Heavy rain hype... Really?

Really ppl? are people seriously expecting a AAA from this game?

I couldnt belive how high the hype level is for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0yeEdeCOUU

I seriously cant understand why would sony make a game like this? Does sony seroiusly expect to make a profit from this game, because that woudl be laughable.

I'm excited to check it out.... I'm a big fan of watching movies...

Nah but seriously... I always wanted to simulate putting a woman's make up on in the bathroom.... nah but really...

it does look interesting... I'll buy it from the bargain bin.

Its a decent stab at being different, but ultimately I too think the hype for this game is absurd. Its a movie. We buy video game consoles to play video games, not movies.

Why do people claim Mass Effect is the game of the decade when it didn't even get AAA initially, and was incredibly underwhelming to me? Because something doesn't appeal to you doesn't have any bearing on the amount of hype something gets.

It has the graphics, the animation, and the originality to potentially be AAA, but ultimately it will come down to whether the reviewer likes adventure games or is upset that it's not part shooter.

Why do people claim Mass Effect is the game of the decade when it didn't even get AAA initially, and was incredibly underwhelming to me? Because something doesn't appeal to you doesn't have any bearing on the amount of hype something gets.

It has the graphics, the animation, and the originality to potentially be AAA, but ultimately it will come down to whether the reviewer likes adventure games or is upset that it's not part shooter.

Melkari

Ahh... you were making complete sense.... right up til.. HERE!

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Why do people claim Mass Effect is the game of the decade when it didn't even get AAA initially, and was incredibly underwhelming to me? Because something doesn't appeal to you doesn't have any bearing on the amount of hype something gets.

It has the graphics, the animation, and the originality to potentially be AAA, but ultimately it will come down to whether the reviewer likes adventure games or is upset that it's not part shooter.

Melkari

You can tell me with a straight face that after watching that gameplay video you are excited and hyped for this game? So much so that you're willing to spend $60 to buy it...

What I dont understand is why on EARTH would sony fund this project? Seriously this game has NO chance to make a profit why the **** would sony agree to make something like this in their dire economical situation.

I enjoyed Fahrenheit (except for the Sci-fi elements), I love adventure games. Why shouldn't I not be hyped for Heavy Rain? This is Sony and QD's chance to show the gaming world that the adventure genre isn't dead yet. Maybe it will inspire Sega to develop a Shenmue III (haha just wishful thinking)

You can tell me with a straight face that after watching that gameplay video you are excited and hyped for this game? So much so that you're willing to spend $60 to buy it...

What I dont understand is why on EARTH would sony fund this project? Seriously this game has NO chance to make a profit why the **** would sony agree to make something like this in their dire economical situation.

hreyhreyy

Played Fahrenheit? skrat_01

Played Fahrenheit? skrat_01

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Yes i know! No one understands me neither! :(

Do you think Microsoft really made the 360 for pure profit? They made it to expand thier image everywhere (especially the living room) and in doing so sucessfully they are now making a profit.

Really ppl? are people seriously expecting a AAA from this game?

I couldnt belive how high the hype level is for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0yeEdeCOUU

I seriously cant understand why would sony make a game like this? Does sony seroiusly expect to make a profit from this game, because that woudl be laughable.

hreyhreyy

You can tell me with a straight face that after watching that gameplay video you are excited and hyped for this game? So much so that you're willing to spend $60 to buy it...

What I dont understand is why on EARTH would sony fund this project? Seriously this game has NO chance to make a profit why the **** would sony agree to make something like this in their dire economical situation.

Played Fahrenheit? skrat_01

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

ProChamp

Whats funny is I hear all the time you can have different endings from your choices n stuff like that. YOU CAN ALREADY do that in mass effect and in Mass effect 2 the choices you made in the first game help shape the second AND THIRD one!

Really? to me it looks somewhat interresting, it is rare i buy PS3 games but this one is on my radar, just to see what kind of experiment it is.

I enjoyed Fahrenheit (except for the Sci-fi elements), I love adventure games. Why shouldn't I not be hyped for Heavy Rain? This is Sony and QD's chance to show the gaming world that the adventure genre isn't dead yet. Maybe it will inspire Sega to develop a Shenmue III (haha just wishful thinking)

jasonharris48

The adventure genre has actually been doing fairly well recently, and Heavy Rain probably isn't going to change that too much. The old point-and-click fans might be turned off by the endless action sequences and lack of puzzles, and other gamers might play Heavy Rain but not end up liking more traditional adventure games.

