Sunday, June 21: Heavy Rain(Dec 31 2009)

Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer is Quantic Dream's mature-rated murder mystery thriller, which draws inspiration from films like "Seven." When they say mature, they're not messing around, but we'll get to that shortly. One of the hooks to Heavy Rain is that you'll have four protagonists instead of just one, with intertwining stories that come together to paint the big picture.

Heavy Rain makes a powerful first impression thanks to its nearly photo-realistic graphics and its eccentric take on interactivity. All the challenges in the game are presented by seemingly random button presses and controller commands, taking advantage of the many different inputs the Sixaxis controller offers.

While Heavy Rain's style of gameplay may turn out to be an acquired taste, the game's subject matter makes for far more interesting preview analysis, especially in light of what I've recently seen.