Heavy Rain was een van de meest opvallende spellen van 2010. Door de ogen van vier verschillende personages beleefde jij een grimmig avontuur en de keuzes die je maakte veranderden de loop van dit verhaal. Een concept dat niet iedereen aansprak, maar wel zorgde voor een frisse wind binnen de game-industrie.
John Rostron, senior directeur van SCE XDev Studio Europe, liet vandaag op de Develop Liverpool conference weten dat hij zeer enthousiast is over Heavy Rain. Volgens hem hebben games in dat genre veel potentie:
I think with Heavy Rain we really did create a different type of experience, and something that even non-gamers – members of my family who don’t play games – really got immersed in.Michael Denny, senior vicepresident van SCE Worldwide Studios, beaamde dat:[…]
Yes, mobile and all those sorts of things will be around for a long time. But I also think there’s a huge potential growth in that area as well, where you do have this sort of crossover [between games and films]. At last you can really see that happening with future consoles. I think it’s a really interesting time for us.
I agree with John, I think that’s going to be a massive area for us – to keep pushing forward with performance capture, crossing the uncanny valley, as it were. I think there’s so much potential for those sorts of games. Our companies are trying to get emotion into gaming as well, to take us forward.Heavy Rain werd zeer positief onthaald door critici en won maar liefst drie Game of the Year-awards.