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Heavy Rain

Game » consists of 9 releases. First released on Feb 23, 2010

Heavy Rain is an adventure game sporting a storyline that appears to adapt to the choices of the player. It was developed by French studio Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

Who Survived/Died in your Game? (spoilers)

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#1 Edited by ATalkingDog (79 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

in mine: 
 
Jayden (DEAD): fell into a large meat grinding thing at the end, in a fight with Shelby.  
Ethan (DEAD): shot by the cops, thought to be the killer 
Shelby (DEAD): shot by Lauren  
Madison (ALIVE): published Heavy Rain book, spooked by a Vincent. 

#2 Posted by nanikore (2740 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

your mom 
 
 
 
haehaehaehahe

#3 Posted by void (28 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Jayden (DEAD): overdose
Ethan (DEAD): shot by the cops
Madison (DEAD): burned to death in Shelby's apartment
Shelby (ALIVE): seen walking down the road in the rain, getting away with murder...

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#4 Posted by CharlesAlanRatliff (5226 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

GEEZ! That is a lot of people. 
 
Only Norman died in mine. He was killed by Mad Jack in the car grinder thing. I was unable to get out in time, and instead of reloading my game, I left it at that. I never reloaded!

#5 Posted by foggel (2758 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Norman (DEAD): Killed by Shelby, thrown in some grinder while Ethan was saving Shaun. 
Shelby (DEAD): Killed by Lauren. 
Ethan and Madison got an apartment together.

#6 Posted by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Everybody lived except Shelby, who Jayden pushed into the meat grinder.
 
Ethan and Madison got married (I assume), Jayden kicked the drug habit...but started seeing little tanks...
 
Lauren totally hates Shelby.

#7 Posted by Scheds (433 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

In my play through Ethan and Madison are married. Jayden decides to leave the FBI to lead a normal life. Shelby was shot by Ethan in the final scene. Almost everyone survived! I must have made some mistakes with Jayden, he wasn't in the final scene at all.

#8 Posted by LostReanimator (18 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

only ethan died in mine shoot by police 
maidson published book Heavy Rain 
Norman goes on tv show and he starts to see things from the ARI without the glasses on
#9 Posted by A_Faceless_Name (60 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@LostReanimator said:
" only ethan died in mine shoot by police maidson published book Heavy Rain Norman goes on tv show and he starts to see things from the ARI without the glasses on "
Same as me.
#10 Posted by Dolphin_Butter (1871 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan (ALIVE): Gets together with Madison and they get an apartment.
Madison (ALIVE): Gets together with Ethan and they get an apartment.
Jayden (ALIVE): Retires from the FBI and hints at kicking his drug habit.
Shelby (DEAD): Shot by Ethan at the top of a construction crane.

#11 Posted by CarolinaFan3515 (190 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
Ethan: LIVED- After saving his son he was shot by Shelby, but managed to stay alive to shoot him better
Madison: LIVED- got an apartment with Ethan and lad
Shelby: DIED- Shot by Ethan on crane
Jayden: DIED- Overdosed while investigating evidence through the ARI glasses *bled out through eyes and nose*
Lauren: DIED- Drowned, trapped in the car at the bottom of the lake
Religious Dude: DIED- shot as soon as he became VERY hostile towards the other detective
Drug Dealer: DIED- Shot in the face "I'm a father too!"
Last knuckle on left pinky finger: DIED- Chopped off with a hatchet.  Then drowned in disinfectant.  All with the help of an entire flask of whiskey
#12 Posted by Jackel2072 (2068 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan (ALIVE) living with Madison and Shaun 
Madison (ALIVE) ^^^
Jayden (ALIVE) but mentally insane
Shelby (DEAD) Hamburger meat!

#13 Posted by rjayb89 (7556 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Wow, I haven't even played the game yet and just seeing the different assortments in this thread of who died/live and the outcomes is pretty intriguing.

#14 Posted by toorima (199 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan LIVED: Was saved by Jayden, when he found Shaun
Madison LIVED: Got an apartment with Ethan
SHELBY DIED: Fell into the grinder
Jayden LIVED: Kicked the habit, and then saw the tanks
Lauren LIVED: And now hates Shelby

#15 Edited by Jackel2072 (2068 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@CarolinaFan3515 said:

 
Last knuckle on left pinky finger: DIED- Chopped off with a hatchet.  Then drowned in disinfectant.  All with the help of an entire flask of whiskey "

so wait in the last cut scene does Ethan have his finger?
#16 Posted by jakob187 (20661 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I haven't played the game, but man...this sounds fucking great!

