Erdrick Holmes
01-18-2007, 06:18 AM
Do you rewatch long cutscenes in a game dispite the fact you know exaclty what happens in them?
Sometimes I usually play the game once, watch all the cutscenes the game has all the way, then when I replay it I skip them and go straight to the gameplay since I know everything that happens beforehand.
I've actually compaired skipping cutscenes to jars of cookies. Here's how:
In my insomniac state I just thought of something. You know how some video games have long cutscenes and :skull::skull::skull::skull: to explain the game's epic storyline? Notice how in some of these games you can skip cutscenes and go straight to the next part of the game? Some people think I'm insane when I tell them that when I play Metal Gear I occasionally skip the cutscnes because I've seen them before and I know what happens and I wanna just continue the actual gameplay. Well lets compair this to jars of cookies, shall we?
Games: Lets play a game for the first time, we watch the cutscenes so we know what happens in the story, like why the good guy is fighting the badguy, what the badguy is actually DOING to rule the world, why the good guy is the only one that can defeat the bad guy. Play through the game and watched every cutscene from begining to end. I get it now! Time for a replay. Meh, seen this cutscene, I know exactly what happens. I'm gonna skip every cutscene, I know exactly what happens. Bada bing bada boom
Cookies: Gee I'm hungry, lets go scan the kitchen for some food. There's five jars on the counter, the middle one has a sticker with the word 'cookies' written on it. Maybe it contains cookies. Lets open to see, yup there's cookies in here, I'll eat a few. Munch munch. Those were good cookies, I might come back when I feel hungry again. Next day arrives, I'm hungry again, lets see if there's any food here, oh wait, no need to look, I remember where the cookies are. Hmm, all the jars have been trned around and I can't see the lables, good thing I remembered that the middle jar contains cookies, so I'll go straight to the middle jar and grab me some of those delicious cookies and save me the hassle of looking for some food all over again. Man, those are some good assed cookies. Good thing I remembered which jar has them in case I get hungry again.
See, this is the crap I think of when I'm hungry, can't fall asleep, and all I can think about is "I'm gonna eat some cookies while I play Dragon Quest VII".
Sometimes I usually play the game once, watch all the cutscenes the game has all the way, then when I replay it I skip them and go straight to the gameplay since I know everything that happens beforehand.
I've actually compaired skipping cutscenes to jars of cookies. Here's how:
In my insomniac state I just thought of something. You know how some video games have long cutscenes and :skull::skull::skull::skull: to explain the game's epic storyline? Notice how in some of these games you can skip cutscenes and go straight to the next part of the game? Some people think I'm insane when I tell them that when I play Metal Gear I occasionally skip the cutscnes because I've seen them before and I know what happens and I wanna just continue the actual gameplay. Well lets compair this to jars of cookies, shall we?
Games: Lets play a game for the first time, we watch the cutscenes so we know what happens in the story, like why the good guy is fighting the badguy, what the badguy is actually DOING to rule the world, why the good guy is the only one that can defeat the bad guy. Play through the game and watched every cutscene from begining to end. I get it now! Time for a replay. Meh, seen this cutscene, I know exactly what happens. I'm gonna skip every cutscene, I know exactly what happens. Bada bing bada boom
Cookies: Gee I'm hungry, lets go scan the kitchen for some food. There's five jars on the counter, the middle one has a sticker with the word 'cookies' written on it. Maybe it contains cookies. Lets open to see, yup there's cookies in here, I'll eat a few. Munch munch. Those were good cookies, I might come back when I feel hungry again. Next day arrives, I'm hungry again, lets see if there's any food here, oh wait, no need to look, I remember where the cookies are. Hmm, all the jars have been trned around and I can't see the lables, good thing I remembered that the middle jar contains cookies, so I'll go straight to the middle jar and grab me some of those delicious cookies and save me the hassle of looking for some food all over again. Man, those are some good assed cookies. Good thing I remembered which jar has them in case I get hungry again.
See, this is the crap I think of when I'm hungry, can't fall asleep, and all I can think about is "I'm gonna eat some cookies while I play Dragon Quest VII".