Ree Soesbee on the Asura Cinematic Intro

[PeterChan]

On today's ArenaNet Blog post, Ree Soesbee shares some quick thoughts on finding the inspiration for opening cinematic in Guild Wars 2. Included on the post is a clip from the Asura Intro Cinematic.

Opening cinematics are designed to educate a player as to the world background, the racial background, and the impact of the choices they made for their character. But, packed in amid all that lore is the hope that the cinematic will be inspiring. In an ideal world, we want the player to be so busy yelling 'AWESOME!' at the end of the cinematic that it takes them a minute to find their keyboard and mouse again.

Read the full blog post.