I had this idea a while ago and decided to bring it back. I was hoping 343i could make opening cenimatics for matchmaking invasion games. This would support their claim that they’re going to delve deeper into multiplayer. This idea was derived from the Killzone 3 “operations” gameplay i saw. Before every operations match, there is a sweet cutscene that deplicts the players and their gamertags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpfUQqdqyTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNVlDq7Ryrc
Please comment on this idea. Is it a good idea, bad idea, or meh.
I like the idea, It’d certainly add something to it. I’ve always wanted to be dropped off by a Pelican. 
Bad company 2 also had a similar system for rush mode…why dice simplified it to just you win/lose in bf3 is beyond me.
I don’t know if I want to watch a cutscene before EVERY matchmaking game, it seems pointless. I agree it might be novel the first few times, but I think it would soon wear thin.
I was about to say battlefield so yeah, but I always hoped in Reach that when you win Invasion, there would be a cutscene of an elite getting assassinated and several tanks rolling across, and shortswords flying across if Spartans win
> I don’t know if I want to watch a cutscene before EVERY matchmaking game, it seems pointless. I agree it might be novel the first few times, but I think it would soon wear thin.
Well yeah that would get tedious, but it would definitely work for Invasion game types, that is, if they bring Invasion back…
> I don’t know if I want to watch a cutscene before EVERY matchmaking game, it seems pointless. I agree it might be novel the first few times, but I think it would soon wear thin.
At first I was all “OH GOD YES” but then I saw this post. It would get extremely annoying after about the 10th game.
I had an idea for Assault a few years back when Halo 3 was still in development - how about at the end of a round/game we see a panned-out view of the Red/Blue base exploding and falling apart? Stuff like that wouldn’t get old, especially if the camera angles could change.
> > I don’t know if I want to watch a cutscene before EVERY matchmaking game, it seems pointless. I agree it might be novel the first few times, but I think it would soon wear thin.
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> At first I was all “OH GOD YES” but then I saw this post. It would get extremely annoying after about the 10th game.
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> I had an idea for Assault a few years back when Halo 3 was still in development - how about at the end of a round/game we see a panned-out view of the Red/Blue base exploding and falling apart? Stuff like that wouldn’t get old, especially if the camera angles could change.
i didnt mean it like that, i just thought it would be good for invasion games.
It would change, as well as different armour on the players, so 3-4 different cutscenes would be epic.
> > > I don’t know if I want to watch a cutscene before EVERY matchmaking game, it seems pointless. I agree it might be novel the first few times, but I think it would soon wear thin.
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> > At first I was all “OH GOD YES” but then I saw this post. It would get extremely annoying after about the 10th game.
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> > I had an idea for Assault a few years back when Halo 3 was still in development - how about at the end of a round/game we see a panned-out view of the Red/Blue base exploding and falling apart? Stuff like that wouldn’t get old, especially if the camera angles could change.
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> i didnt mean it like that, i just thought it would be good for invasion games.
It would still get on my nerves if I wanted to play 5+ games in a row.
It’s a good idea, I just don’t think it’d be worth the long-term annoyance factor.
This would be pretty cool but i could see it getting annoying so i guess,
make it vary between matches and maybe make it skipable?
Maybe it should be in the pregame lobby, there is a small video that is 1/4 of the screen
and it plays while the map is loading.
Nice idea but they would get old really fast. 
I would prefer an epic music when the match starts/objective is completed/match ends.
Nice idea but I say no.
It’d work in big team battles, where there is an objective. It also ties into how 343 wants to add a reason to why red is fighting blue.
> Nice idea but they would get old really fast. I would prefer an epic music when the match starts/objective is completed/match ends.
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> Nice idea but I say no.
It’s better than looking at a boring splash screen :L
I would like it because there already is that sort of thing in the game already. It could really mean something if I win.
Not to mention, I don’t see HOW you could get tired of it. if you don’t like it, don’t play it.
Cool but it would get annoying plus it would take up unnecessary disk space
> Cool but it would get annoying plus it would take up unnecessary disk space
What if single and multiplayer where on separate disks? I think it could work well.
Still would get annoying lol unless they made it skippable and you could choose your custom loadout while other people watched the cinematic