#17 Posted by ATalkingDog (79 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I tried going back to see new outcomes and found out that it is pretty difficult or maybe impossible to get Shelby killed before his true identity is revealed. Also, in one outcome I saw, Ethan hangs himself in jail. This only happened when both Jayden and Madison were dead, and Ethan couldn't outrun the cops in the motel.

#18 Posted by RedSox8933 (2410 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Norman Jayden: Dead. My controller turned off which led to his demise. Fucking worthless battery.
Ethan Mars: Dead. He was shot by the police in front of his son.
Madison Paige: Dead. I made her jump out of window. I had a moment of weakness and wanted Shelby to get away.
Scott Shelby: Dead. Shot by Lauren.
 
 
 
Fuck.

#19 Posted by CarolinaFan3515 (190 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Jackel2072 said:
" @CarolinaFan3515 said:

 
Last knuckle on left pinky finger: DIED- Chopped off with a hatchet.  Then drowned in disinfectant.  All with the help of an entire flask of whiskey "

so wait in the last cut scene does Ethan have his finger? "
You know?  I thought about that as the credits rolled, but it didn't cross my mind to check when that scene went down.
#20 Posted by Bucketdeth (7936 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

All of my characters survived : D

#21 Posted by jaymorgoth (242 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan- Alive and with to Madison 
Madison-  see above 
Jayden- alive kicked the habit but now sees little tanks 
Shelby- Dead, fell into the grinder 
Lauren-Dead, i kicked out the window didn't realize that would end the sequence. But i didn't reload, that felt too much like cheating 
Religious Guy- alive, managed to keep my cool and not shoot him 
Drug Dealer- Alive, i couldn't do it. For me Ethan wasn't a killer like that even if the drug dealer was scum. 
 
sex scene- witnessed and creepily interacted with.  Not gonna lie, that was a little weird.

#22 Edited by Wiseblood (586 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan - Alive  (was really worried he was gonna die, I took the poison because I failed the stupid power plant trial and didn't kill the drug dealer and wanted more letters to save Shaun)
Shaun - Alive
Madison - Alive 
Jayden - Took a sledgehammer to the face because the piece of shit Sixaxis failed to register my upward motion and he fell into a grinder
Shelby - Shot by Lauren

#23 Posted by Marz (5469 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Norman:  Died at the end and fell into the meat grinder.
Shaun:  Survived
Ethan:  Survived
Madison: Survived
Shelby:  died by getting shot by Lauren
 

#24 Posted by Jackel2072 (2068 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@CarolinaFan3515 said:
" @Jackel2072 said:
" @CarolinaFan3515 said:

 
Last knuckle on left pinky finger: DIED- Chopped off with a hatchet.  Then drowned in disinfectant.  All with the help of an entire flask of whiskey "

so wait in the last cut scene does Ethan have his finger? "
You know?  I thought about that as the credits rolled, but it didn't cross my mind to check when that scene went down. "
I didn't do any of that stuff. i strait up cut off my finger and moved on.
#25 Posted by Dogma (918 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
EthanLIVED- Saved his son and lived happily ever after
MadisonDIED- Got burned to death
ShelbyDIED- Shot by Lauren in the end
JaydenDIED- Was killed by Shelby and dumped in a grinder during the last fight
LaurenLIVED- Shot Shelby 
Shaun: LIVED- Got saved in the last minute
Religious DudeLIVED- Was hella close killing him by misstake though
Drug DealerLIVED- Ethan failed dodging bullets
Last knuckle on left pinky fingerDIED- Chopped off with a hatchet and cauterized the wound with a heated iron
#26 Edited by MrCellophane (522 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@RedSox8933 said:

" Norman Jayden: Dead. My controller turned off which led to his demise. Fucking worthless battery. "

I lol'd. That sucks big time. I almost wanted to see what would have happened if Jayden had died, but I couldn't bring myself to let him die, especially not in a grinder, that's just crude... What was it like?
 
I got all of my characters to the end - only to have Madison arrested outside the warehouse and Ethan shot by that dumbass Blake as soon as he came out. I almost cried - that was so unfair!
Also, Shelby fell into the grinder. Nasty stuff.
#27 Edited by bitcloud (581 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@nintendoeats said:

" Everybody lived except Shelby, who Jayden pushed into the meat grinder.  Ethan and Madison got married (I assume), Jayden kicked the drug habit...but started seeing little tanks...  Lauren totally hates Shelby. "

Exactly the same.....but i kind of cheated to get this ending. 
 
