To be fair, I think Sterling makes valid comments. Hiding everything under "he has a good side" is more than a bit lame considering a real murderer would not act that way at all. Either you're a psychopath and don't care for others, or if it's an obsession, guilt eventually turns people into wrecks who are incapable of function in society.
Anyone who understands how people "work" knows that the character they put down is simply not realistic or very unlikely. Unless he's schizophrenic, no person with an emotional and compassionate side can block out "dark thoughts" and pretend they're not there while functioning like a perfect part of society. It would affect you severely - if it didn't, you wouldn't be compassionate.
In the end, I think it was a bit of a cheap move to do what they did, for the sake of a major plat twist. They could have avoided it all by making him schizophrenic and unaware of what his alternate personality did.

Why'd ya comment D:
I actually like the clichés in this game, gives it a special kind of feeling.

cos i think he's over-reacting. ;-)

THANKS FOR THE SPOILERS ASSHOLE D:

LOL You didn't seriously post that, did you?

The game has a heap of variation in it, one time it turned out to be Weclock

Weclock was the obvious suspect, so I never suspected him! Genius!

OMG ITS NON LINEAR TOO?! AWESOME! GONNA BUY ME A PS3!
So, do they reveal at the end who's the Mango Stealer?

No, my identity will forever remain a mystery!
Less flippantly, I bought a PS3 just for this game and I'm damned pleased about it

Any tips to share with your fellow poor college students?

On affording one? Find a lecturer you get on with, ace his class and then ask for assignment marking work the next semester. Its how I got my PS3, I figured I should buy it fast with my first pay before any bills showed up and I got there in the nick of time...

In spite of the fact it was actually quite well done and somewhat unusual to show the origins of it so you get to know how the pathology kicked in?

Yeah, I don't remember Se7en ever doing that, and that's one of my favorite crime movies. In fact, people are comparing Heavy Rain to Se7en to the point where they've tried to integrate the two...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmiPL5xUw8A
And don't worry, the spoiler only applies if you've never seen Se7en.

My worry is that one of the strengths of the game is it's replayable nature. Yet things that were cool the first time in Indigo Prophecy (cleaning, sweeping, getting dressed, etc...) weren't quite so much fun when you had to replay them...