Where to begin, Heavy Rain can feel like a Hollywood movie with a dark, arty crime thriller in the stlye of Se7en or The Silence of the Lambs. Unlike most games Heavy Rain is completly different from other games you've played over the years.
The story for Heavy Rain is a dark thriller story, a serial killer known as the Origami Killer. You'll be playing through 4 charcters who are connected to the story of Heavy Rain. You'll be playing a FBI profiler Norman Jayden, Scott Shelby who's a private investigator trying to find the missing cases of the Origami killer. Madison Paige who's a journalist and a loving father called Ethan Mars who finds out his son goes missing. The beginning of the story can be a little slow to begin with but later on in the game it gets even more serious with shocking surprises.
Gameplay: Unlike most games which are most action and first-person shooters that you get on any system. Heavy Rain's gameplay is completly different from other games you'll be button mashing and making multiple options and choices through out the game.
Before you play Heavy Rain you've got three options to play the game you can play the game with out using the wireless controls if your not familiar with them. But if you are you'll be shaking and tilting your PS3 controller.
There isn't really much to talk about on the Gameplay, the movment controls can be abit fiddly while moving but it can easliy be ignored. Through out Heavy Rain you'll be using the right analog stick to do most tings that you would do every day. Some parts of the game you'll need to hold certain buttons if your holding on to somthing or climbing up a slippley hill.
When your in a fight with someone or in a tight situation you'll have to be quick this is called Quick-time events which you've probably seen in other games like Resident Evil 4. But if you want one of your charcters to live or die, there are multiple endings and sequences in Heavy Rain the choices can change on what choices you make.
Graphics and Sound: Before talking about the graphics, while the game is installing in your PS3 you can make a Origami bird while you wait for the game to install.
Heavy Rain's graphics are very well done with it being exclusive on the PS3 with other games like Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid 4. The graphics are well detailed through the modern day world but set in Amercia, the charcters and enviroment are very as well. Heavy Rain is an interactive Drama game, if you were a fan of the first season of Lost and Heroes you'll be on the edge of your seat later on in the game making you not want to leave your seat what so ever with this dark trhilling story.
The first time we've heard about Heavy Rain was back at E3 2006 which was called The Casting and what the game was going to be like but over the years from now you can see how well done the game is. The soundtrack is also epic to listen to through out Heavy Rain, if you did pre-ordered the HMV special edition it does come with the soundtrack. It makes you feel gripped into the game and to it's story, vocing is very well done as well for all of the charcters you just want to know whats going to happen next.
Overall: I did not want to put the game down after I've played through the first couple of hours of Heavy Rain, I was actully didn't want to turn off my PS3 the story. I didn't really spotted any problems in the game but the downside is that Heavy Rain is a little short and you can easily get the game done under a day pending on how much you want to get out of the game.
If your into Murder/Mystery novals or movies you'll probably get the most out of Heavy Rain, there are trophies if you a trophie collector. If you own a PS3 I would highly recommend this game in anyones PS3 collection.
9.2/10
