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  1. Aug 20, 2023
    6
    It's an old game but still playable. The story is good in the beginning, but towards the end it gets ridiculous and you can't influence it with enough choices. The gameplay mechanics are also too challenging for a game like this. It can cause you to make too many mistakes.
  2. Apr 7, 2022
    8
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 8.
  3. Oct 2, 2021
    7
    Очень самобытный и интересный проект.
    Атмосферно на месте и уносит на долго, но есть много вопросов к сюжету особенно к финалу и всё равно это уникальный проект.
  4. Aug 25, 2021
    10
    Gen_Corrosive What's wrong with YOU? You're the problem and the reason why games have failed to become good, dumbass. And the rest in the negative section are idiots just like you. The game is good and something is wrong with you. Oh, that's right. YOU!
  5. Feb 1, 2021
    1
    This game is horrendous. Like all of David Cage's previous and following games, the writing is all over the place, the controls and QTE sections are miserable and poorly implemented, and the "cinematic" camera is nauseating at best. Indigo Prophecy tries and fails to tell a gripping drama/thriller, relying heavily on tropes and stereotypes that were dated even for 2005. It reads like badThis game is horrendous. Like all of David Cage's previous and following games, the writing is all over the place, the controls and QTE sections are miserable and poorly implemented, and the "cinematic" camera is nauseating at best. Indigo Prophecy tries and fails to tell a gripping drama/thriller, relying heavily on tropes and stereotypes that were dated even for 2005. It reads like bad fanfiction, except David Cage is an adult man with a budget and studio. Games with multi-character perspectives can be interesting, but here it's confusing and breaks up the narrative in a way that ruins any pacing it was trying to employ. The twists are unearned and often come out of no where, it introduces people and concepts with no explanation. This isn't to say that you can't have mysterious plots, because when done right, can really pay off, but in Indigo Prophecy it's very poorly done. While I didn't play it at the time, I can't imagine being in 2005, playing this game, and being impressed. The only reason I'm giving it a one, is due to the unintentional humor that comes from the action sequences. This game sucks. Expand
  6. Dec 21, 2020
    9
    its been years but this game doesnt get enough recognition it deserves. great storytelling, great voice acting, great mo-cap. one of the greats of the PS2 era.
  7. Oct 14, 2020
    10
    Я задумался и понял - это редкая и ЦЕЛОСТНАЯ игра, она возвышается над сотнями других игр эффектом синергизма (когда система - это больше, чем просто сумма ее элементов). Когда игра целостна, она захватывает, уводит в свой потайной мир, изменяет наше состояние, заставляет переживать вместе с героем все повороты сюжета.
    Управление в «Фаренгейте» повергает в шок своей необычностью, особенно
    Я задумался и понял - это редкая и ЦЕЛОСТНАЯ игра, она возвышается над сотнями других игр эффектом синергизма (когда система - это больше, чем просто сумма ее элементов). Когда игра целостна, она захватывает, уводит в свой потайной мир, изменяет наше состояние, заставляет переживать вместе с героем все повороты сюжета.
    Управление в «Фаренгейте» повергает в шок своей необычностью, особенно людей, привыкших к FPS и 3D-action. В обязательном порядке нужно пройти обучение, иначе неинтуитивность управления будет очень расстраивать.
    Причина запредельной неординарности игры содержится в ПРОТИВОРЕЧИИ. Играть приходится и за главного героя Лукаса Кейна, который, будучи то ли зомбированным, то ли одержимым, начинает крошить народ в винегрет, и... за ПОЛИЦИЮ! Но тут всё сложнее, чем в Max Payne: Мона прикрывает Макса, Макс прикрывает Мону. Здесь Кейн сеет и прячет улики, а полиция или находит их, или... всё равно находит, но долго стараясь. Помочь Кейну? Помочь полиции? Вот это дилемма, вот это камень преткновения! Банальность побеждена!
