Well that was a pretty good book

I finished playing Heavy Rain yesterday and I gotta say that after playing it I'm amazed at how much of my time is spent thinking about that game. I've talked to a few of my other friends who are playing and or beat the game and I keep getting totally blow away. The variety of endings are completely insane. For example one friend had a character die within the first 90 minutes. I can't wrap my hand around how the game would be different without the presence of this character. There are so many things about that game that don't feel so developed. Some of the writing is pretty bad, for example, "Take these pain killers, they will take away the pain." Except for those few choice lines the rest was believable. The voice acting was lacking in some spots as well. I though the children sounded absolutely horrible. There are some people who thought that there was an overt amount of "frenchiness" in the speech but I didn't notice all that much. 
 
In my book the game is totally forgiven by the fact that the story was so good. There were hints of Se7en in there and a little Saw as well. I played through that game in two sessions because it was really hard to stop. The pacing is frantic enough to the point where I was constantly on the edge of my chair wondering what was going to happen next. I'm sad that it's still to early to talk any major spoilers but there is so much to think and discuss.  
 
Throughout the whole game I was wondering, how many other ways could this play out? Judging by the wide variety of endings there are many ways the story could go. Whether or not you should buy it is a different question. I would recommend renting or borrowing it. I bought it because I really appreciate the fact that Quantum Dream is taking a chance with something as different as this. It's refreshing to see something new.