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The game is said to have a very heavy focus on story and the story will be intended for mature audiences. There is a person going around killing people, seemingly at random, and whenever he does this, he leaves an origami crane in the palm of his victim's hand. The player controls one of four game's main characters to investigate and figure out, who is committing these atrocities. The first, Norman Jayden, is a profiler for the FBI. In the level we have seen, he is investigating from whom the Origami Killer bought a blue car that was used in one of his murders. The second character, Madison Paige, is a reporter also looking for the Origami Killer. We see her in a dance club, where she believes the owner may know something that can help her with her investigation. The third character is an ex-cop in his late-50's, Scott Shelby, now working as a private detective. He has been hired by the families of the Origami killer's victims, to find the killer, as the police doesn't seem to be making any progress. He has asthma, which may or may not play a role in the game. The last character is Ethan Mars, an architect living alone with his son after his wife dies in a car accident at the beginning at the game. One of the game play elements with Ethan will be taking care of your child or not, the choice is up to the player and nothing is mandatory. A child abduction will be an important story element, and Ethan's son may be the victim of that crime.
At any point in the game, the character you are controlling can die if you make a bad decision, however, there is no game over screen. If a character you control dies, then he or she will remain dead and the investigation will continue from another character's perspective. The game is also being praised for its beautiful graphics, and currently is in the Alpha state of development.
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Heavy Rain is an upcoming video game sporting a storyline that adapts to the choices of the player. It's developed by French studio Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 3.
Overview
Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer is an upcoming video game, developed by French studio Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 3. The game is being directed by Quantic Dream's founder and CEO David Cage, who also wrote and directed the studio's two previous games, Omikron: The Nomad Soul and Fahrenheit also known as Indigo Prophecy in North America.Story
Norman Jayden, one of the game's main stars.
Gameplay
Although at first glance, it may seem like a Dragon's Lair type of game, the developers have expressly stated that at almost no point in the game is the control of the character taken away from the player. There are almost no cinemas to watch. There will be an investigation portion to the game, where the player can freely search anywhere he or she thinks they might find a hidden clue. There is another portion of the game that uses QTEs, mostly during fast paced action sequences, and this is used to immerse the character. The QTEs however are not static images prompting button presses, but rather, they are worked into the environment. At times multiple buttons will appear on screen which allow you to choose more then one event to occur and give you a choice that immediately affects the outcome. The quick time events will use every button on the PS3 controller as well as it's Sixaxis functionality. There are many parallels that can be drawn between Heavy Rain and the Sega Dreamcast exclusive game Shenmue. Both are adventures by nature and have long deep narratives to them. Heavy Rain shares aspects of exploration, character interaction, and Quick Time Events [QTE] that make up most of the criteria of Yu Suzuki's ambitious FREE game genre.
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| Aliases | The Origami Killer |
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