I don't disagree with that but in comparison to getting the tech down, that would be easier.
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Is there a publisher who does cutscenes better than Sony Interactive Entertainment?
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Capcom are great at cutscenes as well.
Resident Evil 5 had some great directed and animated cutscenes. Especially those fight scenes with Wesker, so hype.
Resident Evil 5 had some great directed and animated cutscenes. Especially those fight scenes with Wesker, so hype.
OP is talking about a publisher (SIE) most of the people are replying with different studios...
and CGI trailers mostly outsourced anyway....
and CGI trailers mostly outsourced anyway....
I finished both games and... sure? They're well done? But I really can't say they've blown me away (or that I can really recall any of them in detail).
I played Yakuza 0 for the first time this year and I was blown away by the quality of the cutscenes. The cinematography, facial animation, acting were all incredible even though Yakuza is relatively a B-franchise compared to the budgets a lot of other AAA titles get.
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Oh yeah, and I really wasn't talking about those bombastic CGI scenes and trailers. I'm talking about the cutscenes that make up most the game. I think people read the topic title and just replied without knowing that this all about the elements that are needed to make topnotch cutscenes which SIE really know to include in there games.
And yes, there are studios like The Coalition and Capcom that produce visually impressive cutscenes but I can't really say the interaction between the characters or the general writing have ever made me see it as anything more than a video game cutscene.
I disagree with that, the intro scenes showing Aloy grow up, the introduction of the Sabretooth, and the ending scene were full of atmosphere and were so nicely done. And that is just off the top of my head.
And yes, there are studios like The Coalition and Capcom that produce visually impressive cutscenes but I can't really say the interaction between the characters or the general writing have ever made me see it as anything more than a video game cutscene.
I disagree with that, the intro scenes showing Aloy grow up, the introduction of the Sabretooth, and the ending scene were full of atmosphere and were so nicely done. And that is just off the top of my head.
Same thought crossed my mind.
I also find many of their games to be really high peaks and really low valleys. So I don't really share that opinion in general.
Luigi mansion 3 has beautiful cutscenes I only wish Nintendo did more of them it's like watching a cartoon and playing a game
This is my take as well. These conversations are always presented in such absolutist terms. Talk about relative merits of games, developers, and platforms by all means, but framing everything in the context of "greatest of all time" or "game of the year" or "why isn't every game just made by From Software" is such a reductionist and boring way of talking about content, and frankly barely a step removed from console warring to me.
They only have Death Stranding, I believe the deal was that Kojima Productions are still a third party but Death Stranding is a console exclusive franchise.
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Sony games definitely do in-game cinematics better than anyone.
People are saying Rockstar, but I would put them at a very distant second. I usually just skip it so I can just start the mission already.
People are saying Rockstar, but I would put them at a very distant second. I usually just skip it so I can just start the mission already.
Sure but even if Death Stranding was all they got from Kojima it's still better than any other developer when it comes to cutscenes.
If there has to be a best I would say it's Rockstar.
Max Payne 3 had some really impressive cutscenes for a last-gen game. Seamless loading alongside really cool segues into action.
GTA V did a really good job too, I think. There would be elements of a cutscene playing out in gameplay before the cutscene started, like a conversation happening outside of a house before your character interjects. The cutscenes could also differ based on which character you were entering it.
I'm not sure I would say RDR2 does a better job than GTA V, but it carries forward a lot of those elements.
Max Payne 3 had some really impressive cutscenes for a last-gen game. Seamless loading alongside really cool segues into action.
GTA V did a really good job too, I think. There would be elements of a cutscene playing out in gameplay before the cutscene started, like a conversation happening outside of a house before your character interjects. The cutscenes could also differ based on which character you were entering it.
I'm not sure I would say RDR2 does a better job than GTA V, but it carries forward a lot of those elements.
I would argue that how well a cutscene fits into the game counts towards quality so Blizzard is really low to me, also being the lapdogs of the Chinese government helps that.
Monolith Soft makes fantastic cutscenes for Xenoblade that were way better than they had any right to be. Sony's cutscenes aren't on that level, they're too movie like and not video game like, immersion breaking at its finest.
There is no such thing as "publishers doing good cutscenes", it's all on the devs and not only Sony got developers capable of making good cutscenes.
Literally any publisher out there owns studios that can deliver good looking cutscenes, even indipendent ones.
Literally any publisher out there owns studios that can deliver good looking cutscenes, even indipendent ones.
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Blizzard and is not even close.
But even then, there's no such thing as Sony doing cutscenes.
Each team has its own department doing cutscenes.
But even then, there's no such thing as Sony doing cutscenes.
Each team has its own department doing cutscenes.
They don't have the budget to make everything up to the best and most dynamic scenes in their games though like Sony's most expensive titles which is why they probably aren't in the running. They do their best with what they have to fill out the 20 odd hours of scenes in XC2 and Torna for example and it can be surprisingly decent for rudimentary tools but it's certainly not the "best" or even on average. What makes them better with their games compared to death stranding's expressively animated scenes is that Tetsuya Takahashi is almost certainly a better writer than Hideo Kojima is. Though in games that's not really saying much. As far as actual cutscenes go on average, they're not in the running though their best can be quite a spectacle.
I'll throw my hat in with Next Level Game's work on Luigi's Mansion 3. Absolutely incredible animation and direction work.
When they have groups like this within their ranks
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If you specifically prefer cutscenes that are like traditional film yeah. But as others have said Squeenix, Blizz, others do better stuff to me.
If including CGI then Blizzard with Square behind them but if you are talking in game cutscenes then I also believe Sony and especially ND takes it.
No matter what you think about WoW's lore these days, you cannot deny their cinematic are still top notch. I mean look at this, the details, the facial expressions. They are next level in this department.