    В игре присутствуют задания на время - обычно мне это не нравится, а уж с таким управлением... Но здесь подобный таймер играет на руку реалистичности - это вам не Max Payne, где вражеская взрывчатка может не закончиться никогда.
    Звук уникален - буквально с начала игры мне хотелось вручить цветы авторам музыкальных композиций. Атмосфера в немалой степени задается как великолепной звуковой дымкой, так и серьезной озвучкой игровых персонажей. Имена известных киношных композиторов - Анджело Бадаламенти, Нормана Корбейла и Фарида Руслана - заставляют уважать игру еще сильнее. Кроме этого, в качестве бонуса можно получить неимоверные саундтреки.
    Движок выглядит слегка устаревшим, однако неплохо отполирован и в итоге смотрится весьма красиво. Когда Лукас впадает в транс, сопровождающие его эффекты поначалу напоминают один из режимов зрения Хищника в AVP-2. Интерьер и транспорт не расстраивает - всё сделано без шика и лоска, но стильно и со вкусом. При этом на детализацию разработчики не поскупились - даже самые неигровые из неигровых элементов и случайных персонажей выглядят вполне натурально, более того - они подсвечены особым атмосферным обаянием игры, переливающимся оттенками радуги.
    Игра поднимает очень важную проблему общества, и это снова и снова заставляет прикипать к ней. В отличие от шутеров, она не прославляет смак убийства, она поднимает вопросы - "Зачем? Каковы мотивы?", показывает, какой тяжкий груз обрушивается на убийцу. Еще одна характерная, но неочевидная черта сюжета - именно рядовым, средним, на первый взгляд, людям подчас уготована просто неимоверная судьба и отведена важнейшая роль в том или ином процессе. Бытие...
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  8. Sep 19, 2020
    8
    It is more like an interactive movie than a true vidogame. However it is a great experience with my only complaint being the story telling in the later half. It is an action adventure where you investigate a murder mystery. There is a case where normal people murder strangers without motive or even a reason. Some do not even remember the events. You play as Lucas Kane who committed one ofIt is more like an interactive movie than a true vidogame. However it is a great experience with my only complaint being the story telling in the later half. It is an action adventure where you investigate a murder mystery. There is a case where normal people murder strangers without motive or even a reason. Some do not even remember the events. You play as Lucas Kane who committed one of these murders without knowing why and being in a trance like state without control of his action and Carla Valenti who wants to catch the murder. Both want to uncover the truth. The story is excellent represented with good for its time graphics, soundtrack and cinematics. The characters are well written and have clear understandable motives. There are small branches in the story and some actions have different consequence depending on your choices. There are also multiple endings. What decreases the value are the latter parts of the story. Even the developer admitted they did not have the whole story thought out when they started if I remember correctly. Some twists come out of nowhere and are ridiculous after some thought. This does not made the basic ideas and principle story a failure. It is more a bit of missteps in a long journey. Overall this was an entertaining experience and I enjoyed the game. Because of the more interactive movie concept it is not for everyone. Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Becoming Human are follow ups of the concepts that improved the formula. Expand
  9. Sep 10, 2020
    10
    Игра шедевр своего времени, прошел залпом, не мог оторваться, игра на то время была просто невероятна и оставила положительные впечатления. 10/10 играть всем!
  10. Aug 17, 2020
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. One of the best game of the generations, with the thrilling plot, intense and innovative gameplay and great characters.
  11. May 20, 2018
    5
    The story starts out good but suffers from poor pacing at the end. The controls are broken. Some parts work better with a gamepad but simple things like climbing become impossible. In order to complete the game I had to keep switching controls.

