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Heavy Rain for PlayStation 3
Heavy Rain for PlayStation 3 is an interactive thriller about the search for the Origami Killer. You follow four people who each see a different part of the case: father Ethan Mars, journalist Madison Paige, FBI agent Norman Jayden and private detective Scott Shelby. Their investigations become intertwined. You walk through rooms, examine objects and choose conversation topics, while everyday actions often build tension gradually.
The controls change with the situation. A stick movement may open a door, while a dangerous confrontation calls for several quick button presses. Possible thoughts and responses appear on screen. You decide under pressure what someone says or does and must then live with the consequences. A failed action therefore does not always mean repeating the same scene. The story can take another direction and important characters can lose their lives.
You play the four roles in succession on your own. Tension comes from the information you have as a player, each character's knowledge and the choices available at that moment. The pace moves between observation, conversation and brief bursts of action. This PS3 game centres on its story and different outcomes. The standard release and Move versions offered are explained separately below; they do not automatically share the same extras or equipment requirements.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
This is Heavy Rain Move Edition in its Platinum release. Motion controls require a PlayStation Move motion controller and PlayStation Eye, with a navigation controller or DualShock 3 for movement. These accessories are not included. Extra scenes, music and themes from other editions are not promised as included. You can also play this edition with a DualShock 3 alone.
Manual
Heavy Rain for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Heavy Rain
Quantic Dream created Heavy Rain under writer and director David Cage. Sony released the game for PlayStation 3 in 2010. The studio had previously developed Fahrenheit and again explored how a story could be played through acting and choices. This time a criminal investigation provided the connecting thread. Four protagonists allowed the same search to be told through different professions and personal interests.
The structure gave everyday tasks an unusually prominent place. A conversation, searching a room or an awkward movement could contribute to the dramatic tension. Scenes were connected by consequences that reached beyond the present moment. The game therefore did not quite fit the usual action-adventure pattern of a fixed hero starting again after every mistake. Who knew something and who survived an event remained part of the unfolding story.
The Move Edition followed later in 2010, adding motion-control support. A separate Move update was also released for existing copies at the time. The original European Move Edition received extra content, but that original announcement does not prove every later budget reprint contains the same bonuses. Quantic Dream subsequently made Beyond: Two Souls on PS3. Heavy Rain remained a separate crime story in which four perspectives and lasting consequences shape the search, without requiring you to finish other games.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Beyond: Two Souls comes from the same studio on PS3 and also uses acting, conversations and choices. It mainly follows Jodie Holmes and her supernatural companion Aiden through different periods of her life. Heavy Rain divides its criminal case among four protagonists. Beyond also has a local Duo option; Heavy Rain is a single-player adventure.
L.A. Noire lets you investigate crime scenes and question witnesses as detective Cole Phelps on PS3. You compare clues with statements within individual cases. Heavy Rain gives you different roles and places greater emphasis on personal decisions and their consequences. Both use faces and conversations to build tension, but the police work has a different structure.
Telltale's The Walking Dead uses time pressure in conversations and difficult decisions about other people on PS3. The threat comes from a zombie outbreak and keeping a group together. Heavy Rain builds tension around a murderer and four interconnected investigations. Both make decisions matter, with clearly different settings and story structures.
The Wolf Among Us follows Bigby Wolf on PS3 in a crime story featuring fairy-tale characters. Like Heavy Rain, it combines investigation, conversations and quick reactions in fights. Its illustrated style and supernatural society make its world different. Heavy Rain stays closer to a contemporary thriller and switches more often between playable perspectives.
Life Is Strange follows Max on PS3, who can rewind time to approach conversations and events again. Choices and relationships between characters are central there too. Heavy Rain divides its thriller among four roles and gives you no comparable rewind power within the story. That makes the way you deal with consequences distinctly different.
