Comments on: Heavy Rain Review – The Uncanny Valley

By: Phil May

Phil May — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:42:30 +0000

The “making of” stuff on the blu ray really does need to be watched and I wish a few more reviewers sat through it rather than just rattling out reviews that kept comparing the game directly to movies in the same ilk.

I’ll stand by Heavy Rain definitely being one of the most unique gaming experiences I’ve had in the last year or so, it really is more than just a bunch of strapped-together reaction tests and QTEs. It attempts to do something that not nearly enough “grown up” games do. Tug at your heart strings one minute, and fill you with revulsion for certain members of the human race in another.

By: crunchyfrog555

crunchyfrog555 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:45:02 +0000

Aha, that’s the way I like to approach games, Alex. It’s unusual that I even bother with a demo. I, too, like to go into things fresh, with no preconceptions, or bearing the knowledge of some complainants niggles which will undoubtedly – and totally unfairly – draw my attention to them.

Actgually, I’m going to take a step back with this game. I’m going to wait and see a bit (and do my usual trick of waiting some weeks and pick it up on the cheap, as it were).

And I’m glad you pointed out that blog by Mr Cage – it’s a lovely, open and heart-warming blog – very interesting indeed.

It makes a real change from the kind of stuff that you hear from the likes of some, such as Peter Molyneux, when they extol such revolutionary virtues their game has. Then, as with Fable 2′s case, it comes out as a very pale imitation of everything they previously said.

Loved the Atari cartridge too.

By: Alex Murphy

Alex Murphy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:44:05 +0000

Really looking forward to this, played it in the Eurogamer Expo, and not actually reading articles, playing the demo, or reading reviews, I want it pure and fresh when I settle down with it. However, for those with even a slight interest in games development – Cage’s blog is fascinating. http://blogs.ign.com/SCE_HeavyRain/

By: Daniel Linger

Daniel Linger — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:55:59 +0000

Bioshock 2 – extreme disappointment? Well, hardly. Although, you know, everyone’s entitled to their opinion and all that, I just fail to see how you can say 2 was that bad when you obviously liked the original. Everything as far as Bioshock 2 goes is better, deeper, more involved, plus a few inevitable tweaks for the better. And that’s to say nothing of the multiplayer (which I’m told is very good, but sadly not a thing I’m interested in).

But I digress.

I’ve played the demo of this game, and I wholeheartedly applaud it’s take on playing to a proper mature audience. But, I couldn’t stand the game. It was just as bad as Fahrenheit Mr Cage et al did before, and similar to that daft Shadow of Memories from the PS2.

Interactive fiction indeed. Maybe I’m wanting too much of it. I kind of expected these elements to be nicely melded with the sort of gameplay in Uncharted 2, for example.

This is going to be one hell of a Marmite game… no – piece of software. I must stop calling it a game.

By: Zamboni Massacre

Zamboni Massacre — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:02:39 +0000

Really hope this makes up for the extreme disapointment of Bioshock 2.

By: BJD

BJD — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:08:32 +0000

Just played the demo and it is truly stunning. Whilst I agree the screen tearing is annoying it does not detract from the fact this is a new style of involvement in gameplay. I cant wait do get the whole thing at the end of the month.