Heavy Rain Review

After enjoying Quantic Dreams previous title- the Indigo Prophecy, i was needless to say, very much looking forward too heavy rain(not just because i enjoy a good soaking) but as it truly looked like something not available in the ever increasing world of R.P.G and F.P.S titles which seem to take up all shelf space in stores.

Heavy Rain has delievered on many of these promises, of truly driving the story and of creating your on characters personalities.A key moment being just after the beggining, your character Ethan can have either a beer, or a glass of orange juice. Surely your thinking, well how does that add to the development of a character. The creation of a alcoholic, through events which occured previously lead you, not the game too add depth to the character something not many games allow for.The gameplay within Heavy Rain, is virtually the same as the previous outting, the Indigo Prophecy with on-screen prompts telling you which button to hit in order for actions to occur on screen. If you don't press the correct button, your character may, fall, get arrested, be shot etc, leading to the story being altered rather than having too restart like in other titles.

This leads to a frantic pace, as you know each wrong button press may lead to fatal consequences. Whilst its quite a trivial idea it works quite well, as the acting, cutscenes, Voice-overs (except the kids attempting American accents) are all done quite excellently. However, actual exploration is done via holding down the R2 button and changing camera angles using L1. This leads to some problems within the Heavy Rain universe. The switching of camera leads your character to turn in the opposite direction, stop or get stuck at certain inanimate objects which can be frustrating at times, but wont really ruin the overall expierence of the game.

The game revolves around 5 main characters, with the plot taking some very interesting twists and turns, both down to your own decisions and to the story-driven nature of the game. Moments such as driving down motorways on the wrong-side or the road, too seen those lovely 3D boobs will leave your palms sweating... and maybe a bit more, with young Madison Paige on the scene.Heavy Rain, unlike Quantic Dreams previous title, does not attempt to distort the actual plot, which i think is commendable, as there is undoubtely moments when the story could of become something out of a Stephen King novel.Instead however, Heavy Rain sticks to a quite belivable plot, and with more than 22 endings its a game that you wont mind getting stuck out in the rain for! 4/5