Finally, it can be used to provide a dramatic conclusion when the player has successfully completed all objectives. It can be used to advance the plot, provide clues, and promote character development. It can be used to show the player the effect of his/her actions in a distant, remote part of the game. It can be used for mission briefings, where the player can benefit from basic information about the game and its objectives. As outlined by the fictitious scenario in the paragraph above, it is used as a means to set up the 'back story' and to create the appropriate mood. Used for everything, from providing a story's introduction to filling in pieces of the action that cannot be left to the player to control, cutscenes serve a myriad of purposes. It's only a game after all.Īnybody who's played a modern computer or console game has seen one - the ubiquitous cutscene. You breathe a sigh of relief as you press the 'ESC' button to bring up the menu. The scene fades to black but the title remains on the screen. 'ATTACK OF THE KILLER FIENDS', they announce. Words and a logo zoom out onto the screen, but you are cringing at the horror of it all, and for a moment you can't make sense of the words. The music peaks just in time to show you a vast, indistinct shape shambling away into an adjacent alley. Suddenly a scream rings out, and the camera lens is splattered with drops of crimson as you hear the sound of a body hitting the pavement. You hear the sound of heavy, belabored breathing, and the camera swings in the direction of the sound. The camera slowly drops to street level and pans around. A city street stretches out below, buildings along it lying in ruins and utter devastation. Ominous music pipes in, softly at first, but growing to a crescendo as the camera reaches a breach in the wall. Suddenly, a shadow darts across the screen and the camera moves to follow it. Slowly the screen brightens in a classic fade-in to reveal a scene of carnage and destruction. The screen is dark and all you hear is the crackling static of a radio receiver in its last throes.

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