Heavy Rain Notes, Brief PS Wand Info

David Cage took the stage at Sony's Gamescom presser to briefly talk up one of the most amazing games that will ever come out and that game is Heavy Rain. He posed one question to the crowd at the presser and that was, "How far are you willing to go for love?" A question that we have no doubt asked ourselves at some point in our lives, I know I have.

The game will contain four characters that will weave their own stories and attempt to answer that very question. Two characters had been kept secret until now and they were revealed at the show. The first is Curt Shelby, a private investigator looking into the Origami Killer. The second is Ethan Mars an architect that has lost his son and has four days to find the kid and redemption. It appears they will be working the bond between a man and his son to pull the emotional strings in his story. Finally, every single scene in the entire game is completely interactive which should help with the immersive factor this game is supposed to have, and sounds like it will achieve.

The new motion controller being developed by Sony was not shown in a live demo at the presser but they did show a video and dropped some notes on it. If they put the video up, I will embed it here later so check back. Anyway, the 'wand' will not just have you waving your hands and arms around. The controller will be anything you want it to be a torch, sword, shield, etc. It responds to the player through light and sound, and is precise down to sub-pixel levels. Sounds pretty impressive on paper, but since I am not a fan of motion control I will reserve my judgment until TGS next month. We will see how well it does against the Wiimote when it hits next Spring....

Thanks Kotaku for the live blog!