<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2010	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Quantic	O
Dream	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
four	O
protagonists	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
mystery	O
of	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
,	O
a	O
serial	O
murderer	O
who	O
uses	O
extended	O
periods	O
of	O
rainfall	O
to	O
drown	O
his	O
victims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
developer	O
David	O
Cage	O
wrote	O
the	O
2,000	O
-page	O
script	O
,	O
acted	O
as	O
director	O
for	O
the	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
travelled	O
to	O
Philadelphia	O
to	O
research	O
the	O
setting	O
,	O
and	O
intended	O
to	O
improve	O
upon	O
what	O
was	O
flawed	O
in	O
his	O
2005	O
game	O
Fahrenheit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
in	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
5.3	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
January	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
drama	O
and	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
four	O
different	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holding	O
down	O
R2	O
moves	O
the	O
character	O
forward	O
and	O
the	O
left	O
analogue	B-Device
stick	I-Device
controls	O
the	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interaction	O
with	O
the	O
environment	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
pressing	O
on-screen	O
,	O
context-sensitive	B-Application
prompts	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
right	O
analogue	B-Device
stick	I-Device
,	O
and	O
performing	O
Sixaxis	B-Device
control	O
movements	O
with	O
the	O
DualShock	O
3	O
or	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Move	I-Device
,	O
the	O
player	O
wields	O
either	O
the	O
motion	B-Device
and	O
navigation	O
controllers	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
DualShock	O
and	O
motion	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day	O
after	O
celebrating	O
his	O
son	O
Jason	O
's	O
tenth	O
birthday	O
,	O
Ethan	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
(	O
Pascal	O
Langdale	O
)	O
and	O
his	O
family	O
go	O
shopping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
he	O
wakes	O
up	O
,	O
he	O
discovers	O
that	O
Shaun	O
has	O
been	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
,	O
"	O
a	O
serial	O
killer	O
whose	O
modus	O
operandi	O
consists	O
of	O
abducting	O
young	O
boys	O
during	O
the	O
fall	O
season	O
,	O
drowning	O
them	O
in	O
rainwater	O
,	O
and	O
leaving	O
an	O
orchid	O
on	O
their	O
chests	O
and	O
an	O
origami	O
figure	O
nearby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norman	B-Application
Jayden	I-Application
(	O
Leon	O
Ockenden	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
FBI	O
profiler	O
struggling	O
with	O
addiction	O
to	O
a	O
drug	O
called	O
Triptocaine	O
,	O
investigates	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
another	O
Origami	O
victim	O
and	O
concludes	O
that	O
he	O
died	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
a	O
violent	O
rainstorm	O
,	O
which	O
flooded	O
the	O
cell	O
where	O
he	O
was	O
kept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
decides	O
to	O
conduct	O
her	O
own	O
investigation	O
into	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
private	O
investigator	O
Scott	B-Application
Shelby	I-Application
(	O
Sam	O
Douglas	O
)	O
meets	O
the	O
families	O
of	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
's	O
victims	O
,	O
collecting	O
the	O
letters	O
and	O
other	O
items	O
they	O
received	O
when	O
their	O
loved	O
ones	O
were	O
abducted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
experiences	O
two	O
separate	O
flashbacks	O
that	O
reveal	O
the	O
true	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
was	O
born	O
:	O
a	O
killer	O
who	O
searches	O
for	O
a	O
father	O
willing	O
to	O
sacrifice	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
negative	O
sees	O
Madison	O
and	O
Shaun	O
dead	O
,	O
Norman	O
overdosing	O
on	O
Triptocaine	O
over	O
the	O
guilt	O
of	O
not	O
saving	O
Shaun	O
,	O
and	O
Ethan	O
being	O
successfully	O
framed	O
as	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
by	O
Blake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
E3	O
2006	O
,	O
developer	O
Quantic	O
Dream	O
revealed	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Casting	O
,	O
a	O
tech	O
demo	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
three	O
months	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
script	O
,	O
casting	O
,	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
and	O
R&D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Impressed	O
with	O
the	O
actress	O
involved	O
,	O
writer	O
and	O
director	O
David	O
Cage	O
gave	O
Aurélie	B-Application
Bancilhon	I-Application
the	O
part	O
of	O
Lauren	O
Winter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
required	O
170	O
days	O
of	O
shooting	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
seventy	O
actors	O
and	O
stuntmen	O
,	O
and	O
sixty	O
additional	O
days	O
to	O
animate	O
the	O
faces	O
of	O
fifty	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guillaume	O
de	O
Fondaumière	O
(	O
CFO	O
of	O
Quantic	O
Dream	O
)	O
claimed	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
ambitious	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
project	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cage	O
structured	O
the	O
game	O
like	O
a	O
film	O
,	O
and	O
wanted	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
frustration	O
he	O
had	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
"	O
message	O
by	O
allowing	O
the	O
story	O
to	O
continue	O
after	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
character	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
look	O
like	O
their	O
actor	O
counterpart	O
;	O
Madison	O
Paige	O
was	O
modelled	O
after	O
Jacqui	O
Ainsley	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
offered	O
body	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
and	O
her	O
likeness	O
,	O
while	O
Judi	O
Beecher	O
provided	O
the	O
voice	O
and	O
facial	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
was	O
done	O
with	O
Omegame	O
Menus	O
Master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quick-time	O
event	O
system	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
that	O
of	O
Shenmue	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
design	O
for	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
a	O
makeshift	O
motion	B-Device
controller	I-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
thought	O
feasible	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cage	O
's	O
intention	O
with	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
interactive	O
storytelling	O
and	O
rectify	O
the	O
flaws	O
of	O
Fahrenheit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cage	O
researched	O
serial	O
killers	O
by	O
reading	O
books	O
,	O
deciding	O
the	O
modus	O
operandi	O
and	O
background	O
of	O
the	O
Origami	B-Application
Killer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Normand	O
