Cutscenes

[TheViscount]

This idea might have been discussed or overlooked before but never mind...

My idea is cutscenes before and after a game starts. I find it kind of boring in games when you just suddenly arrive at the spawn point at the beginning so I would find it a lot more interesting if we could see a bit of how our troops got there. It doesn't have to be much, maybe just walking up a lane that blends into the gameplay, but it would be nicer then suddenly being there.

Likewise, at the end there should also be cutscenes that could show the victors celebrating or the losers surrendering or fleeing. I think this would make the achievements and playing the game feel a little more rewarding then other games where they tend to just abruptly end.

There may be flaws or what-have-you in my ideas, but as I said, never mind. Thanks for reading.

M.

 

[General Naga]

Not a bad idea and one we discussed internally The issue you get with cut-scenes is for the first maybe 3 times they're great. After that everyone just spams the escape key.

 

[TheViscount]

Fair enough.

Though the final cutscenes could be shown in the background at the end over scores, info etc.

 

[calgoblin]

It could be that they are only shown the first time you play the map, I like the idea of putting more info into the matches.

 

[Koenigstiger]

Maybe have a load in counter for players loading into the game, the info on top of a window that's playing maybe some soldiers cleaning weapons, preparing defenses, on the move, etc

What soldiers do

 

[Pjosip]

Perhaps fit in the cutscene in the loadscreen/warmup delay?

 

[Alex]

This came to mind.

(even though this game was pretty bad)

I think a cutscene explaining why the troops are fighting here, for like what strategical importance or whatever.

 

[Pjosip]

Personally I had CoD: WaW in mind, I absolutely loved those cutscenes, I heard they are hard to make tho (allot of artwork and modelling and than putting all that in animation).

Personally I'd like to see quick overview of the map and some strategy tips and tricks.
Hey personally I'd like few cutscenes (like 3 per map/objective) that get shown as you progress in the game, some basic info First X time you play the map, a bit more advancet stuff XX time you play the map, and than some graphics/visuals at XXX time you play to make the loading screen less boring.

additionally you could make the cutscene videos (or it's elements) publicly available for server hosts to create their own, with a setting in game weather or not to DL custom cutscenes (ofc with size limit to prevent downloadin 4gb Worth of cutscenes)