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by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, August 26, 2013, 17:11 (4108 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I guess it'd be the far Cry games then? Even the first lets you play in more than 2km^2 of space.

Ah yes, Far Cry is a much much better example. I always did envy its large beautiful islands.

Those things do not have to come at the cost of world building. As I said before, if I see a loading screen it always takes me out of the world. If it's all seamless, then it's much more immersive.

What if a loading screen seamlessly continues the story as in this Mass Effect 3 cutscene? At 9 minutes in it goes from an in engine cutscene, to a prerendered loading screen (starting with the first exterior shot of the escape pod) and then back to in engine (starting with the pod crashing through the wall) all very nearly seamlessly. It would even seamlessly transitions from that second in engine cutscene to regular Mass Effect gameplay at around 11 minutes if it weren't a cutscene only video.

While loading scenes like that can't be used often, since they have to be in between events that only happen once, I'd say immersion was very well preserved.

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Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Zeouterlimits, 2013-08-22, 09:59
- Floating enemy at 0:31 - Grizzlei, 2013-08-22, 10:14
  - Reminds me of dragon priests in Skyrim - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 11:21
- This shot is so stunning *IMG* - SigbiasSilva, 2013-08-22, 10:21
  - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 10:28
    - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - SigbiasSilva, 2013-08-22, 10:38
      - What I like about it - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 10:58
        
        What I like about it - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 11:01
        
        What I like about it - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-08-23, 14:54
        
        What I like about it - NotTheVacuum, 2013-08-23, 18:19
        
        What I like about it - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-08-23, 19:53
        
        What I like about it - NotTheVacuum, 2013-08-24, 10:05
        
        Get your protractors out! - Pyromancy, 2013-08-23, 23:32
  - Yes! Yes! Yes! - Leviathan, 2013-08-22, 12:19
  - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Schooly D, 2013-08-22, 14:28
    - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - SigbiasSilva, 2013-08-22, 14:46
    - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Beorn, 2013-08-22, 14:50
      - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Leviathan, 2013-08-22, 19:10
        
        This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Pyromancy, 2013-08-23, 23:11
        
        This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-23, 23:13
    - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Cody Miller, 2013-08-23, 09:27
      - the danger of a single reference - kidtsunami, 2013-08-23, 09:36
  - This shot is so stunning *IMG* - Fuertisimo, 2013-08-22, 14:48
  - Just Realized We Had Another (Bleaker?) View: - Ragashingo, 2013-08-24, 10:45
    - Just Realized We Had Another (Bleaker?) View: - SigbiasSilva, 2013-08-24, 10:58
- Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 10:24
- Awesome! - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 10:26
  - Working indeed :( - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 10:28
  - Just do what I did - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-22, 10:32
    - Oh don't worry, I watched it! - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 10:38
    - Just do what I did - NsU Soldier, 2013-08-22, 23:15
      - Just do what I did - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-23, 06:02
- "Looks like a dragon, probably breathes fire." - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-22, 10:28
  - Also, HULK SMASH! - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-22, 11:48
- Oh man... - INSANEdrive, 2013-08-22, 11:04
- LUKE SMITH!!!! YES!!! - kidtsunami, 2013-08-22, 11:13
  - I dig his shirt. - Kermit, 2013-08-23, 13:43
- Weapons - Cody Miller, 2013-08-22, 11:19
  - Weapons - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 11:25
    - Weapons - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 11:38
      - Weapons - NsU Soldier, 2013-08-22, 23:17
    - Weapons - INSANEdrive, 2013-08-22, 11:39
      - Weapons - Cody Miller, 2013-08-22, 12:25
      - Weapons - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 12:29
        
        This brings up an interesting question - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 13:08
        
        This brings up an interesting question - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 13:22
        
        This brings up an interesting question - Malagate, 2013-08-22, 15:55
        
        This brings up an interesting question - ZackDark, 2013-08-22, 21:38
        
        This brings up an interesting question - GrimBrother IV, 2013-08-23, 09:21
  - Weapons - petetheduck, 2013-08-22, 17:12
    - Weapons - Beorn, 2013-08-22, 20:25
    - Weapons - kapowaz, 2013-08-22, 23:45
  - Not the categorization I was expecting... - NsU Soldier, 2013-08-22, 23:38
    - Not the categorization I was expecting... - kapowaz, 2013-08-23, 02:15
      - Not the categorization I was expecting... - Xenos, 2013-08-23, 08:10
  - Derp - kapowaz, 2013-08-22, 23:42
    - Derp - Leisandir, 2013-08-23, 08:03
      - Derp - kapowaz, 2013-08-23, 08:09
    - Derp - Cody Miller, 2013-08-23, 09:25
      - Derp - Ragashingo, 2013-08-23, 09:43
        
        Derp - Cody Miller, 2013-08-23, 10:33
      - Derp - kapowaz, 2013-08-23, 10:26
        
        Derp - Avateur, 2013-08-23, 20:08
        
        No - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 03:02
        
        *Sigh* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-25, 08:42
        
        *Sigh* - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 13:19
        
        *Sigh* - Avateur, 2013-08-25, 16:00
        
        No - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 14:38
        
        And in the same thread... - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 03:07
        
