10 Video Game Mysteries Answered In CUT CONTENT
9. Why Does Ethan Have Blackouts? - Heavy Rain
One of the most significant plot elements of Heavy Rain is that protagonist Ethan Mars experiences blackouts, yet the reason for them is never actually explained in the game itself.
As it turns out, a making-of video released by Quantic Dream in 2011 revealed that Ethan originally had a psychic link to the Origami Killer, forged during the mall car accident which claimed his son Jason's life at the start of the game.
The blackouts originally led to a recurring nightmarish gameplay sequence, but this all ended up being cut.
Yet for whatever reason the blackouts themselves were left in, possibly because removing them would've required significant reworking of various scenes.
Now granted, it's easy enough for players to explain away Ethan's blackouts as merely induced by grief and trauma, but all the same, it definitely feels like the game is building to a more concrete explanation for them that just... never comes.