Heavy Rain Cutting Room Floor
The video
Heavy Rain: Cutting Room Floor is a video released by Quantic Dream through the PlayStation YouTube channel on January 5, 2011. It addresses some of the development history of Heavy Rain, explaining plot holes as well as some small informational extras.
Revelations[]
- The intended link between Ethan Mars and the Origami Killer - Explains Ethan's blackouts.
- Madison Paige's back story - Explains her insomnia and night-terrors.
Extras[]
- The death of Ann Sheppard - The Origami Killer originally smothered her to death after Madison leaves.
- An additional short chapter where Ethan takes Shaun to school and discovers the Origami Killer's letter.
- Madison was originally able to go to her workplace to conduct research and write articles; additionally, the player would have had an opportunity to decorate Madison's apartment.
Transcript[]
- Main article: /Transcript
Trivia[]
- Both blackout sequences ("Underwater" and "Swimming Again") and the removed chapter where Shaun is taken to school ("Wake Up") still exist in the game files and are playable, albeit unpolished. It is possible to load them on the PS3 release of the game using a scripting trick.[1] On the remastered releases, the full chapters are inaccessible when using the same method, but the water physics for both blackout scenes can still be loaded.
- "Wake Up" would have taken place between "Sleazy Place" and "Crime Scene," according to a list of the chapter designations.
- Two models of Ethan intended for use in the blackout sequences still exist in the game files and can be viewed with a hex viewer program. The model files are labeled HR_EMA_UNDERWATER and HR_EMA_UNDERWATER_INT.