Hi everyone,
We just finished our second night of Heavy Rain, finishing the story at around 1 AM, and needless to say, I enjoyed the second half of the game a lot more than the first half, since there was seemingly less need for the motion controls, since Heavy Rain was designed with the PlayStation Move controller in mind. Now we ended up saving Shaun and keeping three of the characters alive when we finished the story at 1 AM and the initial credits rolled (Jayden, Ethan and Scott), with Madison biting it when I made a wrong choice in the burning apartment. At that point we had 24 trophies unlocked.
Now going into it, I was aware of that Scott was the true villain, but there was certainly a lot of reasons to believe he wasn't it... unless one forgets that the box Ethan gets has the same items that Scott is picking up at various locations.
Will I want to play this again? Yes, but probably to go for the Perfect Crime ending, which would mean letting various things happen that I avoided in this play through. We'll save that for next year (assuming I can keep my head above water, find a consistent part time job and don't end up destitute which would please my father immensely)
I'll have a video commentary review on my YouTube channel in a few weeks, since I want to get into the habit of talking about games I finish as part of a casual review series.
Heavy Rain Trophies
- Fugitive: Fugitive - Manage to escape Blake in the subway station
- Detox: Jayden Blues - Resist Triptocaine
- I'm not a Killer!: The Shark - Do not kill the Drug Dealer
- Smart Girl: The Doc - Do not drink the Doc's beverage
- Queen of Ropes: The Doc - Escape before the Doc returns
- The Chef: Eureka - Prepare a good omelette on time
- Pride Saved: Sexy Girl - Take off no more than one item of clothing during the strip-tease
- Lover Boy: On the Loose - Forgive Madison
- Escape Master: On the Loose - Escape the police at the motel
- Kind Hearted: Face to Face - Give Kramer his medicine
- Invincible Scott: Face to Face - Do not get shot in Kramer's villa
- Nerd: Find all clues using ARI (Crime scene + Mad Jack + Fish tank) and find the Origami Killer
- Saved the Kid: Save Shaun
- HEAVY RAIN™ Hero: Finish HEAVY RAIN™
- Simple Mind: The Old Warehouse - Save the Origami Killer before he falls, with Jayden or Madison
- Cold as Ice: Killer's Place - Survive the explosion by hiding in the fridge
- Four Heroes: Complete the story with four characters alive
For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who was playing We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie over at twitch.tv/zonesama, for those who don't know zonesama is best known for making certain Flash animations that fall under Rule 34, they are incredibly talented, and their community is rather welcoming
Work was alright, got one completed interview in a casual paced night.
Also picked up another Mass Effect short story commission request based on the Omega DLC mission for Mass Effect 3.
So what's the next game we're going to play on PlayStation Fridays? I'm leaning towards Beyond Two Souls which features Elliot Page, which could be another interesting two-stream style game. Either that or Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We'll see.
On the agenda for Saturday night's stream is the beginning of the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy. Since I have played the Steam version before, I'm going to use my notes from 2019 for this play through on the Xbox One.
So on that note we'll see you about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, I might start earlier, depends on how I'm feeling.
