Heavy Rain - a precipitation of information

News Portal · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 8:33 am

Back in August, at the Leipzig Game Convention, a little title for the PS3 called Heavy Rain precipitated upon attendees. Developed by Quantic Dream (the same folk who developed Fahrenheit or as it was known in the US and Canada - Indigo Prophecy), Heavy Rain intends to build on the ideas that shaped Fahrenheit back in 2005.

Heavy Rain continues a meteorological trend in titling games for Quantic Dream and promises to deliver a "dark, immersive and emotionally-engaging experience", in a noir-thriller, in which the player's decisions are "charged with importance and can have drastic and unforeseen consequences". We've got a bunch of information (including screenshots and a trailer) on the title for you to check out.

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Mekon · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 8:58 am

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We've dug up a trailer from Leipzeg (albeit somewhat late) which shows the game in motion

Which shows the engine in motion, perhaps ? That segment is just a bonus scene designed to show off the engine at trade shows without giving away any of the story.

Most interesting thing I've heard about this game (been following it for a while, intrigued due to the dearth of solid info) is that the game can continue after the female lead dies... even though that is not the "normal" progression of the storyline.

Quote:

“I can’t really tell you too much about what the story’s about or how it’s going to work with the characters, all I can tell you that your character - the main character - can die, and the story will continue,” said Cage in a back-room demo the day after the conference.

“You can continue to play, without this character, of course.”

Cage was asked if this meant the player would move into a side-story if the leading character died.

“No, no,” he said. “It’s one big story.”

http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/1 ... big-story/

Hey, if Playboy named it E3 game of the year, it can't be all bad ?

woodfox · **Joined:** 6 Dec 04, 10:24 pm **Posts:** 546

I have the feeling that the designers played a bit of condemned that hole video screams it from the birds to the store dummys and the look of that house.
pity it's not coming to pc I didn't mind indigo prohp

Wrangl3r · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 9:55 am

It is a pitty this isnt coming to PC i think that i would get it, it just looks so cool!

Lumen Melano · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 12:21 pm

Quantic Dream really are the pinacle of game writing/scripting in the entire industry. Well they are to me

. That tech demo was very impressive, and it can only be better now!

Draqul · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 7:11 pm

Mekon wrote:

Which shows the engine in motion, perhaps ? That segment is just a bonus scene designed to show off the engine at trade shows without giving away any of the story.

Naively, I thought it must be gameplay, because of the button prompts. I guess interactive cutscenes don't count as gameplay really. Although that means quite a few entire games no longer count as gameplay, either.

Mekon · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 9:19 pm

Draqul wrote:

Naively, I thought it must be gameplay, because of the button prompts. I guess interactive cutscenes don't count as gameplay really.

Nah, I think you're right in that I believe it was playable - I was just distinguishing between content from the actual game itself and tech demo/preview stuff.

frosty-theaussie · **Posted:** 8 Oct 08, 11:46 pm

"Precipitation", honestly? Someone's struggling with the puns. Better drop the MX a line - hell, even Chienne's are better but I guess being forced to come up with new permutations of "Steam" for the nth time wear her out.

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