Heavy Rain demo still up in the air
- Posted August 27th, 2009 at 16:31 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 32 Comments
Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream has admitted that the studio is still flirting with the possibility of releasing a demo of the hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 thriller, explaining that the disparity between each of the game’s scenes makes it difficult for players to get a solid grasp on what the title is about.
Speaking with VideoGamer.com at GamesCom last week, studio founder David Cage stated, "There are some big debates at the moment within Sony about the proposal and the interest of a demo,” adding, "Even to make shows like Cologne, it's a real nightmare to pick out one scene and say, look, we're going to choose one scene and people will understand what this game is all about.”
"It's very difficult to find one scene like that because each scene in Heavy Rain is different. So when we showed Mad Jackal, people thought, okay this is the game. You are a profiler and you investigate and you fight and we got 20 scenes like this. No, it's the only scene structure like that in the full game. Then we show Madison - they say okay you go with this character and you explore. No, it's the only scene like that. Now we show Shelby, and we're going to show Ethan's scene. All four scenes are different, so it's difficult to say look, this is Heavy Rain.”
Cage said that there are various pros and cons to releasing a demo. On one hand, the studio doesn’t want to churn out a playable scene only for gamers to then assume the rest of the game plays out in the same way. On the flip side, however, Cage acknowledged that punters may feel the game isn’t worth the purchase should a demo not see the light of day.
"Honestly I don't know at the moment," he said. "There are pros and cons to doing this. If you release a demo some people may think this demo represents the game where it's not the case. Like in a movie, can you imagine I'm going to release two minutes of a movie and you're going to imagine what the movie's about? Not easy. It's the same thing. How can you convey the emotional side of the game just with a scene? But there's also the other counterpoint, which is if you don't release a demo some people may think, oh they don't release a demo because the game is not good. No that's not the case."
He also observed that a number of well received titles in the past were preceded by a demo that ultimately didn’t do the final product justice:
"It's a difficult situation because it's a different type of game and it's difficult just to take a sample and say, look, you understand everything if you play this thing. And there are some examples of very good games in the past who released not that good demo. The game was fantastic, but the demo was kind of okay. So it's still in debate,” explained Cage.
Heavy Rain is due out exclusively on PS3 in early 2010.
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Endless_Echo |
Endless_Echo- 4:48pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The pros outweigh the cons!!!
at least release a kickass trailer in the demo section of the PS Store, that should get ppl's attention
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King-Gamer
- 4:55pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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David Cage has a point. A demo won't do the game justice. I think gamers that are intrigued by the games' distinctive storytelling and gameplay will buy it nonetheless. If there is no demo hopefully the game will get good reviews to encourage poeple to buy it.
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Two4DaMoney
- 4:55pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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A demo for this type of game can be a gift or a curse. Although that can be said about all game demos, other games don't control like HR. I think if people can deal with the controls, then they will be drawn into the game because of the deep storyline and varied choices you can make that will ultimately change how the game ends.
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jamesobachand |
sNaKe2112- 5:57pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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I agree with @2 release a awesome demo including cut scenes from all the people you play. I think this game will rock and is already an intense talk-about.
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residentevilrocks91 |
videogameman6- 9:20pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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I'll try it out but i still think it looks stupid. But hey what the heck do i know.
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dwightkshrute |
IAMTHECAVALRY- 9:32pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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weigh out the pros and the cons. If there are more pros, make the demo, if more cons, dont make the demo
you can also choose to create a new scene just for the demo, like 2 short scenes as a demo
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Tha_Last_Romeo |
Tha_Last_Romeo- 10:02pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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this demo would be downloaded like crazy!
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SilverPig
- 11:45pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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A demo would be awesome. The gameplay astounded me so much that I went and got Indigo Prophecy, so I could feel like I had a "prequel" of sorts. Plus, they could include only the demos that they've shown (i.e, Blue Lagoon and the 7-11) Also, it would be nice if they had all the demos they've made for the various game shows on the PSN when they showcase Heavy Rain at TGS :D'
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shadownaruto92 |
SilverStein92- 11:49pm BST - August 27th, 2009
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Yeah, i wanna atleast know how the game will work so i can be sure that i should buy it.
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Metcalfe127 |
Metcalfe127- 1:20am BST - August 28th, 2009
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still dont kow if gunna get this game.... looks great... just dont know yet.....
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Chaozhoutiger |
Teochewtiger- 1:24am BST - August 28th, 2009
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Chocolate rainnnn...... I mean Heavy Rainnnn....... I don't see myself buying this game until I actually play it (via Demo). It's unique alright, and is going to be story driven. However, it's still a game, and that means it has to be fun or else I'm not buying it.
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iHeartPSNcards
- 2:41am BST - August 28th, 2009
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well if the playing hours are so LOW then why get the game?? thats my whole point. i would much rather just wait til uncharted 2 ^^ but to be honest the only thing i care about is getting Free PSN cards that i use to get alot of PS3 gaming extensions and alot of downloadable content. i get my Free PSN cards from here
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germinator12 |
germiinator12- 3:28am BST - August 28th, 2009
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well u shud release two demos like follore did or like the japanese heavenly sword did where you are able to play two diffrent scenes so we will get an understanding that (hey its not going to be the same thing oh crap im going to acutally play a movie through a whole bunch of people perspectives jus like that mmove (whats it called 6 points 12 points vantage points i dont remember) but i hope you get my idea
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edward_moffet |
edd- 5:26am BST - August 28th, 2009
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no i don't think they should, I think the greatest aspect of this game is the flexibility of the story and the replay value that comes when you try different things, the adventure and story aspect of this game is what it's really all about and that's not something you could accurately portray in a demo. So no i don't think they should release a demo for this one unless they create a little mini scenario just for that purpose.
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SldSnake |
sldsnake- 5:51am BST - August 28th, 2009
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I personally think it would be a great idea to release a demo. I dont think it would have to be much of play but just to grasp an idea on how its going to be like.
If no demo comes then at least give us a trailer that will knock us off our feet......so far im very interested in what this game has to offer.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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disposableheroV |
disposableheroV- 8:50am BST - August 28th, 2009
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In the air? Where, I don't see it.
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