Heavy Rain patch "very soon"

By Robert Purchese Published 18 March, 2010

Addresses "a range of minor issues".

Sony has a patch for Heavy Rain in the final stages of development, and reckons an update will be released "very soon".

That's what the developer wrote on the US PlayStation forum.

"As mentioned previously, this patch is not targeted purely at the issues reported in this thread but does address a range of minor issues which could be contributing factors. Given the small percentage of players affected by these issues and the difficulty that has been had in reproducing them here we're optimistic that this patch resolves your problems but cannot guarantee that this will be the case," wrote the senior community development manager at Sony.

Since launch, various reports of game freezes and glitches have emerged on the internet (I personally had to redo a few hours' progress, as it happens).

Heavy Rain, released at the end of February, provided Sony with a UK All-Formats number one on the week of release and a top-five finishes subsequently. Heavy Rain was fourth this week.

Praise for Quantic Dream's PS3 creation has been coming from all angles: Microsoft Game Studios creative mastermind Peter Molyneux turned out to be a big fan, and Hollywood director Neil LaBute said he hoped the "sophistication" of the game would be echoed through the industry in times to come.

We, too, heaped praise on the forward-thinking game, scoring Heavy Rain 9/10.

Since then we've tracked down game creator David Cage for a post-launch chat, and delved into the DLC to see what's on offer.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • StrayBezza #1 2 years ago

    Patchy Rain then.

  • woodnotes #2 2 years ago

    Too late, already completed it with several endings!

    Still, no technical issues here.

  • onezeonx #3 2 years ago

    I got a platinum on this and no glitches at all

  • Rpt81 #4 2 years ago

    I had an update patch on Sunday when I first played it. Took forever to bloody download.

    And for that matter didn't have any freezes either.
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/10 @ 10:16

  • Murton #5 2 years ago

    Also didn't have any problems, though I did find a rather interesting progress halting bug purely by accident, quit to XMB, reload save and all was well again.

    It is good however to see that when faced with reports of their game freezing and crashing that they've investigated it and then reported back to the community. I think we can all name a few games with similar issues where the studio in question has simply refused to acknowledge that issues exist.

  • GamesConnoisseur #6 2 years ago

    Had three endings done and only encountered once game stopping bug but reloading save works and came across few glitches though.

    Still doesnt feel like a buggy game as overall still well presented and good to get the patches out asap to smoothen its minor rough spots.

  • Slipstream #7 2 years ago

    I had no problems whatsoever. For those of us who haven't, might be wise to take a look at thread anyways, so we can recognise the signs, glitches during future playthroughs.

  • Dolly #8 2 years ago

    When I was cooking Dinner for the kid, I took the pizza out of the fridge and Ethan just sat down with it at the table and wouldn't do bugger all else. Had to re-start the chapter.

  • Weezer #9 2 years ago

    Or you could beta test it before it goes on sale - just an idea...

  • Fletche #10 2 years ago

    "When I was cooking Dinner for the kid, I took the pizza out of the fridge and Ethan just sat down with it at the table and wouldn't do bugger all else. Had to re-start the chapter."

    I get like that when eating pizza

    Had a few problems but nothing major, loss of sound was really the main problem I had and two freezes in scene 3

  • mish666uk #11 2 years ago

    Kept crashing when I tried to load a save game. Had to go back 3 or 4 chapters in the end. Would be nice if this is fixed so it doesn't happen to the DLC!

  • elephant_stone #12 2 years ago

    I had no technical issues at all. I'm running a launch PS3

    I hope they dont patch that boobie glitch ;)

  • nasanu #13 2 years ago

    The issues I ran into seemed to be down to HDD speed (on my 40gig). Loading a level would take 5+ mins sometimes and often objects would pop in. Not too sure how a patch would tackle that.

  • Gaol #14 2 years ago

    Only bug was in the apartment near the end (the one on fire), my character got stuck in the corner of the kitchen, unable to move.

  • alcides #15 2 years ago

    Can the guy also walk around naked yet?

  • chukcyQ #16 2 years ago

    I want to have sex with a red haired girl

  • makeamazing #17 2 years ago

    I completed it yesterday and have traded it in (well already completed it a week or so ago, just getting all the endings)... i only had 1 crash in the 2 playthroughs and the multiple endings play through... so wasnt too bad. Just a shame when playing the chapters and not saving it didnt acknowledge the bloody endings.. .but that was more of a gameplay decision i think than a bug.

    Great game, will rent it when the DLC comes out, and heres hoping they will finance a version 2.

  • KennyLickLick #18 2 years ago

    I got almost to the end (i think) then it froze and when i rebooted, no save file at all. Very annoying. Was struggling to motivate myself through the first few chapters (microwave some pizza, have a poo etc) when it crashed again, only lost 10 minutes worth this time though.

  • Beano #19 2 years ago

    "Why the game should run differently on different PS3s is anyone's guess though. "

    Maybe some people just doesn't notice tearing?

    Or maybe tearing is only an issue in upscaled 1080p?

  • byakuya83 #20 2 years ago

    I was just about to delete my save and start again - trying to continue or restart from a recent chapter just causes the screen to go black and freeze up. Have to turn the machine off at that point, the XMB won't even appear. This is with the slim PS3. Will wait until after the patch and try again, rather than lose all my progress.

    If I look at game data on the PS3 there is always a corrupt file that appears after trying to load this game. I delete that and keep my three save games going. Really annoying me now though.
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/10 @ 14:35

  • Darren #21 2 years ago

    @teh9182 - The screen tearing I saw in the video reviews and previews are what, sadly, put me off buying the game, which is a shame because I actually enjoyed the demo. However, I knew that the issue would have spoilt my enjoyment of the final product so I chose not to buy it.

    When games like God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII and Uncharted 2 can have beautiful graphics with absolutely no tearing whatsoever then I see no reason why other games can't either so I now vote with my wallet.
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/10 @ 15:39

  • Rodchenko #22 2 years ago

    I got almost to the end (i think) then it froze and when i rebooted, no save file at all. Very annoying.

    I had the same thing. It's a good game, but this is rather unacceptable. Someone told me it ran a lot smoother when you deleted the very first patch (around 230 MBs) which I did and which allowed me to complete it after all. Still, around 6 or 7 hours of my life wasted on redoing a bunch of stuff...

  • alcides #23 2 years ago

    Screen tearing is short for Final Fantasy 13 on a SD TV.

    Heavy Rain is smooth as mixed fruit compared to that.

  • MasterNameless #24 2 years ago

    Contrary to the many here who didn't experience problems, I had a LOT of audio dropping out mid-scene, and even one chase scene completely ruined, by the screen freezing up irregularly.

    I have only done one playthrough because of this, so keen to see what difference the patch makes.

  • CARL05 #25 2 years ago

    I had a whole scene that was completely glitched The kiddie bit with the water pipe there was terrible frame rate, missing animations, models collapsing, hair falling off, models floating, the entire works of glitches almost!
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/10 @ 23:43

  • kangarootoo #26 2 years ago

    Why are people negging every comment where someone says they experienced problems? The issues clearly exist, or there wouldn't be a patch. Its like people are wanting to pretend that everything worked fine for everyone. Weird.