Is it a game? Is it a movie? No, it's HEAVY RAIN !!

HEAVY RAIN
Heavy Rain What exactly is? In the, above-average, reviews came on from time to time the accusation that it was here less a game than a movie with interactive Quicktime events.
I can not agree, because although Heavy Rain seems like a well-considered psychological thriller interactivity is by no means limited to QT-events in the title.

Personally, I was delighted last of Quantic Dream title "Farhrenheit", who had to contend with similar allegations, and was therefore very excited about Heavy Rain.

I was not disappointed. I think no other game has me so far carried away emotionally as Heavy Rain.
It starts with the clever story, with many twists, is brought to the effect by the bombastic soundtrack to a level of the other game developers, but also screenwriters only dream.
Staged the whole thing with a fantastic graphical quality that, above all, is in terms of features and emotions, new standards.
Unfortunately, not all the textures as detailed as the faces and sometimes one discovers more than poor, muddy textures in the background, but the overall impression is more than impressive.

Back to the question of the classification of the title. Interactive movie, or game?
Well, I think Heavy Rain is neither. At least not entirely.
I think that Quantic Dream has created a new medium here that can completely disappear the border between game and movie and an interactive story offers, how they never knew before.
The in-game, in fact, constantly emerging QT events are here not simply a method the developer the players to prevent from falling asleep, make special, thanks to its intuitive, matching function, for a psychic connection to the characters of the story.

Most of these QT events are also entirely voluntary and even large parts of the story of the players are free ausschmückbar.
If one of the 4 protagonists of Heavy Rain, Ethan Mars, for example, picks up his son after school to their homes, it is up to the player how he designed the afternoon with the little. If you are interested to talk to him about school or friends, or allowed to the Scion just tv and meanwhile takes care of its own problems?
Of course, time does not stand still in the game, so you do not time to do everything possible and then just skip to the next chapter.

Therefore, Heavy Rain plays extremely dynamic and with each play a little, or even very different. Many of the decisions you have to make as a player for the figures can change significantly the course of history, up to the possible prehistoric demise one, or even several characters, but this no Game Over equals, but rather a different course of events result has.

Heavy Rain will separate the strong tastes, but who is on psychological thriller and / or want to try something new, the Heavy Rain be highly recommended, because in this item was clearly a lot of effort and love and it would be great if you in the future more Such a title would see.

PS: the low fun factor comes from the fact that this is a very dark, clearly designed for adult story, can be found in the humor not.
Heavy Rain is dirty and depressed and although the "game" has an incredibly great experience to me, the word fun not quite fit before.