The FMV where Arthas climbs Ice Crown is one of the best I've seen. Shame there are few pre-rendered cutscenes like this in the Warcraft series.
Despite all that, I gotta give SE the nod. The amount of detail they go into for their cinematics is insane. The FMVs in Dirge of Cerberus were also top notch.
[QUOTE="MarthRingman"]I've yet to see Square-Enix match the sheer epicness of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A20Dcw9Izyo Amaing the amount of detail in the trailer is crazy,but there are some crazy CGI square has done too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnE64DbnUzY Spirits Within http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jb4Ws1lPHc FF7: Crisis Core, Obvious spoilers between the ending of the game. (around 40sec the epicness begins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFyFCqCEW0 FF XIV But the style is very different in both games.
When I was younger, I particularly remember how the SE cutscenes made me feel connected to the game.....I never experienced this with a Blizzard cutscene, even though I played WoW for several years.
When I was younger, I particularly remember how the SE cutscenes made me feel connected to the game.....I never experienced this with a Blizzard cutscene, even though I played WoW for several years.chrisrooR
Well yeah, WoW only had the three intro CGI scenes. Play something like Warcraft III or Diablo II where they occur at key moments in the story
Watching those clips makes me want to play a Blizzard game since I never played one before.
Mystic-G
Do yourself a favor and don't lol. It's an addiction you will regret. =P Yeah, I've heard about that, seems scary to me. Plus I still don't have much interest in them anyways.
My vote goes to Square, simply because the amount of quality rendered-cutscenes dwarfs Blizzard's. The best rendered cutscene I've seen from Square was the invasion of Eden sequence in FFXIII, my jaw hit the floor when I saw that.
While one thing I always liked about the FF games were the cinematics I have to choose Blizzard. FF vids are pretty and all and always impressive for their time, but Blizzards cutscnese are just epic. FF has epic moments but Blizzard hasEPICcutscenes and prerenderd trailers.
Thats a tough one. I've only caught a glimpse of a little of Blizzard's work. I'm going to have to bandwagon and go with SquareEnix. Hmmm.. good poll. You have to actually be informed to answer.
*goes and watches Diablo 3 trailer again* Yeah, I don't think there's any point in arguing...rolo107
Yeah, how has no one posted that glorious piece yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtHTzAPyR0I&feature=PlayList&p=5111E43E41B00677&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=2
Square because they make good portable games blizzard did that aweful port of Lost Vikings to GBA plus Bliz chars in CGI do not move as fluid but to be fair Square has alot of reserach with that expensive movie they made
Square because they make good portable games blizzard did that aweful port of Lost Vikings to GBA plus Bliz chars in CGI do not move as fluid but to be fair Square has alot of reserach with that expensive movie they madeghost392
? Have you seen any of the recent CGI's (those being from the past 10 years) they definitely move as fluidly.
[QUOTE="ghost392"]Square because they make good portable games blizzard did that aweful port of Lost Vikings to GBA plus Bliz chars in CGI do not move as fluid but to be fair Square has alot of reserach with that expensive movie they madeNotsogr8one
? Have you seen any of the recent CGI's (those being from the past 10 years) they definitely move as fluidly.
In WC3 Arthas moves stiff in Human campaign cutscene and in WC they only recently got very good but they also lack the action I have seen in FFXII( cutscene champ last gen)
[QUOTE="Notsogr8one"][QUOTE="ghost392"]Square because they make good portable games blizzard did that aweful port of Lost Vikings to GBA plus Bliz chars in CGI do not move as fluid but to be fair Square has alot of reserach with that expensive movie they madeghost392
? Have you seen any of the recent CGI's (those being from the past 10 years) they definitely move as fluidly.
In WC3 Arthas moves stiff in Human campaign cutscene and in WC they only recently got very good but they also lack the action I have seen in FFXII( cutscene champ last gen)
Have you seen Warcraft III's intro? It's clear people are split between these two companies. Blizzard should be making the Cataclysm intro in a few months. We shall see greatness once again. =D
[QUOTE="Notsogr8one"] ? Have you seen any of the recent CGI's (those being from the past 10 years) they definitely move as fluidly.Mystic-G
In WC3 Arthas moves stiff in Human campaign cutscene and in WC they only recently got very good but they also lack the action I have seen in FFXII( cutscene champ last gen)
Have you seen Warcraft III's intro? It's clear people are split between these two companies. Blizzard should be making the Cataclysm intro in a few months. We shall see greatness once again. =D
Yes and you obviously havent seen FFXII's intro I mean I hate ps2 and all but the game put out great CGI and okay gameplay
[QUOTE="Led_poison"][QUOTE="aaronmullan"]You talk about Blizzards pre renders and you don't even include the Wrath of the Lich King one?aaronmullan
BC had a better intro cutscene But Wraths is better looking. The CGI is far more detailed. Thats arguable, there is ALOT of detail in the BC cut scene as well.
In WC3 Arthas moves stiff in Human campaign cutscene and in WC they only recently got very good but they also lack the action I have seen in FFXII( cutscene champ last gen)
ghost392
Have you seen Warcraft III's intro? It's clear people are split between these two companies. Blizzard should be making the Cataclysm intro in a few months. We shall see greatness once again. =D
Yes and you obviously havent seen FFXII's intro I mean I hate ps2 and all but the game put out great CGI and okay gameplay
[QUOTE="Mystic-G"] Have you seen Warcraft III's intro? It's clear people are split between these two companies. Blizzard should be making the Cataclysm intro in a few months. We shall see greatness once again. =DMystic-G
Yes and you obviously havent seen FFXII's intro I mean I hate ps2 and all but the game put out great CGI and okay gameplay
Blizzard wins Gameplay Square wins CGI
Mind explaining how square wins CGI? Go to youtube and type in FFXII or FFXIII I have not palyed either but they look good
Go to youtube and type in FFXII or FFXIII I have not palyed either but they look good
Mystic-G
That doesn't answer my question. I told you they scenes have characters that are more fluid I do not see how Blizzard is even considered a competitor the WoC cinematic didnt have much action
[QUOTE="Led_poison"][QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="Led_poison"] BC had a better intro cutscene But Wraths is better looking. The CGI is far more detailed. Thats arguable, there is ALOT of detail in the BC cut scene as well. Wrath's is better looking, but BC's is so much better as a intro that it's not even funny.
Go to youtube and type in FFXII or FFXIII I have not palyed either but they look good
ghost392
That doesn't answer my question. I told you they scenes have characters that are more fluid I do not see how Blizzard is even considered a competitor the WoC cinematic didnt have much action Square is more stylized but Blizzard's has more depth. So I'm not sure what you're saying.
Even though the ending sucked, FF XIII hastwo of the most beautifully rendered scenes in thier game. The chapter 12 cutscene at the beginning set the new mark for anyone to follow and play catch up. That and FF VII: Advent Children Complete.
Square-Enix is blowingthe competition away so far, and they've said the FF Versus XIII is even better looking:shock:
Blizzard because JRPG can never be graphics kings as they tend to hide the technical aspects with cartoonish graphics Dont believe it point me one Same goes for CGI
Blizzard because JRPG can never be graphics kings as they tend to hide the technical aspects with cartoonish graphics Dont believe it point me one Same goes for CGIBanjo_Kongfooie
But even Blizzard games have cartoonish graphics. I remember people making threads to boycott Diablo 3 because of how it looked.
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