quote:Original post by nathany

Original post by Hase
The 3D-part….


Also scenes between levels are important. Like flying high above a planet and at the end of the level entering the atmosphere. In the next level you start out in the clouds and slowly descend to ground level.

Is it really worth putting in a story?

That''s a good question… how many people would tend to skip over the cinematics while playing (if there were cinematics)? How often would you like to see cinematics (i.e. every 3 levels?)

Maybe this is a good reason to have story/arcade modes like Tyrian though. Arcade mode wouldn''t have any cinematics.

The scenes between levels could be cool… short enough that i don''t think people would skip them.

- n8


I didn´t mean cinematics, for a one man show they´re too much bother anyway. What i meant was very short in-game bits, not like a cut-scene but one that lasts 5-10 seconds, and maybe lets you fly the plane (possibly show the score/kill list?) while something cool happens.

Examples:
fighter plane picked up by mothership
landing on some kind of carrier
entering atmosphere (red glow around ship -> turns into fireball)
diving through a cloud layer (first part above the cloud, then a fade to white and back again below the clouds -> ground visible)

stuff like that …





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