Mandatory installs aren't unexpected when it comes to PlayStation 3 titles, but developers are fast becoming creative with how they hope to keep you occupied while you wait. 

With Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, Insomniac included an incredibly entertaining Captain Quark intro you'd watch while the game copied data to your hard drive, for instance. Tecmo gave you the opportunity to watch a digital comic book with Ninja Gaiden II Sigma. When I popped in a preview build of Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain in our PS3 test kit a few weeks ago, I was amused by what the French developer had come up with -- arts and crafts. 

Heavy Rain follows the story of multiple characters, all tied together by mysterious murders perpetrated by someone the media is calling "The Origami Killer." With each murder, the bodies are found holding a tiny, meticulously folded paper crane/dog/thing. The game's install screen has you, the player, stepping into the role of "The Origami Killer" by guiding you through a step-by-step on how to fold your own murderous calling card. 

According to the instructions, the game box will ship with a square piece of paper for this very purpose. While I didn't get that, it wasn't going to stop me from following along at home. Later this week, I'll have a full preview and hands-on with Heavy Rain, but in the meantime, hit the jump and get ready to do some origami. 

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Xzyliac

If I had a thicker piece of paper I'd be oragimi-ing the shit out of it right now. Sad face.

Jesus H Christ

Maybe I'll just dry my hair and brush my teeth while I wait for the install.

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YAY ARTS AND CRAFT TIME!

That's pretty cool though.

GKANG

The tutorial fails as it lacks to say which side is front or back after image four.

bloodylip

Damn. I was hoping for some more awesome Nick Chester papercraft.

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They're really getting creative, Its got me wondering what they'll do for the God of War 3 install...

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This is the best article all day.

Thanks! I'm gonna make me some origami and then head out and kidnap some small boys .........


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.......... errr, scratch that last bit.

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Haha, this is pretty awesome.

Cyber Altair

Will do.

Happymeowmeow

Cool. The illustrations on the instructions aren't quite accurate once you get past step 5 though. They'd totally catch me at the scene of the crime trying to get all my folds right.
"Potential origami killers foiled...Just as planned"

Stephanie Shih

Holy crap, when I was a freshman in high school I wrote a short story about a killer who left origami pieces with each victim killed... small world, eh? I remember I got the idea from an old X-Files episode from way back in the day.
How neat I got a PS3 instead of an Xbox so I can get Heavy Rain :B

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whatthi

that is awesome i hope im not gonna be inspired to kill after i fold an origami..maybe i should practice on animals first hmmmmm...sorry did i just type that out loud?

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You lost me at step 2, Nick.

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Those are some of the least clear origami instructions I've ever seen. For step 5, it says we fold the remaining points toward the center, but the picture shows edges toward the center, which doesn't even make sense. Also, no mention of mountains or valleys!

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@Dexter:

Nonsense! It's clear that fetusmilk is the smartest one here.

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are they gonna have instructions for different ones or does the killer leave the same one each time?

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hey nick i made a crane origami and sent it to your mailbox...



...its stained with the blood of your firstborn

Cyber Altair

I don't know what you people are talking about because mine came out awesomely.

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It almost makes PS3 installs tolerable. Nice.

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Folding at Home! Yeah!

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I know this is old, but Im an avid origami practicer and couldnt resist uploading once I saw this!



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I love origami. I was going to do a silver one but realised the folding icorporated both sides of a sheet and wouldnt look right being silver and white.

Cannot wait for this game!

Joshua T Ruth

I just want to say thanks for this. I've been having problems with this janky game and it froze on me 90 percent into my install and even though I tried to delete any data in my hard drive to install again, it's not letting me. I had an incomplete origami which was driving me nuts. Thanks for helping me to scratch that itch. Now if I could only get the game to work...

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All the people that are checking this article out. Check the video tutorial I made off this Origami signature for Heavy Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pANfwAvAcgU

Maxim Serbu

Thanks for this, i just got the game in the post today and this was inside and i had no clue on how to do it.
This is the actual origami :), and funny or not my name is max.
Cheers and thanks again.

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love it you have to have a squared paper like they give you with the game though so you have to cute regular paper

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