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After playing a bit of Heavy Rain, I would often get on my phone and call a friend who was playing it at the same time.  After verifying how far in we were (speaking in vague terms, so as not to spoil anything), we ravenously compared notes on the latest choices we’d made, why, and what happened as a result.  (“How did you cut off your finger?”) I was nearly as excited to find out what my friends had done differently as I was to progress further in the game.  It’s an urge I get most any time I’ve gotten through a game that confronts me with a meaningful decision.

Beyond: Two Souls never once provoked this feeling in me.

I’ve been playing Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword. I like it a lot.

I like it because I think I get what they were trying to do. They didn’t succeed all the time but you can perceive their intent, pulsing just under the gloss veneer of the game itself. Not only do I get what they were trying to do, I respect it, and because of that I’m going to reward them by buying Enslaved – which we learned today has sold a pitiful 460,000 units worldwide.

Review by Mat C Heavy Rain Developer Quantic Dream Publisher SCEE Released February 23, 2010 Available for PS3 Time Played Finished Verdict:   5/5 Gold Star “Anticipated as much for its storytelling narrative as it has been criticised for offering little but a string of elaborate Quick Time Events (QTEs), the arrival of Heavy Rain has not been a quiet one. Sony have even gone so far as to actually market it with an advertising campaign; …

I was talking about Heavy Rain with MrLipid the other day and he asked me how I thought it’d wind up performing. It’s kind of a tricky question for this game, because general consensus seemed to be it’d either do quite well or go down in flames. I hedged my bets and said it would probably move a million units in the United States, which is very good – not blockbuster, but no one at …

It’s a QTE game. Anyone who sez otherwise is incorrect.

Has it ever occurred to you that you can use you hands for an infinite number of activities?  I mean, really think about it, anything you can imagine using your hands for, you most likely can.  I know that may sound pretty silly but consider that a moment.  For years we have been playing computer games with “a hand” that can only do one thing.  Think I’m crazy?  Well think about it.  If you want …

Kotaku reports on Stephen Totilo’s experience with an incomplete, pre-release build of French developer Quantic Dream’s upcoming Heavy Rain, a PS3 exclusive that lots of people are watching, not only as one of the games that really leverage the inherent power of the PS3, but also as one of those exclusives that might tip the scales in Sony’s favor for the first time this generation. Totilo’s reactions weren’t entirely positive, though; and it’s not surprising …