Video Game Cinematics/cutscenes/...

[laclongquan]

Bitch please! They are just game cinematics that aspire to be films. The heralds of thing to come.

The good cinematics is the one that use real electronic pixels to do things, instead of human actors.

Goold old Deadlock2 Shrine War

 

[Binky]

Maybe they should've spent that money on the actual game. Or maybe not, that way we have at least a kick-ass trailer.

They should've sold a modified version of that awesome trailer to NASA (or any other space agency) to be used as a recruitment tool. And then use that cash to make a decent game instead of that soulless abomination.

 

[warpig]

Even cinematics used to be cooler in the golden age, beating out modern gaming which is all about cinematics

Modern gaming is about selling virtual items to dumb normies. It's 2018 :/

 

[Binky]

Beaten by X-files rejects:
XCom - Alien victory

I don't remember many other games where playing an evil bastard was so enjoyable:
NWN2 Mask of the Betrayal - evil ending


All Endless Legend faction intros are nice. Fifty Shades of Harry Potter Ardent Mages being my favorite.

Endless Space - Hissho intro

Myth: TFL cutscenes are a bit too cartoony compared to the rest of the game. Great way to introduce the Trow, though. Casualties.

 

[Siobhan]

As a counterpoint, I nominate Albion's intro for the worst opening to a great game:



Not only does it look really bland and low-effort, it has nothing to do with the game at all. The narration implies that this is a recurrent dream of Tom, the protagonist, but afaik it's never mentioned again in the game (quite generally it is one of Albion's weak points that everything we learn at the very beginning is almost completely forgotten about 1h later --- e.g. Tom's girlfriend and his colleague Akira; it's also insanely dickish to deliberately strand the crew of a giant spaceship on a very dangerous and primitive planet just to protect the environment).

 

[janior]

 

[Binky]

Another World - Howdy, alien in burqa.

Alone In The Dark - Intro (and an ending)

As dated as the graphics are today, few games managed to freak me out as much as when my lamp ran out of oil in the middle of the library... with that transdimensional creep stalking me.

Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires - Stupas & ziggurats

Yet another game with lousy gameplay but lovely art.

Banner Saga - Funeral rites

Diablo - Lazarus cometh

Ah, Lazarus. Arguably, the MVP of the game when it comes to atmosphere. His little villain's exposition diaries alone put most VG voice acting to shame.

 

[RolePlayer]

personal favorite intro of mine (est. 1997)

 

[Micormic]

Only fallout 1 intro, every other video game is gay.

 

[Shinji]

 

[Shinji]

Clock Tower 3 also had some heart-warming moments

 

[A horse of course]

You forgot the most powerful cutscene in the game

 

[Ash]

That's such Japanese behaviour: body language, gesturing, actions in general. No English male, hell no non-Jap would crawl backwards away from an advancing female on all fours and perform all those exaggerated flailing gestures.

Clocktower 3 was a p.cool game interactive experience, even if it was mostly a walking/running away sim. Some pretty horrific scenes, shock factor and sense of paranoia if played at night with the lights off and high out of your mind.

 

[Valestein]

Always thought this scene of a Yak strafing civilians in a Polish insurgent village after the first Soviet mission in Red Alert to be "emotionally engaging".



In it's simplicity, it's superior to something like this:

 

[Hoaxmetal]

The children screaming in the RA video sound exactly like something out of Roller Coaster Tycoon

 

[mondblut]

Two pages and no Final Liberation videos? Wow, pussies.

 

[eric__s]

Spoiler

I love the intro to Star Trail and Blade of Destiny. It looks strange, but it's some of my favorite pixel art animation. The in-game videos, that guy climbing into your room and some of the NPCs talking, aren't as good, but the intro is just great.

 

[agentorange]

 

[Binky]

Blackthorne - Intro

Fahrenheit - The sacrifice

Baldur's Gate 2 ToB - Evil god

Warcraft 2 - Orc ending


Dedicated to mondblut:
Celtic Tales: BotEE - ending

 

[Bigg Boss]

The search for Jill still continues.

 

[Binky]

Heroes of Might and Magic III - Intro

...and outro

Dungeon Keeper - ending

Dungeon Keeper 2 - warlock & imp (3rd cutscene)

Prince of Persia 2 - intro

 

[Binky]

Spoiler

Never played Dark Souls 'cause the pc port was said to be godawful, but hory clap! Dat dere be very nice.

Spoiler

I remember baldie killing a guest. By vomiting.

Damn, what godawful crap.

 

[Valestein]

I've always been partial to the original Blitzkrieg's cinematics.

 

[sser]

I watched the entire Heavenly Sword 'movie' on YouTube. It actually has really good voice acting and lip syncing.

Still looks pretty good. Here's my favorite scene,

Spoiler

Andy Serkis.

 

[Lutte]

The Red Alert 2 intro will always be the best thing in video gaming for depicting a rain of missiles being launched onto american symbols.



Of course, the fact that it extended into gameplay and you could actually rape NYC was the cherry on the cake. The soviet campaign is the best thing in the history of solo RTS campaigns.