Install Heavy Rain – Learn Origami

Better clear some HD space.

Published 01/02/2010 at 10:00.
By Tuffcub.

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How many hours have you wasted watching repetitive pictures flash up on the screen during a game install? I can count at least two hours of my life I won’t be getting back (Bioshock, GTAIV, Devil May Cry4, MGS4 etc).

Quantic Dreams have decided to use these dead minutes whilst Heavy Rain installs to teach you the ancient art of Origami. Have a piece of paper ready and during the mandatory install, all 4.2 GB of it, and you will learn how to make the ‘Swan’ that is pictured on the box art.

It’s a step up from a carousel of dull images I guess but does anybody remember back the day of the ZX Spectrum when you could actually play a mini game whilst the full game was loading? If the Speccy can let you play a Pac-Man clone whilst a game loads in to its 48K, surely the PS3 can do something similar whilst you wait for a game to install?

Source: JustPushStart

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cc_star | 01/02/2010 10:19
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Good stuff, anything is better than some images and progress bar which keeps stalling.

A litte game would be better though, but mostly I’m disappointed that Sony didn’t work closely enough with Quantic Dreams to eradicate the install in the first place – If thats the level of support Sony give to one of the years most important exclusives, what hope does that give to 3rd parties?
- Tuffcub | 01/02/2010 10:31
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  I could of screamed by the end of Bioshock – four sodding pictures rotating Come on how much extra disc space would a few more pictures taken?
- cheekyMcB | 01/02/2010 10:38
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  Why does an install necessarily mean Sony didn’t work closely enough with them? Maybe Sony camped out in their car park and brought them sandwiches but because of the way its done they couldn’t manage it.
  
  Just because some games have it and other don’t doesn’t mean they haven’t tried or they are lazy coders. I think most cases are due to the publishers wanting a date to be met and developers having to finish it quicker than they would have liked. Given how long Heavy Rain has been in development I think Sony has been patient and this is unlikely to be the case.
  - cheekyMcB | 01/02/2010 10:40
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    I don’t work for Quantic Dreams by the way….I just thought I’d play Devil’s Advocate ;-)
  - cc_star | 01/02/2010 10:45
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    Sony’s 1st & 2nd party studios don’t have installs on their games (these days)
    
    Install is basically a hack that 3rd parties use to get around the PS3 shortcomings, all that would be required would be some intelligence sharing.
    
    Naughty Dog in particular are keen to make their source code available to as many people as possible, and some of the techniques contained within it, should really have been made available to the developer of such an important title.
  - FluBBa | 01/02/2010 11:56
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    Fact is that you have faster seek times and transfer speeds from the HDD than the BD. This means that you can load assets faster, thus you can have better graphics/sound or faster loading.
    If the Uncharted games would have used the HDD they could have looked even better or have more detail/not so linear levels.
    The HDD is part of what makes the PS3 unique this generation, I do really hope that Rockstar will use the HDD for Agent so that they can make the sandbox game they really wanted.
- Einride | 01/02/2010 11:33
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  I agree, but I think HDD installs should be an option on all titles (just like on the Xbox). I install every Xbox game I try, first and foremost because of the noise of the DVD drive (the damn thing sounds like it’s about to take off!), but also to reduce the strain on the drive.
  
  My PS3 (an 80GB version) is very quiet, so with most games I really don’t hear it. MW2 was different however, the drive noises are crazy.
  
