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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens
And I don't honestly think Heavy Rain is an adventure game as we know it. Adventure games per se are stuck in the past and refuse to progress. Heavy Rain is leaps and bounds beyond that.
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Yes, I think the big difference here is that new adventure games still impose unnecessary restrictions upon themselves, whereas Heavy Rain does not conform to a well-established structure.
Also, traditional adventure games augment narrative with puzzle-solving, which slows down the pace and creates a rather leisurely play experience. Heavy Rain seems the complete opposite, with intense gameplay and high stakes. You're often forced to act out of instinct as opposed to careful deliberation.
There is of course joys and benefits to both, the pivotal factor being that we haven't seen a game quite like Heavy Rain before, while we've seen a million different point & clickers that, mechanically, are almost identical.