Jeff Rubenstein reports:
"It's been a few weeks since we brought you any news from Europe, and while this post isn't the most timely, since it's about Heavy Rain I thought you'd forgive us ;-)
Guillaume de Fondaumière, the co-CEO of Quantic Dream and Executive Producer of Heavy Rain wanted to share with readers of the PlayStation.Blog his feelings when revealing the title to a huge audience for the first time. As Heavy Rain is a deeper, more emotionally-tied game than we're used to seeing - it's actually a good fit. Also, we have a trailer to share with you that you may not have seen.
Take it away, Guillaume!"
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"Many video games catch not only great commercial attention but remarkable critical attention as well. We have seen games like Heavy Rain, The Last of Us Part II, and even entries in the Metal Gear series described as fantastic interactive experiences, even heralded in the same way as Hollywood's greatest films.
I would suggest that not only is this an unfair comparison but also a harmful one. Video games, by their very nature, are an intricately different medium and should be weighed against one another rather than another form of media," Phillip writes for GF365.
I think Hollywood films will becoming increasingly more like video games in the future, especially as the world embraces the "new normal" from the pandemic. It makes sense, as games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales showcase just how realistically we're reaching in graphical capabilities, as well as showcase extreme action sequences in spectacular ways. And as time goes by, it'll get easier and cheaper to produce such "art", as well as create new star "actors" that never age, never die, never complain, never gets involved in scandals, etc. Technology is amazing and we're only just getting a taste of what it'll eventually be.
No. For the money spent, a quality game provides far more entertainment value than a quality movie. Especially when looking at what is going on in the world, and how a studio can attempt to pilfer from consumers by charging 30 dollars for Mulan via streaming. Ridiculous. There is no comparison....games all day.
Did everyone else see the button icons flashing constantly during the gameplay? I know that they advertised this as essentially being an interactive dramatic experience, however, if it is simply a movie with a linear storyline where I have to hit buttons in a certain order and combination to continue, I'll be severely disappointed.
I don't want this to be true, because this game looks (graphically) too good to be true... Give me depth with freedom of exploring the world without a strict linear storyline, and ability to "fight/escape" multiple different ways, and this game will be a guaranteed success.