argh i still need to play it

Demo was awful, 0 chance of renting or buying now.  Was hyped beforehand.
 
Can't wait till sales bomb and fanboys cry about marketing and thelike.

" Can't wait till sales bomb and fanboys cry about marketing and thelike. "

The accent of the prostitute didn't bother me. The actress playing this role is french, just assume she's a french girl who moved to the US. It adds to the character.
That said, I don't think she is a very good actress, which is a bigger problem I guess.

I thought the demo was...interesting. Though the voice acting on the prostitute was real bad.

I actually really enjoyed the demo.  The only real problem I had was the awkward walking.  It wasn't difficult to get used to holding R2 to walk but when ever the character changes direction, while walking, it doesn't look quite right.  The movement was sudden, unnatural and almost robotic.  Not a big deal but since the characters all look so realistic, any kind of unnatural movement just stands out.  I also had some screen tearing but I've always been able to tolerate a little of that.  Other than those minor issues, I thought it was very interesting and I'm looking forward to more.

" @bhhawks78 said:

" Can't wait till sales bomb and fanboys cry about marketing and thelike. "

So because you didn't like the demo, you're looking forward to it failing (and seem to expect that it will fail just because you didn't like the demo)?  Seriously? "

Yeah I disagree as well. I am super excited for this game.

" Just finished the dl and played ablout 1/2 the demo before it locked up on me. Wow, not what I was expecting. Turns out it is boring to do everyday tasks in a video game. I think it was Jeff that pointed out that fatal flaw on the bombcast.  Also, what the hell is with the acting? They seriously didn't bother to get REAL AMERICANS to voice this thing? Even if it were fun, which it isn't, the bad acting would proably still kill it for me.  Alan Wake better the f-ing amazing. "

Its a French game man, just feel lucky that they took the effort to do American style casting. 

In my opinion they should have set the game in France but had French people who can speak English as well as French (duh) do the voice overs at least that would make the game continental and different. But If they did this it wouldn't sell as good in the US market.

" I actually really enjoyed the demo.  The only real problem I had was the awkward walking.  It wasn't difficult to get used to holding R2 to walk but when ever the character changes direction, while walking, it doesn't look quite right.  The movement was sudden, unnatural and almost robotic.  Not a big deal but since the characters all look so realistic, any kind of unnatural movement just stands out.  I also had some screen tearing but I've always been able to tolerate a little of that.  Other than those minor issues, I thought it was very interesting and I'm looking forward to more. "

I don't get all the hate for the voice acting. The FBI and the Private Dick both sounded great, with the only iffy character being the pro. And those women naturally have speech impediments from spending so much time with stuff in their mouths.
 
Anyone else park Jayden on the train tracks, hoping it would come by and decimate him?

PS3 exclusivity will hurt the game but it'll still sell relatively well.  Too much hype and time behind it for them not to market it well enough to make sales.
 
At its heart Heavy Rain is an adventure game.  If you don't love wandering around looking for shit or finding things to interact with you wont enjoy a good chunk of the game.

I would have been more impressed with the game if i hadn't just beat ME2 on thursday. The story just doesn't interest me at all, its seems like a normal CSI show. Also the world is so depressing to be in, it's the video game version of Detroit.

"At its heart Heavy Rain is an adventure game. "

I'd love to play the game, but I agree that that demo was useless. It really got me thinking about what the purpose of "interactive movie" type games is if most of what you're doing is stupid little gestures that have barely any meaning. There's a lot of other nifty stuff that keeps me from being turned away from it, though, and I stick by what I've said in that the industry could stand to have more of these types of games, where not everything is action and shooting. I enjoy me some slow-paced mystery/intrigue story, and one where you can alter the outcome gives it a reason for being a video game instead of just a movie (as long as there isn't one clearly "right" way of doing things).

