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Originally Posted by Ascovel
However, are you sure any of the challenges in HR can be described as puzzles?
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Well, off the top of my head we have:
a maze
Spoiler: the butterfly electricity maze
A logic puzzle
Spoiler:fail to do any of the challenges and you get a map with possible locations and have to figure out which one, you might very well consider this an inventory puzzle as well as it involves collecting the hangman style letters from each challenge to narrow down the options
another logic puzzle
Spoiler:deducing the identity of the killer as Blake, you can both fail to gather the evidence needed as well as fail to properly analyze the evidence you have
a logic/memory puzzle
Spoiler:As Shelby, in order to elude detection by the cops, you have to wipe down all the fingerprints you may have left in the clock/typewriter repair shop
another logic puzzle and a quasi-inventory puzzle
Spoiler:as Madison you have to escape the back room, which involves picking up an item and using it on the opposite wall, then you have to use logic to escape the apartment, which you can do using wonky logic classic to the adventure (get in the fridge) or using better logic by climbing out the window and jumping across into the stairwell
That people try to claim there are no puzzles in Heavy Rain is a testament to the game and the developers, as it means the puzzles are so logical to the setting and integrated into the story and setting that you don't find yourself consciously saying "ok here's another puzzle". Just because it doesn't have you creating a pocket amalgam, having to haul some mundane object across 30 minutes of scenery or running into some pure puzzle mini-game doesn't mean it doesn't have puzzles.
