Heavy Rain

**Altanass** · 2010-03-02 20:02

Completed this tonight. Excellent game. Proud it was a release day purchase.

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I was genuinely scared during maddison's dream sequence. I was really looking over my back in real life and checking around corners before going to bed. Why did I have to play that scene at about 2am, and in game the scene occurs around that time of the night ! D:

I must have missed a scene but why can maddison call jayden after the apartment explosion. When did they swap numbers?

I got a decent result though, all characters lived except the killer lol, and the kid was saved. I was a bit confused about the apartment ethan and maddison buy at the end, it looks nearly the same as maddisons? Bit disappointed that the ending was so short. Felt like the credits took longer to roll than the cutscenes.

During my playthrough I never suspected the Scott as the origami killer. I first thought Ethan was the killer, then I thought his wife was when she came back to the police station. I thought it might also be gordi. I went back to thinking Ethan was the killer when maddison went to the see the old lady because she abruptly gets up and leaves. Even when jayden gathered all the evidence i thought the cop in question was blake ;-/ I only realised it was scott until the scene where he starts burning everything up ;-/

I dont understand how early in the game scott acts half dead with asthma attacks but later in the game he can storm the mansion solo and also beat the crap out of jayden samurai style. I also dont see how he killed the old guy manifred in the typewriter/antique shop when during the scene its as if he literally only walked round the corner for 2-3 seconds. Also when kramer says he owned the construction site why didnt scott go react. And why were his parents living in a caravan on a construction site anyway.

As an "Adventure Game" it did seem a bit low on dialogue-trees. The final conversation between ethan and scott felt a bit weak for example. Also, the split screen camera stuff seemed way underused compared to indigo prophecy. But overall I found the game gripping and I was so glad they kept a sense of realism with no mystical bullshit like the second half of indigo prophecy. Cant wait for quanticdreams next game!

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**Hitoshura** · 2010-03-02 20:05

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**ArchDizzle** · 2010-03-02 20:39

This games ability to suck me in from one intense moment to the next is uncanny and I would figure I am not quite halfway through, only complaint is I really wish some of the technical glitches weren't there, it can be distracting sometimes and just sad how one minute the game looks/feels/plays like you are there then you start twitching for no reason or grabbing at a collar that isn't there.

**Mayareira** · 2010-03-02 20:46

Allright, finished it. Apart from a couple of frustrations it was a mind blowing experience. I loved Indigo Prophecy too and had no doubt about this one.
It sucks you in HARDCORE. I was intending to play it for an hour or so at 11 pm....ended up going to bed at 7 am.

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And a Warning:

If you haven't finished the game, AVOID random articles and message boards related to it. Story is its strongest part and you wouldn't want it spoiled(assholes are intentionally doing it, Harry Potter v2).

Fucktards even vandalized its Wikipedia page so...yeah, play safe.

**Eticket** · 2010-03-03 04:53

Perfect Crime clarification:

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**Araelus** · 2010-03-03 10:52

In case you missed it: commentary from http://www.penny-arcade.com/

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Originally Posted by Penny Arcade's Tycho

Heavy Rain is really the thing at this point, right? Let's get up on some of that. I know Gabe craves that shit. I'd be playing Heavy Rain too, if it were actually possible for me to do so. I'm not entirely convinced it is.

After trying three shops for the game upon our return, I finally tracked one down with copies to spare. I came home to an empty house, family out for the weekend, with nothing to do but play it. I want to stress the extent to which this is something that never happens. I dumped an entire day into the game. Well, not the whole day. I also got pretty drunk. Like I said, the day possessed an uncommon configuration.

When I came back the next day to continue my progress, I navigated the menu incorrectly and deleted my save. It even came up with a dialogue that was like, are you sure you want to do this? I assumed it was talking about something else, I guess. I couldn't imagine that it would be so easy to destroy your progress, and having done so, why I couldn't just resume from the last chapter I'd reached. I thought I had selected Continue, but I had not. I really don't understand it. I mean, this ain't my first time to the rodeo. I know how to navigate a Goddamned menu. Presumably.

By the time I had resolved myself to rebuild seven hours worth of play, the vast preponderance of the world's PlayStation 3 hardware couldn't play that game anyhow. There's Sunday gone. Monday evening, after satisfying his curiosity re: damselflies, I tucked in my heir and went downstairs to care for my virtual sons.

An interlude:

(When there was an Olive Garden close enough for us to frequent, Gabriel and I did so with great enthusiasm. We were drawn there by its Tuscan authenticity, and also the fact that you could at that time secure an infinite amount of food for four dollars. That struck us as a solid rate of exchange.

