>cinematic video games were topped by small Finnish and Czech studios 15 years ago
Are Americans and French even trying?
>comparing mafia to max payne
>imblying mafia is a CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE
>>381222604
>tons of cutscenes
>heavily inspired by Goodfellas and Godfather
>not cinematic
>>381222604
>One of the first games to use motion capture
>Script got sent to US in order to revise it to be more period appropriate
>Loads of cutscenes with cinematic camerawork
>Not "cinematic experience"
The point OP was trying to make is cinematic games don't have to be literal movies which play themselves.Also most people who like Mafia also like Max Payne, that's just how it is. I know these two are my all-time favorites.