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Heavy Rain | 
| From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
Buy New: CDN$ 59.99
as of 3/11/2010 11:20 MST details
New (2) Used (2) from CDN$ 52.00
Seller: Amazon.ca
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 10
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 6.7 x 0.6
MPN: 98164
Model: 711719816423
UPC: 711719816423
EAN: 0711719816423
ASIN: B002CZ38KA
Publication Date: February 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | An evolving thriller in which you shape the story | | • | Mature content, reflecting a realistic world setting that explores powerful themes | | • | Stunning graphics, animation and technology support an emotionally driven experience | | • | Accessible gameplay via intuitive, contextual controls and interface |
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Amazon.ca Product Description
Heavy Rain is an interactive, single player, action adventure game in which every decision players make influences the evolution of a desperate quest to catch a deadly killer poised to strike again. Featuring a complex and dark storyline meant for mature audiences, the game is a PlayStation 3 exclusive featuring a variety of possible endings, advanced crime scene analysis, replayable chapters, four playable characters and the ability to continue play as remaining characters in the event of your current character's death. Story
How far will you go to save someone you love? In Heavy Rain each player discovers their own answer to this question as they experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where choices and actions can and do result in dramatic consequences. 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. Even more chilling is the fiend's well established pattern of killing his victims four days after abducting them. The public is gripped with fear as the police seem powerless to stop the carnage, and another potential victim — Shaun Mars — has gone missing. Now four characters, each following their own leads and with their own motives, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from taking yet another life. Discover how far you will go to protect a loved one as you join the search for the Origami Killer.
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Heavy Rain is a single player, action/adventure game with a particularly strong emphasis on a player-influenced storyline as a means of facilitating the evolution of action towards one of many possible conclusions. The game features four playable characters: a father, a photographer, a FBI agent with a special skill set and a retired cop turned private detective. Each have different paths, means and motives to ending the reign of terror that the Origami Killer has imposed on their city. As players follow the path laid before their character of choice, they are able to explore, interact with and view their surroundings in a variety of ways using their controller's left and right sticks. At crucial times players are given a series of choices relating to how to proceed in various situations, with the outcome of these choices revealing both benefits and consequences. Benefits can be important to progressing through the game, while possible consequences can in turn pose a very real danger to characters, including death. But unlike other games, and because Heavy Rain features four playable characters that exist independently of each other, yet simultaneously within the same the story arc, this does not end the game. Players are instead able to play as one of the other available characters, with appropriate changes to possible outcomes due to the absence of the deceased character(s). Key Game Features - An evolving action-adventure thriller in which you shape the story with every decision you make.
- Action built around four playable characters that allows you to continue playing as one of the other characters if your initial character is killed.
- Savable chapters that allow you to replay the actions of the past, while maintaining the continuity of the events begun in earlier chapters.
- Mature content reflecting a realistic world setting that explores powerful themes.
- Stunning graphics, animation and technology that support an emotionally driven experience.
- Accessible gameplay via intuitive, contextual controls and interface.
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4 unique playable characters.
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Advanced crime scene analysis.
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Story influencing actions.
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| Customer Reviews:
 HEAVY RAIN - THE WORST GAME I HAVE EVER BOUGHT March 5, 2010
DOUGLAS VALLEY (OTTAWA;ONTARIO;CANADA;)
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
I AM TOTALLY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS GAME (HEAVY RAIN) AFTER ALL THE HYPE ABOUT IT, IT TURNS OUT TO BE A MICKEY MOUSE GAME. VERY UNREALISTIC AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THE FIRST GAMES AVAILABLE. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS GAME TO ANYONE!!! IT IS JUNK!!! THIS IS A WASTE OF $68.00 IN CANADIAN FUNDS.
IF YOU WANT A REALLY GOOD GAME GET BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2...SEE REVIEW.
 Beautiful, touching, and emotional... March 4, 2010
Ali Siddiqui (Toronto, Canada)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It has been a long time since I've been touched and moved by a game. Heavy Rain is a game that has you play as various characters through a story where you have to figure out who the killer is, where the victim is, and so forth. This is truly one of those rare games where the story is really the golden factor of this game...as it literally forces you - due to a game mechanic - to choose and suffer the consequences...be they good or bad! It is a fascinating formula which creates a sense of a "choose your own adventure" book but with characters easily recognizable and memorable. This game really tugs at ones heart and emotions and I don't want to speak how it does this as it would ruin it for everyone who hasn't played this game and experienced it for themselves!
A little warning for parents there is some nudity but then again the scope, story, and type of game of this caliber is catered to mature young adults and older.
A definite 5 stars for a great addictive story, awesome action, beautiful music and atmosphere.
Some minor issues, but still a gem March 2, 2010
N. Roberts (Toronto, Ontario)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Never really played a game like this best.
I guess because it's the first of it's kind.
At first I hated the controls, hated the fact that I didn't have the options to run.
I play a TPS and FPS, so having the ability to run taken away from you felt cold and lonely.
hahaha.
After I got over that I really feel in love with the game.
It may not be for everyone; but for me it was a good buy.
glitches March 2, 2010
R. Martin (Kitchener, Ontario)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't want to discourage anybody from buying this game because it is great, but it is the glitchiest game I've played in the last year. It made me think that my ps3 was dying because it frequently freezes, or goes black, or goes black with audio. If you check the internet you will see that a lot of people are having the same problem and Sony is working to fix the problem. Other people are reporting trouble loading saves, something that I haven't experienced.
Interactive Artistic Masterpiece! March 2, 2010
E. Vallee (BC Canada)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are few moments in the history of video games when a game comes along and changes how everything is done. Heavy Rain is that game for this generation. This game can be considered an interactive movie in the most basic of terms. It tells the story of the Origami Killer. I won't spoil anything here so feel free to read this review without fear. You take control of four different characters while trying to solve the mystery that is presented. There is no game-over screen, but you only get one chance to succeed in everything you do in the game. That is not to say that it is unforgiving, far from it. In fact, what makes this game so unique is that everything you do (or don't do) affects the events in the game. There are seven different endings, and you may not succeed in your mission, but I guarranty that you will love almost every minute of the game and will not be able to put the controller down the whole time. This game is great if you have someone who just wants to watch, or pass the controller back and forth. It is just that entertaining. You will be in shock how the events unfold, and yes you may even tear up (I dare you not to!). The controls are very different than what you may expect, and it may even hold you back from getting the best possible ending every now and then, but if you fail it was because YOU failed and not because the game was cheap. But what makes it unique, is that the story rewards your mistakes by altering itself to fit your actions, and that my friends is an amasing accomplishment. My only word of advice before playing this game is simply this: Dont read any spoilers, don't read the manual, don't read the back of the box. You will have the most fun if you go into this game knowing only what I have told you, and you discover why this game will be changing the face of video games from this point forwards. Oh, and the graphics are spectacular.
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