  Besides, I have a 500 GB HDD in the PS3, let me use it for game installs. But only if I want to.
  - cc_star | 01/02/2010 11:35
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    Yeah, some games constantly seek the disk… FIFA for examples sounds like I’m trying to write the whole internet to the disk
- teflon | 01/02/2010 11:48
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  OK, so 1st and 2nd parties don’t install, but on the other hand, they’re also completely different games to HR.
  Neither KZ2 or UC2 has branching story lines in each scene, and if you do, then you’ve got to juggle completely new sets of animations and dialogue every few seconds. When that needs to be instantaneous, and you’re struggling with the memory constraints of 512MB RAM…
  
  Personally, I’d actually like to see optional installs for all games out there, similar to how it is on the 360.
citizeninsane45 | 01/02/2010 10:24
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Nice little idea by QD. However, we all know how to make the origami bird from one of the forum posts.
superjag86 | 01/02/2010 10:26
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Brill idea – the minigame while installing not the origami thing.
Pong, Space Invaders or Snake, it doesn’t really matter what the game is as long as you’re doing something! :)
spats | 01/02/2010 10:29
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nice touch indeed, but I already learned how to do this thanks to destructoid’s guide.
Flightx | 01/02/2010 10:29
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didnt namco used to have little games of galaga for you to play when some of thier games were loading on the ps1?
- Lordfloyd | 01/02/2010 10:35
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  Yeah Tekken and Ridge Racer. Thats how loading a game should be!
- kevatron400 | 01/02/2010 14:11
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  Yeah that’s what I was gonna say! Was a great idea.
bunimomike | 01/02/2010 10:34
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I’m being really retarded here, but get the install going and sod off to make some nibbles and tea! :-) No more frustration looking at the screen. Hell, go for a walk around the block!
- double-o-dave | 01/02/2010 10:43
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  Or maybe disappear to the toilet with a copy of Playboy for 10mins :)
  - bunimomike | 01/02/2010 10:51
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    Thank god you typed what I was thinking. Although Razzle if times are tough. 8-)
  - double-o-dave | 01/02/2010 11:08
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    In fact Apple should change their advertising for the iPad. Its perfect for the bathroom… sit on the toilet, read the news, watch a certain kind of vid etc… and if you’ve got a missus you can pretend you’re checking your email, just make you sure you tell her you can’t access facebook on it.
  - bunimomike | 01/02/2010 11:26
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    If it gets to that point, probably best you move out altogether. ;)
  - seedaripper1973 | 01/02/2010 14:30
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    Razzle at tough times??? try bloody Fiesta ;)
- shields_t | 01/02/2010 13:47
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  I’m with you on that, watching games install is about as exciting as watching the kettle boil so I tend to go and do that instead.
Aitrus | 01/02/2010 10:43
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It’s not a swan, it’s a… MURDERBIRD!
- double-o-dave | 01/02/2010 10:46
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  Yeah, you tell him Aitrus!
- DrOf1337 | 01/02/2010 11:51
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  It’s a #murderbird if we’re going to get it right… ;)
- wedgehog | 02/02/2010 00:22
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  Quite right, it’s been rather fun making & sharing on twitter: http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23murderbird
  
  Also you’ll be provided with paper in the box if were being really picky. ;)
Deadpixel | 01/02/2010 10:47
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So it’s not a (mini) game, it’s origami… Creative idea.
Nice, I always wanted to learn that.. :)
DrOf1337 | 01/02/2010 10:53
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My favourite is still watching burnt-face Snake smoke his fag. It still made me want to tear out my own fingernails while I waited though.
I would have thought mandatory installs for games with very high quality assets are just needed for the smooth experience. The texture sizes and audio assets on the 360 are much smaller than the assets on a BluRay, so the mandatory installs aren;t an issue, they can be streamed fast enough from the DVD. BluRays access times are fast, but not hard drive access time fast.
Just ask yourself, would you rather take a 5 minute install at the beginning or be plagued with irritating, immersion-breaking load times between sequences? And Heavy Rain will be all about being right there and compelled by the narrative. A big chunky load time and spinny-disc noise smashes that right immersion right in the face, wouldn’t you say?
- seedaripper1973 | 01/02/2010 14:32
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  Give this lad some points for crying out loud!!
Fresh191 | 01/02/2010 10:56
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Looking forward to giving the old paper fold a try.
Lets not forget the Batman Arkham install, that was actually really cool and the MGS ones were great, Snake havin a smoke, brilliant.