I really dug Heavy Rain myself and played it through in the span of a few days. I think a part of the reason was that people were trying to ruin the ending for everyone at almost every gaming site, so I just burned through it to experience it for myself. I love games like HR, and their previous entry last generation, Indigo Prophecy. They have flaws, yes, but I am able to toss them aside quite easily and appreciate the experience.
I loved
Indigo Prophecy. It was a blast. Some of the controls were a bit wonky and I'd have to re-do a segment over and over again because I wasn't hitting my joystick in just the correct manner, but like you said, it was highly enjoyable.
As for
Heavy Rain, there were a couple of factors leading to me setting it aside until later.
1) My T.V. We had an old t.v. with a smaller screen and I couldn't see all the action pop-ups so there were times I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. We got a new HDTV for Xmas this year, so it should be a lot better when I start it up again. (When I decided to replay
Mass Effect on the new t.v., and I could actually see the blurbs telling me what I just picked up and the such, that was an exciting moment, let me tell you. Getting a nice t.v. really upped my gaming experience, oh man.)
2) I'm at the part where I'm the F.B.I. dude in a slaughter house with dangling hooks and dead cows. I got really creeped out. I don't do well with horror or heavy suspense. I need to get my fiance to sit in the room with me while I play
Heavy Rain, I think. I know that sounds silly, but if I don't, I'll have a similar experience as to what I had when I tried playing Silent Hill. I played with a golf club on my knee and jumped at every noise in the house. I don't know if my cats would survive the experience.
As for the spoilers, the only place I discuss video games is on here, for that very reason. I like my games to be a surprise. People here are pretty good at blocking out the spoilers.
Awesome..I have been thinking of doing something similar when I finally finish the game for the first time. I have 130 hours sunk into my first playthrough and am going through the Dead Money DLC before I go and finish off the endgame quests. Thanks for the tips.
No problem. I'll let you know if I come across anything else that should be known. I made my personality really high so I can talk my way out of situations and the such. That makes it pretty handy for when someone has a machine gun and all you have is some crappy leather armor a merc dropped and a meat cleaver, y'know? And strength, oh man, go for strength. When I made my character at the beginning, I put my strength up to 8. Which meant some of my other things were only at 5, but it meant I could decapitate an opponent with one swipe of a knife at the very beginning of the game.
Haven't played in a little bit 'cos I've been sick, and then I got engaged and well, instead of playing video games I've been researching wedding stuff and coming up with a budget. Oh, and trying on wedding dresses. I've been doing a whole lot of that. Hehe. There's now a rule in my house. I'm only allowed to talk to my fiance about wedding stuff on Saturdays. I think he's tired of being shown spreadsheets and graphs.
