Quantic Dream, a company that usually makes one game every five years, has revealed via self-styled gaming messiah David Cage that it has not one, but two new projects in the works. So, that'll be why the studio has apparently completely abandoned the idea of Heavy Rain DLC.
"We currently work on two very different projects," promises the European director. "Often, after a long and challenging project like Heavy Rain, it is difficult for the team to get excited again about a new idea. This is absolutely not the case at the moment at Quantic and all the team seems enthusiastic about the possibility of other projects. The team and the company continue to grow in experience, confidence and talent.
"After Heavy Rain, we have some credibility in experimenting with new IPs and new concepts. We are not going to play it safe from now, we are going to use this credibility to continue to take risks, give ourselves exciting challenges and try to invent new ways of playing."
I'll always be interested in what Quantic Dream's working on, but I would like to offer a small piece of advice to Mr. Cage -- hire a writer this time, or at least pay somebody to look at your scripts and tell you when you've written a load of nonsense.
Heavy Rain Interview with David Cage [Examiner via VG247]
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8:40 AM on 07.14.2010 | 
That's what did it for me.
At least I now know why HR is in bargain bins everywhere :-(
I swear, the Heavy Rain formula is:
terrible story + terrible controls + good graphics = success
The lessons learned here:
- Graphics trump everything when it comes to sales
- Fanboys will love even mediocre games if they are console exclusives
- Most gamers have apparently never read a good novel or seen a decent film, and are fully deserving of scorn by the likes of Roger Ebert
Sounds like my thoughts whenever I see a Jim Sterling article.
fux yes.
That's akin to a doctor saying 'You've got cancer, but i've seen a lot worse'.
The controls do get on my nerves sometimes. Movement is clunky at best. The story so far hasn't been that bad and beats most video games' plots. I heard from a friend there's a nuke-the-fridge moment later in the game so I'm prepared for that. I just hope it doesn't ruin what's been an overall enjoyable experience.
@Jim
sidenote: Got a new Jimquisition in mind yet?
Who knew?
If they could get Bowie to come back for an Omikron 2 I would very literally shit my pants.
However he did say they're new IPs. Guess that's not bad either.
I haven't seen it in a single bargain bin yet. Hell I haven't seen it for lower than 45$ yet.
Not that I'm singling you out, but the idea that this game was a failure due to a meme and Jim's dislike of it's characters/plot etc. Is kinda exaggerated on this site.
What bargain bins are you looking in?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=heavy+rain
It has kept a steady price along with other exclusive titles.
I doubt it's the exclusive thing, seems like a lot of 360 owners wanted to play it, when it was first released. I'm also a little confused by the negativitiy, but then again, I haven't played it yet.
ok, how can you meansure the lack of gameplay? really
the user must imput commands almost constantly, and there are very few scenes that do not involve any kind of control from the user
and then there are games based around far simpler mechanics than heavy rain yet you dont hear anyone complaining
games like tetris or the point and click adventure genre in general
i can say grim fandango is easily one of my favorite games ever despite the simplistic mechanics even for point and click games and the fact there absolutely no penalty for failing in that game, in fact, you cannot fail, there is no game over
so really what do you call a game and what not?
also the game has sold over a million copies and has a score of 87 in metacritic, what makes you think quantic dream overpriced it and deceived you by selling a "non-game"
and jim did heavy rain killed your parents or something?
i mean you cant stop talkin shit about it, its almost like your mad the game was a success
It was far from perfect but some here make it sound way worse then it was... Quantic dream got my interest on whatever they are working on.
The worst part is, you guys ride him so hard making him a growing big headed idiot by the day.
i just hope one day, jim picks at a great game that is universally accepted(being the cool and indifferent guy that he is) and you guys react negatively to his criticism.
will you marry me?
Oh Snap!
Quantic Dream is SHIT. Not THE SHIT, but SHIT. They fuck up everyfin they touch. Indigo Prophecy jumped the shark, and Heavy Rain didn't manage multiple story threads well (reportedly -- could not force myself to get it just to be in the know). Oh, and brushing your teeth. WTF? WHERE IS GAME?
What if he has legitimate criticisms? Universally accepted does not mean without fault. It means there are a handful of reviewers that thought alike.
I don't know why you would wish a negative reaction on him. That's akin to his "going against the grain for the sake of it" that you claim he follows. Hypocrite, much?
And have you heard the kinds of flak he gets? PSN messages? Death threat emails? Are you really so immature as to want that for someone you have only a passing familiarity with? It's not like he killed your dog, or ate your birthday cake.