On the Loose | Heavy Rain Walkthrough Heavy Rain guide, walkthrough

This page of Heavy Rain's Game Guide describes the On the Loose chapter of the game. These are preparations for Ethan's fifth attempt (challenge). Madison may appear in the motel room and one of the behavioral options is to sleep with her.

A few additional notes for start:

1. This chapter will not appear in the game if Ethan was caught in [Fugitive] and he was not freed by Norman later.
2. Madison will not appear in the motel if you have let her die in The Doc scene.
3. Keep an eye on the end of this stage because Ethan could end up in prison for good.

The kiss is only the first step...

One of the most important chapters. It will have great impact on the ending of the game. For complete information please refer to the Epilogues section. Ethan can sleep with Madison in this scene - that will change the endings. Ethan can be also caught by the police here. This will end his plotline - you will see [Arrested] chapter - I recommend you to check its description to see consequences it brings.

If you escape, potentially all endings with free Ethan are available, including:

1. [A New Start], [Origami Blues], [Ethan's Grave] if you did not forgive Madison or didn't sleep with her at all;
2. [A New Life], [Tears in the Rain], [Ethan's Grave] if you slept with Madison and forgave her.
3. The only potential ending that cannot be affected by relation with Madison is [Ethan's Grave] (and obviously epilogues of other characters).

Listen as Ethan has problems with himself and how Madison shows him compassion. Quite suddenly you will be put in front of a choice - either to kiss her or not. If you kiss her, you will sleep with Madison. If you don't, Madison will leave and see police.

If Madison is dead at the start of this stage, it will obviously change the whole start. You will be able to open the last box from the kidnapper right away and take care of escaping the police.

Put your clothes on and then check Madison's jacket

If you sleep with Madison, you will wake up beside her. Dress up and open the last box from the kidnapper. Check jacket on the chair - Madison's notepad and camera will fall out. After you find out that Madison is a reporter, you make your final choice whether to get involved with her or not. You can forgive Madison to unlock the Lover Boy trophy, or throw her away to win the Unforgivable trophy. These achievements are, of course, mutually exclusive. It is best to finish the game first and only then return to this stage to behave differently.

Madison will get out of the motel room. Go downstairs, to the reception. You will discover that Blake is here with dozens of policemen and that they are going to arrest Ethan at any moment.

Go towards the motorcycle. Optionally you can also warn Ethan about the danger

You can jump on your bike and ride off or you can call Ethan from the reception (number 207) - it doesn't matter what you choose. Ethan's got to run anyway, and it's a long QTE sequence.

As you escape with Ethan, you will arrive at a place where, when you will have a choice which way to go, choose to go towards staircase, and then to the roof.

Jump with no fear - you are strong

Keep running on the roof until you reach the edge. Now you have a choice - to let them catch you by surrendering or to jump. Jumping is a better solution. If you do it, stand up and steal a taxi. One more trophy can be obtained here - the Escape Master is given if you escape the police.

If you got caught for a change, there may be an opportunity to play the Under Arrest stage, but only if this is the first "slip-up" of the character. If you have already been caught by the police in the Fugitive chapter, Ethan will remain in custody until the end of the game. The same will happen if Norman is dead in the meantime and can't help Ethan escape from custody.