Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain is an interactive drama video game developed by Quantic Dream exclusively for PlayStation 3. The game is written and directed by Quantic Dream's founder and CEO David Cage.^[10] Heavy Rain's story is a dramatic thriller modeled after film noir, featuring four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Ethan Mars is a father who is trying to save his son from being the next victim, while investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby are each trying to track down clues to the Origami Killer's identity.The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events during fast-paced action sequences. The player's decisions and actions during the game will affect the narrative; the main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to different scenes and endings. 

It took me two days and 5 hours straight each day to finish this game. It gave me a good, feel-high kind of stress playing this, especially since I always have trouble following the directions or performing actions highlighted on the screen. Like I press O instead of X. Oh well..this game is definitely worth skipping the bathroom visits. :-) Once you start playing you just want to get to the end of the story and discover who the serial killer is. The game controls are very interactive which makes the story and actions seem realistic. There's a part in the game where your character has to play nurse to a wounded father, and you have to put antiseptic on the wound really slowly as to not hurt the patient. I had trouble controlling my pace on the analog stick, so i ended up hurting the poor guy in the end. I got stabbed on the leg, hit by a ten-wheeler truck and jumped from a three story building. All because I had no control over my fingers and I was being impatient. This game teaches you patience and exercises your memory. You have to remember details and be very articulate on the  clues you get. You the player will act on four different major characters in the game. Your decisions matter to the ending of the story. How you act or think on each trial or question aimed at you matters to what the story will reveal in the end. There's a part where the father was tested. You the father have to cut your pinky finger to prove your love for your son. Whether you cut your finger or not leads to a different scenario in the game. I couldn't cut my finger, but in the end I drank a poisoned drink that led me to be with my son. All in all i would give the game a perfect 10. I am no gamer but Role playing is one of my favorite kind of video games. This game was definitely worth the many hours lost on sleep and food. Hehe.. right now I have another game in mind where I want to put my cowgirl skills to the test. Red Dead Redemption anyone?