TechRaptor
7.0If you've already played Heavy Rain on PS3, you won't miss anything. If you're totally new to it as a PC gamer, it might surprise you with its branching narrative and raw drama, even if the writing occasionally misses the mark.
Heavy Rain
Quantic Dream · Feb 23, 2010
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Spanning four days of mystery and suspense, the hunt is on for a murderer known only as “The Origami Killer” - named after his macabre calling card of leaving behind folded paper shapes at crime scenes.
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- GameSpew8.0More could have been done to make Heavy Rain a bit more palatable for modern audiences, but the fact is that it’s still a great story-driven game despite its myriad of issues. As a console game ported to PC, it’s best played with a controller, but the range of graphical settings available are a definite boon. Whether you’ve never played Heavy Rain before or are a fan of the game wanting to experience it yet again, there’s no finer way if you have a decent PC. Otherwise, maybe stick to the PS4 version.
- PC Gamer6.9The story is genuinely interactive, with many branching paths and sudden deaths, as well as a slew of different endings. In that sense, I really enjoy playing it. But as a piece of storytelling, and as a murder mystery, it's really quite poor. When you're laughing at scenes that were meant to be powerfully dramatic and emotional, you know something has gone wrong. But for all its faults I'm glad to see it on PC, because there's an interesting game hiding in there somewhere, drowning in a storm drain, occasionally poking its head above the water for a gasp of air.
- Attack of the Fanboy7.0Heavy Rain was quite the unique release in 2010 and is still worth a look for genre fans. This PC re-release improves a lot of things about that original experience, but doesn’t go as far as it could in some respects. What damages things the most though is the fact that the game isn’t quite as original anymore, making its previous flaws all the more glaring. This release doesn’t do much to gloss over them either. And with the omission of some DLC it makes for the feeling that this is a solid way to play, but not a must for those who’ve experienced it all before.
- Game Revolution7.0Despite having some awkward control quirks while playing with a mouse and keyboard, the PC version of Heavy Rain is just as solid as the PlayStation 4 re-release. Both versions look superior to the PS3 original, but still have a few issues that make none of them the definitive way to play David Cage’s best title.
- GameSpot7.0Re-releasing Heavy Rain in the current landscape does much to sharply contrast everything good and bad about it. Its commendable presentation is amplified, as too are its grander faults in storytelling and voice acting. And yet even as there are games that succeed where Heavy Rain fails, it can still be said there’s almost nothing else like it.
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Heavy Rain
JASON why didn't you listen
Like nothing I had ever played before. Fantastic.
Unique game
A different kind of game which everyone should play! Even a person who hasn't played any video game in his life can enjoy heavy rain as the developer quantic dream believe on this idea. Controls are intuitive with superb direction and story. Going to play all other games from quantic dream and recommend all of you too.
Well what can I say that hasn’t been said about this game. I think it’s truly excellent. No other game has made me feel so emotional as this game- and depressed! Ethan just gets hit with one thing after another. I like that the choices you make impact the game- especially the outcome. I’ve made it through with everyone living, but have also had Ethan end up killing himself. Thanks David Cage! I’m not sure there will ever be a game that’s this emotional. You can’t come away from this game feeling nothing. I highly recommend.
The beginning of interactive story game by Quantic Dream, \[very\] rough gameplay. At the beginning, you gotta shave (struggled a bit there). However, though, when in a quick react situation (press cursor in a direction, x, square, etc.) it gets interesting. The storyline drags its feet very heavily, in my opinion. Almost decided to stop playing the game at some points of the game AND it's not really compelling. Played Detroit Become Human before this, and it still much more way better than this. Real rusty gameplay, weak compelling-player-to-story, but holds some basic Quantic Dream story game mechanics.
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