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Cinematic sequences.

ragestroke008ragestroke008 Member Posts: 203 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
They are of poor quality and need to be reworked. There is barely any sound and the video looks as if it were rendered at 640x480.

Any chance of higher res (and louder) versions available as optional downloads?
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,963 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    not everyone has a 4k monitor and GTX 780 TI SLI setup. Cryptic has a set minimum equipment list. the game HAS to run on. if the best it can run is 16 bit 640x480 so be it, however, the cinematics I have seen are far beyond that
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Not sure what cinematics you've been watching.
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  • havokreignhavokreign Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    My annoyance with many cutscenes (mosty STFs) is sometimes they drag on and are unskippable so you're forced to watch them over and over and over and over....
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,535 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    ragestroke008 wrote: »
    They are of poor quality and need to be reworked. There is barely any sound and the video looks as if it were rendered at 640x480.

    Any chance of higher res (and louder) versions available as optional downloads?

    they are in keeping with the games own graphics and sound thats what i like about them the best, i hate games where the cutscenes and trailers look and sound almost like real life and then when you actually play the game you feel let down when you see & hear the actual game graphics & sound.

    i detest this more then anything with game trailers.

    in fact theres an article about that very subject here - http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-problem-with-game-trailers/1100-6365663/

    a prime example of how good STO`s cutscenes are is the recent scenes with tim russ, the cut scenes were spot on and made the transitions between cutscenes and game play appear almost seemless.

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    maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

     and if that journey takes a little longer,

    so we can do something we all believe in,

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  • ragestroke008ragestroke008 Member Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I am actually referring to the FMV intro sequence when you first start a character and the more recent sequence where they did a recap (with Tuvok) when Issue 9 launched.
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,535 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    as it happens so am i.
    but not just them, all the others as well.

    When I think about everything we've been through together,

    maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

     and if that journey takes a little longer,

    so we can do something we all believe in,

     I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

  • macroniusmacronius Member Posts: 2,526
    edited August 2014
    Cryptic had a higher resolution video ... but they had to take it out because it made the download too big. Also high res is too confusing for new players.
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  • diotwdiotw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    macronius wrote: »
    Cryptic had a higher resolution video ... but they had to take it out because it made the download too big. Also high res is too confusing for new players.

    I know a lot of people who got lost in the pixels and quit the game. :P

    The only cutscene I have regular trouble with is the one from the 2800 series where Commander Karen Andrews meets her doom on DS9 when the Dominion attacks. She always vanishes shortly after the scene begins, and becomes this disembodied voice for the rest of the video.
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