The cinematic cut-scenes between PC / NPC interactions appear to be very very very lack-luster. By that i mean they dont stir up any emotional or immersive feelings for me at all like for example the jon irenicus cut-scenes did in BG2.
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It isnt woking what you are trying to do with these cut-scenes. They are at best weird and not immersive at all.
Yes. Most of the time cutscenes seem to be generated rather then directed, and even what seems like handcrafted cutscenes didn't seem to make for a good "cinematic" storytelling. Think Dragon Age: Origins after Ostagar, rather then Mass Effect.
For me they didn't work at all - it is especially jarring as switching from top-down view, is already taking me out of the experience. Jade Empire, Kotor or Dragon Age conversations were never great looking, but they were consistant with the rest of the game.
But there seem to be a sizable amount of people who will take those kind of basic cutscenes over not having them at all.
