I found a funny and spot on criticism of Heavy Rain from years ago after the author played about 4 hours. Probably the same as me although I think I played a bit more before quitting. Not too many spoilers for those that haven’t played it.

“Heavy Rain is the story of a man who gets depressed because his child is too stupid to live. Ethan is either the dumbest or most self-destructive character I've come across in ages.”

https://gamecritics.com/daniel-weiss...ritten-part-1/