Finally I finished - Only took me a year.......
I know the developers were trying out something new in the lines of blending simon says blinking lights with character action movements but this feature took away from the game. I was so busy worrying about hitting the right combination color lights that I couldn't enjoy the cinematics playing out before me. I also didn't enjoy having to start the sequence all over again from the beginning once I died. There is no way to save it halfway through, it's all or nothing.
However I'm glad I sucked it up and got through to the end.