E309: THE LATEST LOOK AT QUANTIC DREAM’S PS3 THRILLER HEAVY RAIN

David Cage’s collective output at Quantic Dream has always been nothing if not massively ambitious: from the wide open world of his PC/Dreamcast debut Omikron to the multi-camera cinematic perspective and directly user-controlled actions of PC/Xbox 360’s Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, with both just undercut from being true masterworks by tiny details.

The jarring quick-time event sequences that undercut the latter will assuredly be returning to his PS3 exclusive latest detective thriller, Heavy Rain, but, from the trailer above, you can see how hard Quantic has worked to integrate them more tightly with the scene: notice the razor thin R1 floating just above the gun during that stand-off moment.

Either way, it’s still one of my most anticipated games for the console, and I’m very curious to continue to see how they’ll continue to walk that tightrope between player freedom and directed narrative.