Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Wider, spread out, less dense.

Open World 52

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 52

Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else. The first example that comes to mind for me was the courtroom scene in Chrono Trigger, wherein the fact that I went to pick up a piece of jewelry before checking if my companion was okay was used against me in court!

Fantasy 52

Fantasy AAA Concepts Cutscenes 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? Or at worst, they are leftover consequences of the design and they had to fudge some random content for it. sorry if your game happens to crash, or you get a dreaded UI freeze.

Fighting 52

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 52