Gabriel likes that - when they bring out the check - it is heaped with Andes Mints. He likes to imply, just above the threshold of audible speech, that he will make it "worth their while" if they should bring more than the customary one mint per person. Understand that this is even more ridiculous than it seems: I don't even like Andes Mints. He's already up one mint simply because I'm there.

While he is eating the mint - the first mint at any rate, the first of many - he is folding the tiny foil wrapper into semblance of its previous shape. When it has assumed some facsimile of mintfulness, he will then offer it to you. It's not worth refusing it, it's really not, because the offer will be repeated until you play out your role in his twisted pageant. Unfolding the wrapper, you will discover that no mint is present.

"You dumb fucker," he'll say, unwrapping another mint. "God, you're stupid."

Opening that empty wrapper is what it's like playing through the parts of Heavy Rain you've done before. Virtually drying yourself off with a virtual towel virtually is not an act which endures repetition.)

I put in just enough time to get to the end of the demo, at which point the game hard-locked the system. It's something people often wonder, and now, I've got conclusive proof: A videogame can make you cry.

(CW)TB out.

here they come

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**Ellimist** · 2010-03-03 11:27

^That was pretty dull commentary. It was like he was criticizing the psn blackout more than anything. And nothing can excuse his dumbassery for deleting his save file. I don't see his point at all. It felt negative, but certainly not like bad press. And if it was intended as bad press, I hope people can actually read and realize that it really says nothing bad about the game.

**Kaisha** · 2010-03-03 11:41

Could partially blame the game for highlighting New Game as the first option upon boot-up.

A bit of an oversight on the game dev's parts, especially when we're only allowed one save profile per account on the system.
(makes it harder to experiment long-term results on actions within a chapter since you need to save and continue playing through, but that affects the consistency of your other actions)

**Eticket** · 2010-03-03 11:56

Originally Posted by Kaisha

Could partially blame the game for highlighting New Game as the first option upon boot-up.

A bit of an oversight on the game dev's parts, especially when we're only allowed one save profile per account on the system.
(makes it harder to experiment long-term results on actions within a chapter since you need to save and continue playing through, but that affects the consistency of your other actions)

Um... there are three separate save slots in the game.

**Katlan** · 2010-03-03 12:27

Originally Posted by Eticket

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**Eticket** · 2010-03-03 12:54

Originally Posted by Katlan

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**Katlan** · 2010-03-03 13:26

Originally Posted by Eticket

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**Eticket** · 2010-03-03 14:04

Originally Posted by Katlan

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Yeah.

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**wipers** · 2010-03-03 18:56

Just beat the game a little bit ago. I've been trying to get my friends to play it cause this is the type of game everyone should play. Already want to play it again.

**Kaisha** · 2010-03-04 04:11

Question: For chapter select, if you do one part of the story differently, can you just jump ahead from that point on and continue, or do you basically need to replay all the following chapters for the changes to take effect?

Basically, I redid a scene with Norman and grabbed a clue I didn't notice before, and I jumped forward into the game, and said clue wasn't there. I get the feeling I have to replay an hour's worth of gameplay just to see if said clue makes a difference in the ending. Game doesn't give any indication of which chapters are inconsistent or not when you change the results of another.

A shame there isn't an option to continue the data onto a different save profile, would make my life easier for experimenting. Last thing I want to do are the starting 2-3 hours again which look like they have zero effect on the outcome of the story, although it looks like I have to anyways since the "Interactive Drama" trophy never triggered, which is supposed to ding after the mall near the start.

Anyways, looking forward to playing the game differently the next time through. I first played it the way I would make the decisions IRL, and now I get to do things another way in the name of trophies, as well as seeing how it changes shit.

Also, not sure if it's been discussed, but what is up with...

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**Dmitry** · 2010-03-04 08:13

Originally Posted by Kaisha

Also, not sure if it's been discussed, but what is up with...

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**Byrd** · 2010-03-04 12:39

Originally Posted by Kaisha

Question: For chapter select, if you do one part of the story differently, can you just jump ahead from that point on and continue, or do you basically need to replay all the following chapters for the changes to take effect?

You will need to replay everything from that point forward for changes to take effect. The game gives you a little notice about "Continuity may not be maintained between chapters" if you jump back into the middle and try to re-save.

Has anyone who pre-ordered gotten The Taxidermist access code e-mailed to them yet? I think today was the day it was supposed to go out.

**Eticket** · 2010-03-04 12:52

As far as endings go...

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**Katlan** · 2010-03-04 13:35

Originally Posted by Eticket

As far as endings go...

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**Byrd** · 2010-03-04 16:12

Originally Posted by Byrd

Has anyone who pre-ordered gotten The Taxidermist access code e-mailed to them yet? I think today was the day it was supposed to go out.

Answered my own question, I got an e-mail from Amazon.com today with my redemption code. Guess I'm playing more Heavy Rain tonight.

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