Corbeil	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
with	O
Cage	O
on	O
Fahrenheit	B-Application
,	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
composer	O
for	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corbeil	O
was	O
instructed	O
by	O
the	O
director	O
on	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
representing	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
points	O
of	O
view	O
,	O
leading	O
him	O
to	O
employ	O
the	O
piano	O
for	O
Ethan	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
,	O
a	O
chamber	O
orchestra	O
for	O
Madison	O
Paige	O
,	O
a	O
symphony	B-Operating_System
orchestra	O
for	O
Norman	B-Application
Jayden	I-Application
,	O
and	O
brass	O
and	O
flutes	O
for	O
Scott	B-Application
Shelby	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
became	O
a	O
PlayStation	O
3-exclusive	O
,	O
following	O
its	O
development	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
Edition	O
Modifiée	O
,	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
released	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
was	O
aimed	O
toward	O
a	O
younger	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quantic	O
Dream	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
remaster	O
of	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
1	O
March	O
2016	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
via	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
,	O
followed	O
by	O
physical	O
versions	O
on	O
2	O
March	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
4	O
March	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
Quantic	O
Dream	O
's	O
next	O
game	O
Beyond	B-Application
:	I-Application
Two	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
as	O
The	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
&	O
Beyond	B-Application
:	I-Application
Two	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Plus	O
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
March	O
2019	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Quantic	O
Dream	O
would	O
publish	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Beyond	B-Application
:	I-Application
Two	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
and	O
Detroit	B-General_Concept
:	I-General_Concept
Become	I-General_Concept
Human	I-General_Concept
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
Chronicles	O
,	O
initially	O
planned	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
with	O
multiple	O
scenes	O
,	O
only	O
produced	O
one	O
featuring	O
Madison	O
Paige	O
called	O
The	O
Taxidermist	O
,	O
first	O
showcased	O
at	O
E3	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rest	O
were	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Move	I-Device
edition	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
The	O
Taxidermist	O
,	O
three	O
dynamic	O
themes	O
,	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
and	O
nine	O
making-of	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
1001	O
Video	O
Games	O
You	O
Must	O
Play	O
Before	O
You	O
Die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
staff	O
complimented	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
on	O
its	O
unmatched	O
"	O
compulsive	O
pull	O
"	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
gruesome	O
curiosity	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
challenges	O
was	O
reminiscent	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Saw	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lark	O
Anderson	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
termed	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
an	O
"	O
absorbing	O
experience	O
"	O
that	O
showed	O
,	O
in	O
meticulous	O
fashion	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
tension	O
,	O
urgency	O
,	O
surprise	O
,	O
and	O
tragedy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anthony	O
Gallegos	O
from	O
GameSpy	O
stated	O
that	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
had	O
produced	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
intense	O
emotional	O
experience	O
I	O
've	O
had	O
with	O
a	O
controller	O
in	O
my	O
hand	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
debuted	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
sixth	O
place	O
,	O
selling	O
27,000	O
units	O
,	O
and	O
topped	O
the	O
UK	O
charts	O
the	O
same	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
sold	O
three	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
rose	O
to	O
4.5	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
5.3	O
in	O
2018	O
in	O
collective	O
sales	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
3	I-Device
video	I-Device
games	I-Device
,	O
with	O
Sony	O
profiting	O
over	O
€100	O
million	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
E3	O
2009	O
,	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
won	O
GameSpots	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
award	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Show	O
,	O
Best	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
Game	O
,	O
and	O
Best	O
Graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Best	O
of	O
E3	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
Game	O
at	O
1UP.com,	O
and	O
nominated	O
for	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
Game	O
and	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
Show	O
at	O
GameSpy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
declared	O
it	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
Game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
;	O
IGN	O
placed	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
latter	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
the	O
26th	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
later	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
generation	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Empire	O
listed	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
greatest	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Award	O
Category	O
Recipient(s )	O
and	O
nominee(s )	O
Result	O
Ref	O
2010	O
Develop	O
Awards	O
Best	O
New	O
IP	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
European	O
Games	O
Award	O
Best	O
European	O
Adventure	O
Japan	O
Game	O
Awards	O
Game	O
Designers	O
Award	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
Action/Adventure	O
Game	O
Of	O
The	O
Year	O
Soundtrack	O
Of	O
The	O
Year	O
Ultimate	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Spike	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
Best	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
Game	O
Best	O
Graphics	O
2011	O
38th	O
Annie	O
Awards	O
Best	O
Animated	O
Video	O
Game	O
7th	O
British	O
Academy	O
Video	O
Games	O
Awards	O
Best	O
Game	O
Gameplay	O
Technical	O
Innovation	O
Original	O
Music	O
Story	O
GAME	O
Award	O
of	O
2010	O
9th	O
Annual	O
G.A.N.G.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
make	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
into	O
a	O
film	O
were	O
optioned	O
by	O
New	O
Line	O
Cinema	O
,	O
just	O
after	O
the	O
reveal	O
of	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Casting	O
.	O
</s>
