Weekly Question (Week 11)

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

It greatly depends on the game for me, but I generally watch at least 50% of the cutscenes the first time and read a wiki to get the important story points I skipped.
Games I love, however, often don't get cutscenes skipped or dialogue rushed. Wild Arms, Paper Mario and Phantasy Star VI come to mind (never skipping lines in those games.)

[RyeoNox]

I would never skip cutscenes. I think they're fun to watch. I played Assassin's Creed mostly for it's story/cutscenes. But I hate first person-in game cutscenes though (like in bioshock and dishonored), I just don't like them.

[Takahashi2212]

If it's a game where I deem the story inconsequential (Sonic Adventure 1/2, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger, etc.) I will probably always skip the cutscenes, unless I'm watching them to see something funny, or to see a scene I enjoy. If it's a game where I love the story (Persona 3, KOTOR, Paper Mario games) I will watch every cutscene and read every dialogue box several times over.

[BumblebeeCody*]

Different reasons to watch cutscenes:
They're terrible and you just have to see what's going to happen next(Sonic)
They're good and better than the game itself (The Last of Us)
They add to the game (Metal Gear Rising)
Piss break. (Final Fantasy)
They're unskippable (Zelda)

I never skip cutscenes unless it's a new playthrough and the cutscenes don't change.

[Mass Distraction]

Piss break. (Final Fantasy)

And with Metal Gear you can make a full three course meal while the cutscene goes :D

[Psychospacecow]

Piss break. (Final Fantasy)

And with Metal Gear you can make a full three course meal while the cutscene goes :D

or one early 2000s strategy game tutorial.

[Zaliphone]

Piss break. (Final Fantasy)

And with Metal Gear you can make a full three course meal while the cutscene goes :D

or one early 2000s strategy game tutorial.

or start and finish a whole other Metal Gear game.

[Psychospacecow]

And with Metal Gear you can make a full three course meal while the cutscene goes :D

or one early 2000s strategy game tutorial.

or start and finish a whole other Metal Gear game.

or a single conversation during the frieza saga.

[G-Haven]

I only ever skip them after I've played through the game at least once.

Exception would be the MGS series, save for MGS4.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

Got a new game that you have to skip the cutscenes:
Super Monkey Ball 2. Amazingly difficult gameplay with horrid cutscenes that need to be skipped. I mean, the cutscenes are more childish than Barney the friendly dinosaur.

[gamemaster1991]

Got a new game that you have to skip the cutscenes:
Super Monkey Ball 2.  Amazingly difficult gameplay with horrid cutscenes that need to be skipped.  I mean, the cutscenes are more childish than Barney the friendly dinosaur.

I liked the cut sceens in Super Monkey Ball 2. OK, they were really bad, but they felt like a saterday morneing cartoon. There was no way you were going to take someone named Dr. Badboon sereuosly even if they played the game straought.

[Beware of Cuccos*]

Week 4 is up!

[gamemaster1991]

I'm one of those people that has to have a boxed copy of a game, unless it's an older game like the NES and SNES. Even then I prefer to have something in my hand then scroll though a list. I have very few digetal copys of games and the ones that I do have (inFAMOUS, Mario RPG, Zelda 1) I got for free either from the nintendo club or from the screw up with Sony. Digetal copys can help the people play games that cost a ton of mony to own phisacly (Mario RPG and Shantae) but I still prefer to have the real thing.

I am planing on buying some digital games but their games that you can only get on the Wii and 3DS store (Risky's revenge, Mega Man 9 & 10, Ace Attorney).

[Arjahn]

I used to be one of the Box purists, especially with older games. Then I saw how expensive and inflated prices are for games that I could just get a rom for and play in a snap. I think Zombies Ate my Neighbors was the turning point for me, since physically it's $40-$60, but ROMs are free to use and play with friends while being more reliable and less likely to be damaged. Normally I don't endorse emulating, but if I do shovel out fifty bucks of my very, VERY limited gaming budget to get a snes game, Nintendo's not seeing any of it, so I stop feeling bad.

In non-illegal territory, living in a tiny town where the nearest game store is a good twenty miles away, downloading is just so much more convenient for me that I stopped caring so much about boxes. I still try to get them if it's a game I'm super into, like the upcoming Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate or Smash Bros, but aside from that, eShop and Steam are the ways to go.

[JiraiyaSennin]

I have always gone with physical copies, there's just something about having the case and opening it and seeing the manual and seeing the disc. The only digital game I have was free from a promotion and the only games I would ever buy digital would be virtual console GameCube games if Nintendo ever does that. On the subject of emulation, I only emulate games that I own but can't play which would be my gamecube games, because I don't have a GameCube.