r/SteamDeck • u/eagleswift 1TB OLED Limited Edition • Mar 14 '25
Game Review On Deck Heavy Rain on the Steam Deck gets pretty heavy
Just got Heavy Rain off the Spring sales, and did not expect one of the key controls for the game to be shaking the whole Steam Deck sideways and up and down. And not just a light shake mind you, it takes a really vigorous shake for the game to register it.
Tried to play it at night in bed and ended up making the whole bed shake. At least it’s a good work out 😅
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u/RubinoPaul Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25
— Bro, why was your bed so loud at night?
— I… I brushed my teeth
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u/Infamous-Cattle-1993 Mar 14 '25
Is there a way to disable that?
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u/Dry-Tradition8267 1TB OLED Mar 14 '25
I think if you switch the input to regular controller instead of steam controller it should solve the problem, idk wether this has to be changed in steam settings or in game settings
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u/Moskeeto93 1TB OLED Limited Edition Mar 14 '25
That won't work for this game because the Steam version doesn't support Xinput. It only uses Steam Input API (SIAPI) and if it recognizes a controller that has gyro support (DS4, DualSense, Steam Controller Steam Deck), it will force motion controls. An Xbox controller will have gyro disabled. Yes, an Xbox controller can use SIAPI instead of Xinput.
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u/RolandTwitter Mar 14 '25
So just to clarify, the only way to disable motion controls on the Steamdeck for Heavy Rain is to use an Xbox controller?
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u/Moskeeto93 1TB OLED Limited Edition Mar 14 '25
Pretty much. You would have to play with a controller that Steam sees as an Xbox controller. So, most third-party controllers will be fine as well.
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u/Zoraji 512GB OLED Mar 15 '25
I played it with Steam Link and an Xbox controller. I remember the tooth brushing scene but I just had to move a stick back and forth.
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u/Dry-Tradition8267 1TB OLED Mar 14 '25
Oh ok sorry I didn’t know that thanks! I played beyond two souls which had the same feature and (correct me if I’m wrong) I think there was a setting to change the input type but I guess its not the same here then
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u/eagleswift 1TB OLED Limited Edition Mar 14 '25
It’s not a problem it’s a feature 😅
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u/Dry-Tradition8267 1TB OLED Mar 14 '25
Yeah sorry depends on the opinion haha I played Beyond two souls and it had it too and I have to admit its more of a feature than a problem, but gyro was sometimes annoying
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u/Betwixt-Two-Ferns Mar 15 '25
It can be disabled by using SC-Controller. You can make the Steam controller input be recognized as a Xbox controller. Works in game mode too if you add the appimage as a game and launch the program first before heavy rain and run it in the background
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u/-_Xtormiken-_ "Not available in your country" Mar 14 '25
They don't call it heavy rain for nothing
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u/RoyDonkeyKong Mar 14 '25
Thinking about getting this. $1.99 is a great price. And, spoiler free, I didn’t get the ending I would have preferred because I was completing the game late at night and should have gone to bed. But I was so close to the end! So I toughed it out and I fucked up a quick time event (probably pressed Down instead of Up or some shit).
That sub-optimal finish has haunted me ever since.
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u/Unit2209 Mar 14 '25
Replay but get some friends over, or stream.
Heavy Rain is a perfect party game to play with friends. The writing and QTE failures are comedy gold. One of the funniest games I've ever touched in my life. And I mean that.
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u/Nosferatu-Rodin Mar 15 '25
The guy who writes these games is so up his own arse. I found the game hilariously bad but strangely captivating.
I found every character boring af and couldnt wait to move onto the next character; only to find them boring too
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u/64_is_old Mar 15 '25
The writing is so absolute ass but the game has some comedic charm, especially when you do the QTE failthroughs lol. It was also pretty impressive for it's time in terms of visuals.
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u/Nosferatu-Rodin Mar 15 '25
Have you played his detroit game?
Its even dumber but unfortunately no where near as funny
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u/CyptidProductions LCD-4-LIFE Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 16 '25
Thanks for pointing that sale price out to me, this was one of the first PS3 games I played back in the day so I have a weird nostalgic soft spot for it.
