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Cinematics Do Matter?

Posted by Zonk on from the fighting-slashdot-articles dept.

In direct contradiction to a discussion we had about David Jaffe's opinion on the subject earlier today, GameDaily Biz has an editorial up arguing that cinematics and story are very important game elements. From the article: "There have been times in our industry where sub-par product has been sold through its cinematics, but there have also been times when products have failed to live up to the promise of its creators. The merits of if a cinematic and/or story detract from a game experience is rather mute, as story is one of the oldest and fundamental forms of entertainment, expression and communication"

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  1. heh by garrett714 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Must be a slow news day, ehh?

    1. Re:heh by garrett714 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Fuck you mods, I'm leaving this poor excuse of a technology reporting site. Digg has a way better method of promoting stories to the frontpage. Sick and tired of seeing all these stupid fucking articles being posted to the homepage. Like that guy on Ask /. that was asking how for advice on looking for a job... c'mon this shit is actually NEWSWORTHY??? This is supposed to be a NEWS SITE people, bickering whether or not cutscenes are cool in games or not is NOT THE FUCKING NEWS.

  2. in other news... by ShinGouki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    trees are wood
    rich people have lots of money
    water is wet

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  3. What was that last part? by StikyPad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The merits of if a cinematic and/or story detract from a game experience is rather mute..."

    Merits sure is quiet!

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  4. Comment by RaNdOm+OuTpUt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This seems like a comment I made that was moderated to Troll.

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  5. I for one... by softspokenrevolution · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our new cinematic overlords.

  6. Re:I'm so confused by mateomiguel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    opinion rape? I like it!

  7. MUTE???? by drewmca · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If those merits is (sic) _mute_, then how will they ever be able to communicate with us? I'd hate to be in a room with a bunch of mute merits struggling mightly to get their point across. Someone could get hurt.

    This is one of my HUGEST pet peeves in the grammatical world. Let's go through this again:

    A point in argument can be MOOT. It can then be considered either up for debate, or unworthy of debate, having been previously settled. Depends on the definition you want to use.
    A point in argument cannot be MUTE. It does not have the capacity for communication, therefore it cannot lose that capacity and thus be rendered, unlike its brethren, mute.

    Didn't anyone ever see that old SNL sketch with Jesse Jackson? The big sign behind Jesse said "The Question is Moot!", not mute. If we can't learn from television, we're truly lost.

    Hell, I'm not even sure if a merit can be moot, let alone mute.