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RolStoppable said:
happydolphin said:
Of course point and click adventures have always existed (Space Ace, Dragon's Lair), but this part of Koweniki's repost of another of Jim Sterling's reviews is very important:

"If anything, Heavy Rain deserves to be played simply to see the potential of games in this style. In the hands of better writers and the throats of better voice actors, a game like Heavy Rain could be absolutely amazing. This particular game is good in many ways, and is truly a trailblazer, but it falls short of its own ambitions, possibly because it thought it was so clever that it didn't try harder."

And what are its own ambitions? To be as solid as a top movie in terms of story and production.

I wouldn't categorize Space Ace and Dragon's Lair as point & click adventures. They were interactive movies. The player (in the loosest sense) was watching an animated movie and prompted to press the correct button every now and then.

Point & click, like the term suggests, is about pointing & clicking.

I beat Space Ace and I think I also finished Dragon's Lair. I remember it was about pressing the right direction and/or action button at the right time within a cinematic sequence. Perhaps King's Quest is more point and click. Thanks for helping me clarify my point.

But, my general idea still stands. If you don't mind I'll go ahead and reword that.