Okay, so that's Beyond: Two Souls.
I....don't hate it. But it be a stretch to say i like it, or want to replay it.
The problem with this game, compared to Heavy Rain, isn't the the absence of choice or punishment for failure. The problem for me is that B2S is much less interactive than HR. I commented when I started the game that I was happy for the more intuitive gameplay. To move left you just nudge teh control stick left. In HR, for the same action, you mmight have to hold down two or three buttons or to move the joystick in a sort of angular shape. To knock on a door in B2S, you just press the joystick, to knock on a door in HR you do the...it's sort of a U shape I guess I'd call it? The point I'm trying to get across is that, in HR, you had to be on your toes to do a decent amount of work. It was a lot more involved than you nudge the control stick in one direction here and there and that is it. A lot of B2S saw me just kind of staring at the screen and forgetting I had a controller. I can assure you that never happened in Heavy Rain.
As for the ending....

(SPOILER)I chose Beyond. I've played the game, I've played Jodie's life, and there is nothing left in the Life for her. Life has done nothing for her except kick her in the ass every chance it got. There was no reason to stay. Sorry Ryan, I don't hate you or anything, but there is a whole new, far better world out there for Jodie.

As for the story and all that...it was okay. The problem is, as I mentioned earlier, is that it is Jodie's story. Heavy Rain was four peoples' story. It was Ethan's story, it was Norman's story, it was Scott's story and it was Madison's story. I like Jodie, I really do. She was a good character. But she's a solitary rock in a sea of forgettable characters. I mean, Stan was okay, Nathan was okay, Cole was okay, but the best I can say for everyone besides Jodie and Aiden is that they were "okay." Speaking of Aiden, I liked him. I liked the reveal at the end. It makes sense. I think Aiden has good presence in spite of having no voice. I liked to play him as wild and overprotective and that really works IMO. I think Aiden is probably the most....flexible character in B2S. You get more control over him than Jodie even and he's better for it. Your Aiden might not be teh same as mine.

Overall, B2s had its good points, I won't deny. But it failed to live up to my expectations unfortunately. Heavy Rain was a really good game, one of the best games I've played in a long time, but this was....just kinda okay.

If I had to confess my single greatest disappointment, it would be:
(SPOILER)the torture bit. That could have been so much better. Believe me, I had my thumb hovering over the X button if it got ugly but it really didn't. I mean, if that guy had started to carve out Ryan's eyes? I probably would have talked. But I stayed silent because this game just didn't get it. I know Cage can do it, he did it in HR with The Lizard, but here....it was like he pulled his punches. I dunno why.