Heavy Rain Tech Demo

[Morgoth]

Heavy Rain is a PS3 exclusive.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Really? Oh well, I really didn't look into it that much before posting.

[Oerwinde]

I don't care how great they can make CGI humans look in stills or freckles or skin wrinkles etc. They still can never get the speaking-mouth movements right, and that ruins the whole effect in terms of "realism'...for me at least.

 

What the problem is, is the models aren't quite at "Real" yet. So they're still just animated characters, but the animators seem to think they look real enough so they use motion captured facial animation and such and throw the principles of animation out the window. So they have realistic animation, on a not-quite realistic character, which just looks wrong.

[mkreku]

actually i think they can get the speaking mouth movements right eventually. there's no magic to it, just a matter of time and work.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38046.html

[Bokishi]

actually i think they can get the speaking mouth movements right eventually. there's no magic to it, just a matter of time and work.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38046.html

 

Wow I was just gonna post that vid lol

[Deraldin]

actually i think they can get the speaking mouth movements right eventually. there's no magic to it, just a matter of time and work.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38046.html

That was really creepy...

[samm]

Why do the negative emotions seem more convincing?

[LadyCrimson]

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I think they eventually will be able to, as well...but that time is not now.

 

I'm not sure I really want games that look like actual live-actor movies. For one thing, then the constant violence aspect becomes more ... well ... creepy ... to me personally. 90-100 minutes of horror movie is fun, but I'm not sure I could stomach 100's of hours of such whilst playing a game. I'm a wimp, I know.

[Morgoth]

Tell me a game these days that is "100's of hours" long.

[Morgoth]

Here's a Heavy Rain - Behind the Scenes movie (in French though). Click

[mkreku]

Tell me a game these days that is "100's of hours" long.

Gothic 3.

[LadyCrimson]

Tell me a game these days that is "100's of hours" long.

Tell me where I actually said that a game plot itself is 100's of hours long.

Maybe I'm unusual, but every game I've really liked I've played for 100's of hours. Which is why I don't like shooters much - they're not typically very replayable imo.

[Morgoth]

Tell me a game these days that is "100's of hours" long.

Gothic 3.

...from which I got bored after 5 hours. Next.

[mkreku]

Tell me a game these days that is "100's of hours" long.

Gothic 3.

...from which I got bored after 5 hours. Next.

So what you're saying is that a game is only as long as you think it's fun to play..? Real clever.

 

Your ADD doesn't exactly have any relevance in this matter. Gothic 3 is still hundreds of hours long.

[Morgoth]

Well, ANY game could be hundreds of hours long if I only run around in circles. Or collecting mushrooms, like Gothic 3. But I doubt that a story-driven, movie-inspired game like Heavy Rain will have a narrative that supports hundreds of hours gameplay. More like 10-15 hours, if we're lucky.

[Morgoth]

Heavy Rain trailer and screenshots released. Click

 

Not bad, but it doesn't show much.

[Morgoth]

And here's a preview from IGN. Click

 

Cage ended the demonstration by noting that there will be around sixty scenes like that to play through and no matter what happened, there would never be a game over. Even having a character die, the story would continue on and be influenced by your actions.

 

Guess it makes sense to have more playable protagonists. But what if all die? Do we get a nice "Game Over" screen then?

 

Anyway, this is gonna be a must-buy, no question.

[Meshugger]

And here's a preview from IGN. Click

 

Cage ended the demonstration by noting that there will be around sixty scenes like that to play through and no matter what happened, there would never be a game over. Even having a character die, the story would continue on and be influenced by your actions.

 

Guess it makes sense to have more playable protagonists. But what if all die? Do we get a nice "Game Over" screen then?

 

Anyway, this is gonna be a must-buy, no question.

 

Sounds very interesting indeed. I would really like to see how that will work out.

[samm]

Probably something like The Nomad Soul?

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

They released a gameplay trailer, which consists entirely of quick-time events. The lip-synching also looks rather bad.

 

No, the uncanny valley has not been crossed. Not by a long shot.

[mkreku]

Yeah, I am wondering about the gameplay in Heavy Rain. It seems like they actually decreased the control you have over your character from Fahrenheit and built a game consisting of a chain of scenes consisting of various quick time events! Does anyone remember that old laser arcade game Dragon's Lair..?

[Morgoth]

This video didn't really demonstrate actual gameplay, as opposed to what was shown to journalists in Leipzig. You actually can have full control of your character, turning your head independently and walk into the direction where you're looking at. Basically, everything you can look at can also be interacted with (whatever that may be). The actual demo demonstrated didn't even have anything to do with the actual game, is it was specifically made for the Leipzig announcement. So who knows how's HR gameplay turns really out.

[Morgoth]

Preview @Eurogamer

[mkreku]

"You've seen so many games telling you about rookies going off to the second world war, heroes trying to save the world... We try to tell a real story that's happening in a real world. No supernatural powers, no monster to kill, just real life." He reckons this can be just as exciting. "If not more."

Finally someone who thinks like me! Now do a RPG using this way of thinking: no magic, nothing supernatural, just real life. I'm hoping Alpha Protocol will come close to something like that, but they have unlimited ammo and twin-gun wielding teenage girls..

[Morgoth]

I'm okay with the girls, but unlimited ammo is unforgiving indeed. Heavy Rain 1:0 Alpha Protocol.