Peter Reviews

The feature I've seen most requested and talked about is the inclusion of cross-game chat. Obviously, my habits are not representative, but then, neither are the people who have headsets and keyboards attached to their consoles in general. So it seems that cross-game chat to most people would be using the text facilities available with the control pad. In other words, messaging so slow, you might as well just send it to each other using the email-like messaging service already available on the PS3 anyway.

Heavy Rain is one of the best games I have ever had the pleasure of playing. Did you notice that I called it a game? Interactive Movie? Collection of Quick-time Events? Giant Cut-scene? Nope, game. Divisive it certainly is, brilliant it certainly is. For everyone, probably not, but what game is? It is however, inarguably excellent.

It's amazing what you can do with games now, and still advancements are being made, but it's the little things that when all done right give the player a lot of joy. Things we kind of just expect and we bemoan their absense, here is a list of simple to implement stuff to do with games.

Give us the mouse we know and love.

Well, this is certainly a Bioware RPG, and if you really, really like the Bioware games you're going to absolutely love this game, you'll probably declare it Game Of The Year 2010, even though it clearly won't be.

Come on, it isn't that good.

One of my favourite games is Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, I have a soft spot for games that are actually scary, that make you cringe in fear, make you dread what happens next, yet drive you forward by using attraction combined with revulsion. It isn't easy to do, few games, or films for that matter have managed it. Arguably, games being interactive, they have the advantage, Silent Hills 1, 2, and 4 being good examples that aren't Dark Corners of the Earth. Oh and System Shock 2.

Wait, that's all the games that have managed it.

This game is quite highly rated, it is also somewhat suspiciously rated. The ratings given vary widely, there is good reason for this.

It is irredeemably awful.

Dull.