heavy rain
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Heavy Rain Ended Badly
We finished streaming David Cage’s crime thriller Heavy Rain on Kotaku‘s Twitch channel. It’s a game of astounding highs and disappointing lows, with intense action and awful writing. It’s not as bad as everyone says, but it’s still not very good.
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Not Even The PS4 Can Save Heavy Rain’s Terrible Sex Scene
Heavy Rain remastered is out for the PS4 this month, and boy, some aspects of the game have not aged well.
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QTEs Don’t Have To Suck
“Press X to not die.” It’s a gaming cliche at this point, one that many view as a symptom of lazy game design. Quick time events, as they’re known, are glorified cut-scenes. Things happen, and we press buttons that don’t really match up with the action on screen. They can be pretty bad.
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The Creators Of Shenmue And Heavy Rain Have A Chat About Storytelling
Yu Suzuki and David Cage walk into a room. This isn’t the setup of a joke but what ends up being a thoughtful session of comparing notes over the methods of storytelling in Shenmue, Indigo Prophecy and the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls. Take a look.