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[nkarafo]

I stole those Sekiro gifs from another thread:

I know the game doesn't have those particular cut-scenes so i assume this is gameplay footage. Probably the PC version running at high frame rates so the slow-motion edit looks so smooth? But they look so nicely choreographed and the animations are so well connected, they look like something scripted.

Now, regardless if these gifs are real-time and unedited (other than the slow motion) or not, the point stands. Are there other games that can look so good during real-time gameplay moments that most of the time you can only see through cut-scenes or scripted "press A to awesome" scripted scenes?

 

[lh032]

TLOU series.

 

[01011001]

if you know a level in Max Payne 2 really well (same goes for MP3) you can choreograph them like a hong kong action movie.

I used to replay some levels in MP2 over and over, trying to clear fights as stylishly as possible

Stranglehold of course also falls in this category

 

[Heisenberg007]

TLOU 1 and 2. Both had fantastic moments. Some big gameplay setpieces in Uncharted look like cutscenes but are not. Spider-Man was the same.

But If I only have to pick one, I'd pick God of War (2018). All those Baldur fight sequences were so good: perfectly choreographed and beautiful camera work and music. Looked like cutscenes.

P.S. That Sekiro GIF is beautiful!

 

[kyliethicc]

sunhilegend's clips basically (TLOU2, Ghost, Spidey, GoW, etc)

 

[Marty-McFly]

BOTW: The Thread

 

[Spukc]

TLOU2 all of it



There is no debate in this lol.
TLOU2 set a new standard.

i have never seen shit like this in any other game.

also yeah if i had to pick another game BOTW

 

[lh032]

BOTW: The Thread

that does not look like a cutscene to me.

 

[GymWolf]

Any game giffed by suhni legend basically.

 

[Chukhopops]

Sekiro is basically unrivaled for that because the flow of enemy movement is what helps you respond with defensive moves (parry, jump, dodge, mikiri counter, lightning reversal). Absolute masterpiece:

 

[Danjin44]

Monster Hunter.

 

[Marty-McFly]

that does not look like a cutscene to me.

The gameplay does.

There's so many gameplay sequences going on in that BOTW gif it looks like something out of an animated movie not a game.

Puts anything else I've played to shame on that front tbh.

 

[Tschumi]

Witcher 3 while set to walk
/Thread

 

[Spukc]

Witcher 3 while set to walk
/Thread

Might as well say RDR2 then
When it goes into dynamic cam mode

 

[Tschumi]

Might as well say RDR2 then
When it goes into dynamic cam mode

Also good but with a generally less dramatic setting

 

[T0minator]

The last of us 2 and uncharted 4 are the correct answers. They did an amazing job I can't wait to see what they do with a full on next gen PS5 game

 

[vaibhavpisal]

If you add slo-mo everything becomes cinematic.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

TLOU2 all of it



There is no debate in this lol.
TLOU2 set a new standard.

i have never seen shit like this in any other game.

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

So engaging.

 

[Danjin44]

NieR Automata.

If you add slo-mo everything becomes cinematic.

Sure but the actual animation needs to look good too.

 

[Star-Lord]

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

And here come the trolls.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Metroid Dread

 

[eyesabitdull]

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

So engaging.

 

[KiteGr]

Dragon's Dogma

 

[Danjin44]

I'm sure Dragon's Dogma has lots of cool moments but I think you could find better gif than this.

This is the opposite of "scripted cut-scenes" look during the gameplay.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

And here come the trolls.

Ah, yes. You can still play and enjoy the game so please don't worry.

Facts are facts. It's easy for a game to be "cinematic" if there's barely any player input. Quick time events are cinematic for the same reason.

Games like Sekiro > The Last of Us.

 

[KiteGr]

I'm sure Dragon's Dogma has lots of cool moments but I think you could find better gif than this.

This is the opposite of "scripted cut-scenes" look during the gameplay.

Sorry.

 

[Rayven_king]

vanquish, the whole game

 

[Hobbygaming]

NieR Automata.

Sure but the actual animation needs to look good too.

I've played Nier Automata so many times and I still see animations that I've never seen before. They did such a great job

 

[Hobbygaming]

Naughty Dog The Thread

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Ah, yes. You can still play and enjoy the game so please don't worry.

Facts are facts. It's easy for a game to be "cinematic" if there's barely any player input. Quick time events are cinematic for the same reason.

Games like Sekiro > The Last of Us.

True that. You can't have it all.

If you put time consuming animations in gameplay, it comes at cost of player input and engagement.

But TLOU has decent gameplay outside hand to hand combat. Not best out there but enjoyable.

