

nah, it looks pretty fucking good

keyword "looks"

That is one problem solved already then! something appealing to look at for the stretch of the game.

now if they can only have interesting gameplay.

JustinP · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:14:51 PM »

i never played indigo prophecy but it seems like an evolutionary take on the point and click adventure games. i had fun with point and click adventure titles on PC. will probably gamefly this game.

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:18:23 PM »

Quote from: JustinP on August 06, 2008, 06:14:51 PM

i never played indigo prophecy but it seems like an evolutionary take on the point and click adventure games. i had fun with point and click adventure titles on PC. will probably gamefly this game.

i wouldnt say that... it was pretty much QTE: The Game

y2kev · « **Reply #17 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:23:14 PM »

Not really. It was an adventure game saddled with action bullshit and the action was all controlled via absolutely arbitrary "QTEs."

Indigo Prophecy is about interacting with your environment. It found a way to make tedious bullshit engaging and it really makes you feel for characters in ways few other games do.

And then the halfway point hits and the game turns to complete diarrhea.

I really recommend IP because it's cheap now and the first hour to two hours are ridiculously good. The scene when the cop shows up to your apartment and the promise of the story being so "elastic" rocks so much. It just never really delivers because....uh....angels in a church.

Mupepe · « **Reply #18 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:23:39 PM »

looks hot. haters can suck it. right here. nom nom nom

Crushed · « **Reply #19 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:24:42 PM »

abrader · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:26:27 PM »

is this a money shot?

JustinP · « **Reply #21 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:26:31 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:18:23 PM

Quote from: JustinP on August 06, 2008, 06:14:51 PM
i never played indigo prophecy but it seems like an evolutionary take on the point and click adventure games. i had fun with point and click adventure titles on PC. will probably gamefly this game.

i wouldnt say that... it was pretty much QTE: The Game

and what i'm saying is that QTE's have some similarities to how a point and click adventure game is played. both systems prioritize cinematic elements over interactivity.

and 2ykev even states "Indigo Prophecy is about interacting with your environment," which was a large part of point and click adventure titles.

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 06, 2008, 06:21:39 PM

Quote from: JustinP on August 06, 2008, 06:14:51 PM
i never played indigo prophecy but it seems like an evolutionary take on the point and click adventure games. i had fun with point and click adventure titles on PC. will probably gamefly this game.
This is as wrong as you can get. The game was excrement.

i've heard the opposite, more often than not.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:28:49 PM »

Fahrenheit was very awesome until the back end. I'm hopeful they learned from the mistakes of the first.

y2kev · « **Reply #23 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:30:39 PM »

I'm not so sure I think it's an evolution of point and click adventure games-- Farenheit is more about narrative than it is puzzles and discovering the distinguished mentally-challenged logic of a designer-- but it definitely is an adventure game. Eurogamer's review of IP is great in how it describes IP as an adventure game where Cage sacrificed core adventure principles to squeeze action into the game...and it really, really stands out.

The story, characterization, character drama, etc., is all top notch for a bit and then it becomes poopy but it's so, so good at first that you won't care. There's a 100% obvious jump the shark moment in the game and from that point on you might as well shut it off.

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:33:05 PM »

The last bits ARE the best parts. I mean wtf, it's just so insane and crazy that this actually made it into the game. No "cleaning up the crime scene" boring shit, instead you have people flying in the air, using Kung Fu, throwing water towers at each other... easily top 5 game.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #25 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:34:06 PM »

don't forget about the sex scene in a run down subway car

demi · « **Reply #26 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:37:40 PM »

They should remake that shit with UE3, that would be bonkers

Crushed · « **Reply #27 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:38:10 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:33:05 PM

The last bits ARE the best parts. I mean wtf, it's just so insane and crazy that this actually made it into the game. No "cleaning up the crime scene" boring shit, instead you have people flying in the air, using Kung Fu, throwing water towers at each other... easily top 5 game.

JustinP · « **Reply #28 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:40:25 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 06, 2008, 06:30:47 PM

JustinP, you should try it then. The game is mostly garbage, with collosal fuck-up design decisions, one of the worst last acts in any game, and a pointless overuse of qtes (which are a bad thing in the first place, no matter the frequency. It's only like 10 bucks though, so you can decide for yourself.

i'll probably do just that. but i hear raving reviews for it, even if some don't like the end.

and personally i don't generalize QTEs as being universally bad. not saying they're always a good idea or that all of them are done great, but there have been QTEs that i have enjoyed and it would have been a different (most likely lesser) experience if attempted outside a QTE.

i'll take your xbox copy if i can't get ahold of an uncensored PC copy.

cool breeze · « **Reply #29 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:43:27 PM »

I really have to play Indigo Prophecy one day. I only played the PS2 demo years ago.

y2kev · « **Reply #30 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:45:56 PM »

btw we only call it farenheit on interweb bcuz we r teh elite gamers

y2kev · « **Reply #31 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:47:14 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:33:05 PM

The last bits ARE the best parts. I mean wtf, it's just so insane and crazy that this actually made it into the game. No "cleaning up the crime scene" boring shit, instead you have people flying in the air, using Kung Fu, throwing water towers at each other... easily top 5 game.

