I find opinions like these to be very shallow.
Don't get me wrong, it's a legitimate take on the state of things, but to say it's bad or not good is what I find shallow.
There have always been cutscenes in games. Albeit back in the 8bit/16bit era they were basically flashcards with some rolling text, and eventually, that grew into full-on dialogue flash cards. And they have always mostly done the same thing that they do today; give you some context as to why you are doing anything you are doing in the game. Some games do it more than others and some do it better than others.
They are there to make you know more and in turn, hopefully, care more about the character you are playing or the world you are playing in. If that's not for you, then maybe games like demon's souls, bloodborne will be right up your alley. But it's integral to the makeup of some other games. Imagine MGS without any cutscenes at all, it would be nothing more than the VR missions expansion it got back then. Great gameplay, but ultimately soulless. Hell, even the games I mentioned that would be more to your liking also have cutscenes, though minimally.
But the last thing you said is bang on though, and that has nothing to do with the cutscenes. If a game has bad gameplay then it's a bad game, at least for you. You can have games with great stories but crappy gameplay. I say and emphasize "for you" because I personally believe anyone's interpretation of what they believe is a good or bad game (gameplay-wise) is purely subjective. This is why to me the concept of game (or even movie) reviews is extremely silly. Especially when you hear things like generic gameplay (which is to mean that they have gameplay mechanics that are in a lot of other games).
Well, that is all well and good, but only if you are talking to someone that has played as many of those particular kinda games as yourself. What if you are talking to someone that is playing a game like that for the first time? How can that be generic to him/her?
Last edited by Intrinsic - on 26 August 2020