    Also the action sequences are all over-layed with QTEs, which is the laziest gameplay mechanic and not fun to play. Considering Quantic Dreams
    The story starts out good but suffers from poor pacing at the end. The controls are broken. Some parts work better with a gamepad but simple things like climbing become impossible. In order to complete the game I had to keep switching controls.

    Also the action sequences are all over-layed with QTEs, which is the laziest gameplay mechanic and not fun to play. Considering Quantic Dreams previous work on Nomad Soul this game was a huge let down. But the story, despite poor pacing, was enough to make the game somewhat enjoyable.
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  12. Apr 27, 2018
    9
    ``Y así... Es como se hace un Guión de Videojuego´´
    Estamos presentes ante uno de esos títulos que es difícil calificarlo como ``juego de vídeo´´ . En el 2005, Quantic Dream nos trajo esta propuesta independiente: Fahrenheit, o tambien conocido en otros países como ``Indigo Prophecy´´ el cual luego se convertiría en un clásico de la industria.
    El juego esta construido como un
    ``Y así... Es como se hace un Guión de Videojuego´´
    Estamos presentes ante uno de esos títulos que es difícil calificarlo como ``juego de vídeo´´ . En el 2005, Quantic Dream nos trajo esta propuesta independiente: Fahrenheit, o tambien conocido en otros países como ``Indigo Prophecy´´ el cual luego se convertiría en un clásico de la industria.

    El juego esta construido como un largometraje estilo Thriller Psicológico que recuerda a clásicos de la industria del cine como ``Se7en´´ o ``Silence of Lambs´´ , la atmosfera cubierta con una paleta de colores fríos, vuelve absorbente y totalmente creíble el mundo que se nos presenta.
    El diseño de personajes, la dirección y la sencillez y humanidad que presentan cada uno de ellos lo hace aun mas creíble, ademas, cada personaje cuenta con un Arco Argumental muy bien estructurado, que abre y cierra como es debido; los diálogos son posiblemente de los mejores que haya visto en un videojuego, ademas de contar con giros argumentales que rompen la estética de un juego común, la tensión y suspenso que hay en ella se puede comparar con trabajos de Hitchcock.

    Ningún juego es perfecto, un factor negativo muy importante de Indigo Prophecy es su jugabilidad, que de vez en cuando se torna frustrante, dificil y ha sido el punto de critica principal, pero si lo intentas, no tardaras mucho en sumergirte en su denso, hermoso y frío mundo.
    Dentro de un largo historial de fallidos intentos de adaptar el videojuego a Cine. Este sería un gran candidato para un largometraje.
    Este titulo diseñado para jugadores adultos con mucha paciencia, es un logro técnicamente maravilloso de su director David Cage.

    Despido mi critica, con uno de mis Diálogos favoritos del juego:
    *Mi nombre es Lucas Kane... Soy un hombre común al que le sucede algo extraordinario, puede que
    sea el karma, o lo que sea, pero una cosa sé... Nada volverá a ser igual*

    Jugabilidad: 7/10
    Personajes: 10/10
    Historia: 10/10
    Diseño: 8/10
    Entretenimiento: 8/10
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  13. Jun 10, 2017
    9
    Great game. i have spent a lot of time on this title. It has a great story with memorable characters. Good gameplay and best cut scenes with good dialogs.
  14. Jan 3, 2017
    7
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 72/100
    Mein User Score = 7/10
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  15. Dec 24, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. watching the reviews here i star to think in is this people really, play the game coss i do and god is not a 10.

    lets star with the gameplay, i really think that this game dont have a bad control but, the quick time events are by far one of the worst things of the game, they are boring, too long and dosent add anything to the game more than make it worst, the dialogue sistem isint really bad but the time to answer is too short and the way to answer is kind of imprecise, click and move the mouse to a specific place is new but it its a little uncomfortanble

    now the story . look the story of the game isint really bad but in the end is like a teenager write it. when i was in the end i was screaming what the **** i am playing. the story becomes of murder and the things behind it and ends in a non sents pice of garbage SPOILER really david a relacionship between lucas and karla they just meet 1 day ago. the game leave a loot of holes in the history and in the end is really bad

