Personal computing discussed
matdem1 wrote:OMG! I just downloaded the Mass Effect 2 Demo on steam and couldn't believe how much cinematic B.S. was in it. I just Crtl Alt Deleted the task manager up and ended the damned thing about ten minutes in... Nothing but dramatic computer generated acting and dramatic CG scenes that had me begging for a space bar, escape way out... What is wrong with these Jackass publishers forcing all of this time wasting b.s. content on us gamers?????
I just want to play, not watch movies. I wonder how much of the games budget and developement time is wasted on this junk?
BTW I am just using this demo as an example.. Nothing irritates me more than to find out I've wasted my hard earned benjamins on a game that is filled with CG movies I can't skip.
matdem1 wrote:OMG! I just downloaded the Mass Effect 2 Demo on steam and couldn't believe how much cinematic B.S. was in it. I just Crtl Alt Deleted the task manager up and ended the damned thing about ten minutes in... Nothing but dramatic computer generated acting and dramatic CG scenes that had me begging for a space bar, escape way out... What is wrong with these Jackass publishers forcing all of this time wasting b.s. content on us gamers?????
NeXus 6 wrote:By now I think you would be used to it as story-driven games have become much more cinematic in the last few years.
derFunkenstein wrote:Yeah, I mean we're coming up on the 15th anniversary of the game that created the endless cinematic, Final Fantasy VII. It's like this thread stepped out of a time warp.
derFunkenstein wrote:No argument there,
You're misdirecting your nerd rage, when you should be raging against bad stories, not the cut scenes that tell them.
gbcrush wrote:On the one hand, if I were to take the feel of your argument and extend it, I agree. I would very much like to see a game do some impressive storytelling without the use of cutscenes/cinematics. Something where the meat of the story is actually told in the first person/third person view and through actual gameplay (without resorting to books or popups either). That would be fantastic.
matdem1 wrote:Methinks you just want to shoot things. Which is fine, if a little limited.I just want to play, not watch movies.