How often do you still watch cutscenes at your age?

[InD_ImaginE]

If I come to a point where I am skipping the cut scenes (which probably means I can't be arsed to read the dialogues to begin with as I don't care about the setting/story) the game would probably get unistalled 15 minutes later.

A great exception is roguelike/roguelite games with quest/story components due the die and repeat nature of the genre.

 

[Beastro]

Agree with pretty much all of that Beastro. MMOs really have hurt gaming Imo.
One game which had masses of potential, elements I really enjoyed, but which was ultimately totally ruined by the Mmo/Open world/modern rpg principles which it forced in to it was Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning. It did so much right, and was a lush, humorous, fun adventure wrecked by repetition, shallowness, meaningless loot & quests, and a sea of dialogue which told you the same things over & over.

It was actually the only game that made me feel nothing for it, I didn't even hate it and I think that's the worst thing a work can invoke regardless of what medium it's in.

I disagree about the good bits. Only one part stood out to me as interesting and that was the Fae, or whatever they are, and how they're existence is confined to telling the same story over and over. You then finding yourself having to fight the corrupted ones that are sick of it and were able to break away thanks to the games bad guys and attain free will with. The one being condemned to always be a villain that always loses and the torment he feels over it being demonized by everyone for countless years when he himself had no choice over his villainy, but now does and is filled with vengeance, stands out in my mind.

It's all very interesting, an original take on the old Elven concept of their bound nature and for a quest line in a game. The way it's told isn't, however, especially since pretty all of what I described is only really explained to you at the very end of the quest line - and it's a LONG quest line, IIRC taking up most of the first continent which is 2/3s of the game. I appreciate subtle, hinting storytelling where you piece together what's going on yourself without being told, but that was subtle to the point of non-existance with nothing to really piece together until that moment comes as you're dungeon crawling after the last baddie.

 

[anvi]

I give it 5 seconds. If it seems bad (which it is 99.9% of the time), I angrily spam escape every time someone tries to talk to me, cutscene me, or ramble on some shitty dialogue with another character. The only time I can think of in the last 10 years that I didn't spam escape, was The Witcher 3. Sometimes I did, but most of the time I watched the scenes because there a lot better than any other game I can think of. Actually Blackguards 1 and 2 was quite good as well, I didn't skip that much in that game. Can't think of anything else. Generally I hate stories, dialogue, and cutscenes.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I hate games which ruin my cinematic immersion with gameplay.

 

[Viata]

If the game takes more than 30 seconds in a dialogue scene, I just unisntall it. I don't have time for that shit, I just want to loot and kill and get into dungeons, not talk with people.

 

[anvi]

^Yeah

I would watch every cutscene and all dialogue if it was the standard of a good TV show like Sopranos, The Wire, The Shield, Oz, etc. But it never is. If it can't be as good as TV, they shouldn't bother with it.

 

[Gargall amb Mocs]

I watch every cutscene I come across at least once, and you should too.

 

[Gepeu]

I tend to skip cutscenes more and more recently. I play games to, uh, actually play them.

 

[Infinitron]

Devil's Advocate: The OP question implies that watching cutscenes is a juvenile activity that one should be embarrassed of as an adult.

Is that actually true, though? Would you rather be seen sitting back and watching videogame cutscenes that are increasingly indistinguishable from mainstream blockbuster films, or be seen actually playing a game - hunched in front of your monitor, intensely concentrated, rapidly moving your mouse and pressing keys, etc?

 

[Dickie]

I'm not in the OP's head, but it read to me more like he was talking about running out of patience for game interruptions, rather than it being juvenile or embarrassing. Then again, maybe I'm just projecting.

 

[anvi]

Infinitron you must watch some terrible films!

 

[Ezekiel]

Infinitron you must watch some terrible films!

Yeah. All the truly talented writers and cinematographers are smart enough to work on films and television instead. Increasingly indistinguishable? Definitely no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpPYvELLB8

 

[TripJack]

i skip them when they're boring, which they are in at least 95% of games that have them

The OP question implies that watching cutscenes is a juvenile activity that one should be embarrassed of as an adult.

no op is saying that cutscenes are shit and as you get older your shit intolerance increases

 

[Turjan]

I watch them on average five times, until I still remember what they were about when they are over.

Or what was this thread about?

 

[Viata]

Infinitron you must watch some terrible films!

Yeah. All the truly talented writers and cinematographers are smart enough to work on films and television instead. Increasingly indistinguishable? Definitely no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpPYvELLB8

Is this from 2000? What the fuck is wrong with that animation and facial expressions?

 

[Jacob]

Devil's Advocate: The OP question implies that watching cutscenes is a juvenile activity that one should be embarrassed of as an adult.

Is that actually true, though? Would you rather be seen sitting back and watching videogame cutscenes that are increasingly indistinguishable from mainstream blockbuster films, or be seen actually playing a game - hunched in front of your monitor, intensely concentrated, rapidly moving your mouse and pressing keys, etc?

Have you ever watched a videogame cutscene when your roommate or something walks in to your room and ask, "hey what movie is that?"

 

[buru5]

Have you ever watched a videogame cutscene when your roommate or something walks in to your room and ask, "hey what movie is that?"

Yeah MGS Twin Snakes. Told him it was Escape From New York and he believed me