It’s hard to pin down what exactly Heavy Rain is. It’s certainly not a game in the traditional sense. It’s not enjoyable to play and its controls are awkward and unintuitive. You’re more often a passive spectator than a player. You only select dialogue choices and complete rapid-fire quicktime events. And yet, Heavy Rain attempts and succeeds to blur the line between cinema and video game, creating an emotional experience unlike any other game.
"Many video games catch not only great commercial attention but remarkable critical attention as well. We have seen games like Heavy Rain, The Last of Us Part II, and even entries in the Metal Gear series described as fantastic interactive experiences, even heralded in the same way as Hollywood's greatest films.
I would suggest that not only is this an unfair comparison but also a harmful one. Video games, by their very nature, are an intricately different medium and should be weighed against one another rather than another form of media," Phillip writes for GF365.
I think Hollywood films will becoming increasingly more like video games in the future, especially as the world embraces the "new normal" from the pandemic. It makes sense, as games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales showcase just how realistically we're reaching in graphical capabilities, as well as showcase extreme action sequences in spectacular ways. And as time goes by, it'll get easier and cheaper to produce such "art", as well as create new star "actors" that never age, never die, never complain, never gets involved in scandals, etc. Technology is amazing and we're only just getting a taste of what it'll eventually be.
No. For the money spent, a quality game provides far more entertainment value than a quality movie. Especially when looking at what is going on in the world, and how a studio can attempt to pilfer from consumers by charging 30 dollars for Mulan via streaming. Ridiculous. There is no comparison....games all day.
What exactly is the David Cage experience, and is it of value? We examine two classics, Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain, to find the answer.
Quantic Dream has announced a new video series to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Heavy Rain. Check out the first part here.
Have you played Detroit? While it’s my personal favorite, I fully understand many preferring Heavy Rain more. I’m glad you enjoyed Heavy Rain too.
Glad you enjoyed the game! Yes, Detroit is a masterpiece of a game, and their best work to date “in my opinion”
Wow, 10 years...and yet, still one of the best/most emotional/thrilling gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
So grateful to Sony for believing in Quantic Dream’s vision for this game, and giving them a chance. I’ll never forget David Cage saying “We want to challenge the player, but not with the controller, but mentally, with their decisions of “How far would you go to save someone you love” Well, they broke my emotional gamer heart lol.
My teenage son refuses to play this game, because I’ve told him in little detail the emotional impact it had on me all those years ago. Maybe one day he will.
Still have my origami crane they teach you how to make when you're installing for the first time.
it's been 10 years? wow, that was so fast, I feel like this console gen went fast as well although it hasn't. I really look forward to the PS5 this holiday season though.
Heavy Rain is a game. It's an adventure game.
And I enjoyed the gameplay, as much as I did the story. I don't believe it has "bad gameplay", "clunky controls" or "not much replay value". The gameplay suits the format of the story, the controls in this genre are purposeful and again, well-suited. The replay value is there, if you want to make it, since you make choices that impact the story.
Until Dawn came along and pretty much nailed everything Heavy Rain was trying to go for. Better controls, less QTE and a far better entertaining story line.
Heavy Rain had it's good moments, way more than Beyond but then fell flat on it's face towards the middle and the end when the plot just started to make no sense and was filled with huge jumbo jet plot holes.
Seems a little late to be reviewing this game.
I loved the part in the nightclub where you got to strip in front of that old geezer, that shit was hot as hell.
its akin to a point and click style adventure game which some added nuance controls, pretty easy to define, and a great game.