Quantic Dream’s David Cage sat down with 1UP to talk about their upcoming PS3 exclusive, Heavy Rain. The game will utilize the SIXAXIS controls, mainly to interact with the environment or selecting an option during a conversation.
Cage expanded upon this idea stating that the SIXAXIS control will be used for “violent actions requiring you to push, hit or kick in general”. The face buttons will only be used during PAR (what Cage calls QTE sequences), not outside them.
As many have already deduced, the plot-heavy and emotionally driven game will be primarily offline, a single-player title. Cage confirmed this but again mentioned about forms of download content could be in the works. “The game will support the Trophy system and may offer some kind of extra content online, but Heavy Rain is a single-player experience.”
Read the full interview here.
They seem to take a lot from Fahrenheit, when it comes to selecting conversation options. I wonder if they use the time limit for conversations as well.