Heavy Rain

Released February 23, 2010

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Developer Quantic Dream is known for pushing boundaries in games, and that's exactly what Heavy Rain did. Packing a crazy motion/quicktime control scheme, Heavy Rain had you switching between four characters who were all tied up in the kidnappings and murders perpetrated by the Origami Killer. Packing 22 ending movies, your choices mattered and directly influenced what happened in the story. Let the kidnapped kid die, let your characters die, never solve the mystery -- all of these outcomes were possible and made for some excellent replay value. Quantic Dream called Heavy Rain "interactive drama," and we have to agree.

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