Heavy Rain follows the nefarious exploits of the Origami Killer; a serial killer who has managed to bring 4 people together in a race against time before he murders his next victim. Can you unravel the mystery before the lives of these individuals are destroyed? Read on for the full review…
After Joshua and I beat Heavy Rain last week we unlocked a “Behind the Scenes – Making Of” for the game. One of the options for the “Making Of” is to watch an interview with all of the different voice actors used and to take a look at the sheer number of applicants they got wanting to be part of the Heavy Rain project. If you enjoyed Heavy Rain as much as we did you’ll be quite thrilled to discover how similar the developers got the characters to look to their voice actors – it’s insane. You can look at a picture of them here or just watch the video.
If you’ve played PS3′s new all-star exclusive Heavy Rain, then you know that it is beautiful, has an A+ storyline, interesting characters and blah blah blah. However some of the lines the characters spat out were ridiculous, therefore hilarious at times. TheYoungScot took advantage of this, cooked up a video for it and posted it to YouTube for everyone in the world to enjoy.
Today I downloaded the Heavy Rain demo for PS3 and figured I’d finally take a peak at Quantic Dream’s next outing. the download took a bit and the install took around 20 minutes or so, but after the wait I was immediately plunged into a portion of what will be a very, very immersive environment. Heavy Rain is the story of a fictional serial murderer, the Origami Killer. 4 strangers come together in this dark mystery, their stories intermingling with one another as you decide their fate through a myriad of forks in the plot. Playing less like a conventional game and more like a choose your own adventure book, I was familiar with this type of game after much enjoying QD’s previous outing, Indigo Prophecy.
To the left of this text is Japan’s cover for the heavily anticipated Heavy Rain, due out February 23 for those of us stateside. I have no idea what an unidentifiable male face is supposed to signify, but I’m sure once I play it I will be green with envy over Japan’s cover art. The United States’ is probably the lamest so far: in my opinion the characters kind of take away from the artistic simplicity it could have been, like on the European cover (featuring a bloody origami creature). Which cover do you prefer?
via Kotaku