" @dhuff said:

" Just finished the dl and played ablout 1/2 the demo before it locked up on me. Wow, not what I was expecting. Turns out it is boring to do everyday tasks in a video game. I think it was Jeff that pointed out that fatal flaw on the bombcast.  Also, what the hell is with the acting? They seriously didn't bother to get REAL AMERICANS to voice this thing? Even if it were fun, which it isn't, the bad acting would proably still kill it for me.  Alan Wake better the f-ing amazing. "

Its a French game man, just feel lucky that they took the effort to do American style casting. 

In my opinion they should have set the game in France but had French people who can speak English as well as French (duh) do the voice overs at least that would make the game continental and different. But If they did this it wouldn't sell as good in the US market.

"

I am confused as to why people are complaining about the voice acting not sounding "American" enough. What does that even mean? Being American doesn't mean you're a specific race or something. There are all types of people with all types of different accents and backgrounds.

"Is it me or is the prostitute ain't the same woman we saw in the first ever Heavy Rain trailer? She looks really similar... "

  On the other hand, I did play 50 hours of Demon's Souls. "

I haven't played it yet. Just saw GB's Quick Look of it and to me, it looked as if both Ryan and Vinny were very impressed with the game. I agree with you on the voice acting, it isn't the best. 

Honestly, the OP is not really any different then people that come out and say Uncharted 2 is complete crap. I expect the same to happen to Heavy Rain. It's probably going to be a fantastic game, close to perfect in almost every area, and worthy of Game of the Year nomination. Yet that won't stop a vocal minority from coming in talking about how lame, and boring the game is. Probably because they think being different then everyone else makes them better. Or because they are 360 fanboys trying to trivialize another Grade-A PS3 exclusive.
 
Either way, smart people will know not to buy into that crap, just like they knew not to buy into the Uncharted 2 slandering.

" I'd love to play the game, but I agree that that demo was useless. It really got me thinking about what the purpose of "interactive movie" type games is if most of what you're doing is stupid little gestures that have barely any meaning."

yeah the accents kinda sneak in a bit, but it certainly doesn't distract me. it's not like the prostitute EEZ TALKING LIKA ZISS.

"Also, what the hell is with the acting? They seriously didn't bother to get REAL AMERICANS to voice this thing?"

" @Tomarlyn:  I had a British acting teacher when I was younger say the exact phrase "Not all Brits sound like the BBC man." Then she had to explain to all of us what that meant. Thought you might find that amusing. "

" I'd love to play the game, but I agree that that demo was useless. It really got me thinking about what the purpose of "interactive movie" type games is if most of what you're doing is stupid little gestures that have barely any meaning. There's a lot of other nifty stuff that keeps me from being turned away from it, though, and I stick by what I've said in that the industry could stand to have more of these types of games, where not everything is action and shooting. I enjoy me some slow-paced mystery/intrigue story, and one where you can alter the outcome gives it a reason for being a video game instead of just a movie (as long as there isn't one clearly "right" way of doing things). "

"Honestly, the OP is not really any different then people that come out and say Uncharted 2 is complete crap. I expect the same to happen to Heavy Rain. It's probably going to be a fantastic game, close to perfect in almost every area, and worthy of Game of the Year nomination. Yet that won't stop a vocal minority from coming in talking about how lame, and boring the game is. Probably because they think being different then everyone else makes them better. Or because they are 360 fanboys trying to trivialize another Grade-A PS3 exclusive.  Either way, smart people will know not to buy into that crap, just like they knew not to buy into the Uncharted 2 slandering."

I know this sounds crazy, but it's true the english voice acting wasn't great, so I figured, hey I'll try it in the developers' native tongue. And what do you know, the french voice acting is actually pretty good, the writing's pretty good, and it's well delivered. As a native speaker, I approve. Just put on subtitles, and it's decent.

I'm cold on it as well. 
 
See you later duders!

