Heavy Rain
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How far are you willing to go to save someone you love?
The Origami Killer has struck again. Recognized by his unique habit of leaving an origami figure at the center of his crimes, the serial killer has taken another victim. With his pattern of killing his victims within four days time is running out to save him. This is where the lives of four characters become entangled as they all search to stop the Origami Killer: Ethan Mars, a former architect overcome with depression and guilt over an accident leading to one of his son's death; Norman Jayden, an FBI profiler investigating the Origami case using an experimental device known as ARI (Added Reality Interface); Madison Paige, a nightmare filled journalist who unexpectedly finds her way into the investigation; and Scott Shelby, a private eye hired by families of victims of the serial killer to find things the authorities may have missed.
Heavy Rain is an interactive drama title combining adventure and action elements. The story revolves around the lives of four characters as they try to stop the Origami Killer from taking the life of another victim. The game has a heavy emphasis on user choices, with different decisions you make completely changing the way the story unfolds and which will lead to one of the many possible endings the game offers. There is no game-over screen if one of or all of the main characters die, there will just be a different ending given.
Similar to Quantic Dream's previous title Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit, the game is moved along primarily by the use of QTEs (Quick Time Events). Movement of your character is done by holding the R2 button and choosing a direction with the left analog stick. Holding the L2 button brings up your characters thoughts and pressing the button to go along with each thought will lead him/her to say or do something.
Budget re-release of Heavy Rain includes game patch to support PlayStation Move controller (the patch can also be downloaded as standalone for free). That includes budget releases such as Platinum (in Europe), Greatest Hits (in America), or PlayStation 3 the Best (in Asia).
Spellings
- Heavy Rain 心の軋むとき - Japanese spelling
- 暴雨 - Chinese spelling
Groups +
- Censored Japanese releases
- Character Feature: Actual person's looks and voice
- Console Generation Exclusives: PlayStation 3
- Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
- Heavy Rain series
- Japanese PlayStation 3 games with full English support
- Middleware: Bink Video
- Middleware: FaceFX
- Middleware: Menus Master
- Nudity
- Physics Engine: Havok
- PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits releases
- Protagonist: Hunter & Hunted
- Protagonist: Journalist / Reporter
Screenshots
Promos
Credits (PlayStation 3 version)
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Reviews
Discussion
| Subject | User | Date |
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| Interactive movie? | CrankyStorming (2916) | 2013-02-17 11:12:18 |
| So this is what happened to Fahrenheit then... | Slug Camargo (583) | 2010-04-13 09:33:57 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
Heavy Rain is mentioned in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by Tony Mott
Alternate Cover
For its North American release Sony decided to re-design the box cover to appeal to US audiences. However, as a small consolation for those stuck with the US packaging the official Playstation Blog uploaded a high-res, print-ready cover version of the original one. You can find it on the Playstation Blog's official flickr account or under the Links/Searches section.
Blackouts
Ever wondered what the source of Ethan's blackouts was? In the original script for the game these blackouts were a result of the trauma Ethan sustained from his first son's death in the game's intro. Instead of just blacking out Ethan would find himself hallucinating a submerged house which he would explore until finding the drowned body of one of the Origami Killer's victims. In these hallucinations Ethan would actually have unknowingly been psychically connected to the mind of the killer.
Due to the backlash against the strong paranormal elements of the team's previous game, Indigo Prophecy, they decided to axe these segments only months before the game's release, leaving them as just unexplained blackouts.
Censorship
Although executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumière announced in October 2009 that the game would be culturally censored to cater to different territories, SCEA eventually confirmed in January 2010 that the game wouldn't be censored in the US, Europe or any other territories the firm has an office.
Japanese Release
The Japanese release has manual and covers in Japanese, but it actually supports both Japanese and English. They are selectable individually for voice-acting, subtitles, and menus.
Origami Bird
The keep case contains a piece of paper with a print on it. While the game is installing, instructions are shown how to fold the paper into an origami bird, identical to the one shown on the game front cover.
Sales
On April 13, 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment and Quantic Dream announced that the 1 millionth copy of Heavy Rain had sold just 5 weeks following the game's release.
Awards
- 4Players
- 2006 – Best Trailer of the Year
- 2010 – Best Game of the Year
- 2010 – Best Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- 2010 – Best PS3 Game of the Year
- 2010 – Best Adventure of the Year
- 2010 – Best Story of the Year
- 2010 – Best Music of the Year
- 2010 – #2 Best Localisation of the Year
- Develop Awards
- 2010 - Best New IP* GameSpy
- 2010 – PlayStation 3 Game of the Year
- 2010 – Adventure Game of the Year
- GamingBolt
- 2010 - Best Couple/Duo (Ethan Mars and Madison Paige) (People's Choice)
- 2010 - Best Innovation of the Year (People's Choice)
- 2010 - Best Lip Syncing (People's Choice)
- 2010 - Best Motion Capture (People's Choice)
- 2010 - Best Story (People's Choice)
- 2010 - Best Voice Acting (People's Choice)* IGN
- 2010 - Best Horror Game
- 2010 - Best PS3 Game of the Year
- 2010 - Most Innovative Game* Japan Game Awards
- 2010 - Game Designer Award* Milthon European Games Awards
- 2010 - Best Console game
- 2010 - Best Game Design
Information also contributed by Jeanne, Lain Crowley, and MAT.
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Caelestis.
PlayStation 4 added by GTramp. Windows added by Sciere.
Additional contributors: MAT, Zovni, Daniel Saner, Sciere, Cantillon, Patrick Bregger, Hello X), Rik Hideto, Victor Vance.
Game added March 2nd, 2010. Last modified May 19th, 2023.