Friday, May 22, 2009

heavy rain, heavy gaming






"How far are you prepared to go to save someone you love?"

This title, as well as exclusives like Uncharted 2 and Project trICO (working title) are what will eventually compel me to procure a PS3. Well, that and when those desperate morons at Sony finally lower the console's price another $50-100.

Heavy Rain, created by David Cage with his team at Quantum Dream studio, features a highly cinematic, "hyperrealistic" world of four characters, each involved one way or another with the Origami Killer, a serial murderer on the loose. As with the previous QD adventure style game Indigo Prophecy, Heavy Rain emphasizes a deep emotional and psychological immersion into a winding, suspenseful narrative. The player experiences the movie-like story and gameworld through interactive challenges, often visceral split-second decisions that can either truncate the story to a tragic abrupt ending or stretch it further and reveal more facets and details that enrich the narrative and the player's experience.

Heavy Rain is projected for release on PS3 later this year, if not some time next year.






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