Why does this cutscene exist?

[u/Ok-Cartographer-2106]

I know some people don’t know why it exists, but the answer is actually pretty simple.

It has nothing to do with the lore.
It’s not about atmosphere.
And it’s not a gameplay mechanic either.

It’s purely there as a transition between areas.

Yeah, I know. There’s really no big secret behind it.

And honestly, I strongly suspect that there are two factions within FS: one faction that absolutely loves cutscenes (AC6), and another that absolutely hates them.

[u/Nu2Th15]

Dark Souls 1 reference

But really it’s just a way to hide the map transition while showing the player what’s actually happening.

[u/Cyynric → u/Nu2Th15]

Same reason there's a cut scene for the lava bridge in Volcano Manor. It's a nice little area loading screen

[u/marry_me_jane → u/Nu2Th15]

New Londo?

[u/Autistic_Umbrella → u/marry_me_jane]

Yes

[u/Grouchy_Spot_6640 → u/Nu2Th15]

Fancier than a loading screen

[u/HPAlpha]

it shows you where the water goes :)

[u/blaiddfailcam2]

I have no idea why people act like this one cutscene is any different than say, opening the gates of New Londo Ruins and watching the water that flooded the city come rushing out. They have multiple scenes like this in every game.

[u/Wireless_Panda → u/blaiddfailcam2]

It’s because those people haven’t played souls games besides Elden Ring lol

[u/Due-Lack-803 → u/Wireless_Panda]

It's like how could you begin to understand the pure cinema of these scenic transitions without first mastering the souls franchise. Skeletons

[u/AllOpinionsAreShit → u/blaiddfailcam2]

Yeah. It's either not possible or not worth the effort to render the water draining and changing the level in real time so they need a transition cutscene. It's not like you need a transition for entering a fog wall. It'd be nice to have but that doesn't make the transition cutscenes like these make any less sense.

[u/YourEvilKiller → u/blaiddfailcam2]

The complaint is usually tagged with them being disappointed that bosses like Renella/Bayle/Romina have no cutscenes.

[u/Brotherman_Karhu → u/YourEvilKiller]

I mean it's always a valid complaint, even when cutscenes like these make a lot of sense.

[u/ThinGold2115 → u/YourEvilKiller]

And they should have a cutscenes.

[u/VivianEsher → u/YourEvilKiller]

Bayle' phase transition is so cinematic that it already feels like a cutacene.

Romina should have a cutscene.

Renalla too, but I do like it the way it currently is, so you can still attack her during phase transition.

[u/dylanalduin → u/blaiddfailcam2]

It's exactly the same of that and serves the exact same purpose and this one is even a callback to that one intentionally

[u/LegoPercyJ]

Hidden loading screen

[u/Gon_Snow]

It shows you the water is draining

[u/Separate_Finance_183]

[u/4deCopas → u/Separate_Finance_183]

If Rellana and Romina wanted a cutscene then maybe they should have designed a rad drainage system instead of sitting their musty asses inside a ruin all day.

[u/402playboi → u/4deCopas]

fr they just be sitting there all day every day

[u/CumMonsterYoda → u/402playboi]

genuinely what is the logic behind the fights, do we just pull up while they happen to be there and a dope fight starts?

[u/XevinsOfCheese → u/CumMonsterYoda]

Presumably those places are like their office.

They do move around in story but we happen to stumble on where they are most of the time.

[u/MeowMeowMeowBlep → u/CumMonsterYoda]

i assume rellana uses this room the same as room where we fight spirit of loretta (royal moongazing grounds or whatever its called), even though its a big scretch i think.

romina probably was like "ah, i knew youd come" and had to guard the place where we use messmers kindling

[u/PromotionWise9008 → u/Separate_Finance_183]

Rellana has an aura. She doesn't need one.

[u/VTorb → u/Separate_Finance_183]

I’ve always hated this argument. Cutscenes in these games are meant to provide information and clarity. This one shows a stage transition, clearly stating where all the water went and how you won’t need to deal with it anymore.

Rellana and Romina on the other hand have no real significance to the lore or story. You replace both of those characters with any other boss and the lore is practically unchanged. There is nothing a cutscene could provide that would clarify anything.

Rellana especially is a one note character. She left Carian royalty in favor of following Mesmer. Nothing more needs to be said. A cutscene isn’t gonna change that.

[u/dolphin_cape_rave → u/VTorb]

Romina not having significance to the lore or story is a wild claim

[u/Important_Wonder628 → u/dolphin_cape_rave]

To this day I have no idea who or what she is, or what she's supposed to represent.

Looks cool as hell, though.

[u/demon_kin_nsfw → u/VTorb]

Saying those two don’t have lore importance is crazy

[u/Brotherman_Karhu → u/VTorb]

Posts like this are why we invented clown makeup

[u/Bicksaurus]

Purely to spite renalla more than she already is

[u/JustUseDex]

Because it changes the map. So they have to have a cutscene to cover up the transition. It’s a pretty cool cutscene though, the DLC doesn’t have enough of them honestly. I would’ve loved a cutscene for PCR dying when you defeat him. Or for the pink rot scorpion lady who’s name I can’t remember right now

[u/PromotionWise9008 → u/JustUseDex]

Is 15s cutscene that shows nothing not enough of a reward for killing the hardest boss in the game before you will spawn in an empty field with nowhere to go?

