Comments on: Cut, edit, please (Pt. 1) http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alvan http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Alvan Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:24:53 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=335#comment-84 Well maybe you should! Well maybe you should!

]]> By: spikey http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/comment-page-1/#comment-83 spikey Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:56:56 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=335#comment-83 I don't do cutscenes! :( I don’t do cutscenes! :(

]]> By: Alvan http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Alvan Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:22:59 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=335#comment-82 So, as a render monkey, you're still not to blame, right? So, as a render monkey, you’re still not to blame, right?

]]> By: spikey http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/comment-page-1/#comment-81 spikey Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:20:16 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=335#comment-81 Nah, the fault could lie almost on any level of hierarchy. It could be a mandate from publisher's side, a "strong suggestion" from marketing department, an artistic decision or just a honest-to-god "ohshit we're missing something and we have no time, damnit, quick, hire some render monkeys!". In a perfect world, it's taken into account at 1:1 importance level with gameplay during preproduction and design phase. And continued during level design, and so on. :) Nah, the fault could lie almost on any level of hierarchy. It could be a mandate from publisher’s side, a “strong suggestion” from marketing department, an artistic decision or just a honest-to-god “ohshit we’re missing something and we have no time, damnit, quick, hire some render monkeys!”.

In a perfect world, it’s taken into account at 1:1 importance level with gameplay during preproduction and design phase. And continued during level design, and so on. :)

]]> By: Alvan http://www.the-cow.net/2009/03/cut-edit-please/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Alvan Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:11:09 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=335#comment-80 So, basically what you're saying is "the managers did it, not our fault", right? I totally agree about the cutscene interrupting a good piece of action. It's worse in games that give you a dreadfuly long cutscene before a boss fight, and a save point about half a minute before the cutscene. You get into the action, get interrupted and then have to deal with something that actually requires you to be in "the zone" of the game... So, basically what you’re saying is “the managers did it, not our fault”, right?

I totally agree about the cutscene interrupting a good piece of action. It’s worse in games that give you a dreadfuly long cutscene before a boss fight, and a save point about half a minute before the cutscene. You get into the action, get interrupted and then have to deal with something that actually requires you to be in “the zone” of the game…

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