Video games are often a violent medium. Their stories are often based on conflict and challenges, and battles are a great way to simulate those things. Their stories can become bloody affairs, their gameplay full of epic battles. Sometimes the two merge, with some or all of a fight taking place in a cutscene.
This is an unorthodox and controversial approach, as it takes away player control and potentially risks overshadowing similar in-game battles with feats characters can only achieve in cutscenes. On some occasions, however, the fights prove cinematic, thrilling and a joy to watch.
10 Senator Armstrong and Raiden discuss politics
Although he only makes a substantial appearance in the last two boss fights of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Senator Armstrong makes an immense impression on fans. This impression comes from his excellent boss fight and the brawl he has with Raiden long before the player gains control.
After the defeat of Metal Gear EXCELSIUS, Armstrong steps out of the wreckage and takes on Raiden while discussing his philosophy. Between its brutal fighting style, its charismatic speaking style and the many, many memes in the movie, it has become a fan favorite. It ends with Raiden giving up his principles and taking up Jetstream Sam’s sword, eventually presenting a battle that the player can win.
9 Noble Six’s Last Stand
The central theme of Halo: Range is defeat, but resistance in defeat. Going in, players will know that the story isn’t a happy one, as they’ve heard of Reach throughout the series and never encountered any other characters in several other games. Most of Noble Team show their skill and honor in their final moments, but none do it better than Noble Six.
The cutscene takes place at the end of the campaign and is played after the player takes serious damage in the campaign’s bonus mission ‘Lone Wolf’. Hopelessly outgunned, Six continues to fight the tide of Covenant Elites sent after them, eventually having to be held and stabbed to death in the perfect farewell to To achievethe player character.
8 Devil May Cry 5’s opening video
A generally accepted time for a game to showcase a dramatic and non-interactive battle scene is the game’s opening, which sets the game’s characters and style and outlines what players can expect from the gameplay. Devil May Cry 5 does this and more, with an opening scene where Nero jumps out of his car to fight a horde of demons.
The scene is stylish, over-the-top and downright cool – everything a player would expect from a Devil May Cry game. More than just an excellent visual spectacle, the dark, fun and melodramatic tone lets a player know they’re back to the series’ traditional fare, after the more controversial Dmc devil can cry.
7 Introducing Call Of Duty: Zombies’ Origins Map
Call of Duty: Zombies used introductory cutscenes from the start, but expanded over time. As the game mode focused more on its own story and became a bigger part of the franchise, the openings went from small, ominous scenes to expansive and expansive sequences that featured almost the entire map.
Many of them are excellent, but the most explosive is for the “Origins” card. Featuring three characters fighting their way through a World War I trench overrun with zombies, it offers enough cool moments and melodramatic action to feel like an ’80s movie. It also marks the return of the original. four characters after much of their absence Black Ops II.
6 The Alliance Fight The Geth And Sovereign
Mass effect was deliberately designed as a return to the Space Opera genre of science fiction, with massive armies and fleets fighting to determine the fate of the galaxy. Since the gameplay itself is a third-person shooter combat, the epic space battles should be relegated to cutscenes, but they do a good job of keeping the player engaged and excited.
The best comes at the end of the original Mass effect, when the Alliance Fleet jumps to the Citadel to protect it from Sovereign. If the player makes the right choices, it will give the Alliance a truly heroic moment and ensure a resounding victory for the galaxy, while showing just how powerful a single Reaper can be.
5 Andrew Ryan’s last speech and death
The meeting with last villain Andrew Ryan in Bioshock hardly counts as a fight, but it ends with him dead on the ground, his head collapsed with a golf club. It’s not an epic encounter between good and evil, but a short and brutal affair that fits perfectly with the game’s themes.
The fact that it’s a cutscene is exploited by the game’s story, making it clear that the player has lost control. Ryan talks briefly about his objectivist principles, saying that a man chooses his own actions, while a slave obeys others. He then uses Jack’s trigger word to have Jack beat him to death, send him on a high note and leave an undeniable impression on fans.
4 Kratos’ first meeting with Baldur
During God of War (2018)Baldur poses the greatest threat to Kratos and Atreus, harassing them at Odin’s orders as they attempt to scatter Faye’s ashes. There are three main encounters with him throughout the game, and the first offers a series of truly epic cutscenes interspersed with sections of boss fights.
With Baldur’s fighting spirit, Kratos’ initial reluctance to fight, and the brutality both displayed in combat, the game communicates several things to the player. It shows the depths of Kratos’ development, while also setting up Baldur’s threat, setting the tone of the game, and kicking off the main plot.
3 Solid Snake Fighting Liquid Ocelot On Top Of Outer Haven
‘s last fight Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots takes place after the day is to be won. Solid Snake defeated the Patriots, at his own cost, without giving in completely to Liquid Ocelot’s plan. However, Ocelot drags him away to the top of Outer Haven so the two can settle matters once and for all.
Prior to the final close combat battle of Snake’s career, the game features the two fighting in a cutscene. There is a lot of excellent action everywhere, but the highlight is a sequence of move for move that fits together. There are few fight scenes that show in so few words how important two characters are to each other Rifles of the Patriots is doing.
2 Leon Kennedy and Krauser engage in a knife fight
Early play in the Resident Evil franchise are scarce in epic cutscene battles and prefer to focus on tense atmosphere and their gameplay. However, Resident Evil 4 marks the point where the series becomes more action-packed and cinematic. That’s why it features several cutscenes where characters battle it out.
The best is Leon’s duel with Krauser, where the two trade with knives. The scene reveals important things about the game’s plot, establishes Krauser as a threat to be fought later in the game, and showcases Leon Kennedy’s vastly enhanced abilities. The downside is that it’s a battle full of Quick-Time Events, something many players have had enough of right now.
1 The Sinister Six Defeat Spider-Man
The third act of Spider Man for the PS4 begins with the formation of one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villain teams: the Sinister Six. In response to a riot on the raft, Peter Parker is attacked by some of his worst enemies, who display new gear and abilities. When Spidey reaches the top, five surround him and overwhelm him before Doctor Octopus appears to threaten him.
The fight is one of the first times Peter has completely outdone himself, showing just how dangerous the Sinister Six are. Giving Peter a few moments of fighting back, only to be completely overwhelmed, creates the perfect sense of hopelessness to signify the game’s darkest hour.
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