Indigo Prophecy

Calneon · 4 Jan 2010 at 08:34

I read this on the Wiki page for this game.

The original title of Fahrenheit was changed to Indigo Prophecy in the United States and Canada. The change was made to avoid confusion with the film Fahrenheit 9/11.[5] Scenes depicting sex (one of which is interactive) and other "adult content" were removed from the North American versions so the game could avoid an "Adults Only" (18+) rating, which would have had the game stripped from store shelves. Both the name change and editing were made at the request of the publisher. (However, the North American PC version can be easily tweaked to show the "deleted" scenes by changing USmode=1 to USmode=0 in the game's .ini file [Note: changing the ini file does not work with the Steam edition or possible patches).

Quantic Dream claims that the cuts do not "dramatically affect" the plot of the game. The deleted scenes are completely ancillary to the plot. Even so, the game has been re-released in Canada and the US under the title Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Director's Cut. This version of the game, available only for Windows as a download, is uncut and rated Adults Only (18+).

The game faced no such problems in other parts of the world; no copy of the game entitled Fahrenheit has been edited in any way.

Does that mean we're getting the US version by buying on Steam? Because it's called Indigo Prophecy and not Farenheit.

m4cc45 · 4 Jan 2010 at 08:40

Ignore me - I was going to suggest looking at the ini file - although you might not be able to change it - it would be interesting to see what it's set to.

xGaffner · 4 Jan 2010 at 08:51

This would be my favorite game of ALL time if it wasn't for how naff it gets 3/4 of the way through and how short it is. If it was't for that it would be an absolute masterpiece imo. Still a amazing game though.

Barno · 4 Jan 2010 at 09:49

xGaffner said:
This would be my favorite game of ALL time if it wasn't for how naff it gets 3/4 of the way through and how short it is. If it was't for that it would be an absolute masterpiece imo. Still a amazing game though.

Agree completely. I actually never finished it because of how ridiculous the story got but up until then it totally sucked me in and I thought it was fantastic. Definitely worth a go at the current steam price.

cHk4 · 4 Jan 2010 at 09:57

Think I still have the original on disk... Somewhere -.-

Swi1ch · 4 Jan 2010 at 10:52

Barno said:
Agree completely. I actually never finished it because of how ridiculous the story got but up until then it totally sucked me in and I thought it was fantastic. Definitely worth a go at the current steam price.

Yeah, it does go a bit...off, later on. I love the fact that Yahtzee from ZP now refers to dodgy twists as 'Indigo Prophecy syndrome'.

Barno · 4 Jan 2010 at 12:20

Swi1ch said:
Yeah, it does go a bit...off, later on. I love the fact that Yahtzee from ZP now refers to dodgy twists as 'Indigo Prophecy syndrome'.

Yeah I've heard him mention that before

Uriel · 4 Jan 2010 at 13:32

Indego Prophecy makes more sense as a title, having played it.

Due to a horrendous editorial decision, the title of the UK version was Fahrenheit, yet all the in game temperature reports were in °C.

And yeah - if ever a game started well and then crashed and burned in the final 3rd...