A shortage of "Heavy Rain" discs in the U.K. isn't the only oversight related to the game that's come to light this week. It's now been joined by leading lady Madison Page's birthday suit. A glitch somewhere in the code reportedly allowed a user to walk around uncovered as Madison after activating a sequence he didn't want to see. When he reloaded his previous save file, "Heavy Rain" left him in control of a character with no clothes.
The glitch occurred right after a scene with Ethan and Madison from "On The Loose," according to Kotaku. Nudity already existed in the game from scenes that including showering and toplessness, but this odd manifestation would be the only known instance in the game where you can walk around freely with nothing on.
It's been quite a while since we've seen a good "Hot Coffee"-style "mistake" made in a game. As always, you have to wonder how much of this revelation can be chalked up to errors and how much was just sort of passively overlooked by a developer or two. Whatever the case may be, I doubt the ESRB is going to rethink its M rating in favor of an Adults Only upgrade, since they would have already observed the shower scene. In the meantime, be careful not to corrupt any save files trying to replicate this discovery.
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