Can Ashes Of Creation Cutscenes Keep Us Engaged?

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Ashes of Creation has a huge leg up when it comes to cutscenes. They can search the entire MMORPG genre to see what has worked well for other games. If this game is going to be as big as we project, cutscenes will be a vital part of their success.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Why cutscenes?
01:30 What makes you watch a cutscene?
04:35 What's your favorite gaming cutscene?
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I think the first time we see a really well put together cutscene from Ashes of Creation, it's obviously going to be hype because every 1st game cutscene/cinematic is usually gas. My question is, can they continue on with that?
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@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Tell me your favorite gaming cutscene!

@TGFTavern 2 ай бұрын

For me (chibi), its been WoW/ Blizzard's cutscenes /cinematics. They are so easy to get immersed in

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

@@TGFTavern from what I hear, the earlier ones were really good.

@tonydalimata 2 ай бұрын

Well , the one that sticks with me after all this time was when Sephiroth makes a pin cushion out of a flower girl . That dang piano.😢

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

@@tonydalimata THAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?!

@tonydalimata 2 ай бұрын

@@sticqeno288 yah , long story but my younger brother and I where big final fantasy nerds . We worked our asses off to buy a PS and get FF7 when it came out in 97. When we first saw the cut scene we both turned our head and looked at each other with our mouth wide open. Big WTF moment for us . My brother is gone and that cut scene will always bring back memories in a way nothing else will ever do.

@wispre 2 ай бұрын

One thing Blizzard has always excelled in when it comes to World of Warcraft and Diablo series is their Cinematics. I really hope that intrepid adds a nice cinematic / cutscene approach to server defining events, crossroads and achievements within the game for our characters. It's been brought up here and there but never really stressed enough is voice acting in Ashes. I really hope they add this into the game, yes it's a time and cost consuming addition to development, but it really improves immersion and gameplay overall in my eyes along with many others. Yes, there will be the [skip] [skip] [skip] [accept] types in Ashes just like any other game out there, but at least give us the chance to soak in the story, lore and feel like a part of the world around us for those that crave that sort of thing. Even if it's just done using AI voice acting that is so much better than having to read blocks of text.

@franescobarlopez7580 2 ай бұрын

I agree but personally dont want IA voices, i know It reduces the cost but also will destroy every professional people in every market...

@RoyDurett 2 ай бұрын

I like when there are no cutscene and the action happens when we are playing. Npc can have a conversation or a fight without us having to be stuck in place.

@In5anityDefined 2 ай бұрын

I grew up on Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, Empire Earth, Civ 2-4, etc. Cut scenes were such a special experience. They told the story or explained what was happening in that particular mission. For Ashes, I hope there is at least a cut scene before character creation explaining the story so far. Personally, I think it would be a good idea that for each server, depending on world events, that cut scene could have additions. Just so new players knew a little bit about what has happened in Vera. Ofc only for the big events.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea!

@wispre 2 ай бұрын

I think the opening cinematic and cutscenes are important and can really setup player immersion and also induce a whole lot of hype for the game. Combining a nice introductory cutscene, along with a decent simplified tutorial, can set the tone and pace for the game out of the gate. (add the ability to skip after first time completing for those of us with Alt - Reroll issues 😄) I really hope Intrepid takes this approach for introducing a touch of interaction and lore as to why we are all here on Vera as we travel through the gate and are set out on our adventure.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it better

@Ganknasty_ 2 ай бұрын

Cutscenes I would watch(usually skip) are ones that involve my interaction with major npcs like accepting/progressing/completing epic quests. Node war declaration/ending, like seeing the node be destroyed, or the defenders pushing the attackers back after success. The fall of raid bosses. Things of that nature.

@shadowven9565 2 ай бұрын

I love cut scenes as long as they are intrinsic with the story line I'm on. Some games cut scenes just seem so out of place and leave with questioning "what just happened? Or what was that about?" I loved the cut scenes from both FF11 and FF14. Both really kept me immersed in the world and interested in continuing the play through. The music and actions in cut scenes from the games are nostalgic. I really enjoyed promothia and Aht ughan cut scenes in FF11.

@jessieraesbbq 2 ай бұрын

Favorite cut scenes. First time I saw WoWs opening, Warhammer Onlines opening and the last cut scene for FF9 Guild wars has some of the best lore. They have 3 amazing books. I hope they do someth ing like this for us lore junkies

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

I'm hoping Ashes does lore books. I'd buy em.

@franescobarlopez7580 2 ай бұрын

Amen Buddy...Kingdom Hearts too 😁

@walrikgraveborne 2 ай бұрын

Skippable is important, but impactful is more important. If I'm not invested in the story, then I might as well be doing the daily quests that lead me to quit WoW. Daily quests that felt like a chore pushed me away, but the Burning of Teldrassil cutscene dragged me back in. Fantastic vid, sir. I'll never skip Q.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

My guy. 🤞🏾

@iN_O_O_B_Y 2 ай бұрын

I think the best strategy is to have some short but very good cutscenes early on that are unskippable. This will train people to skip less and give some important info.

@trenttucker3254 2 ай бұрын

Some amazing gaming cut scenes! However I do think minimal in engine zoom in type effects is fine

@danny3120 2 ай бұрын

I have a controversial take to this. Epic level cinematics cost insane amounts of money. So i would rather they just put in that money into better servers and the development of the game itself.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

I don't think that's a terrible take tbh. I do think cutscenes are necessary, though, even if there aren't many of them during the lifetime of the game.

