Over in San Francisco, GDC continues to rumble along with its usual trickle of interesting titbits of information. In this instance, it’s the latest show of force from Quantic Dream. The Heavy Rain developers aren’t shy of showing off some amazing tech demos, anyone that remembers the renders and target videos for the detective thriller will remember.
This seven minute demo, entitled “Kara”, is running in real time on a PlayStation 3 and looks incredible. Of course, the fact that they can make the console run a quick demo like this is no indication that it could cope with this sort of output for a full game but we can dream, right?
David Cage has told Eurogamer that the demo was ready a year ago but is still only using about 50 per cent of the capabilities of the engine. It has also been confirmed that the next Quantic Dream game will be a Sony exclusive, although we’ll have to wait a while for more details of that.
Source: Eurogamer
Radiitz
This looked astounding. Thank God its not some generic FPS (and doubt very much that this it).
Bladesteel
That’s impressive tech demo, and the story has some of the same vibe as the movie A.I. which I loved.
Foxhound_Solid
Mind…blown…
Galgomite
I must be missing something but I’m not impressed. Heavy Rain did (and does) blow me away but this seems comparable at best. This demo *did* manage to get an emotional response from me but I think it’s the talented direction, music and voice acting that made that work, not the engine.