[Lionman]

This is a no brainer I think. Have ALL the cut scenes as options that can be turned off by the "no time wasting" brigade and when the rest of us get bored but keep them in the basic standard game as they are great for setting the scene and adding to atmosphere and immersion.

In fact by applying this approach to ALL the features that some people think unnecessary and making the game's realism totally scaleable from Arcade to ultra-realistic and historically 100% accurate. That way all types of gamers can have fun and nobody feels cheated. That also means the game can be built to run like a movie on the Alienware brigades ultra-PCs while running smoothly on low end machines sans all the demanding extra features. Like most modern FPS games the game can also be built to auto-configure for optimum performance on whatever platform it finds itself running. End of issues.