New Heavy Rain screen shots

[VideoGame mania]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3391/heavyrain77297cn1.jpg
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http://www.totalvideogames.com/screens/Heavy_Rain_5475_77095_0.htm

[VG Aficionado]

=-o

Heavenly Sword faces am pwned.

[TrueVCU]

holy shit VG, you ain't kidding :o

[Chris Metal]

I love pre-rendered images :look:

[GTAce]

LOL yeah those are never in-game.

[Zer0-Sum]

If those are in game I will be amazed beyond amazement. And people will have to worship at the Alter of PS3 Power.

But I REALLY doubt it. They are very nice though.

[TEEDA]

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/635/635625/ps-meeting-2005-ps3-tech-demos-20060113035638995.jpg

http://forums.e-mpire.com/images/smilies/Shock.gif

[VG Aficionado]

Heavenly Sword's faces in real time cutscenes didn't look that far away from that. Not that I'd believe those truly are real time before I find out more about it, but we'll see.

[cliffbo]

that mole on her right cheek looks a little suspect

[TEEDA]

Heavenly Sword's faces in real time cutscenes didn't look that far away from that. Not that I'd believe those truly are real time before I find out more about it, but we'll see.

It's indeed real time , like the vids and the demo we' ve seen so far :

This short clip had been taken on Thursday, May, 3rd at the German fmx 2007 conference in Stuttgart, where Guillaume de Fondaumière, Co-CEO of Quantic Dream held a note on animation in games. It shows the use of new additional facial motion capture data in un-edited and no-key frame animated state - raw data. Also the eye movement had not been captured or animated.

[B]Guillaume did talk about the different artistic and technical aspects and challenges surrounding the creation of realistic characters in realtime 3D. He highlighted the different issues using some video footage taken from the "Casting" demo created last year for Playstation 3 as well as some more complementary documentation and making-of material. In that matter he explained the particularities of actor's performances using new high resolution motion capture equipment (Vicon system) and the constraints that the actress Aurélie Bancilhon had to face. Unfournately Aurélie Bancilhon couldn't come to this session.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0a6Oc0sSOo
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supposedly rendered in real time by the hardware I think.

[CreativeWriter]

These could be in-game if the game is an interactive-movie/interactive cutscene or even a myst-like adventure game with no enemy AI/no enemies. Do we know any gameplay details yet?

[GTAce]

Real time is not in-game.
Especially stuff like the eyes or the skin wont look like that in-game.

[Sephiroth_VII]

I believe they are real-time, and most likely in-game. Seriously.

This game won't have thousands of characters on screen, or wild special effects. Looking at what a game like HS can do with so much happening on screen, this doesn't seem impossible.

[jaxmkii]

If you guys have seen GT5p on your own PS3 on your own XBR tv than you would not be doubting those shots...

[chartwel]

sadly, not in game. and i have seen GT5p on my calibrated xbr set. i will get excited when i see some actual screenshots. i have learned my lesson about games and pr shots.

[jaxmkii]

I believe they are real-time, and most likely in-game. Seriously.

This game won't have thousands of characters on screen, or wild special effects. Looking at what a game like HS can do with so much happening on screen, this doesn't seem impossible. QFT

[OG_Monkey]

OMG HOLY SHIT! This game will NOT let down. It cant, I CANT....CANT FUCKIN WAIT. Just hope it is actually in game shots. But this isnt a "pre-rendered, go to cutscene" type of game. Its all gameplay if Indigo Prophecy is anything to learn from.

If this can be on the level of Indigo Prophecy but MUCH better, award winning game right here.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Indigo Prophecy was called Fahrenheit in Europe, by the way. Just thought I'd say that to avoid confusion.

[TrueVCU]

If this can be on the level of Indigo Prophecy but MUCH better, award winning game right here.

Excise the last 20 minutes and IP could've won awards.

[Zer0-Sum]

I want to see videos of that level of graphics in gameplay in full motion. Then I BELIEVE. ;)

[OG_Monkey]

Indigo Prophecy was called Fahrenheit in Europe,m by the way. Just thought I'd say that to avoid confusion.

haha yea i know, i just didnt know nor want to try spelling out Fahrenheit

Edit: 3000th post!!!!

[tolkyn]

So awesome... there's a reason why they were holding back info on this title. I think this game will blow my socks off, when I see it in motion.

[LiquidEagle]

I believe they are real-time, and most likely in-game. Seriously.

