Well, here it is. Heavy Rain gameplay from Pre E3 press event.

[rover]

Dallinor said:

rover said:
If it's coming out in 2009, there's not really that much time left. Certainly not enough to have any significant changes to the way it plays in this video. Get ready for more timed button press excitement!

Hopefully the story's at least as good as Indigo Prophecy's (which was great).

I liked Indigo Prophecy and I'm sure I'll like this one, but anyone thinks that Heavy Rain is going to be "innovative" after watching this video is fooling themselves.

THIS GAME WILL BE JUST ANOTHER GAME... B_E_L_I_E_V_E

It's coming out in 2010, he mentions it at the end of the GT interview.

 

Oh, yeah I missed that 2010 bit.

That's too bad - holiday 2009 would have been a good time to have something like this out.

Still, at this stage (after the time they've already spent in development) I'd bet they aren't changing much design-wise.  If this is like Indigo Prophecy (and I think anyone who's played IP and seen these vids will agree it is), then they are going to have their hands full making sure all the story branching is tested and solid.  Probably will have some performance improvements, but what you saw in those vids is what you're going to get when this ships.

IP had a fair amount of replayability due to the branching story, so this format isn't, strictly speaking, a no-replay value adventure game.  That's good.