David Cage dodges French setting for Heavy Rain
Director focusses on US location
Heavy Rain director David Cage says that he prefers to set PS3 exclusive action title Heavy Rain in the United States for creative reasons.
Rather than setting his adventure in his native France, Cage says that the US provides a more fertile ground for rich narratives.
" We spent time in an east coast city for three weeks with cameras, and it was a real shock to see the poverty, the ghettos, the abandoned factories, and the sense of danger that the social disparity creates," Cage revealed to 1UP.
"When you live in Europe, the US is most of the time depicted as the country of success, power, money, heroes saving the world, and sexy girls. Discovering the social side of America that you rarely see in movies was something absolutely scary.
"I came [across a particular city coincidentally], not really knowing what I was looking for, but I found the exact background I needed to tell my story, and I must say it really fed the writing of Heavy Rain."
Cage says that he is simply too close to French life and culture to set a game there. We'll have more on Heavy Rain soon.
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Plus Americans being American the game will sell a hell of a lot better with a US setting rather than an obscure (to Americans) French setting.
People on a global scale generally find it easier to relate to American characters and settings, thanks largely to the amount of TV shows and movies they pump out around the World.
There may be artistic reasons for his decision, but you can't tell me economics/marketing didn't feature too...