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Heavy Rain To Get Playable Demo

November 02, 2009 in Demo comments 20

After much speculation, Heavy Rain will finally be getting a playable demo, but, according to one of the Quantic Dream heads, it's hard to pick a level for everyone to demo.

Quantic Dream head, David Cage, told G4 that “[they're] currently working on a demo” for Heavy Rain, and that “finding one scene that can convey what we are trying to achieve with Heavy Rain is something really difficult.”
GCO Gamer via gamercenteronline.net »
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  • 0
    chautemoc Nov 3, 09
    I see what he means. To be honest, I wish there wasn't a demo...game doesn't seem suited for it. I guess Sony put them up to it. =/
    • 2
      Seproth Nov 3, 09
      No it doesn't but why would you wish there wasn't? A demo is a demo.
      • 0
        chautemoc Nov 3, 09
        I'm not seeing your point.
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          tallteen86 Nov 3, 09
          You can always just....NOT DL the demo neh?

          It's up to you. I'll check the demo myself, I'm pretty much leaning to 'no' on getting this game, but I'll check the demo and see if it changes my mind....
  • 1
    ZL Nov 3, 09
    Demos are great. It let's you try out a game that you might have a serious liking into. I love playing demos for games I want to get because it let's me see which ones I should get first. I'm no doubt getting this one, but I heard the controls were a little hard to getting used to, so this demo could solve that problem.
  • 0
    Miss Razz Nov 3, 09
    I'm still on the fence about whether or not to get this game, so I'm glad they're releasing a demo.

    I love demos, tbh. I've bought alot of games that I thought I wouldn't buy because I ended up enjoying the demos.
  • 1
    chautemoc Nov 3, 09
    Just rent it...
    I guess people don't rent anymore.
    • 0
      SebKus Nov 4, 09
      Blockbuster and the like are going out of business though.
  • 1
    HisServant77 Nov 3, 09
    I don't think a demo will do the game justice. I have a feeling a lot of people will try out this demo and think it is a good representation of the game, and decide not to get the game . . . And the game's sales will fall.
    • 0
      chautemoc Nov 3, 09
      Precisely .
    • 0
      Miss Razz Nov 4, 09
      But then there are the people who will buy the game because they didn't think they'd like the game, but ended up enjoying the demo. It evens itself out.

      I personally don't believe there is any game that can't benefit from having a demo released. It's just up to the devs/publishers to release the best demo they can. (which unfortunately doesn't always happen).
    • 1
      Seproth Nov 4, 09
      Then they made a poor demo.... simple as that.
      • 0
        HisServant77 Nov 4, 09
        But that's just it, I think the demo wouldn't represent the game too well, because the major aspect of the game (at least to me) is the story and how submersive, and how varying the story is. How can you portray that in a demo? The demo will provide gameplay demo and such, but not really a good representation for a game like this.

        Not all games need demos, because demos can't really show all games well.
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          Miss Razz Nov 5, 09
          The same goes for RPGs and other story-heavy games though. Devs obviously can't represent these games' stories in a 30min - hour long demo. But they don't have to convince us that the story will be fantastic. They just have to convince us the game is good enough to warrant a purchase.
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          Seproth Nov 5, 09
          Yeah, it's taking on a challenge. That's for sure, but they shouldn't do it unless they feel they can pull it off. Kind of late to back out now though.

          It's time to make it worthwhile, it's far from impossible.
  • 0
    chautemoc Nov 3, 09
    tallteen, I thought it was assumed I wouldn't download it. From there you can assume I had something else in mind.
  • 1
    FinalFantasyFanaticc Nov 3, 09
    This was a game i was going to pick up on release demo or not, i don't think i'll try the demo because i'd rather just wait to buy the game and play it in it's full glory.

    Some games need a demo, this doesn't.
  • 0
    Drago Shi Nov 3, 09
    I'd like the lady's section as a demo, or the guy in the junkyard.
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    phowell23 Nov 4, 09
    Count me in as long as the demo isnt massive in terms of hard drive space.

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