PlayStation Move Hands-On Preview – Part Two
After Part One yesterday, here’s the second half of my preview detailing my impressions of what happened when I took a trip to Birmingham and got to grips with the Playstation Move.
Heavy Rain: Move Edition
This is a title I think will be well suited to the new controller. However, as I thought when I played an early version of the original at Eurogamer Leeds, it’s once again something that is going to be much easier to get to grips with in the comfort of your own home. Especially if you’re going to do the level towelling off Madison.
I went for Shelby’s one instead which ended with the fight against the bald biker early on in the game. The fight did not go well though, poor Shelby ended up getting bottled in the face, not exactly a repeat of my gallant ‘save the day’ performance with the pad a few months back. Early impressions were that it was a little overly-complicated, as actions like getting some money out of your pocket by holding a button and making a similar motion with the controller, required a few attempts. It’s the actions requiring quarter-circle turns and filling up action boxes that were most problematic. Character movement is controlled by the extra navigation controller, which performed well enough. You can also use a PS3 pad one-handed, but it’ll be pretty pap really won’t it? There will be two difficulty levels, I think this was the tougher one, so the easier one will probably ease you in more gently and require less fidgeting. However, after a little bit more time with it, I’m sure it will be fine as things did get easier once I knew exactly what an on-screen prompt wanted from me.
Heavy Rain: Move edition will get its own release (date TBC), but owners of the awesome original will be able to download a patch to implement the new controls. Hopefully the Move Edition will also feature a PS3 pad version (just in-case), and the patch for the old game will be free.
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