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Indigo Prophecy | 
| From: Atari Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.95
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Seller: nategamers
Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 2110
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
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MPN: 26547
Model: 26547
UPC: 742725276017
EAN: 0742725265479
ASIN: B0007OGDHS
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Chose to play as one of four main characters - Lucas Kane, Detectives Carla Valenti or Tyler 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 is a 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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Showing reviews 1-5 of 32
 Kinda clunky, but fun. May 11, 2010
valmommyt (USA)
I actually played "Heavy Rain" first, a newer game by the same company, and I fear that is why it suffers in comparison. The story line is great, and I love the multiple choice concepts, but I don't think they had worked out all the bugs yet, so you find yourself having a very difficult time navigating the controls quickly enough. To be honest, I stopped playing it because I got frustrated, but I can't get the story out of my head, so I imagine I will go back to it one of these days.
 5 years later, imaginative, supernatural, unique March 5, 2010
oatmeal (Chicago, IL USA)
(note that I played the "Director's Cut" version on a PC: as far as I know, the only differences were sex scenes and nudity that were taken out of this version, as well as somewhat sharper graphics on the PC)
With developer Quantic Dream's next game, Heavy Rain, now out on the PS3, I went back to check out this, its predecessor from five years earlier. Having played the newer game first, my biggest impression was that they a) took the basic formula for this game as the foundation for Heavy Rain, and b) improved upon it in every way. Still, I found this to be an immersive supernatural thriller, introducing Quantic Dream's unique brand of "interactive movie" gameplay.
Like Heavy Rain, there's an overall cinematic feel to Indigo Prophecy that lends a unique atmosphere to the presentation. This is evident from the very beginning . . . which is probably one of the best opening scenes in any video game.
In terms of story (without spoiling anything), it's a psychological thriller that, as it progresses, takes on more and more over-the-top supernatural elements. I imagine many would be turned off by the far-fetched twists and turns that the plot takes, but I took it in context and enjoyed the ride.
Much of the gameplay takes the form of QTE (Quick Time Events, quick-reflex button presses following on-screen prompts). Here, in a more primitive form, they resemble the old 80's electronic toy Simon, but the idea is still more or less the same as it is today. In addition, adventure game elements (walking around an area, searching for "hot spots" to interact with) co-exist with "choose your own adventure" style of dialogue (several conversation options at select points - you're asked to pick one quickly to determine where it goes from there).
My biggest impression is that Indigo Prophecy was a refreshingly unconventional risk from a game developer that likes to march to the beat of its own drummer. Swallowing the story takes an imaginative leap, an open mind, and a certain off-the-wall taste . . . but, if you have that in you, it can be a pretty fun and spooky journey. If you haven't checked out Heavy Rain yet, it's, to me, a much better game, but I'd consider this to be well worth revisiting.
My five stars are for accomplishing what it did in 2005, in terms of originality and opening new doors. And hey, it also gave me a very fun playthrough, five years after hitting the shelves.
A Great Game At The Beginning February 19, 2010
Patrick_91 (Canada)
Indigo Prophecy starts in a bathroom at a sleazy diner in NYC. A man named Lucas Kane murders another man for no apparent reason. Fortunately he is innocent, he was somehow temporally possessed and had no control of his body. Unfortunately only Lucas and the player know this. To prove his innocence Lucas will have to go to great lengths and ultimately end up saving the world.
Indigo Prophecy is told through the eyes of 3 main characters, Lucas Kane and 2 detectives Carla Valenti and Tyler Miles. Tyler and Carla cover the investigation parts,while Lucas get the interactive scenes/evasive scenes. The story of IP is well told in the first 3/4's,but after that it seems to feel rushed and you never really find much out about the Indigo child,you only know marginally more about her at the end then you did at the start. I do feel that the ending was done good,just that the last quarter of the game leading up to the ending could have been done better.
The voices of IP are well done,possibly some of the best of the Xbox era,everything in the game is voiced over,not one lick of text to read. The music is good and features 4 songs from Theory of a Dead Man as well as a few classic tunes as well as some love making music :D. This game mimics almost every aspect of every day life, including bathroom breaks! The graphics in IP are of typical 2005 Xbox/PS2 quality,the slight edge might go to the Xbox as it was made for PC/Xbox first then ported over to PS2. Anyway bottom line is its really just average looking Xbox graphics.
One complaint I do have is that IP is short,I beat it in 5hr 5min and some odd seconds. To its benefit it does have a second replay in it,you can choose different answers and end up with a slightly different ending,depending on what answers you know to choose. I personally didn't play it a second time as I didn't feel it warranted one, I was happy with the ending I got. At the end of the game you are given some bonus points to purchase songs,scenes,images,and behind the scenes content,it's a nice touch but nothing special. Overall if you see it cheap somewhere ($10-$15) I'd give it a try, don't pay too much for it as it might be a rather short experience for some people....
Excellent December 28, 2009
Chrissy (Long Island, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent product! I can manage surround sound, Xbox, TV, DVD, Everything all in one. Excellent
might be my favorite xbox game December 24, 2009
Jeffrey Lucas
i LOVED playing this. i was so disappointed when i heard that there is --not a sequal but a game made by the same people but only for the ps3, i have a 360 and original xbox... great game- as soon as i finished it, i went online to a messageboard and tried to find any other game like it.
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