| Heavy Rain (PS3) | 
| From: Sony
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £37.99
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Format: Unknown format
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Genre: horror-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: HEAVYRAINPS3
UPC: 711719149156
EAN: 0711719149156
ASIN: B002BWONF8
Release Date: February 26, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Please note: This is the UK PAL version of the game and only includes English Language content
Experience a gripping psychological crime thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where even the smallest actions and choices can cause dramatic consequences. The hunt is on for the Origami Killer, named after his calling card of leaving folded paper shapes on victims. Four characters, each with their own motives, take part in a desperate attempt to stop the killer from claiming a new victim. - A unique emotional experience that makes you feel as if youre IN a psychological crime thriller
- Stunning graphics, animation and technology combine with a strong narrative that delivers a movie-like experience
- Mature content, reflecting a realistic world setting that explores powerful themes
- Accessible gameplay via intuitive, contextual controls and interface
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 62
 The Future March 11, 2010
OJ Skillman-Wilson (Devon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Heavy Rain. The game I've been going on and on about to anyone and eveyone who'll listen, the game I've mentioned several times on this blog, the game I've heaped mountains of unreasonable expectations on, is here...
...and it blew my mind.
Its gameplay is unique, its approach to story is unique in that its all about the story rather than the high score or the next headshot. Its handling of emotion is unparralled in gaming. It looks gorgeous too.
The only reason I'm not still playing it and unlocking another of its multiple endings is that the PSN is down and a trophy error is preventing me from loading it up.
I've mentioned before why this game is so important, not just to me but to the entire gaming industry. In summary, its pointing the way, maybe not in terms of design but in terms of tone. This is what this medium can do at the highest level, unmatched interaction storytelling based on a massive range of emotions.
What I love about Heavy Rain is the way consquence is engineered. There are no game overs or retrys. You carry on regardless of wether a character dies, screws up, you make a specific moral decision on in their shoes, or they succeed. This means when you arrive at the ending the context and weight behind every decision is so much more profound because it belongs to you. Your choices, your mistakes. And, in the end, your feelings.
Thats why Heavy Rain is both hard to concisely explain and experience with constraints. You need to sit down and experience it in it's entirety. And probably more than once too.
I mean, how many games can boast of scenes in which the player (spoilers): changes a nappy, prevents a suicide, has a shower, kills an innocent man and has to live with it, cuts of his finger, has sex, sits bored, plays with his kids, loses his son in a shopping center, performs first aid, cooks an omelete, saves a life, takes drugs, kicks the habit, frees a innocent man, plays piano, makes an architectural drawing, plays basketball, falls in love, dies permanently. And you feel every minute of it, its powerful stuff.
Olly
Heavy Rain March 10, 2010
Ermanno Russo
allright, this s my first review so:
this game is amazing i finished it all in once and i m gonna play it again, grafic is amazing and the story is so well detailed, the characters s profiles are also well arranged and the wish to understand better the mistery behind the origami killer will keep you on the screen hours and hours; only bad thing i ve to say about this release from amazon is that if you re not willing to play the game in english i advise you that it s not multilanguage at least the one they sent to me!!
besides that GO FOR IT!!;)
Fun? More like trauma - what a kick this has March 9, 2010
clive1379
OK I admit it - I became so sucked into this game I blubbed a bit when things started turning tragic after the chase through the mall - in itself a superb piece of surprisingly realistic game action (though why could I not RUN!?). I'm sorry - but tragedy and children are tear-jerkers for me. And as a long-term game player this is the first time a game has caught me out emotionally. No other game has *ever* managed it. Graphics are superb, the music and atmosphere bleak (and wet), the story gripping. My only frustrations are slightly awkward camera handling but I'm getting used to it, and I find the controls difficult to master while trying to appreciate what's on the screen in the rapid response parts. In all, as others say: superb and raises the bar for future developers.
Gaming enters a new era March 9, 2010
Cameron Stewart (Scotland, United Kingdom)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
For many months this game looked very promising indeed. Having now completed this game i can say it really is sensational. The game follows the story of 4 playable characters involved in finding a missing boy, kidnapped by a serial killer. Each action made can detrmine the outcome of the story. Think of this as an interactive movie. In terms of graphics,story and gameplay then this is a masterpiece. Although it may take time to get used to the controls as they are different than most other games. I give this 10/10 and i recommend it to any PS3 gamer. Whatever your preferred genre, you can still find some enjoyment here. Gaming is entering a new dawn with games like this and i think it raises the bar for games to come.
Totally Refreshing .... A Superb Game March 8, 2010
tjwilmot (South East - U.K.)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had read articles on this game and thought shall or shan't I go ahead and buy it. I then download the demo available on PSN. Well that was it I had to have it. I would recomend to anyone thinking of buying this game and have access to PSN to download and have a go. This may not apeal to the younger gamer outthere.
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