Still, it's always good to see a game that isn't a big-budget shooter get so much attention.

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

I enjoyed Fahrenheit (except for the Sci-fi elements), I love adventure games. Why shouldn't I not be hyped for Heavy Rain? This is Sony and QD's chance to show the gaming world that the adventure genre isn't dead yet. Maybe it will inspire Sega to develop a Shenmue III (haha just wishful thinking)

Planeforger

The adventure genre has actually been doing fairly well recently, and Heavy Rain probably isn't going to change that too much. The old point-and-click fans might be turned off by the endless action sequences and lack of puzzles, and other gamers might play Heavy Rain but not end up liking more traditional adventure games.

Still, it's always good to see a game that isn't a big-budget shooter get so much attention.

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

ProChamp

[QUOTE="ProChamp"]

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

hreyhreyy

Whats funny is I hear all the time you can have different endings from your choices n stuff like that. YOU CAN ALREADY do that in mass effect and in Mass effect 2 the choices you made in the first game help shape the second AND THIRD one!

Well, to be specific, it's not just the ending but also, what happens to the character you are currently controlling as well as the events that take place in the other characters sides of the story. And what I think is kinda cool is that death = death, meaning that of you f*** up and get say shelby killed, he's dead forever

What are you talking about? The ICO games are still being made because they sell well.GamerX2311

[QUOTE="ProChamp"]

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

jasonharris48

I feel as though you missed the point, but I'm not sure how to explain it.

It looks like shenmue. Or atleast the closest thing to it since shenmue. And its going to suffer the same problems that shenmue did. Well the games were flawless its just that not everybody understood it at first glance so they dismissed it and never bothered playing it. Its a hard type of game to market but once people give it a shot you get sucked in like no other.

[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="ProChamp"]

I don't see why people can't just seem to accept that you can make an adventure game w/o over-the-top action or guns.

ProChamp

I feel as though you missed the point, but I'm not sure how to explain it.

It completely misses the point of what video games are. It can be done just as well in another medium. There's no convincing argument that it can't be made as a movie or as a book, therefore fails as a video game. Sure, you might enjoy it - but you won't like it for interacting with it.

That's the dillema of a reviewer. Review the experience as a whole or the, you know, actual game? Can video game critics review movies and books just as well as they review games?

Expect a lot of conflicting opinions when HR launches. I am not too keen on playing with my virtual son in a virtual garden, but we'll see.

Whoa, that's some seriously bad facial animation :/ I hope it's fixed, it's way too cartoonish for that graphical styIe.

Played Fahrenheit? skrat_01

Really ppl? are people seriously expecting a AAA from this game?

I couldnt belive how high the hype level is for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0yeEdeCOUU

I seriously cant understand why would sony make a game like this? Does sony seroiusly expect to make a profit from this game, because that woudl be laughable.

hreyhreyy

OMG you are a prodigy! At 3 years old you can write post with your keyboard and make an elequent speach

I mean, you must be a 3 year old, becouse you never played Fahrenheit, wich is one of the games i most enjoyed playing

i will be honest this time, the graphics are better than i what i expected but the gameplay is just worse than i what i thought .......... but i may be wrong, i thought demons soul gameplay was boring, shallow and so bad just from watching some videos, SO we may need to play the game b4 declaring our final judgment,

If Indigo Prophecy can get an 8.4 and good reviews round the internets. Then this game can easily hit AAA.

I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.StealthMonkey4

Well there you go. I buy video game consoles to play video games.

And why the hell do people always say 'just cos its not a game where you shoot things' like you assume thats the only kind of kind people who dont like this play. Like what the hell??

Two words: Demon's Souls.

I saw nothing but a few video clips from that game and got interested. Time goes by and you start hearing things by word of mouth. People talking about the difficulty, praising the atmosphere, and talking about how satisfying victory is.

The game comes out in limited quantities and sells way more then they expected to the point of needing a second pressing.

Now here comes Heavy Rain. It's been quiet for a while. Now the more time goes on, the more we see about it and people are starting to get hyped. It, just like Demon's Souls, comes off as a very "niche" title.

Thus far, Heavy Rain has been lauded for being different and, even after some initial mocking at it's level of pretentiousness, reviewers that have played preview builds talk about how unique it is in that the mundane everyday activities in the game make you care more about the characters when the big moments happen.

