E309: the latest look at Quantic Dream's PS3 thriller Heavy Rain
David Cage's collective output at Quantic Dream has always been nothing if not massively ambitious: from the wide open world of his PC/Dreamcast debut Omikron to the multi-camera cinematic perspective and directly user-controlled actions of PC/Xbox 360's Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, with both just undercut from being true masterworks by tiny details.
The jarring quick-time event sequences that undercut the latter will assuredly be returning to his PS3 exclusive latest detective thriller, Heavy Rain, but, from the trailer above, you can see how hard Quantic has worked to integrate them more tightly with the scene: notice the razor thin R1 floating just above the gun during that stand-off moment.
Either way, it's still one of my most anticipated games for the console, and I'm very curious to continue to see how they'll continue to walk that tightrope between player freedom and directed narrative.
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#1 – 1:29 PM June 3, 2009
I'm trying to reign in my expectations for this after the unmitigated disaster that was the final half of Indigo Propehcy, but that was pretty good. Excellent use of music to underscore the trailer, too. Hopefully the rest of the game will be as smoothly executed, although the stripping at gunpoint scene in the trailer looks... less than compelling.
(Also: what's up with in-environment prompts, mission objectives, and other such info being one of the big trends this year? It's like everyone has suddenly contracted JJ Abrams' obsession with it.)