Comments on: A HEAVY Rain is Gonna Fall

By: cross_breed

cross_breed — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:28:24 +0000

Hello, I’m cross_breed, fifteen year old who doesn’t think naked women are funny in this context. Nice to meet you.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:06:14 +0000

cross_breed, I challenge you to find ONE 14, 15, 16, or 17 year old who, upon seeing any nude image DOESN’T go “hehe, boobies”.

Maybe not in the coercion part, but certainly in any other instance of it in the game.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:06:58 +0000

Chocolate Rain….

By: TheWampaKing

TheWampaKing — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:58:54 +0000

Uhh, i think you are alone….>.>

And this is bound to show up on Fox news sooner or later. lol

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:20:43 +0000

I cannot read the title of this game without thinking “Chubby Rain”. Surely I’m not alone?

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:54:26 +0000

Thanks Matt! Yikes!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:28:09 +0000

It’s “Heavy Rain”.

By: teachvideogames

teachvideogames — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:01 +0000

Actually I’m trying very hard not to read what the ESRB has to say about this game because, for one thing, at least as far as I’m concerned, it’s chock full of spoilers. As for the adult content of the game, there are a thousand arguments for and against. In any case, this is not a game for children and is certainly not being marketed that way. Quantic Dream has not tried to hide the adult aspects; even the not-so-infamous striptease scene (which is performed under coercion, at gunpoint, as cross_breed points out) has been floating around the collection of tubes for quite some time. The demo of Dante’s Inferno has more female nudity than (likely; this is an assumption on my part, but I feel a safe one) the entirety of Heavy Rain.

Regardless, I’m really, really looking forward to this game. I think it could be very useful in classroom settings (college-level, obviously) to discuss things like character, motivation, storyline development, ethics, the list goes on.

In my opinion, what it comes down to is this: the game has mature themes, it’s target audience is adults, and parents should be mindful of what their children play/watch/do anyway. Honestly, Heavy Rain raises the question of whether or not it should even be labeled “game.”

By: cross_breed

cross_breed — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:06:37 +0000

Allow me to preface this by saying that I’m not some idiot with no morals, but I don’t find it especially inappropriate. I’m not all that offended by nudity though. Now, I think it earns its M, but that’s and M for Mature not an M for seventeen. If a seventeen year old looks at the stripping at gunpoint scene and goes “Huh huh, boobies.” No that’s not an individual that should be playing it, but if an fourteen year old looks at the image and thinks, “Wow, this is horrible. What an awful world we live in that things like this actually happen.” that is a mature individual that can handle the game. It’s all relative. I do think that the whole interactive cutscene thing might be taking it just a little bit far however. But, hey, that’s just my two cents. I don’t have a degree in this sort of thing or anything like that.