“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
Since I began school I haven't had time to endulge in games as much as I'd love to. However I played Heavy Rain for the first time this past Sunday, I beat the game on Monday afternoon. Heavy Rain follow the story of four individual characters who are all affected by the murders of the elusive Origami Killer. Ethan Mars (protagonist) is a talented architect whos life takes an unexpected downward turn after a tragedy. Afterwards he suffers from frequent blackouts and memory loss. Other characters include Madison Paige a confident journalist who suffers from insomnia. Norman Jayden an FBI profiler (who's my favorite character by the way) he helps the police attempt to find a suspect in the Origami Killer's case. And last but not least Scott Shelby a private detective and retired police officer also on the road to looking for the Origami Killer by contacting parents of previously murdered children. I'm not going to give away too much of the story, but man it's amazing. I was a little sad once it was over, just the fact that it was story driven and actually told a GOOD story made all the difference. One of the most amazing qualities of the game is the gift of choice, no matter what you choose it then changes the path the game takes from there. During game play you can even hear what the characters thoughts are. You can kill off main characters, choose to fight or lose, your decisions weigh on if other characters like you or not. You can even spark love affairs and or turn them down. Heavy Rain has about 22 seperate endings based on none other than choice, even the smallest things can alter your experience. In my ending everyone died, and the reason that's not a spoiler is because you're going to play the game completely different from me. That is the beauty of the game, you can replay it over and over and each time discover something new and have a new experience kind of step out of yourself and become someone else. I highly recommend it I thuroughly enjoyed this game as a whole. the controls were innovative especially since I didn't have to pick up a wii-mote to gain an interactive experience.
"How far would you go to save someone you love?"
