Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: AennilQ on March 25, 2005, 05:18:54 PM
Title: Cinemas- Yay or Nay
Post by: AennilQ on March 25, 2005, 05:18:54 PM
Is it just me, or am I the only one of my friends that likes to watch movies in games. I enjoy the cinematic experience, and the storytelling. I am the only person like that that I have met. Watching my friend repeatedly press A for the entire Wind Waker opening movie is pretty annoying. Am I alone?
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Post by: KDR_11k on March 25, 2005, 10:23:41 PM
I like movies as rewards, e.g. you made it through a level, here's the next bit of the story. Long introduction movies get on my nerves, though. And all movies have to be skippable, of course. When you die and have to watch ten minutes of movies again that IS annoying.
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Post by: 09n on March 25, 2005, 10:59:00 PM
I personally love cinematics. How ever my freind reads what is being said and stops the characters half way thruogh a sentance which kinda bugs me. I if I could would watch good quality cinematics all the time. But they have to be good graphics otherwise just go watch tv. Its less energetic.
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Post by: Myxtika1 Azn on March 27, 2005, 04:20:33 AM
This post brings up memories of the first Spider-Man movie game. I got pissed off so many times because there is always a cutscene at the beginning of a level or a boss fight. If you die, then you have wait for the movie to load again until you can SKIP it. This is especially annoying if you lose to a boss and have to repeat the process over and over again.
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Post by: nickmitch on March 28, 2005, 06:24:40 AM
The cinemas are great. They're just not necessary.
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Post by: matt oz on March 28, 2005, 07:40:15 AM
Quote Originally posted by: KDR_11k I like movies as rewards, e.g. you made it through a level, here's the next bit of the story. Long introduction movies get on my nerves, though. And all movies have to be skippable, of course. When you die and have to watch ten minutes of movies again that IS annoying.
I'm the same way with intro movies. When I start up a new game, I just wanna start playing. I don't want to sit through a long movie telling me a story I don't even care about yet. I remember when I rented Conker's Bad Fur Day, that intro movie annoyed the hell out of me. Give me a small tutorial level or something before you give me a 10-minute movie I can't skip.
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Post by: Bill Aurion on March 28, 2005, 10:37:30 AM
I like my cutscenes short and sweet...If they can't be done in a few minutes they shouldn't be done at all...
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Post by: couchmonkey on March 28, 2005, 11:20:06 AM
Cinemas, yay! As long as you can skip them. I'm also somewhat with Bill on the length issue, I like a longer cinema at the end of a game, but during the game, I prefer if they're kept in, like, the five minute range.
Interactive cinemas are something I like to see, too. The first time I remember seeing something like that was in the ending to Battletoads: Battlemaniacs on the Super NES. They stuck a mini-game halfway through the ending which determined whether you got the good or bad ending. Kind of fun. Resident Evil 4 does similar stuff in a lot of it's cinemas, which I think is cool.
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Post by: cloudstrife111 on March 31, 2005, 02:13:40 PM
i think finalf antasy 7 has the best cinymas coz it relly made the game fun coz u play it and itd makE YOU FEEL LIKE U HAD DONE SUMTHING GOOD
WHAT DO U GUYS THINK? I HATED HOw in zelda wind wker the cinymas were not using video it was boring and i didnt play it
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Post by: AgentSeven on March 31, 2005, 04:04:48 PM
LOL cloud i have all the Final Fantasy's on a special disc I can sell it to you if you give me your address.
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Post by: PIAC on March 31, 2005, 04:14:48 PM
Final Fantasy is for goons, get yourself a copy of Monkey Island
roll out
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Post by: Termin8Anakin on March 31, 2005, 04:20:25 PM
One thing I hate about cinematics in games is the when they show your character doing things that you can't actually do. MGS:TTS comes to mind - as its the only game I have with extensive cinematics: - doing backflips in slow motion while jumping onto a ballistic missile which deflects it back at the shooter..... - kicking a gun up from the ground and spinnning around and shooting - dodging sword swipes and gun shots matrix style You can't do ANY of those in the game!!! ONLY IN THE CINEMATICS!!
I do love cinematics in games though, so long as they are necessary to the story and aren't there just for the sake of having them, which a lot of developers do.
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Post by: cloudstrife111 on March 31, 2005, 04:26:10 PM
Quote Originally posted by: AgentSeven LOL cloud i have all the Final Fantasy's on a special disc I can sell it to you if you give me your address.
i donot understand agentsaven????? wear did u get special dic is it on psx????? do u hav pm does ff7 looks good on spiecial
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Post by: PIAC on March 31, 2005, 04:28:41 PM
What did I tell you? now i'm out of gin, usk >=(
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Post by: Termin8Anakin on March 31, 2005, 04:34:00 PM
Hey cloud, you can post your address here if you want that FFVII disc. ITs totally safe.....no one's gonna send you stupid mail for lol or anything. You can totally trust us.
