Experience a gripping psychological crime thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where even the smallest actions and choices can cause dramatic consequences. The hunt is on for the Origami Killer, named after his calling card of leaving folded paper shapes on victims. Four characters, each with their own motives, take part in a desperate attempt to stop the killer from claiming a new victim.
Heavy Rain is an interactive, single player, action adventure game in which every decision players make influences the evolution of a desperate quest to catch a deadly killer poised to strike again. Featuring a complex and dark storyline meant for mature audiences, the game is a PlayStation 3 exclusive featuring a variety of possible endings, advanced crime scene analysis, replayable chapters, four playable characters and the ability to continue play as remaining characters in the event of your current character's death.
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Story
How far will you go to save someone you love? In Heavy Rain each player discovers their own answer to this question as they experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where choices and actions can and do result in dramatic consequences. Spanning four days of mystery and suspense, the hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer - named after his macabre calling card of leaving behind folded paper shapes at crime scenes. Even more chilling is the fiend's well established pattern of killing his victims four days after abducting them. The public is gripped with fear as the police seem powerless to stop the carnage, and another potential victim — Shaun Mars — has gone missing. Now four characters, each following their own leads and with their own motives, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from taking yet another life.
Discover how far you will go to protect a loved one as you join the search for the Origami Killer.
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Gameplay
Heavy Rain is a single player, action/adventure game with a particularly strong emphasis on a player-influenced storyline as a means of facilitating the evolution of action towards one of many possible conclusions. The game features four playable characters: a father, a photographer, a FBI agent with a special skill set and a retired cop turned private detective. Each have different paths, means and motives to ending the reign of terror that the Origami Killer has imposed on their city. As players follow the path laid before their character of choice, they are able to explore, interact with and view their surroundings in a variety of ways using their controller's left and right sticks. At crucial times players are given a series of choices relating to how to proceed in various situations, with the outcome of these choices revealing both benefits and consequences. Benefits can be important to progressing through the game, while possible consequences can in turn pose a very real danger to characters, including death. But unlike other games, and because Heavy Rain features four playable characters that exist independently of each other, yet simultaneously within the same the story arc, this does not end the game. Players are instead able to play as one of the other available characters, with appropriate changes to possible outcomes due to the absence of the deceased character(s). Key Game Features
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4 unique playable characters.
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Advanced crime scene analysis.
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Story influencing actions.
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Stunning graphics quality.
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Technical Details
- A PlayStation 3 exclusive featuring accessible gameplay via intuitive, contextual controls and interface.
- An evolving action adventure thriller featuring mature content, reflecting a realistic world setting and powerful themes, in which you shape the story with every decision made.
- Action featuring four playable characters that allows you to continue playing as one of the other characters if your initial character is killed.
- Savable chapters that allow you to replay the actions of the past, while maintaining the continuity of the events of earlier chapters.
- Stunning graphics, animation and technology support an emotionally driven experience.
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"Excellent Game" 2010-09-22
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Dennis Boodan (Trinidad, West Indies)
I really wish there were more games like these. Give it a try if your interested in something different that has a very strong emotional appeal. its my game of the year, even after playing god of war 3 and red dead redemption.
"It's like using the play and forward button on a dvd player" 2010-09-21
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A. Burgos (Savannah,GA)
Not like "Shenmue" this game is like a long movie with a few inputs from the players. I did not feel the game changed much when i chose a different action for the player to do, everything felt like a narrow path you had to follow. What about those water drops when you pause the game it almost gave me convulsion.
"One of the Best Games I've Played" 2010-09-21
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scubasteve46
Heavy Rain has been and continues to be one of the best entertaining games I have ever played. I've already beat it once but since it has so many different scenarios and choices throughout that can change the events and ending etc, I pick it up again after a while and play it again. It's the game that keeps on giving. It will keep you engaged and thinking throughout and second guessing your choices, what if?... Heavy Rain is an awesome well put together game from the story to the movements and graphics were ground breaking in my opinion. This is a must have for any PS3 Library but warning to the parents out there - I would say this is at least a 17+ game.
"Heavy Rain" 2010-09-20
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Randy Pillman
This game is so so so so so so much better. Because it has nice graphics. So I loved it.
"Really Enjoyed" 2010-09-18
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Karen B. Chacon (VA)
Really enjoyed playing, the reactions change depending on how you answer and how quick you are to react so has been different each time i have played.
