There’s an avid Xbox supporter name Peter Molyneux, he adores natal and thinks Xbox 360 is THE console. These days however, the man find himself giving Heavy praise to a Heavy game exclusive to Sony’s PS3. Molyneux went as far as telling Joystiq the game is “absolutely brilliant” and that gamers who want to see a glimpse of the future should go out and “buy” Heavy Rain.
Thing is to buy Heavy Rain you need a PS3, Molyneux? A PS3 sales man? Who would have thought.
“I recommend anyone who wants to start to see the first glimpses of the future of video games to go out and buy it,” Molyneux advocated, before exposing his softer side to the audience. “But, personally, I could not bring myself to play more than 90 minutes, because the world that was there was so dark and so emotionally involving I felt emotionally beaten up.”
“But there’s no question in my mind that games like Heavy Rain — games that have a new fidelity in the way that they present their experiences; obviously made with cinematography and motion capture in mind — can really show the way forward to a new form of entertainment, which is evolving the story and choices and consequences.” Molyneux steadfastly declared, having apparently recovered from the painful memories of the game’s early moments (perhaps cries of Jason? Jason? Jason! still faintly echoing in his head).
The Lionhead boss also praised Quantic Dream’s design choices, noting the QTE interface “really meant that you had to pay attention all the time because you didn’t know whether these quick-time events were going to come up”; though he noted that such gameplay mechanics “may be a little bit tired after a while.” Still, he said, “I have to take my hat off to [Quantic Dream] … There’s a couple of things they do in that game which were really revolutionary, and what they do with quick-time is fantastic.”
“Us designers were just laughing because we thought quick-time was dead, but that really was part of the drama of Heavy Rain.”
