Ryse: Son of Rome Utilized Pre-Rendered Cutscenes to Curtail “Big Loading Times”

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Torillian said:

Trunkin said:
That may come back to bite them in the ass 10+ years from now when 900p is considered "standard def" and everyone's using 4k-8k TV's. If they ever re-release the game for PC or next-gen consoles, they're gonna have to completely redo the cutscenes.

Psychonauts on PC is a good example - I'm running it in 1680x1050/60fps, but the cutscenes are 480p(360?)/30fps with no AA. It's...jarring.

Ah yeah I remember playing one of the recent God of War HD remasters and the horrible relative quality of the cutscenes is really odd.  Not much else to add to this, but your post reminded me of the strange situation in which the gameplay actually looks significantly better than the cutscenes.  

yeah i remember that.   horribly jarring.  one of the few times i actually wanted to skip a cut scene.