According to Jean-Francois Boivin, associate producer on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, in the future video games and movies will merge into one entertainment medium.
"I think that eventually video games, movies and the like will all be one and same medium," Boivin told VideoGamer.com. "I can very easily see an Assassin's Creed movie in the future, or a Spider-Man movie, like Spider-Man 9, and you put that stuff in your console and then you just watch the movie. Or perhaps right off the bat, do you want to watch Spider-Man 9, or do you want to play Spider-Man 9? And it's the same quality, the same thing. And then you can pause it, and you say, 'Oh I love this scene - I'm going to play this scene.'"
It's a future already creeping into the present said Boivin, pointing to Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain as one such experience.
"I can see that happening, and we're starting to have a glimpse of the possibility with games like Heavy Rain - which, I have to say, changed my life."
His praise for Heavy Rain didn't stop there.
"It changed my entire look outlook on interactive entertainment," said Boivin. "This is a glimpse of how we're going to bring the video game industry to the next level of commercialism. I can see my mum playing a game like Heavy Rain - [something] much more accessible, obviously, but just the murder mystery and choosing where you want to go and having 22 different endings and just wanting to re-play that story over and over again... I can see that happening."
We happen to agree with Boivin, with Heavy Rain being one of our highlights of the year thus far.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is scheduled for release on November 19 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
You'll find more from Boivin right here.
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CheekyLee@ Stegosaurus-Guy-II
Go back through this thread, and see who addressed whom first.
Stegosaurus-Guy-II@ CheekyLee
I make the same style of posts to everyone, when I disagree with someone I say so in the way I do. No one else takes it the same way you do and think that I'm singling you out and I'm trying to 'bait' you. Bevan went throught the same phase.
CheekyLee@ Stegosaurus-Guy-II
When anybody else on this forum keeps on trying to bait me as you do, I will accuse them of being on my dick too, and will give them the exact same responses. Woffls and Dev made complete and utter sense with their responses, and I felt no need to just post an "Ok." They showed a difference of opinion whilst respecting mine, and didn't just hit with the same old "You are wrong." nonsense that you do. Plus, they have both contributed more than enough to discussions here that I treat them with respect. I have yet to see a single post from you that warrants the same treatment.
Back on-topic :
I take everything that has been said in this thread on board, but I have still seen nothing that changes my opinion on Heavy Rain. It is the videogame equivalent of a "Pick your own adventure" book, which happens to be a genre that I once really enjoyed. I agree with Bevan in that it has been done before, although I don't take his stance that it was done better previously. As far as I am concerned, Heavy Rain may well be better than many movies, but I see nothing that makes me think it will be a great game. I don't play games for the stories, I play them for the action, and the demo did not do enough to convince me I will get the fix that I am looking for from it.
Stegosaurus-Guy-II@ CheekyLee
You may also find that two other people responded to your post, surely they too are 'on your dick'? Your post was aimed at Woffls but you completely ignored his response and chose to respond to me.
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Mr_Ninjutsu@ WhoIsThePresidentNow
Maybe even if it weren't forced upon the player to have to change character but the player instead felt the need to change character whenever they felt the need to. This could of meant that you could be playing as Evan(i think that's his name) and start following these clues to the location of whatever and then think that well there's something missing here maybe I should play as whoever to get more an idea of what's going on etc.
That instance would have made the game a hell of a load better.
WhoIsThePresidentNow@ Mr_Ninjutsu
I have never really cared about a story in a game myself but sometimes it can add to the game. But when a game relies on story and the story is all over the place, like with Heavy Rain, it makes the gamer harder to engage in the game.
It didnt help that I never felt my actions never really meant much as the ending and most of the game events were the same, even when certain people died in the game, the story and actions were pretty much the same.
CheekyLee@ Stegosaurus-Guy-II
I get what Tom means. He is suggesting that Heavy Rain has encouraged some developers , and some consumers, to look in new ways at what the medium can be.
Mr_Ninjutsu@ WhoIsThePresidentNow
WhoIsThePresidentNow@ Mr_Ninjutsu
Mr_Ninjutsu
If not then it didn't have an effect on you and if it does then it obviously did have an effect on you.
WhoIsThePresidentNow
P.S I didnt TD anyone as its rather pointless and boring now.