The first downloadable content for Heavy Rain, dubbed The Taxidermist, was set to ship much earlier than it did. But because of the game’s freezing glitches and other issues, developers had to refocus their attention, delaying The Taxidermist by a few weeks. Those of you who picked up the Limited Edition of the game got this one for free, but everyone else has to shell out $4.99. Is The Taxidermist worth your ducats? Keep reading.
I’ve been struggling to write this review without putting any spoilers out there. Heavy Rain is a game that needs to be experienced without knowing what happens at the next turn. David Cage and company over at Quantic Dream bring this generation’s first (and hopefully not last) interactive drama to the PS3 to much critical acclaim. Building upon the strong foundation of Indigo Prophecy (aka Fahrenheit in the rest of the world), the game drops expected control schemes for more of an quick-time feel. How well does it all come together? Read on to find out.
Well kids, here is the new episode of Twisted Gamer Radio! On today’s show, we chat about the Tiger Woods/South Park episode fiasco, banter about the Heavy Rain patch that hit, and talk about possibly selling a kid to get a 3D HDTV. Also, we added a completely NEW segment to Twisted Gamer Radio in a piece called “Guess The Game!” This is where we read you the description on the back of a game (leaving out obvious giveaways) and see if you can guess the video game. We’ll give shoutouts to the winners on the next show, just e-mail us or call in with the answers!
– South Park’s jab at Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
– Sony wants me to sell a kid to get a 3D TV
– Guess The Game!
– Sound Clip Corner: Popeye’s runs out of chicken = mad people
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If you’ve been following my Heavy Rain freezing saga, you’ll be well aware that I’ve been unable to finish the game. After a fair amounts of highly vocal complaints, Quantic Dream was able to narrow down a few issues and slap a patch together. It’s now in the final stages of testing and should be deployed soon.
I’m looking forward to getting back to the game once the patch is released and hopefully solving the case of the Origami Killer. If my game save still doesn’t work after the patch, expect broken PlayStation items in my house.
Hey guys, welcome back to another great episode of Twisted Gamer Radio. On today’s show, we open up with an incredible rap song we created on the fly using Rockstar’s Beaterator for the PSP and Jay Electronica’s new track created with the game. We chat about what we’ve been playing, and a few glitches found in the new Borderlands DLC, as well as Heavy Rain.
-Xbox Sucks Rap
-Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
-Heavy Rain Glitches
-Fucked Up News: Kid gets sentenced for hacking into Sony
I’ve been playing a lot of Heavy Rain lately. The game has been sucking me in at the same level as Mass Effect 2. I’ve had a deep emotional connection with the game’s characters that makes me pine over every decision. While I’ve been absolutely loving the game, that all changed today. You see, Heavy Rain has a major technical glitch: game saves won’t load and will crash your PS3. Yeah, that happened.
After spending about 7.5 hours with the game, getting roughly 45 chapters into it, I can no longer play. When trying to load my save, the screen goes black and locks up my system. Sadly, this is a somewhat common occurrence, as hundreds of angry gamers are flooding the official PlayStation forums with complaints of freezing and other glitches such as audio being out of sync (for the record, I’ve had that happen twice). With no remedy in sight (not even loading the same or previous chapter), I won’t be able to finish the game until a patch fixes the issue. Most people have stated that if you have the problem once, starting a new game will exhibit the same freezing problems.
Since I can’t get through the rest of the game, our review will have to wait. Had I been able to finish without major technological issues, it most likely would have gotten 5 stars. Taking into account everything I’ve gone through already, that won’t be the case anymore.
I pre-ordered Heavy Rain from Best Buy and used all of my left over Rewards Zone certificates to cut the cost of yet another video game purchase down to a more manageable $40. I don’t see my situation getting any better over the next couple of weeks considering in March there’s going to be a ton of awesome releases coming our way that Matt mentioned previously. My game backlog is already full, but Heavy Rain has garnered a lot of press and buzz around the community for its “gameplay”, so I might slide this one to the top of the list.
Heavy Rain came out Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, and I just now get this e-mail from Best Buy about the delay? I figured I would be busy playing Bioshock 2, or the Borderlands Add-On DLC, or The Mis-adventures of P.B. Winterbottom, but this sure would have been nice to take a break from those and play the pre-quel episode BEFORE I actually get the game in the mail. I have literally been trying to download this prequel episode for two days now with no success. Thanks Best Buy. At least you let me know something! I’ve been tracking my package for Heavy Rain and it’s in my town, but I don’t know if it’s at my doorstep and they just haven’t updated their system yet. I’ll keep you guys posted. You guys have any issues or try to download this? Now you have an answer.
I got an interesting piece of mail today from Sony. A postcard for Heavy Rain showed up on my doorstep asking me just how far I’d go. After playing the demo extensively, my answer is pretty far. Dammit I want the full game of Heavy Rain (hint hint Sony).
Hit the jump to see more scans of the postcard. And let us know what you think of the Heavy Rain demo if you had a chance to play.
Later this month the much anticipated PS3 exclusive, Heavy Rain, is set to hit store shelves around the world. The hype machine on this game has started to roll and like a snowball down a ski slope it’s only getting bigger. Heavy Rain will be a media monster of 2010. In a year with dozens of major releases such as Mass Effect 2, Brink, and Splinter Cell Conviction, Heavy Rain will still manage to remain in the spotlight for most of year. Here is why…
I’ve been very interested in Heavy Rain for a while now. After seeing a lot more interactive parts of the game in this month’s Qore, I really want the game. But now after seeing the full first 9 minutes of gameplay, I went out and dropped cash to preorder the game. From everything I’ve seen, it’s going to be extremely engaging in a way we don’t often see in gaming. I’m all in.
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