    the characters. lucas is ok just ok not too many change in the character but at least is there. karla is tho daam cliche that typical girl that is super badass and samart and ends in a realcioship with the main charcter. tyler is more cliche ands it. the other characters are just filling the game i feal is not bad that they are there, but if the desappear i will not miss them

    and now the worst part
    if you play the game yo will notice that this is not in the gameplay part
    i leave it for the end
    THE
    STEALTH
    SECTIONS
    the worst stealth i ever play by faaaaaarrr
    bad controls, bad place with to less cover zones, out of place and many many more

    now in the end is not a bad game BUT IS NOT IS NOT A 10
    look when i play the game i dont now who was david kage but now i see the game with worst eyes beacouse this guy make the not tho bad heavy rain and the horrible beyond tho souls
    he should not make videogames coss he is triying to make movies and the are not good
    so this was my opinion of the game thanks for read
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  16. Jan 12, 2016
    10
    one of the best games ive ever played cleverly done I wish more games were made like this there are many different endings you need patience but it all pays off with a good story
  17. Mar 23, 2015
    9
    A great game which mostly focuses on story and characters, something that is quite rare nowadays when graphics is the prime thing for most gamers. While it will probably not be fully appreciated by everyone, it is an extremely well done title that grabs you until you finish the game. There are plenty of moments where you'll have a decision to make and the decision may even slightly changeA great game which mostly focuses on story and characters, something that is quite rare nowadays when graphics is the prime thing for most gamers. While it will probably not be fully appreciated by everyone, it is an extremely well done title that grabs you until you finish the game. There are plenty of moments where you'll have a decision to make and the decision may even slightly change the whole story. The characters in this game feel completely realistic so it is really easy to become immersed in the whole storyline and actually root for somebody. If you are interested in crime investigations or mystery in general, this game will offer you something of both, packed with a great gripping story to boot and a ton of thrilling moments. I didn't give this title a 10, because the final third of the game turned into something different than what I had wanted. Nevertheless, if you haven't played this game yet and are looking for an adventure game taking place in realistic settings, you cannot go wrong. Expand
  18. Sep 6, 2014
    0
    The worst piece of **** in the world. Do not play it, do not buy it, do not even look at it. If you look at it, you better gouge your eyeballs out, otherwise the **** SPACE ALIEN A.I. MONSTERS WILL COME FOR YOU.
  19. Nov 10, 2013
    7
    I really like the adventure genre, and I admire companies trying to modernize the genre. In this case, it turned out so-so. The story is engaging, and you'll often feel the characters stress during the different scenarios they will find themselves in. You'll get hints about some supernatural elements at the beginning, but I personally find the regular detective story and psychologicalI really like the adventure genre, and I admire companies trying to modernize the genre. In this case, it turned out so-so. The story is engaging, and you'll often feel the characters stress during the different scenarios they will find themselves in. You'll get hints about some supernatural elements at the beginning, but I personally find the regular detective story and psychological thriller aspects going on far more interesting. This makes