The Best Cinematics and Cutscenes in Gaming

Leviathyn.com | Powerful scenes that take our breath away or make our jaws drop are rare. They serve to add a dose of shock and awe and/or to bring interest back into a story. Writers have dazzled us throughout gaming’s history with tales of wonder and suspense but only few have captured that mystical feeling of a dramatically powerful shift.

[THILLREBORN]

FF games have always had some of the best in the biz.

[Vashlion]

Naw man. It's Blizzard, their CGI is out of this world.

[LoaMcLoa]

^This, and the Warhammer-games too :D

[Gaming101]

What dorky virgin came up with this emo crap list? lol

[Perjoss]

I think pretty much anything by Blur is up to standard with Bliz and Square Enix...

mass effect 2
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

brink
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

prey 2 (cancelled btw?)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

arkham city
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

edit: duh and how could I forget... star wars tor
http://www.youtube.com/watc... (!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[GamingTruth]

no uncharted cutscenes?

[godofboobees]

Onimusha 3!!!

[BitbyDeath]

Great list but not sure how they missed this particular cut-scene from MGS4. (Canal)
Possibly one of the best i have ever seen.
Right up there with the FF8 intro IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Amazing.

[arbitor365]

Killzone 2's opening
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

also, recently, twisted metal's opening
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

and God of war 3. dont forget god of war 3
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[BitbyDeath]

Red Alert 1 intro -

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Pekolie]

Halo wars :3 the one with the 3 spartans and the arbiter is pretty awesome!

[Hicken]

I feel like Killzone 2 should have been farther up the list. Not once did I ever skip that opening. Not only did it look amazing, but Visari's speech was rousing, as well.