Heavy Rain is an adventure developed by Quantic Dream, released 18 February 2010 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 11.1 hrs to finish.
What Heavy Rain is
Heavy Rain is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2010. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game focuses on four different characters; Ethan Mars, a father and main protagonist; Scott Shelby, a private eye; Norman Jayden, an FBI agent and finally Madison Paige, a photojournalist. They are very different characters and do not know each other at the game's point, but are all connected in the sense that they all have interest in the game's main antagonist, the Origami Killer.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Heavy Rain holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 1,143 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 18.5 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Heavy Rain launched on 18 February 2010, within three weeks of BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition and Napoleon: Total War. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: BioShock 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition, Napoleon: Total War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Heavy Rain yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 30
Dlc
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