The first reviews for Heavy Rain are rolling in and so I decided to give them all a look to see how things are going.
A lot of the reviews are saying that Heavy Rain isn’t really a game, but more of an interactive movie experience, and a lot are quick to point out that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I must say that my excitement for Heavy Rain has been building up very steadily over the last couple of months and I can’t wait to get my hands on the game.
Let’s have a look at how it’s doing.
The current Metacritic rating for Heavy Rain is sitting on 93/100 with its highest review score coming from the Official US Playstation Magazine with a sparkling 10/10.
The lowest score comes from PSM3 Magazine UK who have given it an 88/100 and say that “It’s essentially a nine-hour film that you nudge along by following on-screen button prompts, although you feel more connected with the action than this might suggest.”
Heavy Rain seems to be something new and different, which means that I am all for it. GamePro had the following to say about Heavy Rain, which I found quite interesting:
It’s barely a game in the popular sense of the word, but Quantic Dream’s masterpiece makes groundbreaking strides in storytelling and character development, demonstrating that interactive entertainment still has a deep well of untapped potential.
This game has really got me interested, even if people are saying that it’s more of an interactive story than anything, I like where it’s going.
What about you guys? Who’s getting it on day one? Anyone not interested or having second thoughts?
Comment below.
Karl
February 10, 2010 at 16:33
I can’t wait to try Heavy Rain out. It looks PHENOMENAL.
wwemark
February 10, 2010 at 16:41
Special Edition Day one!
Uncle
February 10, 2010 at 16:42
I’ll get it eventually just for the boob factor.
Naudran
February 10, 2010 at 17:16
I downloaded the demo and must say I quite enjoyed it (even if it was barely 15 mins long).
The only problem I have with Heavy Rain is the month it’s coming out in. We’ve already made the calculations… and buying all the games we want that’s being released in March, comes to a hefty total of roughly R3500 🙁 🙁
Nick de Bruyne
February 10, 2010 at 17:22
ouch
nazcanlines
February 10, 2010 at 18:09
Naudran can i suggest shopping around on ebay, you can save quite a bit of money especially with the rand being a bit stronger at the moment
Lee
February 10, 2010 at 18:36
Busy downloading the demo…looking forward to this game/movie.
EchoZA
February 10, 2010 at 20:03
Did someone say BOOBS 🙂 Seriously the add campaign is reminding me of Blade Runer, with all the origami… next will be a Unicorn 🙂
Fred
February 11, 2010 at 08:44
The problem is that you will want to play the whole thing through in one sitting … like a movie.
WitWolfyZA
February 11, 2010 at 10:24
I so do hope your wrong….. ‘Cause i’m already addicted to the idea of the game as it is!
easy
February 11, 2010 at 12:31
seeing as it choice based, there should be at least a couple play-throughs. plus they have announced dlc already which should add a couple extra hours.