Heavy Rain



Heavy Rain is an interactive drama video game developed by Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is written and directed by Quantic Dream's founder and CEO David Cage. Heavy Rain's story is a dramatic thriller modeled after film noir, featuring four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Ethan Mars is a father who is trying to save his son from being the next victim, while investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby are each trying to track down clues to the Origami Killer's identity.

The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events during fast-paced action sequences. The player's decisions and actions during the game will affect the narrative; the main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to different scenes and endings.

Principally, Heavy Rain is an important reminder of downtime. Although this is a game that contains numerous life-or-death scenarios, it never forgets that its characters (and, by turn, its players) are human. As such, inconsequential actions such as gazing at the tired reflections of one's face in the mirror, or emptying your bladder into a toilet bowl may be of little consequence to gameplay in an immediate sense, but nonetheless serve a very important role in spacing it out.