Uncharted 4 - Game Awards trailer featuring new character Nadine Ross & insane graphics

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Teeqoz said:

pitzy272 said:

Ok, would anyone care to explain what cgi vs. in-engine means, specifically, along with why the difference holds any significance?

I tried looking this up once and wasn't able to find much. 

While all the images are cgi (computer generated images), what people mean when they say cgi cutscenes are that they are pre-rendered, and then the video file is on the disc, so the console reads it off, like a movie. On the other hand, in-engine, means that the cutscenes are rendered on the console itself, in real time, instead of the complete scene being complete on the disc, and just read of there.

I kind of understood that part. But what makes in-engine cutscenes so much more impressive or preferred?