@Sed that seems to work! Thanks! Funny, I did click on it once, but now I just noticed that cursor changed after first click, so now it is actually doing something
Well, I only checked the first couple of seconds of the black pits cinematic and the rest, camp and death ones, since I don't want to spoil anything for myself. I generally like the style a lot, but I don't really like the new death animation, preferred the one in BG2, and the rest anim is a bit too long for me. Of course you can always skip it...
Hm. I like the style, and I like that they're fit for higher resolutions, but most of them are merely "meh" to "okay". The Baldur's Gate movie is very nice, and Death and Undercity are pretty much the same as before. The others are missing details compared to the original ones, and the animation is really lacking.
I must have mental issues - I'm not looking at any of it until I can play
I was trying to help out someone else here earlier on the forums so I have looked at one just so that I could confirm it would work with VLC, but otherwise I echo your view of all this. I haven't listened to any of the music or watched any of the other videos.
My position on the death scene (the one I saw) is meh, I kind of liked the old one but that may just be nostalgia.
I like them all except FAI... the cut they did in the music. For a musician who heard this music for thousand times it is really annoying. Almost like missing a beat.
I have to say I'm not very fond of them at all. Sadly some of them look uninspired and out of place, some look amateurish. Certainly not coming close to the 2D Cinematics in BG2. Maybe they should have just cut them altogether...
There is an .acm file called themea which is the music from the trailer. It is quite good (well the horns are a bit harsh they get distorted in every headphone/speaker I tried) but I hope we will have the original theme too. It's absolute necessary for the "BG mood".
I like them all except FAI... the cut they did in the music. For a musician who heard this music for thousand times it is really annoying. Almost like missing a beat.
I don't understand why they couldn't keep the old videos too. In smaller resolution they are still good, they could just put them in a smaller window on a larger Briefing/Mission text page. After you read the Mission page, and watched the old movie, you could click on Continue, and then you could watch the new animations. Or they could just merge the two: at the beginning of each animation there is a Mission/Briefing/Info page with texts, and in the corner is the old video running in a smaller window. Meh I loved the old ones better. The music cut is clearly a bug though, it should be fixed.
On the one hand, I'm going to miss the Beregost cinematic a lot. Also the cow-abducting wyvern, and the kobolds in the Nashkel movie.
On the other, I so love the way Nat Jones drew Sarevok in the opening movie (and the hand in the death movie looks a lot less awkward than the original).
I wish there were a small window on a Briefing- / Quest info- / City or Castle Info Page where you could watch the original low res 3d movie. They are still fine with their lower resolution, just make them smaller. There could be text boxes around, about the subject on the original movie. Then if you click on "Continue" you could watch the new high res 2d movie. I loved the old movies too. Thanks. http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7199/please-make-old-movies-available-again#latest
I'm going to be honest that I'm a little disappointed with the new cinematics. I guess they're done sort of in the spirit of a graphic novel? You've got the movement between the noticeably different planes. Perhaps that's intended as a stylistic thing from the getgo rather than being budget and/or deadline driven...
I can't say that they fully measure up to the former ones. And I'm sorry to say that, lol.
I agree the old ones wouldve been preferable back in the day, but are too poorly rendered for todays displays. I kindof like the more timeless style of these, even though parts of them couldve been illustrated better.
I think they may need a little work in a few spots. Eg, the intro movie close-up of the victim's face... it somehow doesn't quite read right... The FAI stutter in the music file. There's some rough edges.
I mean the graphic novel style is potentially kind of neat in it's own right. I'll have to let it marinate a while. Maybe I'll change my tune after paying a full game with the new movies.
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I guess you can't get everything.
My position on the death scene (the one I saw) is meh, I kind of liked the old one but that may just be nostalgia.
However, the cutscenes were never a very important part of the BG experience.
(right thread now)
but I hope we will have the original theme too. It's absolute necessary for the "BG mood".
This music was epic...
I loved the old ones better. The music cut is clearly a bug though, it should be fixed.
On the other, I so love the way Nat Jones drew Sarevok in the opening movie (and the hand in the death movie looks a lot less awkward than the original).
I loved the old movies too. Thanks.
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7199/please-make-old-movies-available-again#latest
I can't say that they fully measure up to the former ones. And I'm sorry to say that, lol.
Not that it's a big deal. It isn't. But still.
However they play such a minor part of the game.
They may grow on me, as the new UI did.
I think they may need a little work in a few spots. Eg, the intro movie close-up of the victim's face... it somehow doesn't quite read right... The FAI stutter in the music file. There's some rough edges.
I mean the graphic novel style is potentially kind of neat in it's own right. I'll have to let it marinate a while. Maybe I'll change my tune after paying a full game with the new movies.
Wasted effort.
I disagree.
They did what they should
And I don't think that one thing disrupts the other...
I prefer the original cutscenes, but the new ones are definitely not a wasted effort.
*wyvern flies by and Farmer throws his shovel in the air*
Farmer : "Wha wash tha--? :O "
Me : "A flying cow you dangus..."