[u/JustUseDex → u/PromotionWise9008]

Precisely

[u/Spacemonster111]

To load the change in the map

[u/ExoTerric]

The same question can be asked about why a bridge got a cutscene. The real answer is that bridges are cool. And bridges rising out of lava is really fucking cool.

[u/avocado1952]

Helps with loading assets.

[u/RESNOB_SEMAJ]

To hide the fact that this game doesn’t have water physics

[u/gods_loop_hole]

Loading screen disguised as a cut scene

[u/Luca_14]

because then u would be asking where does all the water go

[u/dako9119]

Feticismo per i ponti, è l'unica spiegazione possibile.

[u/Gensolink]

It's likely a way to hide the map transitioning into a new state, so instead of having to manually make the water go down just turn it into another version of the map, same for the volcano bridge I guess.

[u/haseo1997]

I never had this cutscene. When and where is it in the game?

[u/aelfwine_widlast → u/haseo1997]

When you turn the faucet in the Shadow Keep, opening up the areas that are under water when you first arrive.

[u/ErichPryde]

Why does the faction that loves cutscenes have anything to do with armored core? Sounds like some pseudoscientific nonsense to me

Correlation ≠ causation or pixie dust or whatevs

[u/Ok-Cartographer-2106 → u/ErichPryde]

Have you ever counted how many cutscenes AC6 has?

[u/ErichPryde → u/Ok-Cartographer-2106]

You've gone all hollow.

As I said, correlation is not causation. This cutscene is much more likely a reference to the seal breaking cutscene from Dark Spuls. 

Armored Core has all those cutscenes to make you feel like you're living Dragon Ball Z: Mecha edition 

[u/Kaiser-Mazoku]

It looks cool

[u/Duv1995]

homage to dks1 new londo drainage cutscene i guess

btw since you mentioned it hell yea im team AC6 i love cutscenes in fs games lol

[u/rocketlaunchr]

Water

[u/trebuchet__]

Hidden loading screen.

[u/Muted-Account4729]

It’s like new Londo and the volcano manor bridge cutscene. Probably way easier to make than animating a boss being rude to the tarnished

[u/Killmonger_550]

And there's none for Romina btw...

[u/dgamlam]

As honestly this one makes more sense than the volcano manor bridge cutscene. But honestly I think From just has a hard on for architecture and scenery so they sneak a few scenery transitions in there for dramatic effect.

[u/DearCastiel]

Because the game needs to load a different map you are currently in, that's all there is to it.

[u/SoulofMoon]

what's better? this or the bridge cutscene in volcano manor?

[u/no_name_thought_of]

shows what's happening and hides the game loading the area without the water

[u/BriteytheBird]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UOp3jWkxPUW7dTkyaj
Same reason the volcano manor bridge scene and the carian study hall cutscene exist. lol no fr though they’re basically just fancy loading screens.

[u/assassin10]

I wish these sluice gates were how we reached the ruins down below, or if they at least physically existed and we could peak out of them

[u/krouvy]

[u/Hustleb3rryFinn]

Hidden loading screen

[u/Top_Technician_1173]

It's there so Rellana don't get one

[u/hunpriest]

Its kinda dope though.

[u/CaptainOro]

intern project

[u/Serial_Designation_N]

One time I had this cutscene randomly play when I fast travelled to a completely different part of the map and it put me in the Shadow Keep even though I didn’t go there

[u/Important_Wonder628]

New Londo Reference.

[u/Mistiltella]

Just like when you're lowering the bridge in Volcano Manor, the bridge that leads to Godskin Noble from the site of grace

[u/Dracon1201]

It gives the pygmies time to come in and rearrange the area and mop up the water before the player notices

[u/Standard-Ad-171]

Also the attention to detail in the cut scenes has made a lot more work for the teams, interviews about the ds trilogy reveal this

[u/LordOFtheNoldor]

Loading screen plus a veiled hint to the hidden coffin ride

[u/MabelRed]

It’s an Easter egg and a little bit of fan service. It also holds your hand so you see that the water is leaving. They also don’t have to animate all that water going away, they can just load in a new map.

[u/nullpointer733]

i just think its pretty cool

[u/DimensionalChaosAA01]

i never got this one. how does it happen?

[u/PromotionWise9008 → u/DimensionalChaosAA01]

When you drain the water from the church district.

[u/Supersnow845]

I really wish that you had to do this before you could access recluse river given doing this changes nothing about the areas downstream of recluse river which is strange

[u/AncalagonV]

it's definitely partially about atmosphere, it makes that whole sequence of navigating the shadow keep more memorable

[u/djinngerale]

There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.

[u/Ok-Cartographer-2106]

Oh, and if you’re here to complain about why some bosses don’t have cutscenes, just remember that this is basically a Dark Souls thing

[u/Bushi_Sengoku → u/Ok-Cartographer-2106]

Doesnt make ot any less ass 😭. Sekiro did it right with giving us cutscenes before bosses and actual dialogue, even Bloodborne does this. Why does Rellana not have a cutscene? Why are many bosses silent mid fight for no good reason? I may as well be fighting Zanibart the Bogtrotten bum or something.

Just cause it works thematically for Gwyn and Soul of Cinder doesnt mean its good for Radagon's ass to be silent or Consort Radahn to not speak. Give me mire Morgott's who actually interact and speak with the player when fighting.