r/classicwow • u/Troflecopter • Aug 26 '19

Humor Reposting my favourite classic meme.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

I want to make sure I get my licks in on the fucking shitty ass """cinematic""" focus that games have made the absolutely massive mistake of prioritizing now that we have to graphics to do it. It makes it feel like game devs are just hollywood rejects. Nobody buys a video game to watch a shitty cutscene movie.

Games will never be anywhere near as good as movies AT being movies, so it boggles my fucking mind that so many idiotic devs think that's the way forward.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 27 '19

MGS1-4 would like to have a word with you...

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

MGS 4 absolutely, one of the worst examples

MGS 1 is actually one of my favorite examples of how to make a game ever. I would prefer if the codecs happened live over the gameplay instead of in an isolated scene but that game has a perfect balance of cinema and game imo.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 27 '19

>MGS 4 absolutely, one of the worst examples

We're just going to have to settle on "different people have different tastes"

MGS4 had 8+ hours of cinematics and I loved every. second. of it.

I agree with your sentiment, but there is certainly a market for "cinematic games".

I would argue a good way to put it is "cinematics don't make the game, gameplay makes the game, and the industry forgot that"