The "controller mess up" for me was when you had to push a combination. Everything else I was able to do. In fact, this game has the best 6axis use ever.
#28 Posted by McDunkin (310 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan  - (Lived) Was saved from getting shot at the last second by Jayden.  Got an apartment with Madison. 
Madison - (Lived) - Got by the cops at the warehouse and walked out with Ethan so that he didn't get shot.  Got an apartment with Ethan. 
Shaun - (Lived) - Saved at the last second by Ethan. 
Shelby - (Died) - Fell into the grinder after being helped up by Jayden. 
Jayden - (Lived) - Kicked his habit but started to see little tanks from using the ARI too much. 
Lauren - (Lived) - Went to Shelby's grave and spit on it in hate while standing in the rain. 
Religious Guy - (Died) - Shot him in the goddamn face; although this was before I knew that Blake was a complete asshole not worth saving. 
Drug Dealer - (Dead) - Shot him in the head as well.  Scumbag. 
Finger - (Dead) - Cut it off with the wire cutters and then poured the disinfectant all over it before escaping with Madison.  This was definitely my favorite part of the game especially when I got to hold L1 and R1 and then lift the controller over my head and slam it down in satisfaction as Ethan cut off his finger. 
 
Did anyone get a scene with Ethan's wife?  She just disappeared out of the plot for me after they reported Shaun missing at the police station.

#29 Posted by demonbear (1819 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan - (DEAD) - Hung himself in his prison cell.
Madison - (DEAD) - Died in the final battle against Shelby, pushed from the top of a structure.
Jayden - (DEAD) - killed by Mad dog Jackson after he tried to escape from the car.
Lauren - (DEAD) - Drowed in a car, Shelby left her there when he escaped.
Shelby - (ALIVE) - Still going in the streets, getting away with murders.
 
So yeah, i got the worse fucking ending ever, I suck with QTEs :(

#30 Posted by nintendoeats (5970 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@McDunkin: Your favourite part of the game was cutting off your own finger...
 
 
 
 
 
 creepy?...
#31 Posted by jtparsons54 (13 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan - Lived - Spent the last part of the game back in interrogation after getting caught at the hotel. Shaun and his wife came when he was released. 
Madison - Lived - After surviving the fire, she went to the warehouse, and fought Shelby. She killed him, saved Shaun (it took CPR), and went on to publish her book. 
Jayden - Lived - After accusing Blake of his involvement as the Origami Killer, he was taken off the case. Later he retired from the FBI. 
Shelby - Lived - In the final scene he fought Madison at the warehouse. In the end, they were at the top of the crane with Shelby hanging on for his life. Madison had no remorse and let him fall to his death. 
Lauren - Lived - Spit on Shelby's grave when she found out the truth... I am guessing she will have major trust issues for the rest of her life. 
Shaun - Saved by Madison and lived to see his dad once more, asking him to "Please, never leave me again." 
Little finger - Died - Cut it off with the knife. Screamed out in pain for a few minutes, then I cauterized it with the hot iron. 
Convenience store man - Lived - Knocked the robber out and the man handed over the box. 
Suicidal woman - Lived - Patched up her wounds and saved her life 
Religious Nut - Died - He was getting dangerous, so Jayden killed him. 
Drug Dealer - Died - He shot first, Ethan shot last... Only one shot found its target.

#32 Posted by ImpendingFoil (534 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan - Alive, Living with Madison
Madison -  Alive, Living with Ethan
Jayden - Died of an ARI overdose while I was playing with the clues trying to be able to accuse anyone other than Blake
Shelby - Dead, Shot to death by Ethan
Lauren - Alive, spits on grave
Shaun - Alive, saved by Ethan
Little Finger - Dead, cut off by axe and burned with hot iron 
 
All the minor characters were alive in the end also.

#33 Posted by Dj (912 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@nintendoeats: Thats what I got. I'm just left wondering, what could be worse then seeing virtual tanks everywhere?
#34 Posted by Baillie (3486 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Could you have it that everyone survives? I mean the main four. If shelby doesn't save lauren, then she won't shoot him...

