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Thanks for the chance to win!"

What's the point of a video game if you don't have to try to win? Did you just want to sit back and watch the story without having to do anything? If so, why not go "plug in a PlayStation 3 and a television in the lobby of one of the art-house theaters I go to specifically for a foreign film experience that may be depressing as hell." Because a game where you don't have to use skill to get through a level or an action or a fight isn't actually a game.

Once again, this is very, very simple. Look at what you say:

"Video games should be about fun, first and foremost. The tragedy of a father losing his son, or vice versa, isn't fun."

Now, really, think about this very hard. Put on your thinking cap. Do you understand why you didn't have fun? You didn't have fun because you lost the game. You failed. You weren't good enough to get the fun ending. If you were better you would not get the tragedy of losing the son. You weren't good enough. You lost. You lost. You. Lost. The ending you wanted, "A New Start," would have given you this: Ethan and Shaun move to a new apartment and live happily ever after. A combination of good choices and skill you lead you to that fun ending. Sadly, you were not skilled enough. You lost. This happens sometimes in life. That is not the developer's fault. You were given the tools to win, and you lost because you were not skilled enough. That is the very concept of "game.""

You failed to get her on the motorcycle because you weren't good enough. That isn't the narrative's fault, that's your fault. You were given a gameplay hurdle to get over, you failed to do it right and it gave you an ending you didn't want. That's simple.

And honestly, did it all come down to a single event? How many actions before that went into getting you to that moment? Every single thing you did in that game brought you to the point where you'd get her on the motorcycle or not. That isn't one single event, that's just the one single event that didn't go the way you wanted it to because you weren't good enough. Glancing over a Wiki I see 11 different ways Madison could die. That isn't a fate coming down to one single event, that's a fate coming down to AT LEAST 11 events.

Think about it. Just give it a minute and think about it. Your game and the story that you got didn't come down to one single event, and the fate of each character is tied to both the decisions you make and how well you play the game. That isn't bad game design. That's the very nature of many modern video games."

Back in the day, you could play through all the way to the end of a game of Super Mario Bros. for the NES and die on the last stage with no lives left. It all came down to the player hitting a "single, clumsy button press." How is this any different? Hell man, if you weren't able to save Slippy in time on Starfox 64 you'd get a different ending and play a different set of levels. Your arguement and any complaint is totally invalid. You hit the button wrong and thus didn't get the game you wanted. That's your fault, not Cage's.

(I've never played Heavy Rain and am not in any way a PS3 fanboy. I don't even own a PS3.)"

Xbox 360 version.

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