I think the definition is too loose as to what defines an interactive movie vs a game, but in general, I agree with the thought. I don't mind a good story, but when you use the story as a crutch to push me in a straight line, I start to mind. And then when you further keep pushing in a straight line just so that you can show me FMV after FMV, at that point, I'm lost as a player. If I wanted something with only a good story, I'd buy a movie for a fraction of the price.

The problem I see is that publishers know that pretty graphics sell. Reviewers love it because they can slap up a few pictures, and make half the review "Ooh, pretty!" (Hence helping to perpetuate the first part.) But me? If I buy a game, I want the freedom to play a game. Not watch a game, PLAY a game. If the interactive game snippets are only to move me from movie to movie, then you fail at making a game. I want to explore my RPG. (And sometimes you find nothing. So be it.) I want the freedom to (try to) shoot what I want in a shoot-em-up. (And know that certain items being shot is bad.) I want the ability to choose whether I fry or jump on that goomba! I don't want to merely run down a corridor, fighting a few enemies, just to see another movie.

I laugh at this thread. "Games that I don't like aren't really games". Childish.

I just hate too many cutscenes, I like them but not abuse it

point and click adventure?

I think the story games are probably among my favorites.... similarly, an FPS with no story... meh :/

Did... Did you just say you hate the Ace Attorney series?

I'm in shock.

The problem is Games focus on shitty story and neglect the gameplay, Thus it becomes Shitty.

Mass Effect balanced both and is one of the best games of all times.

To each his own. I think MGS4 is brilliant, because it tells an interesting story and has good gameplay to back it up with. So when I'm playing, I enjoy that, and when I watch a cutscene, I enjoy the story. And I loved Fahrenheit (which is probably the best example of an interactive movie that has been released so far).

I loathe point and click adventure games though. To me, the Ace Attorney series is vastly overrated. So it's a matter of taste, and I've grown to accept that some people just want and enjoy different things.

However, I voted "steaming pile" because you're hating on Heavy Rain

Apparently I have never played an actual game? What a revelation! Can I join an interactive movie site somewhere? Thank you, you've changed my life. Nice sig Rainbird.

That opening post was so stupid. Made worse by the fact that most of those so called "interactive movies" have much better game play than the "actual games". And they do it with a sweet plot as well.

MGS is my fav series