It starts slow and the presentation isn’t perfect, but the character development, dialog and story twists will hook you like few games can. Its controversial control scheme actually works really well in allowing the fantastic story to dictate how events play out, and many of the game’s scenes will keep you on the edge of your seat. When IGN reviewed Heavy Rain on PS3 back in 2010, we gave it a score of 9, which translates to “amazing”. But most of the time you’re watching a procession of cutscenes, deciding how they play out (with varying levels of interactivity) via a series of timed, reaction-based button prompts. Occasionally you can wander around freely, and the environments are beautifully detailed.
That means a lot of button-tapping and stick-waggling, whether it’s one character shaking a carton of orange juice before taking a swig or another swinging a fist in a punch-up. What exactly is Heavy Rain? Well, it’s an adventure game of sorts, with a heavy focus on Shenmue-style QTEs. FOUR CHARACTERS, FOUR PERSPECTIVES.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. This has a certain offbeat charm, but all too often makes lines that are supposed to be deadly serious come across as funny, which sits uncomfortably with the bleak story of a child-murdering serial killer. The game is set in America, but very few of the cast is American, making the already peculiar dialogue sound even more uncanny. And while Heavy Rain does have a great premise, and is dripping with a dark, occasionally beguiling atmosphere, the script is more akin to a Tommy Wiseau first draft. This sounds pretty intriguing and evocative, right? Like some lost David Fincher film.
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