the second half of the game a bit wishy-washy, as they cram in a lot of unbelievable events. Ranging from characters suddenly developing in unbelievable ways, to environments and scenarios seeming too far-fetched, or just generally too strange without any believable build up. The gameplay itself is typical for the adventure genre; interacting with objects and surroundings, hearing the protagonists thoughts and such. There are interesting dialog options and choices to be made, but they seem to impact the story very little; but they do help the immersion a lot. The problem is that the controller is one of the two greatest challenges in the game, as it first seems illogical and after some getting used to just comes of as bulky and often causes great annoyance during timed events. The other challenge is the "Simon Says" events, which happens extremely fast and will confuse you even more as you will have to rethink on how to use the controller. The Simon events will also distract you from the on-going cutscenes, as you will have to focus entirely on the button mashing mini game, rather than on the actual interesting stuff that's happening on the screen. But other than my problems with the controller, I find the game to be a good choice for anyone who likes the adventure genre. Expand
  20. Oct 26, 2013
    0
    What is wrong with you people? The writing is horrible in this game, everything is uninspired. The plot has massive glaring faults in it, and David Cage just throws whatever he feels like into the plot.
    David Cage is a failure of the game design.
  21. Oct 18, 2013
    8
    Quantic Dream went off to a good start in the mass gaming market with Indigo Prophecy, aka Fahrenheit. The story was morbid, unique, engaging, and hit just enough high notes early on and mid-game to compensate for the trainwreck that it would become near the every end. The characters were well written and believable, and the world that was built by Quantic felt very real and life-like forQuantic Dream went off to a good start in the mass gaming market with Indigo Prophecy, aka Fahrenheit. The story was morbid, unique, engaging, and hit just enough high notes early on and mid-game to compensate for the trainwreck that it would become near the every end. The characters were well written and believable, and the world that was built by Quantic felt very real and life-like for the most part. At the time it was released, the game was truly innovative and both the director, David Cage, and his studio were hailed as "visionaries" and propelled to celebrity status in the gaming industry. Their "visionary" status would continue to be held in high regard with the release of 2009's Heavy Rain for the PS3, which resembled IP/Fahrenheit in terms of plot, but also differed from it by revolving the story around a murder mystery (rather than having the perpetrator identified from the very beginning as the main protagonist as in IP/Fahrenheit). Both games were well-earned commercial and critical successes for the studio, and both are well worth a playthrough for any serious gamer. Expand
  22. Oct 17, 2013
    8
    It's a great game, and a very immersive one at that, however, the plot after the middle becomes really dumb, and the karma bar is a lame way to end the game.
  23. Jul 12, 2013
    8
    this game comes with a new type of game play you're the director and you control how the story progress according to what you do during the game the story of the game was really really good but i didn't like it at the middle it became ridiculous but what this game is great about is the atmosphere as it has a great atmosphere in the end it was a great experience that every one should try
  24. Jul 8, 2013
    10
    I know QuanticDreams from the PS3 game Heavy Rain, so I decided to get this game and believe me... it is better than even Heavy Rain.

