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Indigo Prophecy | 
 enlarge | From: Atari Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 7849
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 26548
Model: 26548
UPC: 742725265486
EAN: 0742725265486
ASIN: B0007OGDIC
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Has been played. Has a sticker on it.
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| Features:
| | Chose to play as one of four main characters - Lucas Kane, Detectives Carla Valenti orTyler Miles, and Lucas' brother Marcus Kane | | | Play through 44 bone-chilling acts and manage the mental health of each main character -- make the right choices and you'll maintain their psychological balance | | | Multi-view split-screen allows players to see what is happening in a different area of the game while playing a separate level | | | Motion Physical Action Reaction(MPAR) allows players to make the same movement as his character on screen - creating a physical identification between player and character | | | Physical Action Reaction(PAR) interface is used during minigames -- move the analog control sticks in the proper direction in order to succeed |
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Product Description
Indigo Prophecy isa paranormal thriller that lets you become multiple characters and view the experience from multiple viewpoints. Incredible film-style design pulls you into the story, until you're intimately immersed in the game. Your actions will affect the plot and create a scenario-driven, interactive experience.
New York City is stunned by a string of weird murders, all following the same pattern: Ordinary people kill total strangers in public areas. Lucas Kane becomes another of these killers when he murders a stranger in a men's bathroom. Covered in blood, Lucas regains consciousness with no memory of why he committed murder. He must solve this mystery before being incarcerated for life. Over 50 stuntmen and actors were used for the game, to create the most realistic, high-caliber, Hollywood-style action sequences
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
Very different and VERY good. November 17, 2008
Victoria R. (Nevada, USA)
Let's start with the pros and cons, for those of you who don't like to read the entire reviews.
PROS:
- Great storyline
- Very good graphics--for 2005, that is.
- New concept: manage mental health
- New concept: almost everything is done via analog sticks
CONS:
- I don't care if you're a novice to gaming or you're thirty and living in your mom's basement because you've been stuck on video games since you were twelve--this game has only about thirteen hours of game play, even when played on hard, and is not hard to beat in two easy days. (MORE ON THIS BELOW.)
Indigo Prophecy (AKA: Fahrenheit) was not what I expected. But then again, I wasn't sure what I would expect, anyway.
Atari and quanticdream came together to take PS2 fans for one hell of a ride. With a whole new concept of character and game play manipulation, with fairly good graphics and a chilling storyline, I--and I'm sure many others--was totally blown out of the water.
The game begins with a simple tutorial that guides you through this very unexpected and unique method of character control. You use the analog sticks for almost everything throughout the game. I don't think I remember using the directional buttons for anything. You move the character with the analog sticks, perform actions with the analog sticks, and basically do everything with the analog sticks. It takes a little to get used to, but it really doesn't take very long.
You control three characters throughout the game, two of which are cops. Automatically, you're thinking--oh, so this is a takeoff on GTA or something, right? Not quite. Sure, you can't get caught by the cops--yet--because if you do, it's game over. So you learn quickly or you have to keep starting that area of the game over. But actually, it's because the three character's lives are all linked--and those said links are revealed later in the game.
There's a lot of "your-decisions-effect-the-rest-of-the-game," but that's one of the reasons why Indigo Prophecy is so fun. You have to be careful, though, or your decisions will lead you to a dead end and you have to back up a bit and rethink your decisions.
Now, the one thing that bugs me about Indigo Prophecy...
It's a very short game.
Took me two days. TWO DAYS. That's it. And I wasn't even really trying. I had class one of those two days, so the first day I played about...seven to nine hours or so, and the next day, maybe four hours. Not that bad. But what's strange about it, is that I didn't feel like there needed to be more to the game or anything. It's like this sort of huge game was crammed into thirteen hours. It was just really, really good. I'm sure they could have added even more into the game, but it didn't give me that 'empty' feeling, like a cliffhanger.
