10 Divisive Video Games That Are Secretly The Best Entry

5. Heavy Rain

Though not a numbered series of games, it's long been believed that all of David Cage's titles take place in the same timeline. Evidence such as the Origami Killer being mentioned in Beyond Two Souls, or various references to Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy in Detroit: Become Human are just two.

Point being: Dude is pretty much the M. Night Shyamalan of games, and though Heavy Rain's voice acting "JAY-SON!" scene became the stuff of meme-able legend, the game overall is his most solid work by a long shot.

Yes, Detroit attempts to address racial inequality, morality and civil rights through android analogues, but it's done with such a tone deaf, obvious approach, you're unlikely to come away with anything worthwhile.

Heavy Rain though, is practically a David Fincher detective thriller - or the nearest we're ever gonna get without him.

Trying to solve the case of the Origami Killer in rainswept Philadelphia, Heavy Rain mercifully doesn't fall back on a catch-all supernatural element to wrap everything up. Yes, the final killer twist can feel forced, but to me it always made enough sense to be satisfying, topping off a brilliant Saw-meets-Se7en story.

A bunch of different endings govern which of your four protagonists survive and which information gets out, making for some great replay value if you want to try it all again.