"The game is probably going to be good; however, it has some serious flaws, and whether those flaws bother you or not, denying their presence is incredibly ignorant. So is calling people fanboys while making claims only a fanboy would make. "

" @Icemael: And just in case you are illiterate, and decide to do the TLDR thing:
 
I played the demo, and it did not have serious flaws. You are just a sensationalist making sensational comments. No different then the people that said Uncharted 2 had serious flaws, looked like turd, played like junk, had crappy voice acting, etc. Sure, you are free to say whatever you want about a game. Make up whatever "flaws" you want it to have. That doesn't make it true. I'm only typing all this up because, just like people ignored the Uncharted 2 slander, I hope they're smart enough to ignore the Heavy Rain slander. "

" I know this sounds crazy, but it's true the english voice acting wasn't great, so I figured, hey I'll try it in the developers' native tongue. And what do you know, the french voice acting is actually pretty good, the writing's pretty good, and it's well delivered. As a native speaker, I approve. Just put on subtitles, and it's decent. "

"Discredit my criticisms as "made up" if you will, and try convincing me that a game I see substantial flaws in is "nearly perfect"; at the end of the day, the only difference between what you're doing and what the people you call "crazy" and "fanboys" are doing is that they are critical, whereas you are protective. "

" @Icemael said:

"Discredit my criticisms as "made up" if you will, and try convincing me that a game I see substantial flaws in is "nearly perfect"; at the end of the day, the only difference between what you're doing and what the people you call "crazy" and "fanboys" are doing is that they are critical, whereas you are protective. "

My problem is you say this game has "serious flaws" which is a completely sensational, over-exaggeration. I was trying to humor you with a debate, but all I really have to do is point out the games metacritic score. It averages a 9 out of 10. No game with "serious flaws" as you said, would ever average a 9/10. Hell, the lowest score is 7/10, and even that is too high for a game with "serious flaws.""

I originally posted this on the Quick Look, but I suppose it fits better here: 
 
 I liked the demo but the only thing that made me wonder was Jayden's voice acting... oh my god... Scott Shelby isn't bad, and Lauren is terrible as well (like what the hell kind of accent is it, she goes back and forth from it and it's kind of awkwardly done) but Jayden's voice is just absolutely horrendous!! I could have swore while I was playing that some of his lines were said by different people!  
 
But I played the demo twice, I thought the Crime Scene was kind of boring because I didn't actually have to look for anything, just put on the glasses and spam R1. It kind of takes away the purpose of searching for evidence. The first time I did the fight I did terribly and Shelby was all beaten up, and the second time I got it all perfectly, but there was no difference in the outcome, so that was kind of disappointing as well. 
 
As far as the controls go, I found them pretty clunky. I was always kind of getting stuck face-on at a wall, but only if I was really careful could I navigate without hassle. It's not that it was hard or anything, it's just that walking requires a lot of patience, something a game shouldn't make such a big deal from. 
 
Definitely just going to be a rent for me, but it will be a good rent. I can't see myself spending 80$ on a 6 hour game, no sirree.    

After playin the demo I think I may have just gone from "I'll borrow it from a friend" to "Probably won't bother even borrowing it".
 
That woman zipping back and forth between the bed and the window, in and out of the camera is exactly the type of glitch this game just can not afford to ship with. Hopefully it's fixed in the final version. The big fight was kinda fun but all in all, not a very good demo in my opinion.

I loved the demo. I found the voice acting OK, since I've played a LOT of other adventure games where the voices were outright terrible. I also had no problems with the movement system, and the camera angles never bothered me. I really can't see why it is such an issue for some people? I mean, Resident Evil got way worse camera angles (and movement) and you couldn't change it as you can in Heavy Rain... but everything is subjective I guess.
 
Eagerly awaiting my pre-ordered copy. Can't wait to delve into this mystery plot.

I really enjoyed it. The expressions were realistic enough to make the characters truly interesting. I know it will never happen, but I would love an endurance run of this game.

The demo was amazing. So...why did I click on this thread...?

I am an idiot. Somehow, I always guess that a topic with an opinion in the title is going to be utter shit, and I still enter them, threatning myself with banging my head over the desk.

This thread was also the case. Fuckballs.

the demo is fucking awesome, your opinion is just wrong.