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Aviator
27-02-2010, 09:36 PM
PLEASE KEEP THE FANBOY COMMENTS OUT OF THIS THREAD.
THIS THREAD IS ABOUT HEAVY RAIN AND NOT ABOUT THE BETTER CONSOLE OR GAME. UNDERSTAND???

Anyways....

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STORY & PLOT

How Far Are You Going to Go to Save Someone You Love?
I'm not going to add any more details to this question as I am afraid of ruining the story a bit.


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The Characters you play as:(From Left to right)
Norman Jayden
Madison Paige
Ethan Mars
Scott Shelby
Your decisions in the story influence the ending and there are many different ending to the game which is cool! Not many games provide 20+ endings to one game, but this special game provides just that.

Basically, don't go on the internet and ruin the story because it is one that YOU SHOULD NOT MISS. PLAY THE GAME. I'm dead serious. The story is that great. Trust me.


Controls

What can I say about the controls? When you probably first heard of Heavy Rain and saw a bit of gameplay footage, you most likely would've thought this game has a very bad control scheme. However, I'm happy to report that this game's controls are amazing and does respond to the button you click. The playstation 3 motion control also is reliable in times the game tells you to use it. However, in my experience there were slight issues with it. The issues were not huge though and it did not ruin the game for me.


GAMEPLAY
Gameplay in Heavy Rain is not an issue. There is no specific control for doing something. For example, in let us say Modern Warfare 2(A game everyone is familiar with) you shoot with the R1 button, sprint with L3, melee with R3 etc etc. In Heavy Rain, however, sometimes X means to do this or do that. X has many different functions in different events and times.


GRAPHICS

The graphics are very good in this game, but it is obviously not the best. The graphics do not reach the heights of games like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed II, but the graphics are great. The graphics are a bit more 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' style.(Batman: AA had awesome graphics by the way but did is not as good as the 3 other games mentioned.)


SOUNDS

Heavy Rain's soundtrack is awesome. REALLY awesome. In every situation there is different music. For example, in times of happiness, there is happy music. Sad times, there is sad music. Awesome times, there is awesome music. Basically the music relates to the event you're facing.


CONCLUSION


Overall, Heavy Rain is one of those games in which you'll remember for the rest of your gaming career. From great graphics to great controls and most importantly a great story, Heavy Rain provides a game like no other and is one that you should not miss. Every Playstation 3 owner should get the game now. Go to rehab, spend 20 KD and get the game.

Undoubtedly Heavy Rain is my most favorite game in the last 2 years. (No game in 2009 beats it and no game as of now beat Heavy Rain in 2010.)

The lads at Quantic Dream have made an art, a masterpiece and a beauty of a game to satisfy us gamers and we should award them with our money.

Story: 100/10.
Controls: 9/10.
Graphics: 9/10.
Gameplay: 9.5/10
Sounds: 9/10

Total Score: 9.99/10.




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Extra Links:


The Trailers:

The Love Trailer: (My Favorite Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pEHspzMxyo

The E3 Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPPdgBK3r8

HomicidalManiac
01-03-2010, 09:31 PM
Excellent review, very spot on. I would like to kindly add to what you said here.



The graphics are very good in this game, but it is obviously not the best. The graphics do not reach the heights of games like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed II, but the graphics are great. The graphics are a bit more 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' style.(Batman: AA had awesome graphics by the way but did is not as good as the 3 other games mentioned.)


Heavy Rain, in my opinion, featured the most realistic looking human character's I've ever seen in a video game. Everything from the body movement to the lip syncing of the spoken dialog was done to the point of near perfection. Those 3 games you mentioned were no doubt incredibly well made and had great graphics (specially UC2), but Heavy Rain was the only game to make me relate and connect to the virtual characters I'm playing with on the screen. So in terms of character animation and graphics, Heavy Rain set a new standard for me for any game I play in the future.

And I doubt we'll see many games as good as it in the near future..

MetalMilitia915
03-03-2010, 08:39 PM
It's really the story that is selling this game, if people don't really concentrate on video game plots won't find this interesting.

good review!

Painkiller Q8
05-03-2010, 08:10 AM
I just came home !!!
Can't wait to play this right now :D

xBlackness
06-03-2010, 02:22 AM
its the best game play ever

i fnished it and i will finish it again

the are lot of ways to finish the game

its amazing ... hope we will see games like heavy rain again

iProfessional_xX
08-03-2010, 05:19 PM
i finished this game it was real mo than awesome!! and i agree with u speed_070

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