Animated cutscenes

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>>3852061

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ripBa8Ga8

it's shmultzy as hell but I fucking love it

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>NEC: "Animated cutscenes are the future of gaming."

I think maybe they were good at the time but probably not necessary anymore.

>>3852114

I do wonder why a lot of modern games have them. Take Persona 5 for example. The IN game cutscenes and models actually look BETTER than the anime ones

Not really retro, but I just finished playing through Wild Arms 3 the other day. The game fakes you out like 10 times thinking you've finally beaten it but nope, there's more!

>>3852123
ikr

couldn't you just do all the cutscene scenes in the game engine since the standard the graphics are held to is pretty much the same now

>>3852145
I like that it has a Phantasy Star 2 type nazi ending

>>3852161

It's Butch Cassidy you twat

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>>3852114
>>3852157
>>3852114

"necessary" / "better" / "pretty much the same" sound kind of vague. Flat-shaded anime style 3D has a kind of look, and basically 2D animation has another (both can be fucking wooden and lifeless, but in definitely different ways).

It kind of used to be about the technical limitations; not that much so anymore, but about the overall visual style they want to attach to the game. Though I agree the unwritten rule should really be trying to unify the art direction without constant style jumps.

Still, hand-drawn animation has an stablished value of perceived value and basically no lifespan-before-the-game-looks-dated factor. It still works as a artificial quality boost.

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>>3852061
>>3852106

Those are not cutscenes you animals

Neither is this, but It always was my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM2ITOQvzps

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>>3852493
Can't think of that many games with actual anime *cutscenes*, 'cept for pic related and the Chrono Trigger remake

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Stand aside niggas, I got this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD26SmYEZOY

>>3852061
Wild Arms 2 was my shit. I had 99 hours in that game and I was only JUST getting into disc 2.

I fucking sucked at RPGs back then.

>>3852492
You could easily make a game that completely consists of hand drawn graphics. You could make hand drawn graphics become the game graphics instead, it doesn't have to proceed in one direction only.

>>3852061
This is still my favorite JRPG to this day