Alan Wake vs Heavy Rain

Fnz

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Own both and enjoyed both.

If I had to play one through a second time, I wouldn't hesitate to pick Heavy Rain though.

NO! One time through, which is better!?!

Burning Eclipse

Fnz wrote: »

NO! One time through, which is better!?!

Still preferred Heavy Rain. Alan Wake is enjoyable, but I some how found the gameplay far more repetitive in AW than I did in HR.

Chairman Meow

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Still preferred Heavy Rain. Alan Wake is enjoyable, but I some how found the gameplay far more repetitive in AW than I did in HR.

But...there is no gameplay in Heavy Rain
Unless you count twiddling your thumbstick and watching a cutscene 'gameplay'

humanji

Chairman Meow wrote: »

But...there is no gameplay in Heavy Rain
Unless you count twiddling your thumbstick and watching a cutscene 'gameplay'

That's gameplay. You may not like it, but lots of people did. Sure Mario is just pressing the right button at the right time when you boil it down.

Burning Eclipse

Chairman Meow wrote: »

But...there is no gameplay in Heavy Rain
Unless you count twiddling your thumbstick and watching a cutscene 'gameplay'

Perhaps I should have underlined the words 'some how' in my post.

I understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but Alan wake was the very same thing for 6 episodes. I enjoyed Heavy Rain's narrative sufficiently that, by the end, it didn't feel like I was repeating actions because I wanted to know how things ended.

humanji

Oddly enough, I think Alan Wakes repetative gameplay kind of added to the dread of going through the forest. Because you knew something was about to happen and you really didn't want to have to deal with it, but had no choice but to plunge ahead.