12/28/2023 0 Comments Heavy rain pc![]() 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. What’s more, those sequences now load much faster. 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. ![]() At 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. ![]() Now running at full 1080p and (mostly) minus the frame rate drops and screen tearing that blighted the original, Heavy Rain still looks fantastic. This PS4 remaster makes what impressed us so much back then even more impressive. I’d be tempted to say that we were so excited about the ‘drama’ that we forgot about the ‘interaction’, but the closer you look at Heavy Rain, the more the drama falls apart as well. Now, after The Walking Dead, Remember Me and Until Dawn it seems a curious concoction, technically dazzling but weirdly unsatisfying. What were we all thinking? Six years ago Quantic Dream’s pioneering interactive drama seemed like the future a combination of advanced facial animation and motion-captured performances promising a new era of cinematic games.
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