And that's why you have to wonder why they couldn't get native-english voice actors for the english audio.  Honestly it's really weird hearing the french accents bleed through in some of the characters. They're not bad actors or anything but the accents are somewhat illusion-breaking.

As in advertising?  Well they sure are waiting long enough, the damn game comes out in a week. 

Yeah good point. Hmm!

Yeah but the French VO is great, so that doesn't really matter.

If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game. It's a strange game and if it doesn't sell well I'm sure they don't want to lose any more money.

Don't get me wrong the game might be great, but that doesn't always translate to great sales.

I'm sure someone high up in Sony are pretty nervous about it yes. It's definitely not a sure hit like God of War 3 is.

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

Sony has a knack for pushing "artsy" games for their systems.  The PS2 has their Team ICO games while the PS3 has Heavy Rain and Flower.  They seem to always want a couple of games to advertise their system as having a game library with more than shooters, racers, action, and sports games.

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

" @Icemael said:

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

This game would've came out regardless of if sony "Spotlighted" it, Quantic Dream is a good developer and i dont think Sony would want to alienate them.  With that being said, Indigo Prophecy is a cult hit video game, it would be dumb for sony not to take a chance on Heavy Rain.  Its a shame Sony doesn't do nearly enough marketing. Of course, where do you market Heavy Rain...(my only thought on that would be a movie theater, make a nice "movie like" trailer for the game, i think the people watching in a theater could really get into it, and understand the "press button" action sequences, regardless of if they are a gamer or not).  "

it is a big deal.  
Besides Indigo Prophecy and maybe a couple other games out there... 
There is nothing like this.  
Its an incredibly immersive story telling experience. Thats the bottom line. Its basically a way of tell stories in a way that engages the viewer like never before.  
 
also i think SONY knows VERY WELL what kind of game this is and what kind of sales to expect from it.  
Saying they are afraid of anything is fucking ridiculous. They rely on games like Uncharted 2 and MGS4 and God of War 3, not games like Heavy Rain. lot of fanboys on this thread. 

" @Icemael said:

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

This game would've came out regardless of if sony "Spotlighted" it, Quantic Dream is a good developer and i dont think Sony would want to alienate them."

" @Phished0ne said:

" @Icemael said:

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

This game would've came out regardless of if sony "Spotlighted" it, Quantic Dream is a good developer and i dont think Sony would want to alienate them."

I'm pretty sure I heard on a podcast that them needing something to show off at some event literally is the only reason the game exists. I can't guarantee that it's true, of course, but I see no reason why anyone would lie about that. "

Maybe I'm losing touch with new releases as I get older, but MAN, how did I not know up to this point that this game was a PS3 exclusive? I swear I thought this game was coming out on the PC and 360 as well, and I was all set to buy the PC version. I go to D2D, not there. Then I try Steam, not there either. Weird, they usually have preorders up well before a week until release. So I check MS's site, not there either. Then it finally hits me; "Is.... is this game PS3 only?"
 
I mean, I have a PS3 so no big deal, but I was totally out to lunch on this one.

" @Icemael said:

" @Phished0ne said:

" @Icemael said:

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

This game would've came out regardless of if sony "Spotlighted" it, Quantic Dream is a good developer and i dont think Sony would want to alienate them."

I'm pretty sure I heard on a podcast that them needing something to show off at some event literally is the only reason the game exists. I can't guarantee that it's true, of course, but I see no reason why anyone would lie about that. "

thats a load of horse shit. this game exists because of the incredibly passionate developers behind it.  and Sony has more than enough kick ass surprises to show of at E3 every year  "

Alright! As I suspected then! Yeah...I thought those two characters were very similar.

I don't see why it's a problem.  They sounded fine to me, but I guess I don't know much about American accents, so I can't tell if it sounds right or not.  Also, why should Sony have a part in dealing with voice actors?  Are publishers involved like that?

Sadly, Sony doesn't seem to know how to market any big game they have. I've never really seen good marketing for any of the games they publish.

"@Icemael:  Regardless of whether or not the game "came from a tech demo" you can't say the game "wouldn't exist" without Sony giving the tech demo a shot at E3, i guarantee that Quantic was working on this game anyway.  "

The voice acting does not bother me, i don't hear the English language everyday so...

Can people not suspend disbelief enough to just assume that the characters have weird accents? I mean, you can be in New York and not sound like a New Yorker.

I'm pretty sure it's been said by most people involved (along with analysts) that the game isn't really expected to break even; it's more of an experiment, and a way to broaden their audience by saying "hey, look, you can do more than shoot, drive, and sport."

I'm going to call it right now. The game will be great, but it will sell like shit. And heres a few reason why it can/will be a sales flop.
1. Sony cant market videogames.
2. People don't usually like QTEs and wont give the game a chance.
3. Story heavy games dont really sell all that well, very few exceptions.
4. Farenheit/Indigo Prophesty probebly scared of potential buyers because of its incredably bad ending and paceing.
5. They haven't shown the game off all that well outside of the hardcore gaming circle. This is a game that should have more covarage in mainstream media and showcase that games can be more then GTA or kids toys, simply put, which is what the public sees games as.

" @Icemael said:

" @Phished0ne said:

" @Icemael said:

" @JeffGoldblum said:

"If I was Sony I would be very afraid of this game."

I bet they are. From what I've heard, the only reason the game exists is that they didn't have anything else to show off at some event a couple of years back. If they had other games to show, Heavy Rain would probably never even have been announced. "  

This game would've came out regardless of if sony "Spotlighted" it, Quantic Dream is a good developer and i dont think Sony would want to alienate them."

I'm pretty sure I heard on a podcast that them needing something to show off at some event literally is the only reason the game exists. I can't guarantee that it's true, of course, but I see no reason why anyone would lie about that. "

thats a load of horse shit. this game exists because of the incredibly passionate developers behind it.  and Sony has more than enough kick ass surprises to show of at E3 every year  "

I'd bet Quantic Dream had 'final cut' as part of their exclusivity deal.  Nothing to do with Sony in that regard.

I just imagine they are all French immigrants who have lived in America long enough to pick up some of the dialect, but not all.

" Sadly, Sony doesn't seem to know how to market any big game they have. I've never really seen good marketing for any of the games they publish. "

yeah, where the hell have you been?

The only thing that concerns me about Heavy Rain is whether or not the final act devolves into Dragon Ball Z and The Matrix in a battle against some alien that just happens to have a fetish for murdering children and folding origami cranes.

They really need to market this game to women, it could do so well with that demographic.
 
As for accents, I love Jayden's in the demo, he sounds like a French Canadian doing an impression of a Kennedy.

Really? I imagine if someone's not gonna get this game it won't be because the english voice overs aren't the GA dialect.

i wish i had a ps3

The voice acting is good I agree but compared to something like Uncharted 2 or Mass Effect 2 it's lacking. My opinion, you can disagree if you want. ;)