 

[Nico_D]

The Uncharted 4 chase scene. I still don't know how much I had control over it and I don't even want to know.

 

[Spukc]

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

So engaging.

 

[M1chl]

Metal Gear Rising, sad that people are forgetting about that game.

There are more gifs, but for normie thread like this, is enough.

 

[Ironman_Bad]

 

[Kokoloko85]

Hmmm already mentioned but TLOU 1/2.
Uncharted 4
Sekiro.
MGS 5.
Batman arkham games
Spider-Man

 

[nkarafo]

Metal Gear Rising, sad that people are forgetting about that game.

There are more gifs, but for normie thread like this, is enough.

Τhis looks like a scripted "press A to awesome" scene though.

Or in this case, press X.

 

[M1chl]

Τhis looks like a scripted "press A to awesome" scene though.

Or in this case, press X.

You are wrong the game itself is fucking gaming masterpiece, is just that is hard to find some normal gif. After all, the game is 10 years old.

 

[GymWolf]

You guys need to post gameplay moments, not qte sections or cutscenes...

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

So engaging.

If you don’t have anything nice to say….. don’t say anything at all.

this should be stickied on the front of the forum. Oh wait it already is.

 

[Mr Branding]

Dogma, NG, Soulcalibur

 

[ZywyPL]

Uncharted 4, and do I mean even the non-scripted segments, it does look like something straight from Indiana Jones movies.

 

[Keihart]

Ah, yes. You can still play and enjoy the game so please don't worry.

Facts are facts. It's easy for a game to be "cinematic" if there's barely any player input. Quick time events are cinematic for the same reason.

Games like Sekiro > The Last of Us.

Shit opinion, not a fact.

DMCV has better animations than most "cinematic games" and it's not lacking on "player input", they went as far as to using inverse kinematics when you jump cancel so that it looks like you are jumping of enemies by stepping on them mid air.
Talking shit about TLoU2 is cheap, but game has the best animations out there, they are contextual and not even games that want to imitate them can do it, also , since the thread is about gameplay that looks scripted, if you take into account all the moments you are controlling the characters in TLoU2, there is a lot more shit looking like it with user input than any other game.
Characters actually opening doors (players and NPCs), enemies communicating with each other through animation and sound cues contextually to environment and combat state, characters reacting to near shots and to wounds, dynamically, list goes on forever.

But sure, "but you just press square"

A little montage i made myself, not much square, square, square tho.

 

[Guardian's Light]

Monster Hunter.

Is this World?

 

[Punished Miku]

The Uncharted 4 chase scene. I still don't know how much I had control over it and I don't even want to know.

Yep.

 

[crunchyBiscuits]

Looks like a cinematic, plays like a cinematic. Player's input = left thumbstick up, square, square, square, square, square...

So engaging.

Did you read the question?

 

[Spaceman292]

Ah, yes. You can still play and enjoy the game so please don't worry.

Facts are facts. It's easy for a game to be "cinematic" if there's barely any player input. Quick time events are cinematic for the same reason.

Games like Sekiro > The Last of Us.

Maybe you should try playing it yourself instead of smugly parroting tired old misinformation

 

[The artful mincer]

Ah, yes. You can still play and enjoy the game so please don't worry.

Facts are facts. It's easy for a game to be "cinematic" if there's barely any player input. Quick time events are cinematic for the same reason.

Games like Sekiro > The Last of Us.

Lol whatever Seiko has the simplest most bare bones combat system I can think of.

Every fight basically amounts Ching, Ching, Ching, Ching, Jump, Ching Ching Ching, Counter Ching Ching, Death Blow Win.

Hard? yes,
Fun? well first time round

No combos to put together, no new weapons to experiment accept those lame arm gadgets that are often highly contextual(And combat arts I guess), No hit boxes to get a feel for.
Also the combat system breaks down when you encounter more than one enemy. And don't even get me started on the stealth.

I'am no massive fan of the last of us 2( In fact I like Sekiro more) but at any given moment you have way more tools and options at your disposal.

This is coming from a massive From Software fanboy as well Dark souls might be my favorite game ever but the amount of choice Sekiro gives you in the moment to moment gameplay is way less than previous souls game. When you compare it to other action games like Devil may cry or God of War its laughable.

Anyway Back on Topic some of the shit you see in Horizon zero dawn is Amazing.

 

[The artful mincer]

You guys need to post gameplay moments, not qte sections or cutscenes...

The Queen! This is perhaps more impressive because it's complex gaming systems coming together to make it

 

[mejin]

Any Sony the Game

 

[Guilty_AI]

Beamng's car and damage physics are so well made that almost any moment from gameplay looks like something you'd see in a car action scene from a movie - or a shot from real life.