I think it's fantastic for the image of our hobby ^^ My ex girlfriend is one of those types that doesn't see the point of "playing games all the time" and genuinely isn't interested in them. She never got the point of Mario games, never got into games one would generally classify as non-story driven, all gameplay types. She'll play puzzle games, but that's slightly different. Anyways, she is a major film buff, and sure, the cutscenes may not be of your "Hollywood blockbuster quality", they're still fun dammit :P While I was playing through metal gear solid 3, I came up to the first ocelot and snake CQC scene and she was genuinely interested in watching, she spent the entire time asking me questions as to who was who, and why they were fighting, and how the hell ocelot could shoot the guy by banking a bullet..
HUZZAH muthafuckas :D
Someone who wasn't at all interested in anything non-simple puzzle game related, sat down and seriously watched a lengthy scene out of MGS3. If anything, the Metal Gear Solid series is FANTASTIC for the image of what video games can be or what direction they COULD head down. There's nothing wrong with many types of genre's in the video game industry and hell, if an interactive movie is one of them, so be it. People can pretend to be as prissy and high and mighty as they wish, but it doesn't change the fact that some of us like the games, some of us LIKE the over-the-top hollywood cheese, some of us LIKE sitting through lengthy cutscenes. I'm not sure why you ever put it through your heads to have such high expectations for something, but I feel genuinely sad for you. I'll tell you what, that's wonderful that you have expensive tastes and can only get intoxicated by a $400 bottle of alcohol, the guy drunk off 2 beers is having a much better time than you ;/ Stop being so damn picky and live a little.
From 0 to KICKASS in .stupid seconds.