This game won't have thousands of characters on screen, or wild special effects. Looking at what a game like HS can do with so much happening on screen, this doesn't seem impossible.

Yep, I'm in agreement with that :)

[yoshaw]

It's indeed real time , like the vids and the demo we' ve seen so far :



supposedly rendered in real time by the hardware I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0a6Oc0sSOo

The video above, you quoted it yea? It's dated May 2007 on youtube. Old stuff maybe?

[AC!D]

That last pic with the book impressed me the most it really adds intrigue to this game and makes me think this game has one damn fine story to it.

[Gummy]

Wow... she has better skin than me.

[OmniCloud]

I don't even know what this game is gonna be about...

so freckles on the face and all--i refuse to get excited about a digital acting lesson:shrug:

[lips]

ah, there could be more........

[LaLiLuLeLo]

so everyone's decided that this game is gonna be hot fire based on 2 new screenshots of an extreme close up on a woman's face?

Fascinating.

[lips]

i heard there was very popular (possibly ghost-) writer attached to this. Argo I am excitied that screens look enticing, it is ps3 exclusive, and the story is 'promised' to excel.

[OG_Monkey]

so everyone's decided that this game is gonna be hot fire based on 2 new screenshots of an extreme close up on a woman's face?

Fascinating.

damn straight

[Sephiroth_VII]

so everyone's decided that this game is gonna be hot fire based on 2 new screenshots of an extreme close up on a woman's face?

Fascinating.

Personally, I'm just excited because it's a new game from the guys behind Fahrenheit, like we're all excited for MGS4 because it's Kojima's new game.

[Segitz]

Personally, I'm just excited because it's a new game from the guys behind Fahrenheit, like we're all excited for MGS4 because it's Kojima's new game.

That sums it up quite well

[masteratt]

Boo!
Nothing new here!

False advertisement!

The thread should be re-named: "I'm posting a new link with old screenshots".

[Fazares]

better than mass effect....only crysis chars models can compete with this stuff....

[TrueVCU]

Personally, I'm just excited because it's a new game from the guys behind Fahrenheit

I reiterate I'd be more excited about this had that game not gone tubgirl all over itself in the last 20 minutes

[AC!D]

so everyone's decided that this game is gonna be hot fire based on 2 new screenshots of an extreme close up on a woman's face?

Fascinating.

Please who are you trying to kid? You know the developers pedigree with Farenheidt/Indigo Prophecy combined with that last pic of the book with cast of characters and eye catching one liner. Add to that the fact that Phil Harrison was getting shit for Lair and other bad Sony exclusives he signed at which point he announced this exclusive with his bosses probably scrutinizing his every move.

Again i say who are you trying to kid your just as excited as us:)

[BruceWayneIII]

The latest face running real-time on the PS3:

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=2oK8ZSfHW-E

2oK8ZSfHW-E

[VG Aficionado]

Mind-blowing =-o

[VG Aficionado]

Let's repost it at the turn of the page.

[VG Aficionado]

http://i11.tinypic.com/8egykgw.jpg
http://i9.tinypic.com/6u9m4aq.jpg

The latest face running real-time on the PS3:

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=2oK8ZSfHW-E

2oK8ZSfHW-E

Mod edit: Dude. H-scroll. Image size.

[LiquidEagle]

Can I be the first to say this is a DOWNGRADE??

(and the last :-p)

[GTAce]

Mind-blowing =-o

Im still not THAT impressed.
Sorry, but i think real time is a lot possible on the PS3, but in-game counts.
When i see this women running through an environment, controlled by someone with a SIXAXIS/DS3, then i will say WOW (but then really "wow" because this face looks awesome)!

[VG Aficionado]

^Well, yeah :-p

[Red_Eyes]

She's too nervous. She should calm down a bit. But then again, this is a horror game...

[LaLiLuLeLo]

What GTAce said.

[Segitz]

The selfshadowing is impressive in the vid... Compared to even HS, where the ingame cutscenes too are rather impressive, this game stands out, as the shadows aren't a jaggy mess^^

[tolkyn]

The thing I like most in those HD pictures are the blood vessels in the sclerae. Making the eyes look natural is probably the hardest thing to achieve in realtime characters (besides hair and skin).

[Red_Eyes]

Right now, her eyes movement and blinking are too frantic. If they slow it down a bit, she'll look more natural.

[Gummy]

At least she knows how to blink correctly, compare to the other one's I've seen.

