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[Jonneh3003]

I adore the visual style applied to the cut scenes of recent Fire Emblem games, a gorgeous mix of hand drawn and CGI, it can be the least interesting scene and my breath is still taken away from the sheer beauty and astonishing animation work. Even Tokyo Mirage Sessions with its more traditional anime style looks gorgeous, the frames per second are far higher than other Atlus games like Persona 4 and environments are pretty busy:

 

[Mediking]

Fire Emblem and TMS are good but Naruto Ship 4 on PS4 has amazing cutscenes.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

I think the recent FE games have really settled on an amazing style for their CG. It's one of those styles that tries to approximate hand drawn anime, but also takes advantage of the fact it's computer generated

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Tales of series has some good ones

 

[Nosgotham]

I think the recent FE games have really settled on an amazing style for their CG. It's one of those styles that tries to approximate hand drawn anime, but also takes advantage of the fact it's computer generated

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[Oregano]

Just want to say the Fire Emblem Smash Bros cutscene was probably the best looking one too(that or the Palutena one...)

 

[The Last Wizard]

Tales of series has some good ones

Yea, when they aren't being stingy with em which is always.

 

[Neoleo2143]

FE CG works because it doesn't try to be jittery like a lot of anime CG. That being said, Blizzard in general, blows everyone away and Sonic CG is great.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Yea, when they aren't being stingy with em which is always.

Lol this is true too like 4 per game

 

[redcrayon]

Fire Emblem is really nice now.

 

[Cleve]

Not battleborn, that's for sure.

I think if we're talking anime style, FE and TMS #FE are miles ahead of anything else I've seen recently.

 

[Jonneh3003]

FE CG works because it doesn't try to be jittery like a lot of anime CG. That being said, Blizzard in general, blows everyone away and Sonic CG is great.

Oh jeez how could I forget the opening for Sonic Unleashed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqHxGoFERZw

 

[humansarehorses]

Ni no Kuni, Catherine and Tales of Xillia

Also, War of the Lions.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Dragon's Lair. Whole game was animated cutscenes.

 

[Heero5]

Ys

 

[Gigarator]

Ni No Kuni

 

[cj_iwakura]

Catherine, Persona 3(very distinct style), Raidou(understated), Fire Emblem, Killer7.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Ni No Kuni

Speaking of Level 5 I really dig Layton's cut scenes too, very classy.

 

[Spiritwalker]

Blizzard and Square are still kings in my book, at least when it comes to CG. Ni No Kuni is great as well, and so are OPs examples.

 

[Glowsquid]

Wild Woody

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Catherine, Persona 3(very distinct style), Raidou(understated), Fire Emblem, Killer7.

I wanted to like Killer 7's but the animation was so janky and the characters were consistently off model. The in-game engine cutscenes always looked better

 

[Dangansona]

Catherine is one of my favorites obviously:
https://youtu.be/HpFeuzBK8Gk?t=7m25s

But yeah Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni are great picks too. I'm not in love with the FE cutscenes.

 

[BigBoss007]

Ori and the Blind Forest has really good animated cutscenes.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Ori and the Blind Forest has really good animated cutscenes.

I think everything in Ori is actually in game, thats just how stunning it is.

 

[MikeyB]

Ni No Kuni.

 

[Spring Drive]

The Witcher 2

 

[redcrayon]

Some of the Monster Hunter ones, where they show each creature in its habitat, are pretty good. I've always really liked the Tri intro cut scene, where a herbivore gets taken down by a Great Jaggi. The prey is then grabbed by a Rathalos that takes on the whole pack, before flying off with it's dinner after a standoff with Lagiacruz.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcqtPpvk8w

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

 

[Icyflamez96]

Crack in Time had some super impressive pre-rendered 3D scenes for 2009 I thought.

 

[Mephala]

Some of the Monster Hunter ones, where they show each creature in its habitat, are pretty good. I've always really liked the Tri intro cut scene, where a herbivore gets taken down by a Great Jaggi. The prey is then grabbed by a Rathalos that takes on the whole pack, before flying off with it's dinner after a standoff with Lagiacruz.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcqtPpvk8w

I was actually thinking about Monster Hunter for this thread. The Azure Rathalos vs Seregios scene in particular. But as awesome as they are I don't think they beat Fire Emblem Fates.

