Heavy Rain vs Linda Brown: Interactive Story
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is a compelling, story-driven psychological thriller where you get to assume the role of four different characters, each of them driven by their own personal motives to investigate the mysterious serial killings by a murderer who is known by the media-dubbed moniker the Origami Killer since the only calling card left behind in each murder scene is an origami. Similar to most story-focused games, your every choice and action may dramatically change the resulting narrative due to the consequences that entails.Featuring multiple endings, which ending you'll get is entirely up to you in Heavy Rain. So, if you enjoy a crime thriller, you'll definitely enjoy playing this game.
Linda Brown: Interactive Story
Linda Brown: Interactive Story is The Other Guys' forey into the interactive storytelling business after their pretty good sucess with the Sherlock-themed hidden objects game, Sherlock Holmes: Lost Detective. Similar to the latter, this game features an intriguing and immersive, romance-and-mystery-filled story where you'll be playing as Linda Brown herself. Meet a host of interesting characters (and you can even date some of them), travel to various locations as you follow the trail of clues, and make important decisions that will change the path of your narrative.However, unlike games like Episode or Choices, Linda Brown: Interactive Story has a gameplay that is a lot similar to any of the games Telltale Games produced. This means that characters in the game will remember your reactions or responses and act accordingly the next time you meet.
The only major downside in this game is that, like Episodes and Choices, there are special "premium decisions" that you can make to further deepen the storyline, but the diamonds needed to buy these special decisions can be pretty costly - $3 per premium decision. Due to this, it might be great to have the option of earning diamonds by watching video ads.
Overall though, Linda Brown: Interactive Story is still a very well-written interactive story that doesn't only have romantic elements but also an intriguing mystery that rivals most hidden objects games. If you enjoy a good mystery with a dash of romance, this is the game you should play.