Archive for March 11th, 2010
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Mundane moments with your family set you up for a heavy emotional payoff later

The first trophy you unlock in Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain is called “interactive drama”. It’s an apt trophy name, and it sets the tone for the rest of the game. Heavy Rain is a PS3 Exclusive, and it’s an amazing game (and another argument for all games being multiplatform so I can stop stealing my friends’ PS3s), but now that I’m done with it I think I can hold off on getting a PS3 for awhile, or until espion4ge gets one at the very least! The game creates a brand new experience and perhaps a new genre in video games, but small issues prevent the game from truly realizing it’s potential.

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