Re: Heavy Rain (PS3)
What.A.Game.
Wow.
I popped it in yesterday around 5 PM, played for 4-5 hours, stopped to eat, then kept playing until I finished the game at around 4 AM. I can't remember the last time I've done that with a game, if at all. This was just a masterpiece IMO. It had it's minor issues like every game (voice acting was weak, movement was annoying at times and the same can be said for the camera), but really aside from those issues this game might just be one of my top 5-10 favorite games of all-time.
I was so fully immersed in the story after I got a few hours in. Having all my decisions play out and have major consequences combined with the fact that so many of these decisions were so emotional was amazing. I know Mass Effect does the same thing, and does it well, but I think the fact that this was based in the real-world (aside from Jayden's ARI equipment lol) was what made it that much better. There was one decision I had to make about mid-way through the game where
Also I never realized how attached I got to some of the characters until I was aggressively mashing buttons trying to keep them alive and my heart was pumping knowing that one wrong move could be it.
Another thing I was impressed by was how well the story played out. I don't know if that was the case for other people, but everything wrapped up pretty nicely and made sense. I was impressed by that considering the story could have gone in any number of directions with just a few different choices made by me.
What's also crazy to think about is that I can go through and play again and have a totally different outcome. I'm usually not one to replay through games once I beat them unless it's an open-world game, but this is a game where as soon as I beat it, I already knew I wanted to play through again. And I'm probably going to play through a third and fourth time as well.
What.A.Game.
Wow.
I popped it in yesterday around 5 PM, played for 4-5 hours, stopped to eat, then kept playing until I finished the game at around 4 AM. I can't remember the last time I've done that with a game, if at all. This was just a masterpiece IMO. It had it's minor issues like every game (voice acting was weak, movement was annoying at times and the same can be said for the camera), but really aside from those issues this game might just be one of my top 5-10 favorite games of all-time.
I was so fully immersed in the story after I got a few hours in. Having all my decisions play out and have major consequences combined with the fact that so many of these decisions were so emotional was amazing. I know Mass Effect does the same thing, and does it well, but I think the fact that this was based in the real-world (aside from Jayden's ARI equipment lol) was what made it that much better. There was one decision I had to make about mid-way through the game where
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Also I never realized how attached I got to some of the characters until I was aggressively mashing buttons trying to keep them alive and my heart was pumping knowing that one wrong move could be it.
Another thing I was impressed by was how well the story played out. I don't know if that was the case for other people, but everything wrapped up pretty nicely and made sense. I was impressed by that considering the story could have gone in any number of directions with just a few different choices made by me.
What's also crazy to think about is that I can go through and play again and have a totally different outcome. I'm usually not one to replay through games once I beat them unless it's an open-world game, but this is a game where as soon as I beat it, I already knew I wanted to play through again. And I'm probably going to play through a third and fourth time as well.
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