Heavy Rain
| Heavy Rain | |
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European box art
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| Developer(s) | Quantic Dream |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | David Cage |
| Writer(s) | David Cage |
| Composer(s) | Normand Corbeil |
| Engine | Havok |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation 3
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| Genre(s) | Interactive drama,action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Heavy Rain (Original Soundtrack from the Video Game) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Normand Corbeil | |
| Released | 23 February 2010 (iTunes) 4 March 2010 (PSN) |
| Genre | Soundtrack Video game music |
| Length | 40:26 |
| Label | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 89.23% |
| Metacritic | 87/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| Edge | 7/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Famitsu | 37/40 |
| G4 | 4/5 |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| GameTrailers | 8.9/10 |
| GameZone | 9/10 |
| IGN | 9.0/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
| OPM (UK) | 9/10 |
Heavy Rain is an cinematic interactive drama psychological thriller action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in February 2010.
The game is a film noir thriller, featuring four diverse protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events during fast-paced action sequences. The player's decisions and actions during the game will affect the narrative. The main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to different scenes and endings.
Heavy Rain was a critical and commercial success, winning multiple Game of the Year awards and selling over three million copies. A film adaptation of the game is currently in development. A PlayStation 4 version, featuring improved graphics and resolution, was released as both a standalone title and in the Quantic Dream Collection with Beyond: Two Souls, in March 2016.
Heavy Rain is an action-adventure game, requiring the player to move the character and have him or her interact with the objects or other non-player characters on the scene to progress the story. The game is divided into several scenes, each centering on one of four playable characters. The choices the player makes or the actions performed or not performed will affect later scenes in the game. For example, it is possible that a character dies or becomes detained, and will not be present in a later scene. There is no immediate "game over" in Heavy Rain; the game will progress to a number of different endings depending on the sum of the player's performance even if all the characters become incapacitated in some manner. Once the game is complete, the player can return to earlier scenes and replay them, possibly altering the events as they play through other chapters.
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