You’ll be running on instinct and adrenaline alone. This is high realism: there are no regenerating enemies, no ammunition caches. That’s largely because the game invents a genre of its own, eschewing existing gaming conventions altogether. While the cast of characters might sound straight out of Law and Order: SVU, Heavy Rain is the polar-opposite of formulaic. Your protagonists are Ethan Mars, a broken man trying to keep his son Shaun from becoming the next victim Madison Paige, a sexy journalist hunting down clues Scott Shelby, a private eye hired by the victims’ families and Norman Jayden, a drug-addicted FBI profiler in town to give the local fuzz a hand. You steer four characters as they investigate the case of the “Origami Killer,” a rampant murderer who drowns his young victims in rain water before abandoning them with an origami figure in their hand. The game, in cinematic fashion, begins like a noir crime drama. Hopefully the rest of the industry is taking notes. Heavy Rain demolishes the conventions you take for granted in other games, like save-points, extra lives and a linear story, but in doing so constructs something exhilaratingly new. Unless you’re familiar with Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream’s 2005 psychological thriller), Heavy Rain will take your expectations of gaming by storm. You haven’t played anything like this before. But our pal Rachel was! So, without further delay, we bring you Technostraddle’s Heavy Rain review, courtesy of our lovely new contributor and PS3 correspondent, Rachel! -taylor Hey folks! Heavy Rain hit stores this February and we weren’t able to play it. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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