If not, then what exactly is it that you're expecting from Heavy Rain? Have you ever played an adventure game, for that matter? I just can't help but think that people are hyping it up for the graphics and the fact that it's an exclusive without actually knowing how this kind of game works. It's a very niche genre. It isn't your run and gun Killzone or your platforming Uncharted. I guess my pessimistic thinking is due in part to the fact that this genre of gaming has never been all that popular, but with the announcement of Heavy Rain and all the videos we've been bombarded with, it's garnered a bit more attention. It's kinda like seeing your favorite underground band blow up. Makes me seem like an elitist ass, but still. Are you actually looking for a good story from Heavy Rain or do you just want something pretty to look at? And if you're looking forward to Heavy Rain but you haven't played Fahrenheit yet, I highly suggest you do.
I have not personally played IndigoProthecy myself, but i am clearly aware of the kind of gameplay it is and as long as the story is good i usually like the game
i ve played indigo prophecy and it was awesome till the end where the story was SO rushed, man it ruined the game for me. it begins SO f....ng aweosme but on the last hour it is rubbish.. shame
other than that it is like a movie , on secong thought like movieS cause you can take many many alternative subplots. (tha main plot though remanins the same) it also has 3 endings as i can remember. gameply was simple , you just did some moves up or down adn thats it, this sounds boring and stupid btut rest assured that it is not. right the opposite it is (was) very original. the whole experience is like a mob=vie , a cinematic interactive movie. unlike the mgs4 in IP you could alter the cutscenes with dialogue you actually chose.. anyway it awas a memorable game. it has its ups and downs, i gave it a 8,5 just for the story.
I have played indigo prophecy and loved it. But I do get what he is saying. There are going to be some people that pick Heavy Rain up and just hate it. If you like story dirven games then I dont see how you could not like it.
Although Fahrenheit interested me when it was first released I never got around to playing it till earlier this year. My interest in Heavy Rain was actually what finally pushed me to hunt down a copy of the game.
After playing it I can honestly say it's one of the best games I have ever played, despite it's flaws.
I'm hyped for Heavy Rain, but the graphics are probably the last thing on my mind. I love a deep dark story, and well developed characters I can get attatched to, so Heavy Rain is shaping up to be the perfect game for me.
Haven't seen or heard much of Indigo Prophecy but I don't play M rated games anyway. Heavy Rain looks like it'll have a good murder mystery plot and I love reading those types of books. However, I'm gonna be sad if Heavy Rain is rated M. Sill hopeing!
Haven't seen or heard much of Indigo Prophecy but I don't play M rated games anyway. Heavy Rain looks like it'll have a good murder mystery plot and I love reading those types of books. However, I'm gonna be sad if Heavy Rain is rated M. Sill hopeing!
Zidaneski
It will likely be rated M. There's nudity , drug use , violence , f-bombs , etc.
I've never played Indigo Prophecy and I probably never will unless Heavy Rain is unbelievable. I'm looking forward to HR because it's going to be a story driven game. I love books with great stories and Heavy Rain seems to be a like a book in video game form.
I agree with you on how this definitely is definitely a niche game and I don't really understand how it's getting so much attention aside from blind fanboys who care about graphics more than anything. I don't even think this game has good graphics but I'm hoping the story is one worth remembering.
What difference does it make? If people buy it, a good developer will be getting a huge reward on a game which(if Farenheit was a good example of) deserves a big reward. The people who love it will love it and the people who buy it for the graphics have already spent their money so it doesn't matter if they love it or not, though of course it would be better if they did. And for the record, yes I did play Farenheit.
Indigo Prophecy is easily one of my favorite games of last gen. I expect an even deeper, well developed story out of Heavy Rain (IP's fell kind of flat towards the end, in all honesty). The game could have PS2 graphics and I would still buy it as long as it was priced accordingly. The amazing life like visuals are just icing on the cake, though I do think the they allow Quantic Dream the freedom they need to truly express their dark tale.
i haven't played indigo yet but i'm looking forward to hevy rain not because of the pretty pictures everyone else is but just a different gaming experience altogether after you shot everybody to hell and hacked off 10000 limbs i want something different and that is what this game is to me
I found out about Heavy Rain by playing Indigo Prophecy, I liked it so much and did some research after playing it and found out the guy was making another game, and from what I've seen Heavy Rain is going to be a masterpiece!
Indigo Prophecy was a great game and it had a unique play mechanics. It was interesting how they told the story from 3 points of view. I'm not a graphics whore and I'm welcoming Heavy Rain with open arms. I'm also like that once character is dead, they are gone.
