Dirtyrat - Why Heavy Rain must succeed
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| G.T
02 Feb : 22:55  | I have a €50 voucher set aside specifically for Heavy Rain. I do agree though, the chances of this doing well are pretty slim but you never know, the PS3 only crowd may get behind it, seeing as the PS3 is finally gathering some momentum and this game has been made a big deal of for a good while. Also, it doesn't have piracy to worry about on the PS3, which can only help. |
| dwyz
02 Feb : 23:44  | I think it'll do OK, if they over market it then their balnce sheet will be fooked but its been hyped to hell virally and in print so it has a good chance. If games like this didnt exsist though, id give up on gaming, its the narrative beauty of the format that appeals to me and it saddens me whenever landmark titles dont do that well. Good rant ratty, |
| Dirtyrat
02 Feb : 23:53  | PAchter reckons it'll sell about 500k units. Considering UC2 only sold a million, and it was mind blowingly awesome and had a great marketing campaign I'm inclined to agree. I really hope I am proved wrong th1ough. I know Heavy Rain will not be everyone's cup of tea though, but I hope people can see my concerns are valid. |
| Samildanach
03 Feb : 01:43  | I've showed my sister a few of the trailers for this and she's mad for it to come out now. This is coming from a woman who,everytime her husband turns on his PS3,she rolls her eyes and leaves the room and has only ever played Wii Sports and Wii Fit. I think if Sony actually advertised this properly,maybe like a movie it might do well. I personally thought that the Uncharted 2 ads were rubbish. They would've been much better had they showed clips of some of the dialogue,like the witty one liners and such and action instead of just the action with some guy speaking over it. People go and see crap films if they think it's going to be funny from the ads,it might just work for games aswell |
| mfnick
03 Feb : 08:47  | I completely agree with you mate. & I really hope it succeeds. Like they say in Bonus round though, I hope if it doesnt succeed it doesnt put other devs off putting deep narrative in future games or to try something like this again. However I doubt I'll be getting it at launch, I hate to say. But it just doesnt look like a game I would enjoy. Plus ive been stung by this type of thing before - ive bought Killer 7, Okami, SoTC, God Hand etc. all at launch & found them for £15 literally 2 weeks later. Im sick of losing so much money on them. I'll definitely play it one day though & completely see where you're coming from. |
| Scouse_Soldier
03 Feb : 18:12  | I will be buying this. Been waiting a while for it. I didn't know that it was out as early as Feb 11th though? I am even more made up as I have this on pre-order and on my birthday (15th) I have Beatles: Rock Band too. Does anyone know the exact release date for yakuza 3 aswell? I will be picking that up, I am sure it is in March sometime. |
| dwhlufc
03 Feb : 18:58 Reply to this | I've preordered mine,i personally loved Farenheit and much prefer a game with a good story to tell.Videogames need these sort of titles if their ever to be taken seriously by the media and non gamers and we as gamers who would like games to get some recognition for once need to support new original titles that try something different. |
| Igla
03 Feb : 20:51  | Ps3 only? Meh  |
| Diddy40
03 Feb : 22:56  | Absoloutly spot on Ratty. Particularly the bit about gamers complaining for inovation but ultimately being creatures of habit. Heavy Rain has the potential to be something huge, but because it's not shooting someone/thing down the lens of a gun it's doubtful that it'll sell as well as it should. Regardless of that though, HR is second only to FF13 in my most anticipated games of the year. As long as it doesn't suffer from the same problem that plagued it's cousin Farenheit (aka, the bizarre ending) then I'm not worrying too much and will definitely be buying at launch. |
| Vectra
04 Feb : 00:39  | I'm always saying that gamers don't know what they want. The same franchises sell every year and people continue to buy them. I hope it does well although I won't be getting it for obvious reasons. |
| kric
04 Feb : 10:24  | I just hope from a story perspective, the whole game doesn't go loony and a bit crap at the end, like Fahrenheit. I was really enjoying that until it went a bit, well, wierd. |
| Dirtyrat
05 Feb : 09:14 | EBA featured ny viewpoint as an epic battle cry on their site: LINK |
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