The End of Heavy Rain

After very little thought at all, I spent the six quid . . . and I’m really glad I did.

Surprisingly, I felt really enthused about playing the game again on Friday night and absolutely flew through some of the stuff I’d done before. By Saturday, I’d reached the point where the game had crashed previously so I made the decision to play through to the end, no matter how long it took. There was no way I was going to lose my save again without getting to the end.

What an intense experience. I was so incredibly absorbed by Heavy Rain and the pursuit of the origami killer that when I finally reached then end, I felt absolutely drained. I can honestly say that this game has been one of the few games that has genuinely affected me emotionally. I guess twenty years ago, that may not have been the case, but having kids of my own, I could really empathise with Ethan Mars and the other characters’ desire to save Shaun.

So, now I have my life back, I can get on with thinking about real life . . .