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    Heavy Rain

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Jan 25, 2010

    An interactive thriller from the studio behind Indigo Prophecy, sporting a dark storyline involving the investigation of a mysterious serial killer.

    Japanese Heavy Rain Box Art

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    #1  Edited By Linkyshinks

    The Japanese Heavy Rain box art has been unveiled, how well do you think it fares alongside the others? I think it's better than the US one, but I still prefer the UK/European origami box art.
     

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    #2  Edited By Rayfield

    Bizarre, but still better than the US box art.
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    #3  Edited By Zajtalan

    dam thats awesome

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    #4  Edited By Nasar7

    I think it's the worst of the three.

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    #5  Edited By Demyx

    UK>Japan>US

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    #6  Edited By juanvaldes

    Have to agree with others above. UK > Japan > US.

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    #7  Edited By TwoOneFive
    @Nasar7 said:
    " I think it's the worst of the three. "
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    #8  Edited By rjayb89

    Needs more anime.

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    #9  Edited By Linkyshinks
    @Demyx said:

    " UK>Japan>US "

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    #10  Edited By Red12b
    @Linkyshinks:
    Gotta be honest, I really like it, it's a tie between UK and Jap for the best of the three,  
    It's really effective and chilling.
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    #11  Edited By Hinamotto

    The european one is the best. Secondly is the japanese. The US one is so damn ugly!

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    #12  Edited By Kou_Leifoh

    *Sigh* The American version gets the inferior one. . . . . 
     
     
    Why do the foreigners think Americans are pusses?

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    #13  Edited By EvilTwin

    Wow, that's actually my favorite of the three.

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    #14  Edited By flaminghobo

    I think that the European version is the best, and whilst I don't mind the Japanese version, the United States version stinks.

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    #15  Edited By xyzygy

    I think the US version is stupid. Throwing characters on the boxart makes it kinda lame just like Mass Effect 2, whereas just showing something like the origami or the man underwater is a single image that vaguely tries to convey a concept. I actually like the Japanese one the best simply because I like the man underwater more than a freaking origami. 
     
    BTW, they totally took the origami thing from Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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    #16  Edited By SlLENTCAPYBARA

    I like it. Not sure if I prefer it over the UK's simple Origami, but the two appeal to two different cultures. 
     
    Also, is it just me, or does that face look like Norman Jayden's? It's probably supposed to just be a generic face, but still.

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    #17  Edited By Icemael

    Much better than the North American one, but not quite as good as the European one.

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    #18  Edited By Marzy

    I've not seen the European art yet, but I definitely prefer that Japanese box art over the American one.
     
    I really can't wait for Heavy Rain, it's looking really good.

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    #19  Edited By jimi
    @Demyx said:
    " UK>Japan>US "
    This.
     
    UK gets the best stuff for once.
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    #20  Edited By Evilsbane

    Its still a hell of a lot better than the US box art, which sucks serious donkey balls but looking through the Box art comparison thread just shows me that the US gets shafted most of the time.

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    #21  Edited By Meowayne
    @Kou_Leifoh said:
    " *Sigh* The American version gets the inferior one. . . . .    Why do the foreigners think Americans are pusses? "
    Publishers think that having firearms and character portraits will sell more copies of the game to the American audience.
     
    And they are right.
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    #22  Edited By Meowayne

    Oh, and stop equalizing "PAL territory/EU" with "UK".

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    #23  Edited By Pie

    That rain looks heavy

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    #24  Edited By VWGTI

    I actually really like that. That might be my favorite of the three.

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    #25  Edited By carlthenimrod

    Whoa, it's like the movie Cast Away, but the island is Tom Hank's face.

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    #26  Edited By MAN_FLANNEL

    whoa dude, box art.  
     
    seriously though, giantbomb's fucked up obsession with box art is fucked up. 

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    #27  Edited By mike
    @Linkyshinks: awesome post, keep stuff like this coming!
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    #28  Edited By JJOR64

    That US box art gets uglier every time I see it.

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    #29  Edited By vigorousjammer

    EU>US>JP
     
    IT SUCKS!

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    #30  Edited By Jeffsekai

    Thats fucking dumb.

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    #31  Edited By Mayu_Zane

    and here we have an example of how varying tastes in art can be. Personally I find all of them to be equally decent, though at first when I saw the Japanese cover I thought it was that same origami figure with the paper melting under the rain.

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