My Dad played about half of God Of War II. He loves video games but has a lot of difficulty with controls, namely the 3D aspect of games. He just can't get his head around operating the character movement with one stick and the camera with another. In essence - he banes the existence of the DualShock.
 
I recommended he play God Of War II a few years back now, simply because the game has a fixed camera and the combat is pretty accessible on lower difficulties. He really enjoyed the game but eventually gave up about 3/4s of the way through, the puzzles causing him trouble.
 
Despite giving up, he's maintained a lot of love for the franchise, quoting Kratos in normal speech and humming the tune. It's probably the only franchise aside from Shenmue and Zelda (he uses guides for both) that he has an active interest in. So naturally we were both very excited when my God Of War III review code arrived.
 
Having played through the first hour while he was at work, I decided he absolutely had to play the section. I mean, it's just bonkers amazing. So I put it on easy, reminded him of the controls and he sat down to watch the opening.
 
Now, if you've been reading this far you're probably going to be disappointed with the crux of my story, but here's the bit I've been building up to. At the start of God Of War III there's a brief story cut-scene before the camera pulls into the action, but what was hilarious was, my Dad sat there for a good 10 seconds. "Has it crashed?" he asked, expecting the next portion of cut-scene. I looked over at what he was doing and exclaimed "Move!" as a skeleton neared on his position, "This is in-game." 
 
A testament to the quality of God Of War III, and next-generation visuals indeed, he had absolutely no idea that the camera had pulled out of a cut-scene and into gameplay. It reminded me of some portions in Uncharted 2, where I couldn't believe I was actually in the game, and thought I was still in a cut-scene.
 
Has anyone else found themself move the analogue stick and go "oooooh SHIT this is in-game!??", simply because the transition from cut-scene to gameplay has been so startling?
 
If my story was boring, then allow me to be the first to say, "cool story, bro."