Quantic Dream co-CEO and Heavy Rain writer/director David Cage has gone back and forth on releasing a playable demo for his upcoming epic. In our interview with Cage from last week, however, the developer confirmed there will be a playable demo for Heavy Rain. At the moment, Cage and his team are figuring out what will be the most appropriate scene to represent the game.
"We are currently working on a demo, which is a real challenge," said Cage. "Finding one scene that can convey what we are trying to achieve with Heavy Rain is something really difficult. If we show an action scene, some players will think that this is what Heavy Rain is all about, and it is the same thing if we show an exploration scene. The problem is that each scene of the game offers contextual game play, which is something very difficult to explain and convey in a single demo. Demos are often a double-edge thing: if you don’t release one, players may think that you have something to hide."
Cage is obviously thinking long and hard about how he chooses to represent Heavy Rain's vertical slice, acutely aware of the consequences of releasing a demo that backfires. Despite these fears, Cage reiterated the importance of having a demo for gamers unaware of his work.
"We also know many good games that ended up not being massive hits because the demo could not convey the quality of the game behind it," he said. "Because Heavy Rain is a new concept and since many gamers will want to check what it is before buying it, we will be releasing a demo. We just need to find the best scene for it."
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BONERJAM
YES! I'm so glad. The first time I saw anything about this game I thought it looked really cool but I also thought I would need a demo to see if it would be a game I could get into.
deathsdelivery
Can't wait to get my hands on this visually stunning and Hopefully deep immersion I am expecting(It's Quantic dreams we are talking about, so more than likely it will exceed expectations)
MayorAdamWest
oh baby!!!! yes!!!! i love quatic dream and all the staff members involved, they know how to make realistic and as david cage said "contextual gameplay." i loved indigo prophecy so im getting and supporting them further by purchasing heavy rain( getting a ps3 thursday), and when (hopefully) indigo prophecy 2 comes out. " i got to say, today was a good day".
skyrlopez
Demo or no demo, this is a definite must!
Secondtooth
Best news I've heard all day..awesome!
easto1a
played heavy rain infact the scene above with the FBI agent its amazing bring on a demo wanna play it again
ejsponge61
Best news Ive heard since the GOW 3 Ultimate Edition.
Tman88
That's awesome that there will be a demo for Heavy Rain. Looking forward to it.
SkullOne360
Awesome news. I want to experience the investigation with Jayden and the club scene with Madison after watching the gameplay. This is gonna be a great game.
SilverJC
Just give me a date and I download it from any region!!!!!
Alex475
I'm sold on that one either way, it looks pretty cool and interesting to see the game from a different character view, the FBI dude probably will be pretty cool and the old detective as wel, I still don't know much about the other two but still... more gameplay though.
Hylian64
Since this is such a story-heavy game, I'm hoping they'll release a demo of a scene that's already been announced like Mad Jack or Blue Lagoon. I just don't want too much of the story to be exposed and take away from the suspense and overall experience of the game.
Completist
I'd like to 2 different demos if Quantic can do it.
FLP_B01
Finally! this is great news!
I bet this demo would be released in the Europe/UK PSN Store first.
YoureSoFunny
yawn
YoureSoFunny
This game looks like Playstation Home.....HaHaHa
vanapes
who cares about demo i want the game
vanapes
but ill still play demo
may_berry
demo or not. day one buy for me! adult themed gaming at it's finest -hopefully ;) -
jrest
I'm with may_berry. I will be buying it demo or no demo....but I would enjoy a demo. Anyone have an idea as to how many hours the story/gameplay will be?!?
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