[Segitz]

Right now, her eyes movement and blinking are too frantic. If they slow it down a bit, she'll look more natural.

I find this good, it adds tension into the scene, as she seems to be quite nervous. Also, I don't think it looks unnatural (maybe because I didn't listen to the sound, listening to speedmetal^^), but that maybe just me

The "oilyness" of her skin and the eyes are nigh on perfect. No more plastic look etc., which makes many "realistic looking games" look bad.

What I too found very impressive, that the eyes don't just close the lids, but the muscles too shut the eye from beneath. The animation is very good indeed

[cliffbo]

new vid:

http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_5949_en.html

[GTAce]

LOL also already posted and discussed.^^

[Gummy]

It's cliffbo's avatar, but instead of the ass, it's the face!

[Segitz]

It's cliffbo's avatar, but instead of the ass, it's the face!

Nahh, the tan is wrong... Or have you ever seen a girl that's tanned more on her arse than in her face?

[Gummy]

It's possible.

[NeoPlayStation]

Kotaku: New Heavy Rain Details (http://kotaku.com/366150/new-heavy-rain-details-spilled-lapped-up)

On Locations:
"I don't want to do a big free-roaming city like GTA, because the flow of the story will then be hard to control. Nevertheless, I do want to incorporate big sets, with a crowd, heavy populated areas like a mall and a subway are going to be in there. Of course, the gameplay has got to make use of that aspect too."

On Graphics:
"People will be surprised. Internal (Sony's) feedback on graphics has been great. This is going to be a truly next-gen game. But still, we want to do something unique with the graphics, going beyond just making the most photorealistic world we can."

On Gameplay:
"With the release of Fahrenheit, we gave the adventure genre a new grammar. We brought new ways into the genre, new words if you want to see it like that, a new vocabulaire. With Heavy Rain, where going to expand on that same grammar."

On Story:
"Heavy Rain is about normal people that have landed in extraordinary situations. I wanted a much more personal story. The first thing that came to my mind, as a father of two little boys, was that the main theme should simply be a father's love for his son. This is not a game about saving the princess or the world. Its purely about a father's love."

"The main story will revolve around 4 different characters, and we're putting the spotlight on their perceptions. The question 'what is good and what is evil' is the key here, that will be just a matter of viewpoint...I believe heavily in moral choices, I'm going to use them A LOT. They're not about being good or bad, but about finding the right balance."

So far, so good. Thanks to Saimon for all the hard work on this one.

[TrueVCU]

"With the release of Fahrenheit, we gave the adventure genre a new grammar. We brought new ways into the genre, new words if you want to see it like that, a new vocabulaire. With Heavy Rain, where going to expand on that same grammar."

Thing is, this is only a good comparison up until the last 20 minutes of IP. After that.... *shudder*

[GTAce]

:hugegrin:

[AC!D]

Nice. I just hope they add more gameplay variation.

[OG_Monkey]

This game is a 10...a 10...this game is a 10...oh yea oh yea

[Zer0-Sum]

It LOOKS like a 10. Lets see some gameplay now and hope it matches up to how good it looks.

[masteratt]

With the release of Fahrenheit, we gave the adventure genre a new grammar. We brought new ways into the genre, new words if you want to see it like that, a new vocabulaire.
Lmfao, get over yourself, it wasn't that great at all and the only thing it brought "new ways into the genre" was how we open doors (move the analogue to twist the knob).

This guy is the new Peter Molyneux. :doh:

[AC!D]

Lmfao, get over yourself, it wasn't that great at all and the only thing it brought "new ways into the genre" was how we open doors (move the analogue to twist the knob).

This guy is the new Peter Molyneux. :doh:

I have to disagree with you there cause this game spawned a tree of games where one action or lack of action spawned a multitude of different outcomes and they did this on the PS2. The story telling from the perspective of the entire cast of NPC'S was also amazing. In my opinion the game was way ahead of its time. Look at how this has evolved in games like Mass Effect and Fallout.

[GTAce]

Agreed.

[masteratt]

Um...
Mass Effect = Knight Of The Old Republic which released in 2003.
Indigo Prophecy released in 2005.

Fallout released in 1997 so I don't know where you were going with that one.

The only thing Indigo Prophecy had going for it was story telling which turned to shit near the end.

