Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE features high-quality anime cutscenes.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Each has a puzzle you have to solve, and the puzzles all use different abilities and parts of the engine. Each time you find a “Geoglyph," you watch a cutscene which shows a sliver of what happened to Zelda. Problem #3: Key Character Cutscenes Are Too Similar The story of Z:TotK is a mixed bag for me.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

The side quests and smaller interactions in the game are good, those cutscenes are great. And the Queen’s Blood puzzles are extremely well designed. This explains the otherwise confusing use of the title “Remake” for a game that… isn’t(?) actually a remake? But still, it’s super fun. PRO : Barret.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There's a Portal-like moment where you escape the puzzle. This isn't a big apocalyptic video game betrayal cutscene where a villain reveals himself and destroys a castle, instead it's a smaller deeper betrayal that instantly brought me back to being a teenager. Pro-tip: play with a gamepad.) PS to Half Mermaid: thanks for the beefcake.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But it's just pretty standard puzzle-solving and troll-dodging. You can’t put the nuance of human relationships in gameplay, and telling story through cutscenes kind of sucks. When you want to get to the puzzle-solvy and the zappy-zappy, there's no time for idle chit chat. The sons go on an adventure.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It skips from action to pvp games to puzzles to boss fights with blinding speed. It's really sharp and well-observed, and it isn't a cutscene. All killer, no filler. The Gameplay and Graphics of It Takes Two All excellent. This is a really fun game. The gameplay is infinitely varied. It's great writing. Very well done.

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