As opposed to being bored out of my mind pushing the analog stick forward?
Yes.
But as op mentioned, I rather have a cutscene.
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3rd Person Games and Cinematic Slow Walking
- Thread starter KodiakGTS
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Yes.
But as op mentioned, I rather have a cutscene.
It depends. For some reason it's REALLY annoying to me when the character is injured and they make you crawl and listen to these weird grunts for like 10 minutes. But if you're walking through a "safe space" in the game like the intro of TLOU or the village in Uncharted 2 or something, I love it.
Agreed. I think sometimes what takes me out of it is when serious stuff is happening or a hot discussion is brewing, you and your character are just standing there idly too, like sit down or something lol.
If somehow "slow walking" incorporated with talking/conversations/banters/etc, then as might as well change it into full but short cut-scenes.
Rather than push/pressing forward & listening whatever...
Rather than push/pressing forward & listening whatever...
Honestly it has never really bothered me.
Firstly I'm never in a rush when I'm playing so it's just not a big deal to me.
And usually stuff like that is going on when the situation is poignant or the game's trying to explain something important. I'd rather have that than running around all over the place while something serious is going on and I'm taken out of the moment lol.
Firstly I'm never in a rush when I'm playing so it's just not a big deal to me.
And usually stuff like that is going on when the situation is poignant or the game's trying to explain something important. I'd rather have that than running around all over the place while something serious is going on and I'm taken out of the moment lol.
It's always annoying to me just give me a loading screen or a cutscene. This obsession with immersion just ain't for me tho clearly
If it were skippable in replays and if there was an option to automatically walk along with the character it would be a lot better.
I know I just played a scene in Cyberpunk that involved a long car ride and it did give you the option to skip to the destination, so that sort of thing would be appreciated more often.
I know I just played a scene in Cyberpunk that involved a long car ride and it did give you the option to skip to the destination, so that sort of thing would be appreciated more often.
I really enjoyed things like this in RDR2. I feel that game, more than most, felt like a playable movie and that seemed to add to the experience. Some other games it definitely does not, but I really appreciated it in RDR2.
honestly depends on the game. and how often its utilized and in what context.
i didnt mind it in rdr 2, it was reserved for big setpiece moments like walking up to a certain building, easily one of the most memorable moments of the game and without the walking speed being synced, it wouldnt have been nearly as cool. Plus in camp you are forced to slow walk so you dont miss out on interactions and people can catch up to you if they want something seamlessly. I liked that.
but then in ff7r it was getting obnoxious. A lot of the slow walking was just due to technical reasons, so they felt annoying like, "oh really, again?"
i'd haev taken a loading screen honestly.
i didnt mind it in rdr 2, it was reserved for big setpiece moments like walking up to a certain building, easily one of the most memorable moments of the game and without the walking speed being synced, it wouldnt have been nearly as cool. Plus in camp you are forced to slow walk so you dont miss out on interactions and people can catch up to you if they want something seamlessly. I liked that.
but then in ff7r it was getting obnoxious. A lot of the slow walking was just due to technical reasons, so they felt annoying like, "oh really, again?"
i'd haev taken a loading screen honestly.
It's whatever at this point. I don't really like it but I've also accepted that some games are just gonna go for it regardless. If they're gonna keep doing it, I'd prefer it if they looked at games like Uncharted or TLOU because those games are among the few that actually manage to fill the slow walking sections with interesting stuff.
I don't hate slow walking.
I DO hate when the player character walks at different speeds during slow walking sections so you have to constantly adjust your pace.
I DO hate when the player character walks at different speeds during slow walking sections so you have to constantly adjust your pace.
I love immersive games but forced slow walking sections aren't any more immersive than a loading screen anyway. They're just annoying.
Agree.
I like it when it fits the tone of the game and scene.
