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By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:54:44 +0000

Ok I’m really not much of an uber-hardcore gamer, but I’ve played a fair share of games in my lifetime. And I can honestly say, Heavy Rain has been the best yet. As everyone is saying, the graphics are amazing, give or take a few small details here and there. But for whoever it was that posted the link to the collaboration of all the messed up faces and what not: two things. One, on the Lauren Winter before and after comparison, the before picture Im pretty sure isn’t even her. It’s a character that got cut from the game; and two, if you pause any movie in a random place, you can capture some very strange facial movements and expressions. Heavy Rain is no exception to that. Ok now that I’m done with you, not to be rude, this plot line is fantastic! Anyone who thinks it isn’t clearly does not have a good grasp on moral issues like life or death, excet for when your options are laid out clearly for you. This game requires you to move outsidebyour comfort zone, and think on your feet, making enormous decisions with limited prior knowledge, but can still utterly change the way EVERYTHING unfolds. But if you don’t like that sort of independence, so be it. Just wait until the next Call of Duty comes out.(Nothing against the series, Modern Warfare 2 was my previous favorite game.) And for the controls, their really not that great and sometimes are quite tacky and take away from the plot, but you’ve got to give credit to whoever came up with that control scheme. Very creative abnd immersive. Thats about all I have to say. Overall, wonderful game. Besides, you can’t go wrong with boobies!

By: Arlo

Arlo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:21 +0000

I played Heavy Rain for about 2-3 hours at a friend’s house. And the scene at the mall pissed me off for one reason:
At the part when your son wants to get a balloon, and after you give it to him, he starts wandering off and the clown asks you to pay him. There is initially an option for you to walk away and get him, so we tried that, and then the clown goes “Hey buddy, pay me two bucks”, and then there is no option to walk away anymore. Not only is the clown a fucking dick, this game is stopping from you to being a good father. You can’t negotiate with the clown and tell him to wait a second so you can get your son, you can’t just run, you have to stumble through your pockets and pull out 2 dollars (which is ridiculous for a piece of rubber and a string, but that’s aside from the fact), which takes about 10 seconds and therefore harder for you to retrieve your own son.
The only reason they did this is because the game needed your son to die (45 minute mark spoiler alert!), but this was a situation that was entirely avoidable. Also, that car did not hit him enough to die.
It should be known that I enjoyed what I played of this game, and I’m relatively lenient about what I enjoy, but I can still get nitpicky.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:29:18 +0000

Hey Anthony, whatcha’ saying?
You’ve missed the point entirely because, from the sounds of it, you went into the game intent on hating it. Heavy Rain is by no means perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot better than any other game at what it does. Consider the consequences of your actions. I don’t want to spoil anything, but what you do alters the personalities and fates of not only the protagonists, but the antagonist. Step back from it and look at how the story played out as though it was a book or a film independent of your control. It’s tailored to your personality; for different people there will be different underlying philosophies behind the characters. Do they fall in love or are they too suspicious? Are they kind at heart or simply sadistic? There’s a fragile elegance to the way the story acts out that, though you have to look for it, is astonishing. No complaints about having to think too hard, either. Is any great book’s true message presented to you on a silver platter? No, if it was then the book would lose what made it so great, it would turn into moralistic fable with ham-handed delivery. I’m shocked that someone who touts Braid (which, let’s be honest, is just a short story that forces you to solve puzzles to unlock more pages) would dismiss a game as subtle as Heavy Rain so easily.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:13:43 +0000

Anyone can look like an idiot when an out of context still is taken of them from a video. The fact that the game captures this so well is indicative of the attention they paid to realism. It’s easy to sit back and look at a few out of context images and rail on the game for them without having played it, but when it does what it’s trying to do right – and it does quite often – it’s really gripping. I’ll be truly impressed when you can show me a game with unquestionably more realistic graphics than it. Without that your point is completely void. Until next time, I encourage you to enjoy playing your Xbox.

By: maverick

maverick — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:55:41 +0000

i think the story was one of the best written for a video game, the soundtrack is incredible and the characters are engaging and genuine. this is one of the most important games released for this console generation and marks an important revolution in cinematic gaming.

although the same cant be said about the controls

By: Scotty T

Scotty T — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:40:26 +0000

Great Blog. I do hope to sit down and play Mass Effect some day but I don’t think I’ll get the chance to play Heavy Rain since I don’t own a PS3.

By: SpookyBarnez

SpookyBarnez — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:03:38 +0000

I agree Anthony. I like where they were trying to go with the game, but it was poorly executed. Story was lame and didn’t make any sense from the killer’s perspective and with a game like this the story has to be good. Hopefully someone else tries their hand at this type of game and makes one that really shines.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:06:08 +0000

Yeah, but the story continues on even if your NPCs die in that game. You can’t possibly lose any of the truly important characters; in Heavy Rain, you can.

By: someone

someone — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:39:18 +0000

it’s not doctored. those are screenshots taken from various videos posted on gametrailers.com