But now with Heavy Rain things are changing. Quantic hinted at a new style of gaming/storytelling in its last title Fahrenheit but with Heavy Rain things have moved onto a whole new level. With real actors, some serious motion capture technology and, most importantly, Quantic reinventing how a story is told and how players interact with a videogame world, Heavy Rain looks set to change the way that developers tell their stories. But don't worry, there's plenty of guns too.
Heavy Rain is very much in the thriller mould – there's exploration and action, atmosphere and dramatic camera angles. It's some way off being gaming's equivalent of Citizen Kane but shows just how the games industry, its developers and their games are maturing.
Who knows, maybe one day this form of storytelling will even overtake cinema as the world's favourite.
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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.
Glad to see some games are taking a newer approach
Heavy Rain is a must buy 4 me, i had already decided 2 buy it when i 1st heard that the maker of Farenheit where makin a new title
It's an amazing and innovative way to play video games in recent history. This company's last game was the same and it blew my mind away.
Day 1 buy. Something fresh like this is always welcome.