

The game centers on four characters who are seemingly connected by their hunt for a notorious serial killer.įirstly, there’s Dad of the Year Ethan Mars, who having tragically lost one son already, finds his other son kidnapped by the Origami Killer, and now must face a series of Saw-esque challenges to rescue him. It’s almost got a Giallo quality to it, and with an entertaining branching story, where there are some meaningful consequences among the hilarious sex scenes and odd accents, Heavy Rain is still pretty good as a spectacle, eccentricities and all.įor those who didn’t get to sample the Euro cheese goodness first time around, a brief explanation. The answer is largely no, it cannot, but there’s still a hokey charm to Heavy Rain that ensures its increasingly dated core matters about as much as the plot to a cult cheapo 80’s horror would. The thing is, 9 years have passed, and storytelling and presentation in big-budget gaming are arguably in a much better state overall, so heading back to Heavy Rain now surely can’t paint it in that positive a light? It was enough to forgive some of the title’s more elaborate eccentricities (also known as ruddy great flaws in its storytelling). It had the atmosphere, it had a deliciously gloomy soundtrack, and it looked pretty damn good to boot. Heavy Rain, for me, was a standout title during the PS3’s resurgence. ‘Quantic Dream’.Quantic Dreams’ PlayStation adventures head to PC, starting with serial killer thriller Heavy Rain. And when I say “connected”, I mean it being made by the same company, i.e. This is a game I would definitely recommend to others! I have previously played Beyond: Two Souls, followed by Detroit: Becoming Human and I was only told recently this game was connected to the latter, whereas I did not know this game was connected to the former until the writing of this article. Other than that, I quite enjoyed the game and I am glad I received the opportunity to complete this journey. Aside the previous issue, the only other noticeable issue was the bland-faces of the characters: During tense situations, the emotions portrayed by the characters failed to translate into their facial or body animations.
Heavy rain review Ps4#
Initially, I was worried this game would be dated since it was originally available on the PS3, but its PS4 counterpart had improved graphics and I managed to immerse myself into the game. The game is not at the same level as Detroit: Becoming Human, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless, despite the odd gameplay mechanism. The plot twist was great and I enjoyed every moment of it.

The journey was well thought out and the pieces gradually fell together by the end of the game. The story had a slow build-up (not as slow when compared to Beyond: Two Souls) and it become more of a thriller over the progress of the game.
