Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 17:04 GMT
Cage: “Triggering emotions in interactive medium is my mission”
Now that the Heavy Rain demo has been released and the game itself hitting stores soon, the world need wonder no more what Quantic Dream will do next – David Cage already has plans mulling about in his head.
While he has admitted that motion controls were originally on the wish list for Heavy Rain, and has hinted at Arc support for future titles, his mission – it seems – is “triggering emotions”.
Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, Cage revealed that he not only wants to do something along the lines of Heavy Rain again in the future, he also wants to do something a bit different as well – and, he is finished with serial killers.
“I’m interested in triggering emotions in this interactive medium, this is exactly what I believe is my mission,” he said. “But maybe in different forms: I know one thing for sure, it’s that Heavy Rain is the end of my personal trilogy trying to tell the same type of stories with serial killers and stuff, in the thriller genre.
“I’m really happy I’ve done so because I wanted to have a very codified genre that I can really play with, I know where the boundaries are, it’s really well defined for me and for everybody and at the same time I can try to play and learn within this space. Now I think I’m grown up enough to say, OK, let’s expand the space and try to see what else I can do with what I’ve learned.”
His next challenge, he says, is creating an interactive drama for multiple players at once.
“I think it’s possible and I think this is the next challenge,” he admitted, “and that would be fascinating. It’s incredibly challenging.
“When I saw the efforts that were needed just to make a single-player experience work on Heavy Rain, I have an idea of what it’s going to take to make a multiplayer one, but that would be very exciting.”
Heavy Rain releases on February 23 in the US, and February 26 in the UK.
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8 comments
#1
Dannybuoy
17/02/10, 5:03 pm
Emotion controls. I coined that phrase. Just now. Put it in your dictionaries. It’s gonna be big
#2
tont
17/02/10, 5:52 pm
In other words: I WANT TO CONTROL YOUR EMOTION WITH SEX ROBOTS.
#3
mescalineeyes
17/02/10, 6:21 pm
he needs to perfect making a single-player drama first that is actually good.
heavy rain is a nigh train-wreck, saved by glorious graphics and insane production values.
#4
Phoenixblight
17/02/10, 6:24 pm
Indigo Prophecy was bad ass. One of my favorite games that I have played on the 360.
Heavy Rain a train wreck?
You have proof? Because the demo I have played says otherwise.
#5
mescalineeyes
17/02/10, 6:35 pm
I really hated it. I got the full version last week, finished it, almost snapped my disk in half because I was so disappointed.
but hey, if you enjoy it, good for you — I didn’t love the demo either, but it does feature some of the less awkward parts of the full game. However, the french hooker is here to stay and her acting just gets worse and worse.
What ruined it for me were the mostly awkward animations, the sub-par voice acting and the story, for reasons I obviously won’t discuss until the game is out so I don’t walk into spoiler territory.
#6
Phoenixblight
17/02/10, 6:40 pm
Ahh if you played it then I will be quiet hopefully I will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Indigo. If not will sell it via ebay or Amazon and the money will go towards Awakening.
#7
mescalineeyes
17/02/10, 8:21 pm
well you know, most of the reviews ARE positive, so the chance of you enjoying it is higher than not.
just saying I didnt like it.
#8
Hero of Canton
17/02/10, 11:46 pm
Heavy Rain’s story is mostly very compelling, and your part in it makes it more so. It does have some uneven scripting and voice acting, but the weight of its decisions helps it to overcome its issues.
It’s a game that’s well worth experiencing – if only so we get more like it (and hopefully with better acting and dialogue next time).