#35 Posted by MrGtD (287 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@toorima said:
" Ethan LIVED: Was saved by Jayden, when he found Shaun Madison LIVED: Got an apartment with EthanSHELBY DIED: Fell into the grinder Jayden LIVED: Kicked the habit, and then saw the tanks Lauren LIVED: And now hates Shelby "
This is the best ending, and what I got.
#36 Posted by Chokobo (1229 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Ethan: ALIVE - Married to Madison
Madison: ALIVE - Married to Ethan
Jayden: ALIVE - Kicked the habit, then saw tanks.
Shelby: DEAD - Hamburger meat.
Lauren: DEAD - In car at bottom of river.
Pinky: DEAD - cut off with chef's knife.  Didn't cauterize or sanitize or anything.  Sanitizing didn't change a thing, it seems.
Religious Guy: DEAD - Shot as soon as he started speaking in tongues.
Drug Dealer: DEAD - Didn't have a choice (or so I thought)
Mad Jack: ALIVE - In prison (I never had to do the car escape thing with him.  Also, having to press 7 buttons to take the tripto while keeping him held up was not cool.)

#37 Posted by Alphiehyr (1083 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@ATalkingDog said:
" in mine:  Jayden (DEAD): fell into a large meat grinding thing at the end, in a fight with Shelby.  Ethan (DEAD): shot by the cops, thought to be the killer Shelby (DEAD): shot by Lauren  Madison (ALIVE): published Heavy Rain book, spooked by a Vincent.  "
Thanks for outing the spoilers on the topic.
#38 Posted by Mayu_Zane (541 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Man, so many ways it could end.  Definitely replaying to see it all

#39 Edited by evilhomer (429 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

mine all survived but how the hell did your shelby get shot by lauren lol?  Im guessing I missed something there but lauren didnt survive in my game which i was kinda frustated about cause i really did try but it must have been after that part i guess :(

#40 Edited by ATalkingDog (79 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Alphiehyr:  
I'm sorry, I am very out of the loop when it comes to internet sarcasm and internet lingo, but are you complimenting me or insulting me? 
 
are you saying that the way this thread is titled, "who survived/died in your game? (spoilers)", lead to you clicking it and inadvertently finding out information that you didn't want to know or expect? because if it is, i'm sorry, I guess I should have described it better in the title. 
#41 Posted by Alphiehyr (1083 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@ATalkingDog said:
" @Alphiehyr:  I'm sorry, I am very out of the loop when it comes to internet sarcasm and internet lingo, but are you complimenting me or insulting me?  are you saying that the way this thread is titled, "who survived/died in your game? (spoilers)", lead to you clicking it and inadvertently finding out information that you didn't want to know or expect? because if it is, i'm sorry, I guess I should have described it better in the title.  "
Let me make this simple but first, it's not sarcasm, compliment or even insulting unless you perceive it so. My point is, you wrote the spoilers in the topic; "who survive/died in your game".
What the topic implies to me is that your asking people the conclusion of how their endgame turned out and also revealing that players, presumably all of them can simply die off. This wasn't mentioned in the summary but perhaps subtly hinted or logically assumed, given that they mentioned "actions have consequences" or in their words.. players are able to make choices.
 
To me, it's no different than writing a topic in the Mario forums like this: "Luigi died, you think he should/shoudn't have? (spoilers).
 
Despite the redundancy of what I'm about to say (general knowledge), your given the choice to not reply, simply ignore and not apologize but I doubt you know that because from what I've read, it felt like you had to apologize.
#42 Posted by Bones8677 (3084 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
Jayden (Died) took too long looking for clues in the ARI.
Ethan (Alive) Saved Shaun, was shot by Shelby but killed Shelby at the end.
Madison (Alive) Jumped out of the window in the apartment, and fought Shelby in the construction yard.
Lauren (Died) Was unconscious in the sinking car, I was gonna save her, but I accidentally left her, because those damn signs are too vague. Kicked out the car window when I wanted to cut her free. Didn't reload, I decided from the beginning that I would let the chips fall where they may. 
Shelby (Died) Ethan shot him at the top of the crane, didn't want to give him the chance to live.
#43 Posted by Th3_James (2537 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Sleepy_Insomniac said:
" Ethan (ALIVE): Gets together with Madison and they get an apartment. Madison (ALIVE): Gets together with Ethan and they get an apartment. Jayden (ALIVE): Retires from the FBI and hints at kicking his drug habit. Shelby (DEAD): Shot by Ethan at the top of a construction crane. "
dito
#44 Posted by JoeThePro (9 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
Ethan - Dead - Killed himself in prison
Norman - Dead - Overdose? I am assuming here
Madison - Alive - Though a paranoid person
Shelby - Dead - Shot in the head
 
