Heavy Rain Critic Reception

[epicurean]

I just don't see how anything in it is all that different from any other adventure game other than the control scheme. Instead of "X" being punch, it's "R1" when you are in punching range, or whatever button it prompts you to do. I completely understand if people don't LIKE the control scheme, but that's really the only major difference as far as gameplay is concerned. If you classify this as an "interactive movie", then there have been many, many, many before it.

I haven't decided if I'm getting it yet or not...I'm intrigued by many things, but put off by others (the demo where you put on lipstick...that just seems dumb to me, but that's my opinion). We'll see how it all comes together. But I really dont' see how it could be called an interactive movie any more than countless other video games.