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The review outlines the Origami Killer’s kidnapping pattern and the symbolic trials that force the fathers of victims to prove their resolve. It details character motivations and conflicts—Ethan’s PTSD and blackouts, Grace’s grief and suspicion, and family losses that catalyze the narrative’s central question: how far one will go to save a loved one.","Game Narrative Review  \n====================  \nYour name: Alexandra Lucas  \nYour school: DigiPen Institute of Technology  \nYour email: [alexandra.l@digipen.edu](alexandra.l@digipen.edu)  \nMonth/Year you submitted this review: December 2015  \n==================== Game Title: Heavy Rain  \nPlatform: PS3  \nGenre: Action-Adventure & Interactive Psychological Thriller  \nRelease Date: February 23, 2010  \nDeveloper: Quantic Dream  \nPublisher: Sony  \nGame Writer/Creative Director/Narrative Designer: David Cage  \nOverview  \nIn the interactive psychological thriller Heavy Rain, the player drives the narrative through the third-person perspectives of four distinct playable characters who are all fiercely determined to find the answer to the same troubling question: whois the Origami Killer? For over two years, the Origami Killer has been systematically kidnapping young boys from an unspecified modern city, drowning them in rainwater, and abandoning their bodies within five days of their abduction. Despite the brutality of these actions, the Origami Killer also creates tender yet provocative tableaux with his victims’bodies, placing an orchid on their chests and a carefully-crafted origami figure in their hands. Unfortunately for one of the playable characters, Ethan Mars, the Origami Killer’s latest kidnapping victim is Ethan’s son, Shaun. With the help of the three other main characters – a tenacious journalist, a well-educated FBI agent, and a sympathetic private detective – Ethan fights against time and his fears in order to show the Origami Killer just how far he will go to save his son.  \nIn addition to working together to find the Origami Killer, the four playable characters also must each confront demons of their own, ranging from agoraphobia to substance abuse. The player decides the fate of each of the four characters through their conversation and action selections as well as their ability to successfully perform quick-time events (henceforth written as “QTEs”) . However, each character’s skills and options are affected by their mental illnesses, phobias, and addictions, so no single character can capture the Origami Killer on their own; those who try to do so sometimes die in the process. In fact, this psychological thriller has over 15 possible endings, many of which result in the deaths of some or all of the playable characters. Thankfully, each playable character offers a unique skillset, personality, and range of experiences that, when combined with those of the other characters, can potentially lead to Shaun’s rescue, keep everyone alive, and bring the Origami Killer to justice.  \nUltimately, the Origami Killer yearns to find a father who can prove that he will go to any length to rescue his son. 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