I did not even know I was in a situation where Norman could die when he did die. So...I was kind of taken off guard.
#45 Posted by Chokobo (1229 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@JoeThePro: Assuming this was when you were in the ARI looking at the final clues.  It's either from a) taking too long to solve with the clues or b) took too much tripto over the course of the game.  I took tripto 3 times (First time I said "no tripto."  once I took too long to pick, so he just took it, once when holding up Mad Jack, and once just because for cutscene purposes) and he lived in my game.
#46 Edited by JoeThePro (9 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I think I probably took way too much tripto, haha. I should have been a little more resistance to giving into to his addiction.
 
I was not certain, if like heroin, he would die from withdraw so I just gave in.

#47 Posted by BibleDoctor (699 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Everyone but Shelby is still breathing for me.

#48 Edited by ATalkingDog (79 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Alphiehyr said:

" @ATalkingDog said:

" @Alphiehyr:  I'm sorry, I am very out of the loop when it comes to internet sarcasm and internet lingo, but are you complimenting me or insulting me?  are you saying that the way this thread is titled, "who survived/died in your game? (spoilers)", lead to you clicking it and inadvertently finding out information that you didn't want to know or expect? because if it is, i'm sorry, I guess I should have described it better in the title.  "
Let me make this simple but first, it's not sarcasm, compliment or even insulting unless you perceive it so. My point is, you wrote the spoilers in the topic; "who survive/died in your game".
What the topic implies to me is that your asking people the conclusion of how their endgame turned out and also revealing that players, presumably all of them can simply die off. This wasn't mentioned in the summary but perhaps subtly hinted or logically assumed, given that they mentioned "actions have consequences" or in their words.. players are able to make choices.
 
To me, it's no different than writing a topic in the Mario forums like this: "Luigi died, you think he should/shoudn't have? (spoilers).
 
Despite the redundancy of what I'm about to say (general knowledge), your given the choice to not reply, simply ignore and not apologize but I doubt you know that because from what I've read, it felt like you had to apologize. "
 
 
okay, I guess I kind of understand what you're saying now. but maybe not, so the following post could potentially make me look like a real fool.  
 
you see, I guess I made the false assumption that message boards on sites like IGN, Gamespot, Giant Bomb etc. were made up of people who were gamers, and not just casual ones. So, you can say, I again falsely assumed that people who would especially post on the aforementioned message boards would have more than a simple rudimentary understanding of a game's mechanics and what made it special. Not a game's story, just, you know, what makes a game special. Some games are more special than others, and I believe Heavy Rain falls under that category. Again, I could be completely wrong on this account.   
 
i'll tell you a little story, when I first found out that characters could die in Mass Effect, I was immediately impressed. Also this information was conveyed to me via videos and articles by journalists  and even the developers and publishers themselves. When I found this out, which was a few months before the game was released, I immediately pre-ordered it. Pretty much the same thing happened for Heavy Rain. For many months now, it has been publicly known, maybe not specifically to you, that characters could die in Heavy Rain. I knew this. A lot of people knew this. All characters could die or no characters could die.  
 
So, I find it somewhat strange that what is one of the major selling points for Heavy Rain, i.e. that some characters could die and the story will go on, is such a troublesome piece of information to you. It's also theoretically not a spoiler, because as you can plainly see in the thread posts here, people have widely different outcomes to their games.  
 
I am also perplexed by your analysis of my thread title and how you compared to a fictitious event where I had forced a secret  onto an unsuspecting public about a fictional Mario game, revealing that one of its two major characters dies. The logic behind that is so comical and fundamentally broken that I had to write this needlessly long-winded post in reply to it.  
 
Again, I am only replying to what I think you meant. I may have miscomprehended what you wrote. 
#49 Posted by Ihatespaces (44 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I had everybody alive until the end, then Shelby died in the fight with Jayden. I didn't think that having Jayden figure out who the killer really was would end up in a "someone is GOING to die here" situation. Kind of bummed me out. Oh well.

#50 Posted by CL60 (16906 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Jayden(DEAD): Fell into grinder thing
Shelby(DEAD): Shot in the face my Lauren
Madison(DEAD): Jumped out of the apartment window and died.
Ethan(ALIVE): Saved Shaun and bought a new house..AND SHAVED!!!

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