A game that is gathering a huge amount of attention recently is Playstation 3's Heavy Rain. Hitting shelves soon, this title is clearly unique among its competition in the entertainment arena. Whereas gamers are used to seeing the same old genres dolled up and revisited, Heavy Rain is a title which almost evades conventional genre.
Playstation 3's Heavy Rain is certainly not a game in the standard sense. Most easily explained as a sort of 'interactive movie', the title revolves around a series of events which are tweaked or affected by gamer decisions or input. Still, we have seen this sort of title before, like in classic entries such as Fahrenheit, but never has it been done in such scope.
Participants will control everything from everyday tasks to crazy highway chases. One scene even tasks gamers with applying a female character's makeup. Everything in Playstation 3's Heavy Rain is dynamic down to phenomenal detail. As such, the title offers massive replay worth and multiple endings.
The sixaxis pad is also used to great effect in this title, reproducing the situations onscreen to a great extent. Fearful situations such as a sudden attack will see the controller vibrate and the commands confuse themselves to mirror real life panic. Playstation 3's Heavy Rain helps you feel like you're truly in the situation, which is what most games strive to do.
No doubt Heavy Rain will split audiences. The pace is glacial at times and the lack of constant action will grate on those more used to conventional games. On the other hand, it is a bold jump into a new type of entertainment and may actually pave the way for more like it in days to come. Playstation 3's Heavy Rain should definitely provide many talking points when it is released!
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