#HEAVY RAIN MADISON SERIAL#
#HEAVY RAIN MADISON TRIAL#

#HEAVY RAIN MADISON TRIAL#

Madison then goes to a motel to try to help her sleep, where she meets other protagonist Ethan Mars, who has been injured after attempting the Origami Killer's first trial in order to find his son (who has been abducted by the killer). The two invaders then attack, though ultimately are revealed to be a nightmare caused by Madison's poor sleeping. After taking a shower and trying to sleep once more, she notices the apartment has been broken into. She is introduced in her apartment, being unable to sleep. The character makes her debut and only appearance in 2010's Heavy Rain, developed by French studio Quantic Dream. Model Jacqui Ainsley described her as 'strong yet vulnerable, willing to take a risk for the things she believes in', noting the ability of the player to shape her character. Guillaume de Fondaumière, co-CEO of Quantic Dream, commented that her character was 'strong, but fragile', a trait due to her character and not her gender, and viewed her as a central character, a role he considered 'interesting' compared to other female video game characters. Her insomnia is caused by her history as a war correspondent in Iraq, though this is never mentioned in the game itself. She is said to have had insomnia since she was young, where she was raised around several brothers, and finds it difficult to sleep outside of motels. Madison Paige is described as a 27-year-old female photographer and a journalist, and is called one of the game's most 'enigmatic' characters of Heavy Rain in the developer videos. IGN's Mike Thomsen voiced concern over her heavy sexualization. The striptease scene was defended by Heavy Rain lead writer David Cage, who believed it succeeded in making the player 'uncomfortable'. Criticism fell on her shower scene, forced strip-tease, and possible sex scene with Ethan Mars (another of the game's protagonists), in the last case for looking unrealistic, and to some, sexist.

The character has received a generally positive reception, with Game Informer's Megan Marie praising her character design as well as appearing on 'top character' lists.

In addition to the main game, the character is also the star of the downloadable prequel The Taxidermist, wherein she is instead voiced by Barbara Scaff. Judi Beecher serves as her voice actress and facial motion capture, while the character is modelled after Jacqui Ainsley who also provides the motion capture for her body. At certain points she may be killed and eliminated from play.

#HEAVY RAIN MADISON SERIAL#

She is one of four played protagonists in the game, and begins investigating the 'Origami Killer', a serial killer who targets children and drowns them in rainwater.

Within Heavy Rain, she is presented as a female photographer and journalist who suffers from chronic insomnia. Madison Paige is a fictional character in the 2010 video game Heavy Rain.

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