Those of you who don’t follow video game news too closely may not be aware of Heavy Rain. It’s a game I’ve been following for some time, and every new trailer that is released makes me even more excited about it. Calling it a “game” is even a bit of a stretch, it truly is more like an interactive movie. Kind of like a really sophisticated “choose your own adventure” book. Below is a video that was released this week that gives a really good overview of what the game will be like. (It was aimed at a Japanese audience, hence the Japanese subtitles, but everything except the game dialog is in English.) The basic idea is that there are four characters that you control through the course of the game, and they all end up investigating a serial killer (the “origami killer”). I like the idea (which is discussed in the movie below) that you can’t truly mess up. No matter what happens, you can keep playing and just deal with the consequences. Even if all four characters end up getting killed, there is an ending to the story for that situation.
Anyway, the game won’t be finished until sometime next year, so I don’t want to give too much praise to a game just because of a clever concept. That said, I totally dig the concept.
Also, this video is over nine minutes long. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
October 17, 4:19 pm
Wow, that looks really promising.