OPM: Rain is Sony Japan’s moody new project headed to PSN this autumn. I went hands-on with it, and I’ve written down a selection of thoughts and observations for you to read, so you can decide whether you might like the game or not. Spoiler: you probably will.
PlayStation Blog sits down with the producer of Rain, Noriko Umemura who gives players some insight into what's shaping up to be 2013's most intriguing PSN release.
Sony Japan's haunting adventure combines early survival horror with PlayStation 2 classic Ico, to promising effect
By Keith Stuart
Everyone will think of Ico. As the hero of Rain trudges through the bleak shadowy city, his shoulders hunched against the cold and the night; and as the girl he is searching for is glimpsed at a balcony, scared and alone – memories of Fumito Ueda's beautiful PlayStation 2 adventure will flood back. Not that this promising downloadable title from Sony Japan's C.A.M.P studio is a mere copycat. It's just that it captures Ico's sense of constant vulnerability – and it has at its centre a relationship between a boy and a girl, thrust together in an unforgiving world.
The Last Guardian may still be AWOL, but there's another game from Sony's Japan Studio that takes on Team Ico's spirit.
By Martin Robinson
Of all Sony's philanthropic ideals - the all-inclusive approach to indie developers, the generosity of PlayStation Plus and the free packet of French fancies that's likely to be bundled with every PS4 console - there's one that remains unsung. PlayStation C.A.M.P. - that's Creator Audition Mash-up Project, by the way - is a little department within Japan Studio that's responsible for some of Sony's oddest games.
The premise is simple, if a little hard to believe. PlayStation C.A.M.P. is an open-armed initiative that lets anyone with an idea pitch a game to Sony, and if they're successful, to see it through to completion with the assistance of established development talent. It has brought us Trash Panic (something of an unsung wonder itself), sparked off the project that became Echochrome, and recently had its highest profile hit with To...
Good preview, I especially like their write-up regarding C.A.M.P.
Didn't even know those guys were responsible for such great hits.
This is a definite buy in my book. Both this and puppeteer I couldn't ask for anything more.
People need to support both these super creative games.
When they first showed this at Gamescon last year, I was instantly in love. This for me is the game I'm most looking forward to, current gen anyway.
Still looks like a special little title and I'm genuinely excited for release. Also, great to see Japan coming to the forefront again with immersion AND fun. Hopefully now moving forward we can see some more magic from devs all around the far east because when they are in form, they are incredible.
Sony is where you get such exceptional experiences.
Proud to be PS gamer for 18 years.
Loved it the moment Sony Japan first showed this and Puppeteer awhile back. Will heavily support both.
This game is a definite buy for me. Its unique & just different but i love those kind of games.
I wouldn't give up something like this even if you gave me all the shooters of the world.
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I haven't looked forward this much to a downloadable title since Journey, and look how that turned out.
Already had my eyes on this babe. Just give me the release date sony, and will buy it day 1 ^^