Demi, your taste is so amazingly arbitrary that I can't figure out what you will like and dislike

The QTEs aren't even really engaging QTEs though. the QTEs in IP ARE bad QTEs. Even in Shenmue, when you are playing the game and a QTE comes up...if you need to sidestep and punch someone, left + a is the command. In God of War, O is the command for a QTE throw. It's all related and kind of tight. IP is just...simon says because they say so.

demi · « **Reply #32 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:48:39 PM »

My list is pretty short

Anything that's:

* Amazingly epic (or just one of the two)
* QTEs
* Bubble Bobble
* Zombies

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:49:43 PM »

Indigo Prophecy is CORRECt because its about the INDIGO CHILD

wtf does Farenheit relate to that

Crushed · « **Reply #34 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:51:10 PM »

http://www.dailymotion.com/LordMune/video/x3k336_lp-fahrenheit-hobos-2_videogames

incredible coffee drinking action

"you awake?"
"yeah..."
"GO BACK TO SLEEP"

demi · « **Reply #35 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:52:31 PM »

Quote from: y2kev on August 06, 2008, 06:47:14 PM

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:33:05 PM
The last bits ARE the best parts. I mean wtf, it's just so insane and crazy that this actually made it into the game. No "cleaning up the crime scene" boring shit, instead you have people flying in the air, using Kung Fu, throwing water towers at each other... easily top 5 game.

Demi, your taste is so amazingly arbitrary that I can't figure out what you will like and dislike

The QTEs aren't even really engaging QTEs though. the QTEs in IP ARE bad QTEs. Even in Shenmue, when you are playing the game and a QTE comes up...if you need to sidestep and punch someone, left + a is the command. In God of War, O is the command for a QTE throw. It's all related and kind of tight. IP is just...simon says because they say so.

Dude, he gets chased by GIANT COCKROACHES

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #36 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:53:28 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:48:39 PM

My list is pretty short

Anything that's:

* Amazingly epic (or just one of the two)
* QTEs
* Bubble Bobble
* Zombies

You forgot

* Advent Rising

demi · « **Reply #37 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:54:08 PM »

That falls under category 1

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #38 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:55:56 PM »

Quote from: demi on August 06, 2008, 06:54:08 PM

That falls under category 1

It needs it's own category. Your Advent Rising fanboyism is my favorite Demi meme of all time.

Crushed · « **Reply #39 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:57:46 PM »

*magic underwear

drohne · « **Reply #40 on:** August 06, 2008, 07:17:27 PM »

SO FRENCH

i don't even care if it sucks -- as indigo prophecy mostly did. videogames need this

Crushed · « **Reply #41 on:** August 06, 2008, 08:42:57 PM »

holy shit i just watched the giant bugs scene

it's like qte overdrive

http://vimeo.com/403626

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #42 on:** August 06, 2008, 08:51:17 PM »

Soccer Mom the Game

MCD · « **Reply #43 on:** August 06, 2008, 08:53:32 PM »

end spoilers:

[youtube=425,350]kw2pnkmYIhI[/youtube]

Draft · « **Reply #44 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:00:03 PM »

Quote from: Crushed on August 06, 2008, 08:42:57 PM

holy shit i just watched the giant bugs scene

it's like qte overdrive

http://vimeo.com/403626

Jesus Christ. And I always thought Simon was just a pithy way of describing QTEs.

Crushed · « **Reply #45 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:03:18 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 06, 2008, 08:46:37 PM

That's a pretty light qte sequence.

What.

That sequence alone put both Shenmue and God of War to absolute shame, and you're telling me it's light.

Crushed · « **Reply #46 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:07:34 PM »

...but...

...but you're pressing more buttons and doing more inputs than if it was just a straight up action gameplay sequence, why

why

y2kev · « **Reply #47 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:17:09 PM »

Yeah, as I said, they aren't even good QTEs. Just random waggling.

demi · « **Reply #48 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:55:33 PM »

I loved that scene, I think I'm gonna replay this again

demi · « **Reply #49 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:01:43 PM »

I dunno why everyone is hating. Tell me that wasn't one of the most enjoyable things you've seen this past year. QTEs made that happen.

Crushed · « **Reply #50 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:22:44 PM »

http://vimeo.com/461950

think of shenmue 3 with that technology

a thousand soccer balls to dodge

drew · « **Reply #51 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:47:08 PM »

Quote from: Crushed on August 06, 2008, 08:42:57 PM

http://vimeo.com/403626

Good lord, I'm glad I missed out on most of last gen.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #52 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:58:06 PM »

Looks special.

But it will suck monkey dick if the main character is a female. I thought this was going to be this big crime thriller, and you just can't do it with a female in the main role because...i'll just feel like a bitch.