Demon's Souls scored a 9.0 here and won Game Of The Year for being the most unique innovative game to come out this year. It's got there mainly based on words of mouth. Heavy Rain is starting to get the same treatment.

There's a chance history MIGHT repeat itself here.

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.Longcat2

Well there you go. I buy video game consoles to play video games.

And why the hell do people always say 'just cos its not a game where you shoot things' like you assume thats the only kind of kind people who dont like this play. Like what the hell??

[QUOTE="Longcat2"]

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.StealthMonkey4

Well there you go. I buy video game consoles to play video games.

And why the hell do people always say 'just cos its not a game where you shoot things' like you assume thats the only kind of kind people who dont like this play. Like what the hell??

Well, I would imagine that GAMEplay is the most important aspect of a GAME.

I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.StealthMonkey4

I enjoyed Fahrenheit (except for the Sci-fi elements), I love adventure games. Why shouldn't I not be hyped for Heavy Rain? This is Sony and QD's chance to show the gaming world that the adventure genre isn't dead yet. Maybe it will inspire Sega to develop a Shenmue III (haha just wishful thinking)

jasonharris48

I hate sony, and I admit it but what this guy is saying is true and a good thing:

If games like monkey island and sam & max succeed in generating a public for the type of game they are, then we can finally see a rebirth of lucas arts old school games. Heavy rain may help with that.

I'd love to see a maniac mansion 3 :D

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"][QUOTE="Longcat2"]

Well there you go. I buy video game consoles to play video games.

And why the hell do people always say 'just cos its not a game where you shoot things' like you assume thats the only kind of kind people who dont like this play. Like what the hell??

Longcat2

Well, I would imagine that GAMEplay is the most important aspect of a GAME.

[QUOTE="Longcat2"]

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"] It technically is a "videogame," :roll: it's just not your average videogame. It's more story driven, emotional, and complex. And TC didn't exactly even seem open to the idea. I find most people who immediately put this down as boring, prefer mostly fast-paced FPSes (Halo, CoD), and games heavier on gameplay than story and characters, not that those are bad games or anything. StealthMonkey4

Well, I would imagine that GAMEplay is the most important aspect of a GAME.

Speak for yourself. Like I said,I buy video game consoles to play video game consoles, not movies.

Besides which, I never said a game couldn't have an emotional and complex story to be good, I just said gameplay is the most important aspect. If you think otherwise, you should probably watch a movie instead of play video games.

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.AAllxxjjnn

I'm not hyping it at all. I am however keeping an eye on it, it looks interesting.

Also Fahrenheit was a very decent game, and Heavy Rain looks to be exactly the same kind of "game"

Two words: Demon's Souls.

I saw nothing but a few video clips from that game and got interested. Time goes by and you start hearing things by word of mouth. People talking about the difficulty, praising the atmosphere, and talking about how satisfying victory is.

The game comes out in limited quantities and sells way more then they expected to the point of needing a second pressing.

Now here comes Heavy Rain. It's been quiet for a while. Now the more time goes on, the more we see about it and people are starting to get hyped. It, just like Demon's Souls, comes off as a very "niche" title.

Thus far, Heavy Rain has been lauded for being different and, even after some initial mocking at it's level of pretentiousness, reviewers that have played preview builds talk about how unique it is in that the mundane everyday activities in the game make you care more about the characters when the big moments happen.

Demon's Souls scored a 9.0 here and won Game Of The Year for being the most unique innovative game to come out this year. It's got there mainly based on words of mouth. Heavy Rain is starting to get the same treatment.

There's a chance history MIGHT repeat itself here.

Ryan_Som

Sorry to ruin your hype, but Demon's Souls word of mouth actual came from people who impoted and played the game.Hevay Rain in no way can be compaired to Demon's Souls "hype" because no one has played Heavy Rain yet.

Heavy Rains hype = the same as Mass Effect 2's hype. It's really up in the air until it get's played by gamers and is revieiwed by multiple game sites.

it is what it is,The game looks interesting but we can't say how that is translated into gameplay until we touch it.

Played Fahrenheit? skrat_01

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Played Fahrenheit? ZuluEcho14

Who cares what is scores on a game site?

My favorite games of this gen are rarely AAA, and yet im content.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"][QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]I guess you can't comprehend a "mature" game, I laugh when people say this game looks dumb and boring and think videogames should be nothing more than shooting aliens/zombies mindlessly. HR isn't really a game, it's more of an interactive, complex, emotional story.NAPK1NS