![]() ![]() Both games have received an Updated Re-release for the PlayStation 4, although this port does not include the DLC chapter The Taxidermist. At E3 2012, the spiritual successor to Heavy Rain was revealed as the supernatural drama Beyond: Two Souls. Similar to how Heavy Rain started off with a tech demo, The Casting, Quantic Dream released a new tech demo KARA on March 7, 2012, hinting at their 2015 reveal of Detroit: Become Human. ![]() Others are planned but on indefinite hold. One downloadable chapter, The Taxidermist, has been released. According to the developers, they hoped to have players aim for a balance of the two rather than one extreme or another.ĭespite the developers' meager sales expectations (200,000 copies), Heavy Rain sold like hotcakes, surpassing a whopping 2 million by 2011. The major themes of the game are love and the idea of what is good and what is evil (in regard to the Tag Line on the poster to the right). The developers stated prior to the game's release that almost all situations would have later consequences on the plot and that they are determined to let players follow through on their actions - to the point that unless all four main characters die, the story will still continue with whoever is alive. The game focuses on choices and consequences, with actions taking place via a series of Quick Time Events a la Fahrenheit. The story also focuses on three other characters: Madison Paige, an insomniac journalist who becomes involved with Ethan's desperate search Norman Jayden, an FBI profiler called in to consult on the Origami Killer case and Scott Shelby, a private eye conducting an independent investigation. If Ethan wishes to save his son from a similar fate, he must complete the trials set by the Origami Killer, who wishes to test just how far Ethan will go to save his child. He is jolted out of his stupor when his remaining son, Shaun, is suddenly kidnapped by the "Origami Killer," a notorious serial killer who uses rising rainwater to drown his young victims, then leaves origami figures on the bodies. In fact, doesn't that image look like a movie poster?Įthan Mars is a depressed architect whose life fell apart after the tragic loss of his child Jason two years prior, for which he blames himself. Heavy Rain itself was a PlayStation exclusive, and has been described by the creators as an Interactive Movie as well as a standard adventure game. Indigo Prophecy), an Adventure Game for the seventh generation of consoles. ![]() “These limbs with the inertia and momentum, they can come crashing through these homes, and people can get seriously injured if not worse.Heavy Rain is the Spiritual Successor to Quantic Dream's Fahrenheit (a.k.a. “You’ve got to remember that your homes are only made out of two-by-fours and plywood,” Bartucca added. “What we’re concerned about today is we’ve gotten all this rain, now the ground is soft and all the soil around the root balls and the roots have all softened up and the stability for the root system is compromised.”īartucca said especially with this year’s wild weather, people should consider getting trees close to their homes inspected. We go marching into the eye of the storm,” Bartucca said. He said Saturday night’s high winds, buckets of rain and flooding are a recipe for falling trees. After an already difficult start to the year, companies like Tony’s Tree Service believe people need to be extra careful.Īnthony Bartucca’s family has been in the tree removal business for three generations. (WIVB) - Western New York is no stranger to severe weather. ![]()
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