Just my 2 cents as I have just finished the game (one time though I am itching to go through again to see different endings).
If you take Heavy Rain as a "pure" video game, it really isn't great. Controls are limited, you can't do much, etc...
If you take this as a movie, it is also (all this is "imo" of course) very flawed. Acting is horrible (graphics are great and all but come on, facial expressions don't change all that much, etc...). An example of this would be the love scene. Also, there are some holes in the script. And I could go on.
But the amazing thing is, that when you blend the 2 together, it works for some reason. I haven't been sucked into a game this much in a while.
So yeah, don't know how I would grade this game but I spent loads of my free time advancing and trying to finish this game. And once I did, I wanted to go again. I guess that's the best compliment I can give to any game.
Congrats Quantic Dream. Don't know what you did but it worked for me.
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