It can Heavy Rain on me anytime.

As those of you out there savvy enough to understand my very witty title may have guessed, this blog is about the new PS3 game Heavy Rain.

I have only three words to start me off: IT IS AMAZING!

No i realise that because i use this word often it may not strike some of you as being that great but i'll correct you, this is probably the best game i have ever played. I have played a lot of games too so for me to say that is a big thing.
I don't know where to start but i'm writing this because i finished it today. Well i'll start at the beginning. Oh and i won't give away any spoilers for those of you playing at the moment. The beginning of the game is basically a prologue set up for the rest of the game and you learn the unique way of controlling the action and the characters.
This for one is a very innovative way of using the PS3's sixaxis feature. You are required to tilt the controller at certain points in addition to just pressing buttons. The buttons in this case don't just correspond to one particular action either, the same button can shoot someone, make you duck, dance, dodge, etc. I really liked this feature because it kept the game fresh; you never knew what button you needed to press until it popped up on screen. This meant many of the actions could only be done once in the game which again kept it fresh, no repetitiveness here.
The graphics next are unbelievable. It's called Heavy Rain so obviously the rain was going to be good but it's so lifelike! I was amazed that it looked so real. Yes i understand i could have a life and actually look at rain but bare with me. Watching the rain fall is basically the same as looking out of your window on a rainy day. The characters were based on the likeness of actual people so they look very authentic and real and the even the background/scenery looked fantastic. You could tell they'd put a lot of effort into creating this masterpiece.
The final thing i'll say about it is the storyline. Wow, basically. It completely draws you in and keeps you guessing. There's nothing supernatural about it it's so real so you get hooked because it could be happening. There are so many plot twists and even though the game is about getting to the end of the mystery, you sit there yourself and guess who the killer is. Just when you think you've cracked it and are sitting there congratulating yourself one of the characters finds something or does something that turns your whole theory upside down. It is literally one of those stories that keeps you interested the whole way through. Plus with several possible endings you can play it again and get a completely different story, it's entirely up to you. I will say though, for those playing, a tiny decision can affect the outcome so choose wisely :D

For me this game scored 10/10. It had everything a good game needs, (for me anyway) excellent story, complex characters, likable too, fresh gameplay experience, stunning graphics. I highly recommend this to anyone out there with a PS3 (it's only on this console) to go out and grab this one. You won't regret it. Plus it gives you a strange inkling to take up origami.... go figure.

Keep solving.

Dream eating and women in white.

Me again! Obviously it's my blog, haha.


To start me off i'll go for the thing us English students should enjoy most: BOOKS! The first of these is called 'The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters.' It is my favourite novel, as some people should know. It's a tad hard to describe or even place among the genres of other novels. It's sort of thriller, fantasy, Victorian, erotic, etc, It has many varied styles. It took me a few times to actually start reading it and i was utterly engrossed when it happened. It follows the events of three characters, Miss Temple, Cardinal Chang and Dr Svenson and how they get entangled in the diabolical plans of an evil Cabal. Now in this tiny description i probably haven't given it justice because it is a fantastic read. The language can be a little hard (though that may just be me :P) but the story is so intense and gripping you can practically bypass anything that you dislike about it.

My second book is one i had to read for Uni called 'The Woman in White.' This isn't my favourite, obviously as the one above is but it was one of my favourite old novels. Written by Wilkie Collins this novel again is gripping. Within the first 10 pages you are engrossed by a mystery of this woman in white. I can't praise the story in this enough, it's a large novel, don't get me wrong but i was not bored once. I loved it. Once the initial mystery is solved there's more in store when it turns out there's an even bigger plot twist in store. There's narration, diaries, letters, loads basically! For anyone that likes mystery, go read it and anyone that likes any other type of novel, read it too. :D