I really have a PROBLEM with these types of games: I can't stand making a mistake. And the sort of "random encounters" really screw with my inner Pisces. Like I have never even made it past the FIRST LEVEL of Heavy Rain. Don't want to make a mistake. So when you wind up having to randomly rescue a woman from being murdered by her jealous husband... and you screw up because you can't even FIND the woman at first and by the time you get to her she's already dead... I typically will NEVER finish that game.
GTA is different, of course. As long as you follow the story... you can't POSSIBLY screw up. Random things in GTA don't even matter...