HEAVY RAIN
Written by: Matt Johnson
Heavy Rain is the made by Quantic Dream, and probably the most messed up game I have ever played, but in a good way. You start off as Ethan, home alone getting ready for the day. This is when Quantic Dream teaches you how to play and how your going to use the six axis controller, as it is very different from from normal games, which takes a while to get used to, but makes sense when you get it. This is also the first game I have played switching between multiple characters during the campaign progress. In Ethan's story, you have lost one son, and the other son gets kidnapped, and you are trying your hardest to save him in time. The entire story mainly revolves around what Ethan is going through, so the main focus of this review will be around h_im.
The serial kidnapper that has taken Ethan's son has left behind clues for him on how to find his son, but he needs to do various actions to prove his love for his son and his will to get him back. Every choice and every encounter in this game has a huge effect on the ending, giving this game multiple ways to play out and almost guarantees you will never get the same ending. although this game is now dated, graphically and story line wise it still holds its own to this date. The plot twists are always constant and keeping your mind racing with what decision you need to make next. For me, I got emotionally invested in this game as a father myself. I put myself in Ethan's shoes and chose for him to do everything I would do if my daughter was traken from me and I had the opportunity to get her back.
After you complete a task on one of the notes, you get a new video showing your son is still alive, and a clue to where he is located at. However, these tasks are not easy to do, and range from killing random strangers with kids to even cutting off one your fingers, all to get another clue, never knowing if your son is truely alive. Along your journey you also meet a female reporter that ends up joining your side, attempting to help you with getting your son back the best she can. Of course, you start to get feelings for her, which can complicate things, if you allow it to, like I said, every decision, every action has a reaction at all points in the story. As the story progresses, it gets harder and harder to make some of the tougher choices, choices that could effect whether you live or die, or whether you can get your son back and if he will be dead or alive.
Like I said before, this game has multiple endings, at least 20 different variations, making this one of the highest replay valued games I have ever seen. Granted, I am always so swamped with reviews I only did one play through, but I would be more than willing to go back through and play this again in the future. I cannot wait for their next game to be developed, and have high hopes for what they are going to come up with next
Score: 9.5/10 great story, controls cab be a bit rough to learn, and frustrating you can't run.
The serial kidnapper that has taken Ethan's son has left behind clues for him on how to find his son, but he needs to do various actions to prove his love for his son and his will to get him back. Every choice and every encounter in this game has a huge effect on the ending, giving this game multiple ways to play out and almost guarantees you will never get the same ending. although this game is now dated, graphically and story line wise it still holds its own to this date. The plot twists are always constant and keeping your mind racing with what decision you need to make next. For me, I got emotionally invested in this game as a father myself. I put myself in Ethan's shoes and chose for him to do everything I would do if my daughter was traken from me and I had the opportunity to get her back.
After you complete a task on one of the notes, you get a new video showing your son is still alive, and a clue to where he is located at. However, these tasks are not easy to do, and range from killing random strangers with kids to even cutting off one your fingers, all to get another clue, never knowing if your son is truely alive. Along your journey you also meet a female reporter that ends up joining your side, attempting to help you with getting your son back the best she can. Of course, you start to get feelings for her, which can complicate things, if you allow it to, like I said, every decision, every action has a reaction at all points in the story. As the story progresses, it gets harder and harder to make some of the tougher choices, choices that could effect whether you live or die, or whether you can get your son back and if he will be dead or alive.
Like I said before, this game has multiple endings, at least 20 different variations, making this one of the highest replay valued games I have ever seen. Granted, I am always so swamped with reviews I only did one play through, but I would be more than willing to go back through and play this again in the future. I cannot wait for their next game to be developed, and have high hopes for what they are going to come up with next
Score: 9.5/10 great story, controls cab be a bit rough to learn, and frustrating you can't run.