Today in class we spent a few minutes talking about the appearance of long, developed cinematics into video games. Though the majority of the class seemed not to like the idea of weaving video sequences into video games, i think that the idea is great. A video game is more often than not a story in itself, i believe that the introduction of movie sequences will only help further that story more. Cinematics are also useful because they allow the player to see portions of the game which the gamer can't play them self. In games like "The Darkness," cinematics replace the loading screens, this helps you get to know the characters much more and also gives you something to pay attention to while the next portion of the game is loading. Getting to know the characters more intimately also, in my opinion, makes the game much more fun to play because it draws you that much more into the plot of the game as well as into the character that you are playing as or socialize with in the game.

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