This is what gaming was always prophecised to be - an interactive movie that is entirely dependent on your actions. If you don't run fast enough, you will get caught - but the game keeps going, you've only changed the outcome. If you don't see an important clue, you might not catch the killer in time. If a character dies, he stays dead. It's a very exciting mechanic, and it makes the action sequences vastly more exciting to know that you can really fail. It's a shame, then, that the game is lacklustre in the actual game department - walking controls are clunky, the camera is annoying, and sometimes your frantic button mashes don't register. But frankly, the story is so ridiculously engaging, and the system makes for such amazing moments that you don't really care about all that other "game" stuff. This is a taste of the future.
