Apparently YouTube’s ‘PlaystationNordic’ went through the trouble of linking the different conversation trees to each other to make a playable version of Heavy Rain. I don’t know how long Quantic Dream or SCEE is going to allow this to stay up, so for any of you PS3-less people, give it a go.
While trying to make sense of my true reactions to Dead Space Extraction, I find myself at a bit of a loss. Dead Space Extraction is a very immersive game. I really get the feeling that I’m witnessing moments of pure terror in the hostile and hopeless expanse of space. It’s a hauntingly beautiful and well presented narrative. But that strength creates a larger conflict: I’d almost prefer to experience this story…minus the gameplay.
A few days ago, I downloaded the demo for Heavy Rain. I have just now placed my pre-order at Best Buy for Heavy Rain. This should give you an idea of how well I liked it. Heavy Rain is a treatise in interactive storytelling the likes I have never seen before. More after the jump.
If I were John Stewart, I might refer to this as “your moment of Zen.” I couldn’t tell you if this is a hacked rom or a total reverse engineering of the original game. Either way, it’s sheer brilliance! So sit back and enjoy Mario and Yoshi as they ‘power ballad’ their [...]
Each time I look at the list of titles coming out between now and the end of the year, I can’t help but feel a wee bit of sequel fatigue. For example, this week we get not one sequel, but TWO! In just a few hours Assassin’s Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 will [...]
Have you had a graphics card go south on you recently? Were you shocked to find your warranty just ran out? Do you feel uninspired to go out and drop $200 on a new component for your desktop computer? Well so did Icrontic blogger, Bobby Miller. In a story that you [...]
It seems that every time a movie or comic based game gets released, it’s assumed to be crap. I say this because every recent movie or comic-based game has been crap (or at the very least, poorly received. Think Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, etc.) I even enjoyed Spiderman: Web of [...]
