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Quick Look: Throwback: Indigo Prophecy

Ryan and Vinny enlighten those unfamiliar with Heavy Rain's roots.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Dec. 17 2009

Cast: Ryan, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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Indigo Prophecy

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Edited By AndrewB

$10 on Steam, but it has frequently been on sale for even more of a pittance. I remember passing on it for $2, and now I'm kinda regretting that. Might go check ebay to see if it's even cheaper.

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Edited By ventilaator
@Radar said:
" @Ventilaator: people have different opinions!? holy mother of piss! "
Yeah, but both of those opinions are completely and utterly WRONG :)
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Edited By sixghost

This game was pretty awesome, but it could have done without the supernatural shit. The story just got so awful. All I remember about that ending was some electric man running across the sides of buildings. God that sucked.

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Wait. She'll never forget that face but she can't describe him?

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Edited By Hashbrowns

The only real fear I have about Heavy Rain is that it will fall apart when the rubber meets the road like Indigo Prophecy did.  It had great setup, but the fundamental story was complete cliche.
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Edited By vendetta

I had such mixed feelings about this game. There were some simply great parts like attempting to move through the asylum in the dark undetected, but the story just went totally apeshit about halfway through and never recovered.

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Edited By Pepto

Endurance run!

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Edited By Sarumarine

When that cop busts into your apartment- where's the warrant, dude? Where's the due process? When does Law and Order start? Where's the choice to tell him to eff off?  
 
Heh, still looks like an interesting game.

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I love you guys so much for doing this.

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I really enjoyed this game. There were a couple of parts where the controls were super frustrating, but besides that, I loved it.

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Edited By ZenaxPure

Never understood what was crazy about the later half of the game, I mean it sort of sets that mood (weird shit going down) in the very opening scene in the bathroom. Obviously the story had to progress to some weird stuff to explain the start. My only disappointment with it was the ending(s). All of them were just i dunno... short and boring. Short game for anyone curious I beat it in a couple of days without really meaning to, I just wanted to try it out but before I knew it I had beaten it.

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Edited By D_Man_Taylor

I smell the next Endurance Run!!

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Edited By Dirty_Harry

Also this game has more than one ending, for the people who are complaining abut the ending. People need to play this game!

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I'm now interested.

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I loved this game.

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@Zenaxzd:
The problem wasn't necessarily the spiritual shit, it was the kung fu matrix shit.
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Loved the first third of this game. Wish it had stayed all murder-mystery-y and not gone stupid-sci-fi-y.

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Edited By FrenchFriedFool

I managed to die before the cop even knocked at the door first time I played this. As it turns out, taking pills then drinking immediately after is bad for you!

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I agree with a lot of the comments I've seen here.  The first half of this game is one of the best video games I've played but it completely derails in the second half.

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The first half/two thirds of this game was great, but then it just went completely off the deep end.
And the stealth sequences were terrible!

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Edited By rjpelonia

I always did want to play this game. I also liked how you guys did nothing about his headache.

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I should go play this again...

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Fahrenheit was a fantastic game!

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Edited By Zripwud

This game was great and for that I hate where the story went. It had all the clichés in the world. But damn, what an experience!

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This game's story collapses in the last third, unfortunately, but it was still an interesting experiment. I'm hoping Heavy Rain doesn't go down the same absurd path this game did.

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Never heard about this game before.  It looks well done.  Can't wait for Heavy Rain :)

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omg we NEED an endurance run on this... then heavy rain! this is awesome.

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I would totally watch an endurance run of this game

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@BigLemon said:
" Can you imagine an Endurance Run of this game? "
As in a episode of it? It ain't a long game to be honest ^^.
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I played through this game three times, and I absolutely loved it. If there is one game that I really want a PS3 for it's Heavy Rain.

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I love this game, one of my favourite games, although I didn't loike the flashback army base stuff so much. Watching the quick look makes me wanna play this again.

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4:00 thriller joke Yes!

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This game really starts off with a bang, but slowly turns into complete nonsense.
 
The last 25% is batshit crazy, and not in a good Lou Ferrigno fighting a bear kind of way either.
 
 

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Endurance Run! :D

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Had a great time with this game. Some really neat ideas in there. I'm glad Quantic Dream is getting to give this sort of thing another go. 
 
Oh, a lot of Europeans can lock themselves into their houses. And their cops can look ... spacey.

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Fantastic game, in my top 5 of all time

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@Kazona said:

" I played through this game three times, and I absolutely loved it. If there is one game that I really want a PS3 for it's Heavy Rain. "

same here. the only problem i had with fahrenheit was the stupid and completely silly ending. magic, ancient civilizations and stuff :u
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I'd love a quick endurance run of this before Heavy Rain comes out. I know they're not connected but still.

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Is it just me or were Carla and Fancy Run driving Papa John's Camaro?

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I liked Indigo Prophecy, even though the story gets a little silly later on. There's even one sex scene at the end I didn't think was all that believable in the context of the game.

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I like this game alot. I remember getting stuck though and never finishing it.
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Lucas Kane IS Namatame. Think about it!

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This is the best game ever! Don't listen to these jive turkeys! Download it if you have a 360, if you don't like it you hate dinosaurs......

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I'm just gunna put this out there.....
 
 
I could watch an endurance run of this.

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I concur that I love this game. It's totally worth playing. But once the story starts to veer off, oh man.. it just plummets down a cliff.

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Ugh this game. I was really enjoying it and I was able to accept the crazy stuff happening early and towards the middle of the game. Then it falls apart at the end. Even with the supernatural type foreshadowing they do, it was too much to accept. This game becomes fucking stupid at the end and it ruined it for me. I understand why people enjoy it, I think I like it for the same reasons. But the ending. Oh god. If you go into this wanting to laugh then I think you'll enjoy it more than someone wanting a good story.

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Great quick look.

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@TeflonBilly said:
" The first half/two thirds of this game was great, but then it just went completely off the deep end. And the stealth sequences were terrible! "
This. It was really, really engaging and cool mystery thingy but then it went to matrixdragonballmindfuckery.