        And another… - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 03:44
        
        And another… - Avateur, 2013-08-25, 16:03
        
        And another… - Xenos, 2013-08-25, 16:21
        
        And another… - Cody Miller, 2013-08-25, 20:10
        
        And another… - Ragashingo, 2013-08-25, 20:52
        
        And another… - Cody Miller, 2013-08-26, 12:43
        
        And another… - Ragashingo, 2013-08-26, 17:11
        
        And in the same thread... - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 14:42
        
        Derp - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 13:47
      - But Derp - kapowaz, 2013-08-23, 10:42
        
        But Derp - Cody Miller, 2013-08-23, 10:50
        
        But Derp - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 04:00
        
        But Derp - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 13:35
        
        Weapon Drop Pods - Xenos, 2013-08-23, 10:50
  - Meaningful choices - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 03:35
- Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Zeouterlimits, 2013-08-22, 11:34
- FIRST LOOK AT COMPETITIVE MP!!! - Axelrod vK, 2013-08-22, 12:53
  - Woah there cowboy - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-22, 12:57
  - FIRST LOOK AT COMPETITIVE MP!!! - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 13:00
    - FIRST LOOK AT COMPETITIVE MP!!! - Leviathan, 2013-08-22, 14:15
      - FIRST LOOK AT COMPETITIVE MP!!! - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 10:55
  - FIRST LOOK AT COMPETITIVE MP!!! - Zeouterlimits, 2013-08-22, 13:28
  - 2 early 2 tell - Axelrod vK, 2013-08-22, 13:47
    - 2 early 2 tell - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 13:55
      - 2 early 2 tell - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 14:18
      - 2 early 2 tell - Phoenix_9286, 2013-08-22, 15:36
        
        ME3 Multiplayer - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 16:17
        
        ME3 Multiplayer - Phoenix_9286, 2013-08-22, 18:12
    - 2 early 2 tell - Zeouterlimits, 2013-08-22, 14:30
      - it comes full circle - kidtsunami, 2013-08-23, 02:59
    - 2 early 2 tell - Cody Miller, 2013-08-22, 17:16
      - 2 early 2 tell - marmot 1333, 2013-08-22, 17:29
      - I just can't tell when you're joking - kidtsunami, 2013-08-23, 01:57
        
        I just can't tell when you're joking - Cody Miller, 2013-08-23, 10:41
        
        Yeah I think that'd be cool too - kidtsunami, 2013-08-24, 08:20
        
        Yeah I think that'd be cool too - Leisandir, 2013-08-24, 12:37
        
        I just can't tell when you're joking - kapowaz, 2013-08-25, 03:46
        
        I just can't tell when you're joking - Cody Miller, 2013-08-25, 20:02
        
        I just can't tell when you're joking - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 15:03
- HNNNG! Soooo awesome! - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-08-22, 14:11
  - HNNNG! Soooo awesome! - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 14:13
  - HNNNG! Soooo awesome! - Avateur, 2013-08-23, 20:12
- Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Schooly D, 2013-08-22, 14:32
  - Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Zeouterlimits, 2013-08-22, 14:44
  - Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 14:47
  - Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - SigbiasSilva, 2013-08-22, 15:00
  - Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Malagate, 2013-08-22, 16:14
    - Indeed. - Ragashingo, 2013-08-22, 16:18
- New locations (also, GAME LOOKS AWESOME I WANT) - Fuertisimo, 2013-08-22, 14:53
- I want to know ... - Kermit, 2013-08-22, 16:20
- Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - Xenos, 2013-08-22, 20:43
  - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - DJenser, 2013-08-27, 10:07
    - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - Xenos, 2013-08-27, 10:14
  - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - General Vagueness, 2013-08-28, 12:19
    - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - Chewbaccawakka, 2013-08-28, 12:39
    - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 14:55
  - Things I found interesting *IMG HVY* - Chewbaccawakka, 2013-08-28, 12:38
- A Little Bit of Anaylsis *IMGS* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-23, 00:46
- Duncan was right about Assault 1 - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-08-23, 03:01
  - Duncan was right about Assault 1 - DJenser, 2013-08-27, 10:15
    - Duncan was right about Assault 1 - Xenos, 2013-08-27, 10:35
- All aboard the hype train! - GrimBrother IV, 2013-08-23, 04:27
- Outfitst: Not the thing I thought would get me most excited - kidtsunami, 2013-08-23, 04:36
  - tough bit with the spam filter - kidtsunami, 2013-08-23, 09:37
- Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - General Vagueness, 2013-08-23, 06:55
  - The what now? - MrPadraig08, 2013-08-23, 07:20
  - Vidoc up - Out Here in the Wild - Claude Errera, 2013-08-23, 08:42
- I can't even handle how amazing this game is - Mix, 2013-08-23, 16:10
  - ... looking - kidtsunami, 2013-08-24, 12:05

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