More cutscenes - good or bad?

CCIP · 06-22-06, 12:49 PM

Yea, the little things are great. Just look at SHIII commander - even the "personnel file" is an awesome feature that adds so much immersion just with a few lines of text with your captain's background and career.

Cut scenes might be nice, the best ones would be things like little newsreels about your successes and the war progress. It would be nice to come back from patrol and watch the war news before going on the next one.
Actually, though, I'd love to see some of the even more basic little details that add life to the game. The paper clippings would be great. A more interactive 'office' and 'drydock' would be even cooler.

But the absolute most important thing, I think, is that the game tries to incorporate the features that SHIII commander had!

Safe-Keeper · 06-22-06, 01:15 PM

[Slaps forehead, hears hollow echo from within empty blonde head]

Oh my God, how dumb we are

!

Seems everyone here forgot about something else very, very, very worthy of a cutscene.

Funerals at sea, anyone? A sad scene in which the body is lowered into the water and roses are thrown after him, set to a melancholic, sad theme (preferably that trumpet fanfare played during funerals or moments of grief in war, do you know which one I mean

?).

Gee, I oughtta go see someone. If funerals ain't worthy of cutscenes, nothing is

.

PS: Would one of you moderators mind fixing the UBB of the poll, please? Thanks in advance.

06-22-06, 04:31 PM

Excellent idea, Safe-Keeper! I don't know if they want to do something like that, but it sure would be neat.

Rosencrantz · 06-23-06, 05:38 PM

I voted no cut scenes, basicly bacause of the same reasons DeepSix allready wrote about. BUT... I like also ideas of CCIP, especially newpapers and so on. Safe-Keepers idea about the funerals at sea is interesting too.

-RC-

View Poll Results: Which of these cutscenes do you want in SHIV (you may select multiple options)
Opening Film.	33	62.26%
Career Start (one film, regardless of starting year)	9	16.98%
OR Career Start (one film for each year)	26	49.06%
Career End (Career at an end from retirement, death, capture, etc.)[/b]	34	64.15%
Single-Player Mission start.	17	32.08%
Single-Player Mission end (one for victory, one for defeat).	19	35.85%
I don't want any cutscenes.	11	20.75%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 53. You may not vote on this poll

06-22-06, 12:49 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yea, the little things are great. Just look at SHIII commander - even the "personnel file" is an awesome feature that adds so much immersion just with a few lines of text with your captain's background and career. Cut scenes might be nice, the best ones would be things like little newsreels about your successes and the war progress. It would be nice to come back from patrol and watch the war news before going on the next one. Actually, though, I'd love to see some of the even more basic little details that add life to the game. The paper clippings would be great. A more interactive 'office' and 'drydock' would be even cooler. But the absolute most important thing, I think, is that the game tries to incorporate the features that SHIII commander had! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-22-06, 01:15 PM	#2
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	[Slaps forehead, hears hollow echo from within empty blonde head] Oh my God, how dumb we are! Seems everyone here forgot about something else very, very, very worthy of a cutscene. Funerals at sea, anyone? A sad scene in which the body is lowered into the water and roses are thrown after him, set to a melancholic, sad theme (preferably that trumpet fanfare played during funerals or moments of grief in war, do you know which one I mean?). Gee, I oughtta go see someone. If funerals ain't worthy of cutscenes, nothing is. PS: Would one of you moderators mind fixing the UBB of the poll, please? Thanks in advance. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

06-22-06, 04:31 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Excellent idea, Safe-Keeper! I don't know if they want to do something like that, but it sure would be neat.

06-23-06, 05:38 PM	#4
Rosencrantz Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 758 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	I voted no cut scenes, basicly bacause of the same reasons DeepSix allready wrote about. BUT... I like also ideas of CCIP, especially newpapers and so on. Safe-Keepers idea about the funerals at sea is interesting too. -RC-