Heavy Rain -The Official Thread (Launches 2/23/10)
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I'm a sucker for the artsy, so I enjoyed it despite the issues discussed in the last few posts. However...anyone else notice the HORRIBLE dialogue tracks at the crime scene? Really really bad quality, which showed up again in the trailer too. That's greatly concerning.
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Re: Heavy Rain -The Official Thread (Launches 2/23/10)
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I really liked the game despite the huge amount of quicktime events. I think it will be pretty epic. The graphics are just beautiful. I do think they overdid the fog effect when it's raining though, kind of makes it a bit hard to see.
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The controls are only decent and the best thing going for it is the different ways the story can develop (which was fun) but I can see this get tiring due to the poor controls.
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All the excitement over this game got me to preorder it from Amazon and now I'm wondering if I should cancel it.
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Just to clarify, it's not the dialogue per say or even the actor's performance. I'm talking about the actual recording quality. Like it sounded like the mic was pressed all the way into the speakers lips. It had a really bad quality to the actual sound. (Didn't notice it in the apartment scene, just the crime scene.)
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Just to clarify, it's not the dialogue per say or even the actor's performance. I'm talking about the actual recording quality. Like it sounded like the mic was pressed all the way into the speakers lips. It had a really bad quality to the actual sound. (Didn't notice it in the apartment scene, just the crime scene.)
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Yeah, not a good idea to release a demo for this game.
The controls just take you out of the game. I've read that with time you get better with the controls, but still. Are they doing that to make the game feel longer?
That's too bad because the story looks really engaging, I really want to like this game but the demo makes it harder for me. I mean, when we just had two games, Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed 2, with really good controls, you can do a lot of things with those controls, then comes a game that looks really great but goes back like 10 years in the controls.
I will keep playing the demo and will make my mind on release date.
The controls just take you out of the game. I've read that with time you get better with the controls, but still. Are they doing that to make the game feel longer?
That's too bad because the story looks really engaging, I really want to like this game but the demo makes it harder for me. I mean, when we just had two games, Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed 2, with really good controls, you can do a lot of things with those controls, then comes a game that looks really great but goes back like 10 years in the controls.
I will keep playing the demo and will make my mind on release date.
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Just finished playing the demo and I gotta say, I thought it was pretty cool. I can see where everyone's coming from in terms of the acting and the unusual controls, but I'm going to stick with my preorder.
I'm sure some people will say that this is like playing a movie, but for me Uncharted 1 was like playing a movie. The thing that excites me about this is the idea of consequences. In Uncharted, God of War, other QTE games, you miss the button, you die. Or you start over until you get the sequence.
This one, if you miss out, you miss out. During the fight, I pressed the wrong button and got hit rather than hitting the guy. I got excited by the idea of intentionally pushing the wrong button when the guy breaks the bottle, just to see what would happen to me if I didn't deflect it. (Or what happens to my character if I let that guy just kick the shit out of me.) That, to me, is cool. You're having to make choices on the fly, rather than say in Mass Effect where it presents you with the various options and I rack my brain trying to figure out the right one.
I'm sure some people will say that this is like playing a movie, but for me Uncharted 1 was like playing a movie. The thing that excites me about this is the idea of consequences. In Uncharted, God of War, other QTE games, you miss the button, you die. Or you start over until you get the sequence.
This one, if you miss out, you miss out. During the fight, I pressed the wrong button and got hit rather than hitting the guy. I got excited by the idea of intentionally pushing the wrong button when the guy breaks the bottle, just to see what would happen to me if I didn't deflect it. (Or what happens to my character if I let that guy just kick the shit out of me.) That, to me, is cool. You're having to make choices on the fly, rather than say in Mass Effect where it presents you with the various options and I rack my brain trying to figure out the right one.
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Yeah, it's growing on me despite its negatives. I think I may still get it for the intriguing premise and the various ways it can play out. Just have to decide if I wanna pre-order or wait 'til it drops to $30.
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Just to be clear : The only way to try the demo now is to go to that hammered site and then open a European PSN account? Otherwise you wait until Thursday? Is that correct?
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Re: Heavy Rain -The Official Thread (Launches 2/23/10)
It works on US go here
http://heavyrainps3.com/registration/signup/en_US
Register then go here
http://site.precinct52.com/case1117_briefing/en_US
answers from slickdeals
Quote:
The four pieces of evidence are:
• Short cigarette (117b)
• Origami bird
• Coffee shop C (it says "diner")
• 117h (tyre tracks).
Be care about which coffee shop you pick as there are several, and you must submit the correct one to get the code. Likewise, the writing on the "tyre tracks" is difficult to read.
Thanks to Hosaka
http://heavyrainps3.com/registration/signup/en_US
Register then go here
http://site.precinct52.com/case1117_briefing/en_US
answers from slickdeals
Quote:
The four pieces of evidence are:
• Short cigarette (117b)
• Origami bird
• Coffee shop C (it says "diner")
• 117h (tyre tracks).
Be care about which coffee shop you pick as there are several, and you must submit the correct one to get the code. Likewise, the writing on the "tyre tracks" is difficult to read.
Thanks to Hosaka
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thanks.
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Played the demo last night. It was pretty 'meh' for me. I do think the story will be really engaging and I didn't mind the QTE's, which surprised me. It just didn't seem all that immersive to me. I didn't care for the 'read your character's thoughts' aspect and I was irritated by how some actions trigger animations that interrupt what you're doing. It's goofy that a guy can't put on glasses or pull out his wallet while walking. It's also irritating that you seemingly can't run. I'll probably still get it, but I'll wait a couple months for it to hit the Target clearance bins.
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I'll probably check out the demo when it goes wide on Thursday, but I've read through the description of this game three times on Wikipedia and I still have no idea what it's supposed to be like, or why people are peeing their panties over it.
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Yeah, they guys at avsforum (PS3 forum) loved the demo too. There was maybe one or two guys that complained about the controls, but otherwise it was a love fest.
Groucho, if you are not already excited about this game you'll hate the demo.
Groucho, if you are not already excited about this game you'll hate the demo.
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Other than the audio quality issue, I loved almost everything else about it. I can see the pitfalls that people are pointing out, but it's still a purchase for me at this point.
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But I really really dug the demo.
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I thought ECA didn't do Amazon deals anymore?