Give me the tools to ruin an experience for myself and I often will. For instance, in scary games I often jump about like a lunatic because it relieves tension and makes the game feel silly.
cyberpunk acutally ticks me off so much with this (i know, not 3rd person, but still)
so i noticed during a bunch of quests if u go behind the character you are meant to follow, you go at the same pace - nice
but for some reason, this feature isnt always available? it seems completely random, either its bugged or the devs just didnt have time to implement it in every quest. it's so jarring
I don't mind them if they're not too frequent and long. Metal Gear Rising was the worst for this.
Oh it'll still be a thing, this time because of developer intent and mood.
Its really a non-issue. Back in the day it would be a cutscene anyways but at least now you feel a bit more immersed when you have some small amount of control.
I wonder if people who complain about this are the type to sprint circles around a walking NPC because their attention span is so limited they need to go go go all the time.
I wonder if people who complain about this are the type to sprint circles around a walking NPC because their attention span is so limited they need to go go go all the time.
That kind of thing breaks the experience for me. I would think the NPC would turn around and ask me to calm the fuck down, ya know?
That's why I love games that at least include a follow button like Yakuza 0.
love them, and they will always wake my inner scorsese while i make sweeping camera moves with my left thumbstick.
Absolutely, GoT has one of these early on and...it's a funeral. I think running and jumping at a funeral might be a little immersion breaking.
It's crap. I understand that some games use it to mask loading and make it feel more immersive but I'd just rather have the loading screen, especially for future ports/versions of the games.
Basically all those games with forced walking segments used to mask loading will not benefit from the faster load times available on new hardware and so we are stuck with them unless they go back and severely alter the game.
Any game that just uses load screens now has shorter load screens and it's great.
Basically all those games with forced walking segments used to mask loading will not benefit from the faster load times available on new hardware and so we are stuck with them unless they go back and severely alter the game.
Any game that just uses load screens now has shorter load screens and it's great.
Slow walking sucks. Doesn't matter if it's a FPS like Halo 3, or in something like Uncharted 4. Just... ugh.
Like just give me a cutscene or something or skippable dialogue so I can keep moving if the banter is so important.
Bullshit player agency where your basically pushing the stick forward to move at a snails pace so the player is "involved" and hearing dialogue is dumb.
Like just give me a cutscene or something or skippable dialogue so I can keep moving if the banter is so important.
Bullshit player agency where your basically pushing the stick forward to move at a snails pace so the player is "involved" and hearing dialogue is dumb.
After like a decade of slow walking I'm pretty soured on it as a whole.
I like Ghost because you could control the pace of the walking sections and the box would follow at your speed.
I like Ghost because you could control the pace of the walking sections and the box would follow at your speed.
Not really. We're talking about those longe dialogue sequences in an environment that's already fully loaded, not moving through rubble or tight walls while the game loads a new room (eg FFVIIR)
Theyre both good and bad depending on what you want out of the game. They hurt replayability and break the pace a lot, but at the same time on a first playthrough they can be very immersive.
Eh, it varies but I'm not terribly bothered most of the time, and occasionally it even feels appropriate and I think nothing of it. Don't really feel it's something to be mega pissy about unless a game does it excessively and fails to find a way to be engaging during said segments.
I don't have to run around the world all the time, but I wish some of them used a "press this button to let the game move your character" like Furi, which uses this to great effect. I think it's mostly annoying when it's extremely claustrophobic and long.
this was the worst in god of war. fuck that shit. and it had different degrees with which it removed player agency. just an infuriating trend where sometimes you can do x, y, z and sometimes only x, y and sometimes only x. there were instances where all you could do was push the left stick forward to move and maybe change the camera and they want it to feel all epic like you're overcoming some huge hurdle except as the player I'm literally as disconnected with what's going on onscreen as I could possibly be because of those choices. the irony is that this typically happens in games that want to be all immersive except the result is jolting you right out of the experience.
hate it, especially bad on replays
at least i can check my phone during a load screen
will prolly never replay uncharted 3 because of it
at least i can check my phone during a load screen
will prolly never replay uncharted 3 because of it
This is it for me, it's worse than the slow walking for sure, I hated the first few missions in DMC5 for this exact same reason.
Yea it pissed me off even more here just because like days gone open world...what u even doing this for