Heavy Rain

shadow71's Heavy Rain (PlayStation 3) review

Very Solid

Heavy Rain is by no means a perfect game (if you even want to call it that), but despite its small flaws it's a unique experience and anyone who appreciates strong storytelling in video games should check it out.
 
Quantic Dream's previous game "Indigo Prophecy" set a bit of a precedent for this title with it's heavy use of Quick Time Events, and Heavy Rain improves upon the non traditional gameplay formula in almost every way. The game is paced very nicely with short bite size sequences with each character, that avoids some of the extremely long QTE's that plagued the previous version. Fortunately the story (for the most part) also holds up the entire way through rather then taking a complete jump over the shark like the previous game.
 
Anybody that's a fan of good thriller, murder mysteries, or looking to break out and try a new style of game should check this out.

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Heavy Rain(PlayStation 3) by greenlight13 on April 10, 2010
This review is a little late, but hey, why not.  First thing's first, I'm very surprised (in the good way) that Heavy Rain has sold as many units as it has, because ahead of time it seemed it was going to score big with critics but not manage to achieve commercial success. Well done to the gaming nation for giving something new a try, whether they liked it or not. It's nice to see new IP's do well, rather than sequels galore. In the simplest of terms this game is unlike anything you've played be...
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Heavy Rain(PlayStation 3) by canuckeh on April 09, 2010
              All that is old is new again. A game comprised entirely of quick-time events (a concept that hasn’t been funky fly since Shenmue) combined with the hunt for a Jigsaw-like killer (imitating a movie that hasn’t been interesting since…well the first one), coupled with Resident Evil-like walking controls (which have never been cool.) Throw in the most daring attempt to climb the uncanny valley to date and you have a game that really, really should not have any claim to relevance in t...
70 out of 78 found this review helpful.