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Mission Cinematics
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William Husker Adama
Voyager Syndicate
#1 - 2015-09-18 09:34:38 UTC
EVE trailers have really awesome cinematics. I wonder what missions would be like if a bit more time and effort was invested in them, such as by adding cinematics and audio voiceovers for the NPC agents etc.

Of course doing this for all missions would be cost prohibitive (for now anyway, text-to-speech technology is getting much better though), but doing it for one or two lines of missions like the Epic Arc or career agent missions would be interesting as an experiment to see how people enjoy it and if it significantly improves the new player experience.

Just my 2 ISK.
slumbers
Doomheim
#2 - 2015-09-18 09:43:25 UTC
You mean sort of like wing commander 3, cinematics in between battles. Or Imperium Galactica's small screen that appeared.
Celthric Kanerian
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2015-09-18 09:51:08 UTC
Sounds like what Blizzard did to WoW in their latest expansion when completing regions
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#4 - 2015-09-18 11:25:05 UTC
Start with tutorials or NPE stuffs first.

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Tabyll Altol
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2015-09-18 12:55:38 UTC
William Husker Adama wrote:
EVE trailers have really awesome cinematics. I wonder what missions would be like if a bit more time and effort was invested in them, such as by adding cinematics and audio voiceovers for the NPC agents etc.

Of course doing this for all missions would be cost prohibitive (for now anyway, text-to-speech technology is getting much better though), but doing it for one or two lines of missions like the Epic Arc or career agent missions would be interesting as an experiment to see how people enjoy it and if it significantly improves the new player experience.

Just my 2 ISK.


Missions will get boring even if there are some cinematics in it so i can´t see the longterm profit from such an investment.

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Thron Legacy
White Zulu
Scorpion Federation
#6 - 2015-09-18 13:27:11 UTC
voiceover could get expensive, but im ALL in for cutscenes
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#7 - 2015-09-18 14:00:23 UTC
I could totally see a cinematic when finishing a mission in a chain, or in an epic arc, or in some more uncommon/special missions - it's totally an interesting possibility, one that could break some monotony; maybe when they redo missions eventually, we'll see something like this.

Additionally, adding cinematics or videos for some tutorial missions could help new players immensely when it comes to figuring out some of the more complicated game mechanics.

Interesting suggestion Smile

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William Husker Adama
Voyager Syndicate
#8 - 2015-09-19 11:15:30 UTC
Tabyll Altol wrote:
William Husker Adama wrote:
EVE trailers have really awesome cinematics. I wonder what missions would be like if a bit more time and effort was invested in them, such as by adding cinematics and audio voiceovers for the NPC agents etc.

Of course doing this for all missions would be cost prohibitive (for now anyway, text-to-speech technology is getting much better though), but doing it for one or two lines of missions like the Epic Arc or career agent missions would be interesting as an experiment to see how people enjoy it and if it significantly improves the new player experience.

Just my 2 ISK.


Missions will get boring even if there are some cinematics in it so i can´t see the longterm profit from such an investment.

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Everything eventually gets boring, but I think the longer a person plays EVE, the more they can do, just by skilling up their characters and that allows them to explore other areas of the game. So keeping new players engaged for longer by whatever means could be helpful.


Thron Legacy wrote:
voiceover could get expensive, but im ALL in for cutscenes


Voiceovers are surprisingly affordable nowadays, as long as you don't need some celebrity to do them.