Cinematic

Aphelion

Does anyone remember the opening cinematic to Jumpgate?

"Oh noes! The conflux are attacking the miners!"

or

"There's a good vein over there, angle your thrusters to get it."

I'd rather time be spent on the game, but an opening cinematic can have a nice way of psyching up a new player, or even an old player if the cinematic has new features in it. Blizzard has made a reputation of insane cinematics, even releasing them years before a game is released for hype (they made a Ghost cinematic even...).

I'm assuming that ND doesn't have the resources to pull off an epic cinematic, but I really wanted to just bring up the original Jumpgate one. No offense to whoever made it (or wrote it), but the first time I saw it it made me laugh. I also thought it would be cool to get good at "discovering" mineral veins in astroids though too...

GrimGriz

My favorite part was how an oct noob shuttle was mining

Pyrophred

and being assisted by a nix no less

Injustice

Did you ever see the AutoAssault cinematics they made for E3? There's also that CG netdevil cinematic that got uncerimoniously put in front of the loading screen of Jumpgate awhile back.

I don't know if ND does it in-house or contracts it to another studio, but I'm thinking the capability is available? Scorch would be the only reliable source of info on this though.

GrimGriz

Or steve the janitor

Karash

Not to bring it up...but if you want some kickass Cinematics, you should DL some of the Eve Online trailers. Anyone that likes good game trailers should watch them

Chemdog

I have to agree with Aph. I know that watching both cinematics upon first load for both WoW and The Burning Crusade gave me chills.

Ambrosius

Does anyone really watch those things more than one or twice?

Seems like a massive waste of resource to me.

@Karash: Eve trailers are beautiful (as is the game). But they "over-promise" (IMO).

Injustice

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Originally Posted by Ambrosius

Does anyone really watch those things more than one or twice?

Seems like a massive waste of resource to me.

@Karash: Eve trailers are beautiful (as is the game). But they "over-promise" (IMO).

One word. Three syllables. Outsourcing.

Pyrophred

are you applying for the job?

daslog

It's VERY important to have a good one. It's one of the first things New players will see, and getting them hooked in the first 10 minutes is crucial to retention.

Lordopic

eye candy sells games.

Aphelion

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Originally Posted by Chemdog

I have to agree with Aph. I know that watching both cinematics upon first load for both WoW and The Burning Crusade gave me chills.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ambrosius

Does anyone really watch those things more than one or twice?

Seems like a massive waste of resource to me.

@Karash: Eve trailers are beautiful (as is the game). But they "over-promise" (IMO).

The WoW cinematic got me very hyped for the game, but didn't give me chills so much as the Diablo II and Warcraft III opening cinematics did. At the same time, the D2 and War3 cinematics were, IMO, closer to the actual gameplay versus the WoW or Starcraft II cinematics. Since I knew that WoW and SC2 weren't going to be like the cinematics, I treated them as such and they didn't create the emotion like the old D2 and War3 ones did.

Not all cinematics or trailers over-promise, but I'd say a majority of them misrepresent the game in multiple ways. The WoW and War3 trailers "over-hyped" the game a bit in terms of graphics and gameplay while the SC2 trailer simply showed a Terran Marine being created. Over-promised, since it will never be in the game, and yet oppositely under-representing the game since you'll probably never see any part of the cinematic make it into the final game.

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Originally Posted by Lordopic

eye candy sells games.

This is true and the second reason I brought the original cinematic up. The main reason was simply to laugh at how far the game was from the cin

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	Aphelion Member Pilot Name: Aphelion Joystick: MS FF1 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ring View Posts: 320 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Cinematic Does anyone remember the opening cinematic to Jumpgate? "Oh noes! The conflux are attacking the miners!" or "There's a good vein over there, angle your thrusters to get it." I'd rather time be spent on the game, but an opening cinematic can have a nice way of psyching up a new player, or even an old player if the cinematic has new features in it. Blizzard has made a reputation of insane cinematics, even releasing them years before a game is released for hype (they made a Ghost cinematic even...). I'm assuming that ND doesn't have the resources to pull off an epic cinematic, but I really wanted to just bring up the original Jumpgate one. No offense to whoever made it (or wrote it), but the first time I saw it it made me laugh. I also thought it would be cool to get good at "discovering" mineral veins in astroids though too...
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	GrimGriz Highest Order Hypocrite Faction: non-aligned Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Portland Posts: 2,673 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic My favorite part was how an oct noob shuttle was mining


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	GrimGriz Highest Order Hypocrite Faction: non-aligned Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Portland Posts: 2,673 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic Or steve the janitor


	Karash Member Pilot Name: Karash Faction: Octavius Joystick: Saitek x52 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eve Online Posts: 396 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic Not to bring it up...but if you want some kickass Cinematics, you should DL some of the Eve Online trailers. Anyone that likes good game trailers should watch them


	Chemdog Cadet Joystick: Saitek Cyborg Gold Join Date: May 2007 Location: Kennedy Space Center Posts: 73 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic I have to agree with Aph. I know that watching both cinematics upon first load for both WoW and The Burning Crusade gave me chills.


	Ambrosius Member Pilot Name: Ambrosius Faction: Quantar Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Stone Temple Posts: 1,751 Nominated 2 Times in 2 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 2	Re: Cinematic Does anyone really watch those things more than one or twice? Seems like a massive waste of resource to me. @Karash: Eve trailers are beautiful (as is the game). But they "over-promise" (IMO).


	Pyrophred pyrotechnics specialist Joystick: saitek evo Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: over here Posts: 409 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic are you applying for the job?


	daslog Member Pilot Name: daslog Joystick: sidewinder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: new hampshire uber alles Posts: 331 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic It's VERY important to have a good one. It's one of the first things New players will see, and getting them hooked in the first 10 minutes is crucial to retention.


	Lordopic Member Faction: non-aligned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: over the hills and far away Posts: 882 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Re: Cinematic eye candy sells games.