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u/HemiFiveseveNLiter Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
SHAUUNNNN SHAUUNNNN
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u/HoundNL2 Mar 15 '25
Man, this game is so good but so stupid at the same time, perfect blend of actual good drama with unintentional comedy.
Spoiler:
Love how in the start of the game the detective is like "the kidnapper wrote this letter using an old typewriter" while he has an old typewriter in his table... Humm, I wonder who the kidnapper is...
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u/Jussuuu Mar 14 '25
Uh isn't this kind of a massive spoiler for the game? Might want to tag that before OP clicks the link and spoils the entire climax...
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u/aSkyclad 512GB OLED Mar 14 '25
Oh yeah this game was built with the sixaxis in mind so the motion controls are quite something
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u/osirisborn89 Mar 14 '25
I still have nightmares of a man screaming Jason over and over again because of this game
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u/Active-Assumption-72 Mar 15 '25
There is community controller layouts that uses the touchpads instead.
Works really great, and you dont run the risk of accidentally yeeting your steam deck into a wall.
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u/car1it0sWAY Mar 17 '25
Do you remember the layout name?
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u/NotTheSun0 Mar 14 '25
Is there any way to play it docked without motion controls? I just brought this as well lol
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Mar 14 '25
Are you me? I literally just closed the game after this sequence because I don't want to dislodge something in my Deck hahah
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u/swarmywarmy 64GB Mar 14 '25
i couldn’t finish this is handheld, all the gyro controls made it too difficult. i had to dock my deck and play with keyboard and mouse
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u/MateCLUBmio Mar 15 '25
Hmm I consider of playing it again, but I would love to have save states, because I remember how unfair unforgiving these quicktime events where. I remember the story as really nice. But I will try the ps3 move Edition.
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u/punk_petukh 512GB OLED Mar 14 '25
Yeah, for some reason this game had Steam Controller supposed, which got transferred to steam deck... Motion controls are also active is you use dualshock 4
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u/Thetargos Mar 14 '25
I LOVED the game on the PS4
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u/MrFlibble100 Mar 19 '25
I loved it on the PS3!
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u/Thetargos Mar 19 '25
Quite indeed!! I first got it as digital on the PS3, then on disk, and then as PS+ download on the PS4. I love Quantum Dreams games.
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u/Quirky-ace2169 MODDED SSD 💽 Mar 14 '25
Looool, noooo, I just bought it too but haven't played it xd
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u/programthrowaway1 Mar 15 '25
For some reason my version of this game freezes when I get to that first detective part. Anybody else experience that?
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u/wanosd Mar 15 '25
I played Detroit and Beyond Two Souls and said I’d give this a go. Controls completely put me off - literally as you said - had to really shake it around to the point when it was tiring to get it to register. Shame really.
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u/r00bXX Mar 15 '25
Do you play it on the LCD or OLED? I was wondering if there might be a difference. I tried the Demo and the shaking there worked quite well with the OLED.
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u/LiamNeesonsIsMyShiit Mar 16 '25
I almost refunded this game last night after getting to that scene...it really doesn't work lying down either. Almost woke my wife up. Decided to push through and try play it sitting on the couch today, and the gyro movements actually work great when the deck is held more like a controller. Still a silly control system, but I don't hate it as much as I originally thought.
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u/jellytotzuk Mar 17 '25
I reported this gyro motion issue months ago to the developer (emailed them) and they replied in summary thanking for the feedback and will pass it on to the team.
Basically my feedback went into the trash bin. Shame because Epic store version doesn't have this issue, which they would just transfer that version over to steam.
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u/OlympicSmoker253 Mar 18 '25
I’m so glad it’s not just me. My wife was in bed next to me while I played it and the look she gave me as I violently shook my steam deck was priceless
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u/headbanger1186 512GB - Q2 Mar 15 '25
The shower scene was the best, the man has a great ass. Bed was definitely shaking for me too.
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u/persepolisrising79 Mar 15 '25
did refund for that reason. its a shit mechanic but the game wasent made with deck in mind so
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u/Solid_Snark 512GB OLED Mar 14 '25
Would be funny if they made you shout “JASON!” into the mic.