Cut scenes n screensaver woes...

The work of art that is a video game is the experience...and in Assassin's Creed its cut scenes are a big part of that experience, through all the games so far. You interact via the gameplay element of the game but the story is often told and enhanced by
the cut scenes

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It not as if it only became a features in ACIII, therefore its a part of the series and again..you have the option to skip them

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Tomb Raider, you also see the reaction and result such "Rambo" gameplay has on her personally, from her first kill, to her anger and aggression when saving her friends or witnessing their demise as the story goes on. So again, its the combination of the
work in Cut scenes and the game play that gives it the amazing experience you expect from the Game. Assassin's Creed is no different, and it has been a feature in every AC Game

Cut Sceens are fine as they are....Assassin's Creed is as much about the story told in Cut Scenes as in game play....you have the option to skip them, so there is nothing to moan about

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Would you skip parts of a movie just to get to the ending?

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Cut Sceens are fine as they are....Assassin's Creed is as much about the story told in Cut Scenes as in game play....you have the option to skip them, so there is nothing to moan about

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Would you skip parts of a movie just to get to the ending?

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I do not believe that your comparison is accurate. In a movie or story, the work of "art" is a finished product from the creative mind of the director and/or producer. It is given to you to read or see in its complete form. A video game, on the other
hand, is meant to be an interactive work of art, which means that the experience I get out of it is influenced by the choices I make in the game that may or may not be what the producer (or developer) of the game had originally imagined.

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Cut scenes, while not inherently bad in the context of video games, are generally used in ways that do not just progress the developers' view of the story, but also to disrupt mine and take me out of and ruin MY personal immersion while doing so. A good
example of this can be found in Tomb Raider. While the cut scenes depict a troubled, struggling Lara, when the game gives me control over the character, I turn her into a cold-blooded, Rambo-worthy killing machine... until I get to the next cut scene and
I see a fragile, timid Lara again. This completely breaks the narrative for me. The game is not taking into account MY personal input on this creative work. If the developers want to show me a movie, then I am fine with that, but if they are going to allow
me to control the main character, then their video game should have to conform and react to HOW I play the game, not the other way around.

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Personally, I think that the best video game stories are told by games that have absolutely NO cut scenes. Games like Bioshock, Half-Life and Portal are great examples of telling you a story without having to break the immersion of your gameplay.

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-M

I Do The Cut Scene do Need to be shorted it does seem to me they talk alot more then the second

it pauses instantly while not in a cut scene. i have had it continue in cut scene only