Okay.......you may not realize, but this is HUGE news. Lemme tell you why.

Cutscenes, sorry to tell you, are incredibly outdated. Most big "story" games have figured this out, such as Bioshock, and more notably Half Life. To get the story in the Conduit, you watch and listen to news broadcasts. I assume this will also be a way to get some of your missions.

This shows that The Conduit may be taking influence from people, but they're taking it from Half Life, if anyone. Can anyone say "Finally, an FPS that doesn't try to mirror Halo in every regard."?

I think this is actually a pretty good idea.

I love cutscenes. With enhanced graphics, they look amazing these days. They give you a nice break, and usually help the story out ALOT. SSBB had some good ones, and gears of war has good ones as well. 

I don't mind cut scenes, but I think not having any is a great idea.

"I love cutscenes. With enhanced graphics, they look amazing these days. They give you a nice break, and usually help the story out ALOT. SSBB had some good ones, and gears of war has good ones as well. "

Over time I do hope that "cutscenes" will become "seemless-transition-devices." Or STDs. Whatever you think about Asassin's Creed, you have to admit that it is filled with STDs and just seeing one of them makes you want an STD every time. I have this little saying that goes, "Once you have an STD, you can never go back."









































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^^^^^ uhh, lol.

I've always liked cutscenes, but we'll have to see how it works out

I think cutscenes work when they are rendered in-game seamlessly.  When it's a big ol' pre-rendered FMV I think it looks like garbage and really gets rid of any immersion there once was.  I like no cutscenes even better, though.

Ad advent level I have noticed the past few years, is that so many games rely on cutscenes; gameplay takes too much of a backseat. One major thing that bugged me was Devil May Cry 4's cutscenes.. (as much as I enjoy DMC) the cutscenes in 4 ran a bit too long. Something Bru, and myself discussed during our early eps of our DF podcast. But to actually have control of the gameplay during those "moments" would have been astonishing. Seriously why do they always take away our fun, just to show some cutscene?
Let us go completely "crazy" and let loose, 5-10 of drama or suspense, followed by "now loading" is not what we implied.

Another series that's become to clung onto cutscenes is Sonic. Sonic NG (06') missed the mark, although it was gorgeous (yet translaced with bugs) One too many loading screens, even after talking to NPC's tacked on more waiting. Hopefully Unleashed and Black Knight let go of what NG missed.

But for some games, cutscenes are paradigm, and they further on where a story moves next. Shin Megami Tensei  - to Persona are those that definitely rely on a solid tale. And its something that keeps a player interested, yet not having to "wait" until they can get back into the game. Even some moments in either series, let a player choose freely (sure some american rpgs have the "wait" system, but why make it the entire game?) and then make a move.

I guess its really going more for the half life kind of story telling...still haven't seen anything in this game that makes it look interesting at all, besides it just generally looking better than every other Wii game currently available. I still think Madworld will be the game to make the biggest impact on the system, way more than this.

Um, Dead Space had, like, 3 cutscenes in the entire game.

By cutscenes you mean in parts where you have no control to explain the story or parts where it explains the story but you still have control?

I was hoping for some epic Kevin Sorbo cinematics.

I think games have finally made the shift to no cutscenes now. Having said that the MGS4 cut scenes were amazing. And you never lost the immersion because the camera would just swing back round. And you're not sure until you move the analogue stick that you're actually meant to be playing because it looks way too good.

It really depends on the game, and if the cutscenes they do are meaningful and actually good or not...so many games do cutscenes of like, a tiny event that is drawn out to like a minute or two long that isn't showing shit. Those are completely pointless, I think there is definitely still a place for cutscenes, it just depends on the game and how they are being used..but if a game is told completely from first person, and trying to immerse you in that world, I think no cutscenes usually fair better.

Yeah, but this method of no cut scenes usually only works with First Person perspective games. Sometimes I'd rather watch a cut scene to understand the story than to actually have to go and read through eight in game books or waiting for some NPC to shut up.
The good thing about cut scenes is that you have the ability to skip them ( sometimes ) while in games like Half-Life I really wish I could skip some of them just to get back to the action.

If its on second playthroughs and stuff I completely agree I don't need to see the stuff again, but its not usually that long or a big deal(as far as the half life like no cutscene events) but playing it for the first time..if you want to skip things happening in half life you have some problems :P

"Yeah, but this method of no cut scenes usually only works with First Person perspective games. Sometimes I'd rather watch a cut scene to understand the story than to actually have to go and read through eight in game books or waiting for some NPC to shut up.
The good thing about cut scenes is that you have the ability to skip them ( sometimes ) while in games like Half-Life I really wish I could skip some of them just to get back to the action."

didn't bioshock have cut scenes they were just all in engine

Then it's just a straight forward shooter?

"Then it's just a straight forward shooter?"

Cutscenes are fine, but it really depends on the game. Personally, I enjoy my fps games cutscene free, keeps you in the action.

"Snail said:

"Then it's just a straight forward shooter?"

Of course not. It's a ground breakingly innovative first person combat experience that will immerse you to the bone. Featuring Kevin Sorbo."

Cutscenes are awesome, see MGS 4 and DMC 4. However, they can be very draining, and HL2/Portal/Etc found a nice alternative. News channels though... I think exposition network will prove to be more boring than cutscenes. Its a neat idea though, but its all in the execution.

"Snail said:

"Then it's just a straight forward shooter?"

Of course not. It's a ground breakingly innovative first person combat experience that will immerse you to the bone. Featuring Kevin Sorbo."

This is not groundbreaking, it's perfectly acceptable for a shooter to not have cutscenes. To rid off cutscenes entirely is asinine as to advocate them for all story purposes. It's all depends on your situation.

I like interactive cutscenes. RE 4 and God of War had some of that and it was cool, everything was big, bad and used quick time events.

If you've played half-life you know this is a good idea.

Shouldn't you be putting that into context? Devs said The Conduit will not have cutscenes, because they do not want the story to "get in the way", and want this to be a run-and-shoot FPS only. They also mentioned story elements that you can read if you want to, but don't have to.


The Conduit will have no cutscenes because it won't have a story. ; )

I wish games wouldn't have cutscenes, and let you do your own thing no matter what.  So there could be a massive spaceship crashing into a building, and you could instead turn around and chase after a bunny rabbit or something.  Some games rely too heavily on cutscenes... like GTA 4...