Abstract: Heavy Rain made me really lament the passing of the adventure genre. Admittedly, it's a nostalgic attachment as my earliest gaming memories are steeped in the genre and what made adventure games so memorable -- the characters, the puzzles, ...
Abstract: I received a post card about two weeks ago. On one side it had an origami figure of a Spanish Pajarita. On the other it posed the question of how far I was willing to go to save someone I love. It seems like a silly question at first. You blow it off i...
Abstract: Heavy Rain is the probably the most mature "M for Mature" rated console title I've ever had the pleasure of playing. It's one of the few games that has not simply earned its rating just because it may feature copious amounts of gore, guns, blood and/or...
Abstract: Heavy Rain has been in development for what seems like forever. Showing its first signs at E3 in 2006, developer Quantic Dream has been working non-stop to ready the game for the masses, and finally after four years, it has been released. Heavy Rain ta...
Powerful and emotionally engaging narrative, Story continually adapts to your actions, Unique controls convey drama and tension, Highly detailed characters and environments, Stirring soundtrack
Plot holes and heavy-handed villains, Technical issues break immersion, Poor movement controls
This deeply moving adventure adapts to your every action and is not to be missed....
Abstract: Heavy Rain is not the easiest video game sell. It's a dreary adventure gameplay about depressed people, origami and a serial killer. And there's rain ... lots and lots of rain. This is not the uplifting game of the year. You will not be inspired by...
Emotional experience that pulls you in, Choices have weight and consequences, Trivial details may come back to haunt you, Characters can actually die, and the story continues on, 10-hour play time, but you'll want to play through more than once to make di
Voice acting can be weak, and heavily accented, Game can be short if you only play once, It may sound weird or aloof, but much of the emotional punch may be missing if you don't have children, A few subplots seem to peter out to nothing. at least in my
Abstract: Quantic Dream would have you believe that Heavy Rain is not a videogame. The studio has long-standing fantasies of being in the film industry, to the point where its last game, Fahrenheit, completely masqueraded as a movie. Director David Cage even p...
