Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.

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Cutscenes Render Cinematics Engine 40

Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

There’s just so many creative, brilliant, fun to look at, surprising situations – the dev team had a ton of fun making a lot of the game. The side quests and smaller interactions in the game are good, those cutscenes are great. I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible.

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Fantasy Cutscenes Writing Racing 105

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

WE SHOULD ALL DO THIS / STEAL THIS: Dev-owned wiki. The dev team "SureAI" operates the official Endreal strategy guide and lore wiki. This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. Anyway, here's my notes.

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Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Perfect for pretending to have played Deathloop if you find yourself talking to a game dev. Not that you should ever talk to a game dev. unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power).

Fighting 130

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 130