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Forbes
Devils In The Details: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of 'Diablo III'
Forbes
Beyond that, I like the music and the sound-effects seem fine. Nicely produced all the way around if nothing particularly special. The cinematics, while blessedly rare, are gorgeous. The angelic fight in particular is really lovely animation.
Diablo III reviewDigitaltrends.com

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Wired.co.uk
Diablo III
Wired.co.uk
This is reflected in the cinematics, soundtrack and game design. Everything is snappier, more intuitive and all presented in high definition. Picking up the explosions of loot that enemies drop like grotesque piñatas is much easier on the ol' clicking ...
Diablo 3 ReviewAction Trip

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Inquirer
Black Ops II: How Treyarch created realistic human faces in Call of Duty
Washington Post
As the cinematics lead for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Adam Rosas has a tough job. Rosas had to use current-generation console technology to create convincing facial expressions and performances for the characters in the game such as Frank Woods.
9 hrs ago Call of Duty buzz grows 4X after Black Ops II unveilingVentureBeat

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The Guardian (blog)
Max Payne 3 - Single Player Review
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Story is told by cinematics using the in-game graphics engine, making it look and feel more like a gritty action movie than a comic book. The screen breaks into moving panels to give multiple views of the situation at hand during these cinematics, ...
Max Payne 3 and the problem of narrative dissonanceThe Guardian (blog)
Max Payne 3 ReviewWanderson75.net
Gamer Roulette: Roundup RecapNeon Tommy
MKGaming -WhatCulture!
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The Queue: I'm late!
Joystiq
If you're on the fence about downloading Diablo III via your Annual Pass subscription (or even about getting the game in general), I'd say that the cinematics alone make it entirely worth it. They are more than amazing and have set an entirely new bar ...

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This Is Xbox
Max Payne 3 Review
This Is Xbox
It's heavy on the shooting, just-right on the cinematics to seamlessly guide you through the story, but quite dry on narrative and objectives. You tend to start missions with very basic pistol weapons and rifles with the option of collecting dropped ...
Max Payne 3: poetry in slow motionTechCentral

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Cinematics In Videogames Part 1.5: Interlude and Elaboration
FanBolt.Com
One of the things I did intend to do in the previous article but was unable to, was to show specific examples to demonstrate where I felt cinematics were done incorrectly. So I thought I'd include them in this follow up piece.