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Now running at full 1080p and (mostly) minus the frame rate drops and screen tearing that blighted the original, Heavy Rain still looks fantastic.

Heavy rain glitches skin#

#Heavy rain glitches skin#Īt times, the crystal-clear presentation highlights a lack of detail in the background, but with enhanced anti-aliasing, lighting and shadows, not to mention new textures and improved water and skin simulations, this is one PS4 remaster that could pass as a next-gen game. True, the in-game character models never look quite as good as the stunning facial close-ups we see while sequences load, but they’re closer to the mark. What’s more, those sequences now load much faster. On my first session with the game I encountered all sorts of weirdness, ranging from flickering and strobing white text to stuttering animation to elements of the background dropping in and dropping out and – at one point – the protagonist getting trapped inside the model of their sofa. Simply restarting the game didn’t fix this, even after a patch, yet powering off and restarting the PS4 seems to do the trick. It’s worth trying if you have similar issues. It’s on the gameplay front that Heavy Rain’s real problems lie. This is a game where you steer your character around like a car, the R2 button working much like the accelerator on a dodgem. It’s a horrible system and seems utterly unnecessary. And while there are some light puzzles and moments where you can affect the direction of the dialogue or take decisive action, your main mode of interaction is doing what the prompts on the screen tell you to. The prompt says move the right-stick to the right then curve it down and to the left. The prompt says hold L1, then L2, then pump the X key repeatedly. You can moan that Telltale’s games can make you feel more like the director of a scene than an actor in it, pushing the drama in one direction or another, but in Heavy Rain you feel more like a puppeteer.

Each character has a part to play, and it’s your job to make them play it. You’re almost literally going through the motions. That might be a bit harsh, and it’s not actually as bad as it sounds. The game is at its best when it sets up a suspense scene and your ability to wrangle the controls and think quickly suddenly counts, for instance, as you try to help an injured man exit a building with the cops about the break down the doors. The technique also works when it reinforces identification with your protagonist, with their discomfort on the screen mirrored by your awkward grip on the controller.