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Heavy Rain: Time to think and feel

Posted Jan 22, 2007 at 3:22PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Indigo Prophecy, playstation 3 updates, Quantic Dream

Quantic Dream may not be a very familiar name to you, but for avid, open-minded gamers that just won't settle for one game genre, we know them to be the creators of Omikron: The Nomad Soul and Indigo Prophecy. Heavy Rain is slated as their next release for the PS3, and like Omikron, it's bent on redefining the game experience.

Games usually have a good amount of drama and emotion involved. Unfortunately, they're often limited to vengeance, anger, sadness, rejoicing and love. Quantic Dreams pulls out all the stops to emotions by promoting a trailer based on an emotion engine for Heavy Rain on the PS3. It has been received with mixed feelings, although many have found it disturbing that some mimics of human reactions are close enough to the real thing.

Quantic Dream is still developing the game, but with support from publishers and the result of their work on breaking the emotion barrier, they hope to further their ambition for their media. If the technology on their emotion engine matches the video and audio technology for the game, the results can certainly be blockbuster.

The acceptance of virtual human beings may not be welcomed fully, but it is a step to creating a full game experience. Interacting with characters that not only think, but feel, generates a new phase of games that no longer will be breezed through, but lived through.

Via globeandmail.com

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this is the Type of Games that We Need..

No More Halo3....

No More Gears...

No More Killzone...

Plz....Some Software With Ideas..

Indigo Prophecy was One of My Chosen Few....The Graphics Had Problems....But The Direction and Story was a Beuty

I am Happy there is Still Some People Who Think To Implement Emotions....Perhaps Hope is Not Lost.

# not impressed — Guest 2007-01-23 03:59

It really didn't look any better then what we see on pc. The "emotions" and "story" seem contrived and repetitive. plus sony seems to think that games don't need gameplay just impressive FMV.

# This is a step in the right direction... — Guest 2007-01-23 08:07

I have been following all the news that I can get on Heavy Rain... whether or not it makes a successful video game is not relavant - it is paving the way for the mass industry to look into capturing their audience with people that are quirky, real, and seem like you should know them - and then you do.

This is where it is going... so if you have money for stocks, check out this company.

# I think — [BOT] Bob 2007-01-23 10:48

That means that her mom drank alcohol while pregnant.

# Take Mr Gates — Manny151 2007-01-23 10:48

This right here is why PS3 is going to win when its all said and done.

# i agree — Guest 2007-01-23 13:41

although I find FPS to be fun, we need some variety in games other than some of the normal racing/shooting types. stuff like this and singstar are really starting to be innovative!

# Sweetness — Guest 2007-01-23 15:05

This looks awesome. Can't wait to learn more.

# as usual — Guest 2007-01-24 02:40

Broken_Hero,

You listed Two 360 games on the top of your list,do you now have a 360 or is that just some pointless remark as they do not exist on the PS3?.

# I THINK MR GATES WILL BE LAUGHING ACTUALLY — Guest 2007-01-24 02:49

So wrong just so wrong, Gears of war is a fact of life look at its sales that is why it sells consoles,you obviously havent seen the Display of the 360 graphic power when running forward in GEARS that type of scrolling has not until now been possible and it is that sort of thing that sells consoles not FMV type games.

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