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Madison has to play nurse and help treat Ethan's various injuries over the course of the game and plans to ditch the story she was writing, since Ethan clearly isn't the Origami Killer. It's a big shock to Ethan when he finds out but Madison is still portrayed sympathetically. We don't know this at first and it's revealed after she and Ethan get a little closer. Madison Paige: A journalist looking into the Origami Killer case. Needless to say, as a ruthless killer of children, Shelby is not one of the good male characters. We later find out that this is to clean up any evidence left behind by the previous fathers of the children he killed, such as phones, messages or origami figurines. While Jayden's storyline deals with suspects, Shelby's revolves around visiting the relatives of the victims. He's a former police officer who poses as a private investigator, investigating the Origami Killer case. Scott Shelby: Here's the big twist of the game: Scott Shelby is the Origami Killer. In spite of this, he's shown to care deeply about the Origami Killer's victims and doesn't endorse the use of force against suspects. Unfortunately, his addiction to the glasses leads him to indulge in the use of a drug called Triptocaine. He has a very cool pair of glasses called ARI (Added Reality Interface), which acts as a 'portable CSI' and allows Jayden to easily search for clues at crime scenes. He's also the second good male character of the game (and my favourite character, incidentally). Norman Jayden: Jayden is an FBI criminal profiler, brought in by the police to try and figure out the Origami Killer's identity. Even though the player can make Ethan walk away from each trial, he's always portrayed as a good father and often talks about how much he loves his son. He's portrayed very compassionately and the trials that the Origami Killer forces Ethan to go through to collect clues to Shaun's location are designed to make the player feel sympathetic for Ethan (as well as incredibly uncomfortable). Ethan is one of the six good male characters in the game. First though, the playable characters:Įthan Mars: Ethan is the main character of the game and the father of Shaun Mars, the latest young boy that the Origami Killer has kidnapped. I'll stick to male characters for now but I'll write about the female characters towards the end. I think the easiest way of doing this will be to go through each character's story and mention the significant characters from each one. L-R - Norman Jayden, Scott Shelby, Ethan Mars, Madison Paige. There's definitely one that I'd like to mention who isn't featured on either list. Unfortunately, neither one is a complete list but together, they cover most of the characters. Luckily, Giant Bomb has me covered, as does the Heavy Rain Wiki. I should point out that while I enjoy putting pictures in my blog, there are far too many characters in Heavy Rain for me to post pictures of them all. There are plenty of innocent male children but children can't really be held to the same standards as adults. The big problem is that, out of this incredible number of characters, there are only six adult male characters who aren't complete scumbags. The game's strength is its story and it features an incredible number of characters, each based on the likeness of a real actor or actress (much like L.A.

Madison heavy rain serial#

I think now is the perfect time to write about Heavy Rain and I'll try to make it more than just a list of character names.įor anyone who has never played Heavy Rain, it's a very cinematic game by Quantic Dream about a father, Ethan Mars, whose young son has been kidnapped by a serial killer, known as the Origami Killer, and the harrowing ordeal he has to go through to rescue him.

The more I think about it, the more I think it'd just be a list ofĬharacter names with a description next to them'. A while ago, I wrote 'I'm tempted to write about the poor portrayals of men in Heavy Rain but With the exception of Far Cry 3, I haven't really delved into the content of any games for the last couple of months (and even my post on Far Cry 3 became more focused on the writer, Jeffrey Yohalmer, than the game itself). Lately, I think I've been focusing more on sexism against men in the gaming community rather than any sexism in games themselves. The following blog post contains major spoilers about Heavy Rain.