Extremely Long Cutscenes, What's your take?

[dunno001]

Riachu said:

twesterm said:
Cut Scenes have their place in games but anything longer than a minute without player control is venturing into dangerous territory.

 

That's an exaggeration.  Even shooters like Gears of War 2 and Killzone 2 have have cutscenes that can go on for 5 minutes at a time.

 

 And he is correct in stating that it is dangerous. People allowed 1 minute, so they went for 3, then 5, now some are pushing more. They are removing interaction from the game, merging it ever so more with movies. And these "games" make for some very expensive movies...