@danny3120 2 ай бұрын

That definitely used to be the case, but does that still hold true today? Hardly any of the recent most played games relied on cinematics at all. Word of mouth gets around so fast these days, you can't really hide a good game anymore, gaming community is so active. Reply

@krakhungames 2 ай бұрын

Dragon Age Origins, the Battle of Ostagar. 🤩

@infinityfabrik 2 ай бұрын

I don't know how I feel about cutscenes. My fave game ever is Crusader Kings 3 and that's just basically all reading. Some games I love it some games, or some days when I'm just tired, I just skip skip skip skip cmon give me the damn game mane. Today is actually one of those tired days and I'm mostly just rambling here to help with the algorithm cause I love it when your vids pop up and I didn't say anything on the last one cause I didn't have any dumb jokes to make. Great vid as always, thanks for all your hard work.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

All depends on the game & I appreciate the support, homie!

@Lazy_Tavern 2 ай бұрын

Good one buddy! -Tryied my best skipping you. Never worked! ;) Personally I'm not a fan of Cutscene, may be once or twice, but i pref skipping moving forward to the game it self! Thanks for the discussion!

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks for watching!

@TheCopiumClinic 2 ай бұрын

Yeah the option to skip is important even if you don’t want to.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Yep, having it is vital.

@TheHiddenDaggerInn 2 ай бұрын

If it doesn't delay the game, sure put them in. Personally I usually skip them as I'm all about the leveling and they slow me down haha. Great video bud!

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Not a big story guy?

@TheHiddenDaggerInn 2 ай бұрын

nope lol@@sticqeno288

@nordy259 2 ай бұрын

If they have cutscenes I hope they have them during beta. I'd like to watch them before launch so i can rush trying to become the server first for whatever profession I end up choosing. Need that early Monopoly.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Haha, I respect the hustle.

@WildFyreAshes 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 right on time with the morning laughs. Clownin

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

They kept skipping my cutscenes man lol

@FrostyThundertrod 2 ай бұрын

I skip cit scenes after i have seen them before but Ashes is a PvP game gankers will hang out around areas cut scenes are triggered and win they see a charactor stop moving in that spot they will know the player is in a cut scene and cant see or react to what is happening to there character

@RitchieSH 2 ай бұрын

Nyce!

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Yep, that's his name.

@tonydalimata 2 ай бұрын

Where ?!?

@Tilley53 2 ай бұрын

I'm gonna have to stop you right there Q, we are about the same age, and I can tell you, I don't wanna work 😂😂 it isn't that I want the option not to, I just don't want to 🤷🏽‍♂️ Also I know the skip ad thing was a meme, but seeing the countdown to being able to skip definitely made me want to push the skip button 🤔 there has to be some psychological training we've all been going through 🤔

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

KZfaq is programming us for the future, haha.

@Tilley53 2 ай бұрын

@@sticqeno288 you might be on to something.... I'm gonna have to start spreading my findings to the world 😮 it'll be a new conspiracy called "the skipped content" And it'll outline how we've skipped over our own programming, I might be on to a good one here 🤔

@casfe82 2 ай бұрын

I arnt got no time for cut scenes lol =) I have zero interest in the lore and stuff and i have been a massive player of MMOs. i just want to play the game. Quest..Farm for trades.. do doungens and most importantly have fun with mates

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

Fair take!

@fry7320 2 ай бұрын

Blizzard made a billion-dollar company off quality cut scenes, the warcraft 3 cutscenes MADE that game, and that made WoW, even the OW cut scenes inspired the fans to want more and more lore and more games. they didn't get those things but boy did they wish and dream big. an MMO should have a high quality NOT in engine rendered cut scene think FF7, hell divers intro, an intro cut scene to set the tone, and a path to the next cut scene. needs to be high-quality voice acting music and sound. I despise cutscenes that are in the engine no graphic upscaling just forced camera angle and NPC RP walking that's not a cut scene just a hidden loading screen. Starcraft made me addicted to the RTS for the few and far between cutscenes that told us the lore of the world and the love story of Jim and Nancy couple of crazy kids in space vs much more than just one world.

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

I think both can exist, but I agree that we should have some outside of the game engine.

@demolama 2 ай бұрын

Cutscenes do not belong in a sandbox mmo. The game story is secondary to the story the players themselves make through their efforts. Plus, how could it work in an 80% open world? Free kills while people stuck in cut scene?

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

That's a hot take. I think it depends on the game tbh. Ashes has a ton of lore.

@demolama 2 ай бұрын

@@sticqeno288 I don't find that a hot take at all. All early MMOs were able to convey lore through means other than cutscenes that take you out of your game experience. Quests, lootable papers, etc., if designed correctly, are ways to build on the lore of the world. It worked for every old school mmo prior to when WoW started adding cutscenes, including vanilla WoW. Players can choose not to read the quests, choose not to loot the papers. If cutscenes are added then players have no choice but to jump into them, even if it's for a brief second. Anything that leaves you vulnerable and unable to control the actions of your character is bad game design. Again, I don't see how they can work in an 80% open world always on pvp sandbox

@NuclearTango 2 ай бұрын

Skip

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

The cutscenes in this video are very important, sir.

@NuclearTango 2 ай бұрын

Haha. Great video Q!

@TGFTavern 2 ай бұрын

First!

@sticqeno288 2 ай бұрын

🫡

@itsjustClean 2 ай бұрын

First

@WildFyreAshes 2 ай бұрын

Wait i just realized you legit have my favorite #combo in your name 😮wtf 28,8 is liiiiiife! @sticqeno288 i guess i can tag you now because i can never forget your handle