The concept of the clandestine “source” is one of the many delusions that permeates the gaming industry. In reality, sources rarely meet us in decrepit alleyways dressed in trenchcoats, bleeding profusely from a fatal wound, their dark, troubled conscience demanding they divulge earth-shattering secrets before succumbing to a painful demise. It’s seldom that melodramatic. (Though when this does happen, man, it’s so awesome.)
Sometimes when we run a story here at TheSixthAxis people behind the scenes get in touch and just shoot the breeze. Sometimes they also tell us something that hasn’t officially been announced or confirmed (and should hence be treated accordingly), and, sometimes, they don’t mind if we share it with you as long as their anonymity is maintained.
When we ran our recent “We Made Horizon Up” article about how Quantic Dream purposely masked the concept of their next game from blabbering actors by creating an unrelated audition-only project called Horizon, we were contacted by someone we trust. Sparked by our article, the topic of the call was what Quantic Dream would do next and, specifically, David Cage’s comment about how fans of Heavy Rain will be “surprised” where Quantic Dream are going.
We assumed he would go deeper, further down into the twisted psyche of human emotion, expanding on the adult and societal themes evoked in Heavy Rain. According to our source, however, though Quantic Dream’s next project may very well explore these very concepts, it will be doing so while wrapped in a different genre. According to our source, David Cage’s next game is a science fiction title.
Is this real or are we just hit-bating? Well, it comes with the obvious caveat that, though we have no reason not to believe our source, this is second-hand information. As in, Monsieur Cage did not speak to us directly.
If it’s true (and, once again, we have every reason to believe it is), such a possible direction is not outside the realms of probability. After all, Quantic Dream’s Omikron and Fahrenheit explored elements that are arguably science-fiction in nature, (apart from Omikron’s setting, Fahrenheit’s “Purple Clan” AI construct immediately comes to mind), and such a futuristic environment would present Cage and his team an even wider, more fantastical landscape to craft an emotional story.
As soon as Quantic Dream confirm the setting of their next game, you’ll be sure to hear about it here. Until then, note the rumour tag above.
cc_star
Omikron remake please, and then get on with the sequel
Peco
No bald marines please, Quantic Dream! I would prefer a Han Solo type character!
simplebob
Its going to be a Star Wars tie in – donning Jedi robes after a shower, defusing a hold up in the StarWars cantina, performing dance moves as Leia (gold bikini and all) to get Jabbas interest etc. Quantic Dream could handle this no probs.
Quinlank
Heavy Rain was supposed to be more fantasy centric up until a very late stage, which is why there were a couple of big plot holes in there. Youtube has a featurette up on the deleted story/game sections that they had to remove that makes for interesting watching, especially if you ever wanted to know why Ethan was having blackouts for no reason in the game.
Be clear about the game you’re making from the off next time Cage, and save us all a few headaches down the line.
tobo_56
Could you PM me a link? I would very much like to watch those videos :)
Kovacs
I’ll just be happy if I don’t have to reinstall it FIVE TIMES in order to finish it.
Peco
That is very interesting, I’d like to see this too. The blackouts baffled the hell outta me since it never explained them!
T-82
PLEASE BE TRUE, PLEASE BE TRUE, and it could still be a colourful sci-fi.
rht992
makes me think of mass effect with less action.
SpikeyMikey23
Sounds interesting, i keep meaning to go back to heavy rain to get my first platinum, but I always put it off.
solidsteven
Maybe the game will be called JAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSOOOOOOONNNNN x :P