I've never played Indigo Proephecy (always wanted to just never got around to it) but I'm excited for Heavy Rain because it seems to have a very deep story, and story is usally the biggest seller for me. As long as the story is great and engages the player I can usually play on through medicore gameplay. I'm not saying the gameplay for this going to be mediocre, as I don't really know exactly what it is (other than maybe some kind of advanced QTE thing?) but it seems cool how things can turn out so differently just from one little thing happening and how the games refects every last little thing you do. I'm interested to see how things will unfold differently through multiple playthroughs. I'll probably try and pick up Indigo Prophecy closer to the release of this so I have more of an idea what to expect.
I'm simply expecting it to be a fun game. That's about it. Graphics are a plus, but it's not the reason I'm buying it. I need to play Fahrenheit, but I've just never got around to it :(
Yes, still have it on my Xbox, though to be quite honest I never got around to finishing it. Also, at the time I never was really a fan of adventure type games, and bought it not knowing it was that sort of game, but for what I did play of it, I loved it. I think it was just the whole atmosphere and the plot that really drew me in, and I ended up right around the point where Lucas was paying the old lady a visit (don't recall her name). Actually this thread makes me want to dust it off and go finally finish it, maybe I'll do that soon.
[QUOTE="guynamedbilly"]What difference does it make? If people buy it, a good developer will be getting a huge reward on a game which(if Farenheit was a good example of) deserves a big reward. The people who love it will love it and the people who buy it for the graphics have already spent their money so it doesn't matter if they love it or not, though of course it would be better if they did. And for the record, yes I did play Farenheit. Yeah, but that isn't the point. I realize that whether or not they like it doesn't matter once they've made the purchase, I'm just wondering what it is that's compelling people who haven't played an adventure/point and click game to buy it.
i didnt really like indigo prophecy.. i dont know if it was the style of gameplay or just the creepy ass things that happen during the game.. it was definitley unique though
I played very little of it, liked a lot the new gameplay, but was stuck fast as it was too much limited in freedom of choice : you had to do this action then this other action then this other action, and can't do anything else or game over.
Played Fahrenheit together with a friend. The game was so awesome we played through the whole night and finished it the next morning. Took me 11 hours or so.
I liked Indigo Prophecy alot. It was a fun game even though the ending wasn't that good. I am looking forward to Heavy Rain because of this game. HR is looking really good graphic wise and story wise.
I have always been a fan of the adventure genre, since the 90s where it was the golden era for adventure games. And yes, I have played Indigo Prophecy and I found it to be okay at first, but the story took a turn for the worst when the protagonist had those Matrix like moves. On Heavy Rain, I just hope the voice acting will be fixed. Some of the dialogues I've heard sounded atrocious. Keeping it under my radar, but I'll only buy it if it turns out good.
I have always been a fan of the adventure genre, since the 90s where it was the golden era for adventure games. And yes, I have played Indigo Prophecy and I found it to be okay at first, but the story took a turn for the worst when the protagonist had those Matrix like moves.shalashaska88
Yes i played it because i saw heavy rain and i thought it looked cool and now I CANT **** WAIT, Indigo prophecy blends gameplay and story into the one thing and by the look of it heavy rain will do it even better than Indigo prophecy.
Haven't seen or heard much of Indigo Prophecy but I don't play M rated games anyway. Heavy Rain looks like it'll have a good murder mystery plot and I love reading those types of books. However, I'm gonna be sad if Heavy Rain is rated M. Sill hopeing!
Nike_Air
It will likely be rated M. There's nudity , drug use , violence , f-bombs , etc.
I played Indigo Prophecy on PS2 couple of years ago and it was an OK game. The story was good at the start that kept me going but got a little cheap in the end, of course gameplay was unique and overall agood adventure while it lasted. Heavy Rain's story is what keeps me pushing to try this game, Let's hope for the best.
Yeah, I played Indigo Prophecy and that is what is holding me back from getting too excited for Heavy Rain. Indigo Prophecy had really lame Simon Sez gameplay and a storyline that would make a Stephen King fan proud, but people overlook these flaws and still rave about it just because it was "unique." I need more than uniqueness in my games, I need good gameplay, good stories, and good characters (what I remember most about Indigo Prohphecy was the Shaftastic police officer buddy character and playing the basketball minigame. A unique game? sort of. Fun? not really).
I'm holding off on getting too excited for Heavy Rain until I see proof that it has something more going for it than it is "unique" and it has nudity. Because the nudity especially seems just like a gimmick to me and gimmicks are usually there to cover up other flaws.
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