Overall, this game is very, very good and worth buying. :]!
 one of the coolest game ive ever played September 21, 2008
Terrence Stockton (johnson city, TN USA)
This is the first item on amazon I'm giving my review on. I rented this game and boy was this something special. Honestly, I had no idea what it was about when I decided to rent it. I wish they would make more games like these. This was one game where you control mostly everything each character you play does. Listen to music, mess around on the computer, take a shower you name it. I don't own the game yet, but going to buy it as soon as I can. I really cared about what happens to these characters as the game goes on. The story was top notch and original. I gave it 5 stars because its awesome, unique, and fun.
 What the f asterisk dollar sign percentile question mark exclamation point September 19, 2008
T. Scoggin (Tehachapi, CA United States)
I don't even really know where to begin.
I want to give this game five stars, and I want to give it one star. One thing I can say is that it did keep me playing it until the end. As in most reviews, the thought here is, Indigo Prophecy tries, and succeeds to make its story the focal point of the fun... it's fun til you're about half way through, that is. Your interactivity is actually pretty limited, in that you'll control where your characters walk, and then you'll flick a stick to make them drink coffee if you're near a coffee machine. You'll also mash L1 and R1 alternately during times of crisis. This may not sound like much, but it's actually okay, if the story is good enough. It's why I await Heavy Rain.
The things I love about the game are its characters for one... Carla Valenti and Lucas Kane especially. One's a tough, independent female detective chasing a killer she almost knows nothing about, and Lucas is the killer who commited a murder he doesn't remember much of and knows almost nothing about. You'll lead the two of them on their own investigations as to what really happened in a restaurant lavatory. It's suspenseful, and is truly unique and brilliant to play both sides of the coin like this. In addition, you'll play limitedly as a priest who wrestles with a question of blood vs faith, and another detective to wrestles with career vs love life. However, your choices as to how these events actually unfold are very limited, but the story is just so good up to this point, it just doesn't matter. It leaves you wanting to see this thing through to the end.
Also well done was the score, which during action sequences is big and epic, when you're wandering alone in the dark creepy, and when you're in an over all solemn atmosphere just poking around, dark and subtle. The voice acting captures the characters well, and the voices match the faces fairly well too. There are also sections that play into people's phobias, and the section where you're wandering around as Carla in the dark with a bunch of mental patients, and having to keep quiet, or having to keep her rhythmically breathing in tight spaces are well executed, and the former section had my heart pounding.
The controls are a nightmare, unfortunately. Walking is simple enough, but if you run, or want to change directions, you must come to a dead stop, face the direction you want to go, and then run, as if you hold run but point the stick in a different direction, you will continue to run in the direction you no longer where to go. The camera also is pretty shoddy, as when you're Lucas and it's time to hide evidence, with no ability to rotate the thing, you'll find yourself using a guide to find the bloody shirt was behind the pillar you weren't allowed to see behind. And despite the many choices and interactive elements of the game, it's really only the last few choices towards the end you make that change the storyline at all. You're placed in control of small details, yet what happens to Lucas will happen all the same. And then there's the games post-half way story elements that just bring the thing crashing down. I finished the game, and it was fresh and innovative, and the way the story was told itself was pretty refreshing, but it wasn't enough.
It's an immersive game, it really is... it just... it just falls apart though. I hate it, but I can bring myself to get rid of it, because I love it. It's a bizzare game, and I really wouldn't even know where to begin when it came to recommending this to someone.
Epic and Unforgettable July 20, 2008
Melissa Crawford (Sycamore, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is absolutely one of my FAVORITE games.
-The plot is extremely submersible, and you can't help but feel like you're in a movie creating your own storyline.
-The intertwining storyline of this game is extremely heart felt. For me, it tugged at my heartstrings and made me fall in love with the characters.
-The game play is purely unique; it's a nice break from the most common game play.
-This game definitely has replay value since there are multiple, different choices to be made that will advance the storyline in it's own, unique way.
In my opinion, this game is a must-play for any gamer to broaden their game repertoire.
Boring June 18, 2008
William
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game was great when it first came out, but it does not hold up today.
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