If you never got the chance to play Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit in PAL regions), then you missed out on something great. All is not lost, however, because in addition to picking that game up on Xbox Originals or Steam (you’re doing that right now, right?), you can read about developer Quantic Dream’s current project, Heavy Rain.
Quantic Dream founder David Cage spoke with Dutch magazine Chief about the upcoming title, painting a clearer picture of what to expect whe the game is released on the Playstation 3 later this year (or possibly next).
"With the release of Fahrenheit, we gave the adventure genre a new grammar. We brought new ways into the genre, new words if you want to see it like that, a new vocabulaire. With Heavy Rain, where going to expand on that same grammar.
I don’t want to do a big free-roaming city like GTA, because the flow of the story will then be hard to control. Nevertheless, I do want to incorporate big sets, with a crowd, heavy populated areas like a mall and a subway are going to be in there. Of course, the gameplay has got to make use of that aspect too.
People will be surprised. Internal (Sony’s) feedback on graphics has been great. This is going to be a truly next-gen game. But still, we want to do something unique with the graphics, going beyond just making the most photorealistic world we can.
Heavy Rain is about normal people that have landed in extraordinary situations. I wanted a much more personal story. The first thing that came to my mind, as a father of two little boys, was that the main theme should simply be a father’s love for his son. This is not a game about saving the princess or the world. Its purely about a father’s love.
The main story will revolve around 4 different characters, and we’re putting the spotlight on their perceptions. The question ‘what is good and what is evil’ is the key here, that will be just a matter of viewpoint…I believe heavily in moral choices, I’m going to use them A LOT. They’re not about being good or bad, but about finding the right balance."
Whew. That’s a lot from Mr. Cage, and it’s got me pretty excited. How about you guys?