 

[Dantis]

Catherine's are really nice. Very high quality for such a small production.

Fire Emblem's scenes are really good, but I'm assuming we're talking hand drawn animation, rather than CG?

 

[Phoenix944]

I quite enjoyed Asura's Wrath in that regard

 

[Yopis]

Zone of the enders 2.

 

[Twookie]

the naruto games for last gen and current gen has some of the most insanely well made cutscenes i've seen

fire emblem looks really nice too, although i havent actually played the games

 

[BadWolf]

I quite enjoyed Asura's Wrath in that regard

Zone of the enders 2.

These.

 

[thepenguin55]

http://youtu.be/Kq5KWLqUewc

Deus Ex: Human Revolution's CG trailer was fantastic. Technically not a cutscene though cutscenes from the game were recreated in this trailer if that counts. It also started one of my personal favorite video game memes.

 

[Thrashinuva]

I was under the impression that OP was asking about cut scenes that don't use the same graphic style as the actual game. I wouldn't consider cut scenes like in Ratchet and Clank to count, for example.

Otherwise, Naruto games probably win hand down. Regardless of how you feel about the series, those scenes are absolutely top notch, gorgeous, and over the top.

Ni no Kuni is a pretty easy choice though, given that it's Ghibli animation after all. Fire Emblem Fates is a pretty good example of 3D art, though.

 

[Jonneh3003]

I was under the impression that OP was asking about cut scenes that don't use the same graphic style as the actual game. I wouldn't consider cut scenes like in Ratchet and Clank to count, for example.

Otherwise, Naruto games probably win hand down. Regardless of how you feel about the series, those scenes are absolutely top notch, gorgeous, and over the top.

Ni no Kuni is a pretty easy choice though, given that it's Ghibli animation after all. Fire Emblem Fates is a pretty good example of 3D art, though.

Really anything that isn't in game is fine, A Crack in Time's pre rendered scenes do look gorgeous. Different visual styles are prefered though.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Warcraft 3 sure is up there.

 

[Shig]

The Ghost in the Shell game on PS1 had some really nice ones.

 

[Fisty]

Ni no Kuni basically had Ghibli blu-ray footage as FMVs. Objectively best, i dont think they could ever be topped as far as animation goes

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Ni no Kuni basically had Ghibli blu-ray footage as FMVs. Objectively best, i dont think they could ever be topped as far as animation goes

The bluth ones in the Dragon's Lair/Space Ace games are up there. Although they should be as that's pretty much the whole game as it's a series of cutscenes set to button presses lol

 

[Admiral Snackbar]

The Ghost in the Shell game on PS1 had some really nice ones.

This is super true.

Chrono Trigger for the DS/PS1 had some rad ones. Frog opening the way to Magus' castle stands out.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Ah yeah, Random Game # 1, Random Game # 2, Random Game # 3, my favorite games.

Edit: to answer the OP, I am in the minority that liked the anime cutscenes added in the psx (and later) versions of Chrono Trigger.

 

[Aters]

Valkyria Chronicles if we exclude CGI.

 

[TheTurboFD]

Ah yeah, Random Game # 1, Random Game # 2, Random Game # 3, my favorite games.

That's Naruto Ultimate Ninja storm 4

 

[dan2026]

Ah yeah, Random Game # 1, Random Game # 2, Random Game # 3, my favorite games.

Edit: to answer the OP, I am in the minority that liked the anime cutscenes added in the psx (and later) versions of Chrono Trigger.

All three look like Naruto.

Which is a shame, because its Naruto.

 

[joe2187]

The animations for some of the executions in Danganronpa were always impressive.

 

[GamingOblivion]

Ni no Kuni basically had Ghibli blu-ray footage as FMVs. Objectively best, i dont think they could ever be topped as far as animation goes

The frame rate for the footage was too low for me to call the best

 

[GavinUK86]

Mirror's Edge.