Its just the game seem to take the most retarded twist humanely possible.
LOL, I guess that's one way to describe it.
the game before the end is awesome. I loved the part in the prison when the power goes out myself, was awesome fun.
Oh yes! I was so expecting to see Dr Lecter there.
I think that the inspiration for that particular scene is pretty obvious.
Does immersiveness matter to you?
Absolutely, I've played just about every game genre out there. For any game to keep my interest it needs a compelling story or great game mechanics. Notice that I stress great not new game mechanics. I've been enjoying a lot of the recent Sid Meier releases lately. I got his updated Pirates (2004) game last year. It has simple gameplay but is so addictive. You can pillage the seas for booty to your heart's content! 
When Railroads was released, I rushed out to get it. Again, it's a simple sim but it is so much fun. I really want to try out the multiplayer to it. I just got to convince a friend of mine to go get a copy.
Oooh! I *heart* Sid Meier. First I played Pirates on Amiga, then Pirates Gold on PC and then the new Sid Meier's Pirates you mentioned. And they are all great! I remember when I was spending the night at my friend's place
(I had sold my Amiga to him) and he just had got Pirates... I think that it was somewhere around 3 AM - after I'd been playing for three or four hours - when he says to me: "You really like that game, don't you?" and I reply "Did you say something? Oh! The game! Yeah, it's great."
Of course, my rather extensive Pirates-experience does diminish the replay of the latest Pirates a little bit; while it truly is an excellent game, it's also basically the same game as the previous versions, so I haven't played the last one
that much.
Big fan of his railroad games as well.
I've played the first Railroad Tycoon and Deluxe quite a bit, in fact it's been only few weeks since I last played the first one. I do recall a story similar to my Pirates-experience - I was playing the first one and I remember checking the time; it was about 11 PM. Next time I checked what time it was... the clock was showing 5AM. I
was wondering why it had suddenly become so bright outside.
I guess it just goes to show how addictive they can be.
And I'm totally going to try Railroads as well, of course.
How your moral choices affect people's attitudes towards you
This is one game component that locks me in. I loved Deus Ex for this reason, and for the upgrade system. (How cool was that?! ) One of the first games I played that had this was Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Your decisions throughout every mission pulled you closer to either side of the force, until your climatic descision.
Recently, Vampire: Bloodlines incorportated this game mechanic. I believe it was the best feature for the game, for a game with many flaws. You could replay the game numerous times as different types of vampires. One type could seduce any lady, or you could have them running in fear. The interactions could either be realistic or hilarious, but it definitely immersed me into the game.
Being a self-proclaimed World War II nerd, the Call of Duty series always gets me hooked in. Both games give very smooth scripted sequences that give you the "Oh #%@! I gotta get moving!" urgency. Though anyone who has played Call of Duty 2, by the end you are tired of hearing the soldiers slang for Germans.
I wonder if
KOTOR (another great game, btw) got the dark side/light side-concept from Dark Forces II. I do remember playing Dark Forces II little bit, but not much. No recollection if I actually had a reason why it didn't interest me that much, though.
Bloodlines is something I've been planning to try. I have heard that it indeed does have flaws, but it sounds like an enjoyable game nonetheless.
Heheh, my WWII nerdness usually exhibits itself as a desire to play games like
Steel Panthers (mostly the free World at War-variant these days),
Panzer General and
Combat Mission 2 (aka Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin)... B to B because that's the only CM-game I have, I'm sure that the rest are good, as well.
Or
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, but I have to admit that it's been year or two since I last played it - I suppose it's because flight sims as a genre take same serious dedication to get into, if you haven't been playing any lately.
I haven't tried Indigo Prophecy yet, but I've heard it's really good. I don't recall it having much of a shelf life here, but I might snag a copy from Amazon or GoGamer or something.
Just a heads up: the US release has been censored, it's lacking two sex scenes. Whether they are important to the game is another matter - indeed some people have said that there's too much sex in that game, and I have to admit that the protagonist's habit of scoring with almost every girl available does stretch the credibility little bit.
