Heavy Rain demo on the way, new video interviews released

Posted by Mister-X on November 4th, 2009 at 05:56am

The developer of Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream, is currently hard at work on not only producing the moody, story-driven adventure game, but is also trying to carve out a demo for the title, which is causing the team, and CEO of the developer David Cage, some troubles:

“We are currently working on a demo, which is a real challenge,” said Cage during an interview with G4tv. “Finding one scene that can convey what we are trying to achieve with Heavy Rain is something really difficult. If we show an action scene, some players will think that this is what Heavy Rain is all about, and it is the same thing if we show an exploration scene.”

“The problem is that each scene of the game offers contextual game play,” Cage continues, “which is something very difficult to explain and convey in a single demo. Demos are often a double-edge thing: if you don’t release one, players may think that you have something to hide. We also know many good games that ended up not being massive hits because the demo could not convey the quality of the game behind it.”

“Because Heavy Rain is a new concept and since many gamers will want to check what it is before buying it, we will be releasing a demo. We just need to find the best scene for it.”

While the full Heavy Rain experience is set to release in early 2010 release, there’s no expected time of arrival on the demo, but it would be nice to get an early sneak peek at the game sometime in the next few months.

What would you like to see in the demo? While you flip that question around in your mind, you can watch two enlightening developer interviews regarding Heavy Rain below:

Heavy Rain Trophies and Death Interview

Heavy Rain Interactive Story Interview