Skipping them bad.

Maybe it’s because I was raised that way, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to agree with Lorna and Kat. I’d rather play Bioshock, Mass Effect and Metal Gear Solid these days than most of the FPS and team-based titles out there.

That said, if you can get something squarely in the middle – like Braid, perhaps – then all the better. And generally, the story and characters do have to be engaging to me, otherwise I’ll back to playing Super Mario Bros. 3.

I can never have too much backstory or character development, honestly. A great cutscene can make or break a game for me, regardless of the actual gameplay.

“A Cardboard box, you say?”

“Yes, a cardboard box. It all began many years ago when cardboard was first invented by-” …. (If I remember rightly, Nastasha in MGS1 actually informs Snake that cardboard boxes are useful for STORAGE, along with other facts I didn’t know. WOW!!)

Have you ever considering writing a game script, Laura? ;-)

However, in game cut scenes I’m not fond of, in small doses they are ok and I can live with it. Mainly because they act as a rest stop so i can get myself comfy on chair again, take a drink from my bottle of coke and eat as many sweets as possible while giving me enough time to wipe my sugar stained hands down my clean jeans, insuring not one bit touches my controller.

Playing through Eternal Sonata at the moment and dear lord there are some long cut scenes in this game. I try my best not to skip any, but some of them are really badly placed and just as you are getting into it, you end up with the action being cut short.

Developer logo’s at the start of the game really frustrate me though, more so the ones you can’t skip.