    Amazing and trilling game, which is not so long overall, but in my experience I prefer a game to be short but fun instead of long and give you room to get bored. This is a Jewel for the price that GOG offers it, taking into account that is 100%
    I know QuanticDreams from the PS3 game Heavy Rain, so I decided to get this game and believe me... it is better than even Heavy Rain.

    Amazing and trilling game, which is not so long overall, but in my experience I prefer a game to be short but fun instead of long and give you room to get bored.

    This is a Jewel for the price that GOG offers it, taking into account that is 100% compatible with last gen operating systems. Also take into account with a small hack (check youtube) you can even run it at FullHD 1920x1080 resolution.

    I have not finished it yet, but I do not care anymore about the ending, as the playing has been soooo damn good. I want to even start to play guitar again :P

    Get it!
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  25. Jun 18, 2013
    7
    I was really happy when I found out that this game came out for PCs (for years i was convinced it's a PS 2 exclusive Lol). It starts out great, the graphics are outdated but I stopped noticing after a few minutes of playing it. However, as the story proceeds it's getting worse and worse. Mainly Taylor's part of the story was a dissapontment for me, felt very lackluster especially in theI was really happy when I found out that this game came out for PCs (for years i was convinced it's a PS 2 exclusive Lol). It starts out great, the graphics are outdated but I stopped noticing after a few minutes of playing it. However, as the story proceeds it's getting worse and worse. Mainly Taylor's part of the story was a dissapontment for me, felt very lackluster especially in the end. In the end it goes wild and B-movie style with a...not terrible, but not in one bit satisfying ending ever. In fact thinking about the last 30 minutes of the game convinces you that it made no sense at all. Also *minor spoiler* matrix style combat!? Bullet dodging? I couldn't stop myself from laughing at this point. What games does right is the emotional dialogues. The voice acting is great 90 percent of the times and the conversations seem natural and satisfying. You can really feel immersed into the game at some points, actually caring about Lucas and (to a much lesser extent) about other characters. Also I have to say the music surprised me, really fitting the mood of each scene and helped me get through lenghty boring QTE sequences. Overusing them made me feel distracted from actually watching the action, as I was busy pressing buttons through an entire scene and failing it often as I tried to multi-task doing QTE and watching what is happening. This really irritated me as these qtes rarely fit what your character is doing right now (there are only 3 types of them) and failing them often forces you to go trough lenghty cut scenes that you've just watched.
    Overall even with the outdated graphics, story level degrading dramatically towards the end, some stupid qte mechanics and sometimes outright boring scenes, this is actually a GOOD TITLE and I recommend it to anyone liking the genre, as you won't find many better titles in it. Therefore a solid 7/10
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  26. Apr 28, 2013
    7
    Indigo Prophecy is equivalent to a B movie.You are not supposed to think to much about it, just go with the motion and have some fun. Its mostly QTEs with some level of point and click adventure gameplay.

    Let me also state that the story starts out more interesting than it finally ends up being, and things do get crazy in the middle. And the ending IMHO, is disappointing to say the
    Indigo Prophecy is equivalent to a B movie.You are not supposed to think to much about it, just go with the motion and have some fun. Its mostly QTEs with some level of point and click adventure gameplay.

    Let me also state that the story starts out more interesting than it finally ends up being, and things do get crazy in the middle. And the ending IMHO, is disappointing to say the very least, all this build-up for nothing?

    Still, this is still a game that i'd recommend to play. Buy it on a sale though...
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  27. Feb 12, 2013
    10
    story- great story, involves you playing as a guy that gets randomly possessed by some type of cult leader. and its up to you to save him or leave him to his fate. gameplay- controls are great for this type of game. its action adventure, but has 'QTE' which always makes the gameplay inifinitely more fun to play. the way it uses the controls, like combining keys and etc. interesting andstory- great story, involves you playing as a guy that gets randomly possessed by some type of cult leader. and its up to you to save him or leave him to his fate. gameplay- controls are great for this type of game. its action adventure, but has 'QTE' which always makes the gameplay inifinitely more fun to play. the way it uses the controls, like combining keys and etc. interesting and creative. video- the graphics are solid. not something to brag about but the gameplay makes it great.

    audio- great music and effects make the game like an interactive movie.

    overall- its like playing an interactive movie, and you have to be always aware. because 'QTE' happens just like that.
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  28. Dec 16, 2012
    9
    An epic game, the graphics are not very good but the story is EPIC! The game style is very similar to Heavy Rain and I love that game. Everything is very excited in the game and if you failed a mission, is the end of the story! Only one thing in the game that i dont like its the Chrome thingy. That thing always made me fail missions :P
  29. Dec 14, 2012
    0
    Insultingly stupid. The game has a difficult-enough time trying to make the lousy dialogue interesting by adding quick time events to conversations, but then it has one of the worst stories I've ever heard in a video game! I wish I could be exaggerating, but just look it up on Wikipedia if you don't believe me. QTE is no way to play a game, especially a linear one.
  30. Sep 12, 2012
    10
    Quite simply, a masterpiece. Fahrenheit is, like Another World or Metal Gear Solid, the delivery of a cinematic genius (David Cage). Recommended without hesitation (but make sure you have a good gamepad to play with).
Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 41 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 41
  2. Negative: 0 out of 41
  1. PC Gamer
    85
    A classic adventure pumped up with massive doses of adrenaline. [Nov 2005, p.82]
  2. Fahrenheit features a fascinating, ever evolving storyline that really does change in real time depending on your actions.
  3. It's about halfway through Fahrenheit that the wheels start to wobble. The game begins to veer away from its complex murder-mystery beginnings into the realm of pure fantasy, with a final chapter that can be hard to stomach.