And the whole "playing from everyone's perspective" made the game pointless.
At one point I was hiding evidence as the criminal and then the next bit, playing the cop that was trying to find it.....What was the fucking point lol
It was like playing hide and seek with yourself :/

Believe me no-one wanted Indigo Prophecy to pwn as much as I, I even got really annoyed when it picked up ~%70 review scores but it simply wasn't all it was built up to be (hence me calling this guy Peter Molyneux) and some gameplay aspects (the bit i explained for example) really ruined it.

And don't get me started on the Shenmue like quick button press sequences where they COVERED YOUR WHOLE SCREEN with buttons and you couldn't see what the hell was going on so it was basically a game of Dance Dance Revolution lol

Ahhh, I would say "i have high hopes for Heavy Rain" but with this douche bag running the hype train into a wreck and Indigo Prophecy being a potential ball of awesomeness being a big ball of 'meh', I can't get excited about Heavy Rain until I play it and it turns out to be awesome.

EDIT: Oh my god just remembered the flashback stealth bits in Indigo Prophecy....ARGH!

[Segitz]

I liked Fahrenheit (Euro Name for Indigo Prophecy)^^

Yeah, the end sucked... but still, the "tilt" (whatever that may mean^^) was great... And having sex in a game was a new one^^ (Gotta love it, that you can sex yourself up in both GoW games^^). Prude Americans (and YES, this one you can generalize!!)

I am still missing a game, that does not involve shooting, where your main char is a woman. There are Tomb Raider and Heavenly Sword, yet those are "action adventures". A story driven game (I really prefer a good story to everything else... thus MGS1-4 are MY games) etc...

I just hope, Heavy Rain is a bit longer than all those games released over the last year... I hate short games^^ I always feel ripped off by them, even if I only rented them (i.e. HS)...

[AC!D]

Um...
Mass Effect = Knight Of The Old Republic which released in 2003.
Indigo Prophecy released in 2005.

Fallout released in 1997 so I don't know where you were going with that one.

The only thing Indigo Prophecy had going for it was story telling which turned to shit near the end.

And the whole "playing from everyone's perspective" made the game pointless.
At one point I was hiding evidence as the criminal and then the next bit, playing the cop that was trying to find it.....What was the fucking point lol
It was like playing hide and seek with yourself :/

Believe me no-one wanted Indigo Prophecy to pwn as much as I, I even got really annoyed when it picked up ~%70 review scores but it simply wasn't all it was built up to be (hence me calling this guy Peter Molyneux) and some gameplay aspects (the bit i explained for example) really ruined it.

And don't get me started on the Shenmue like quick button press sequences where they COVERED YOUR WHOLE SCREEN with buttons and you couldn't see what the hell was going on so it was basically a game of Dance Dance Revolution lol

Ahhh, I would say "i have high hopes for Heavy Rain" but with this douche bag running the hype train into a wreck and Indigo Prophecy being a potential ball of awesomeness being a big ball of 'meh', I can't get excited about Heavy Rain until I play it and it turns out to be awesome.

EDIT: Oh my god just remembered the flashback stealth bits in Indigo Prophecy....ARGH!

I was talking about the new Fallout 3 game where you can blow up a entire town and that would effect your entire gaming experience. As for Mass Effect i seriously doubt KOTOR had you decide which one of your squad you choosed to die and wipe out from the game or to aggravate existing members into a fight or calm them into staying the course with you. I know Indigo didnt do that much but what it did it did well on hardware like the PS2.

Add to that the amazing concept of playing all the characters really gave you sense of knowing them on a personal level which no other game has ever done. You say you didnt like the character switching because you had to hide and then find the evidence with another character. I think you missed the point being, telling the story from the perspective of all the characters in the story and binding them together for the end. Many movies have done this with great success so i dont see whats so wrong with it in this game. The only time i recall having the de javu vibe was the first chapter in the restaurant which was neccessary as a starting point from there the stories of characters were completley different in the processes that would lead to their conclusion. I dont know about anyone else but started loving all the charaters in the game and started to wonder weather by doing one thing like tracking a killer i would be eliminating another character i liked.
Now imagine if Cage takes this to the next level of NPC character interaction where killing the killer eliminates him completley from the game therefore changing your story completly. Thats just one stupid example but the opportunities to expand on what he started with Indigo Prochecy are limitless.

The only 2 things i would have complained about would be too much paranormal in the story and the fact that i thought they could have done more in terms of the controls for combat instead of making all your fights one long QTE after the other. Other than that the game was a gem and the man deserves his praise. I