Topic: What's your favorite cinematic in a game and actor in a game

Mine is the intro of killzone 2, Brian Cox as Visari, The intro is spectacular and the performance is excellent with a fantastic voice

Killzone 2 wouldn't be the same without Brian Cox voicing the villain

What's yours?

There are a lot of good examples, and while I can't believe I'm about to invoke Vin Diesel, I really loved the intro to Riddick: Escape from Butcher bay. Really felt like I was watching a movie, with the credits rolling, etc...

It was an earlier generation visual treat, so there's nostalgia at play there for me, for sure.

It's hard to pick a favorite, but the first I thought of was Snake meeting Ocelot for the first time in Metal Gear Solid 3 at Rassvet. Josh Keaton gives a great performance as Ocelot in the English-language version, and the action is very well choreographed.

The other I thought of is probably more than half gameplay, actually: the intro to God of War III. Kratos is fighting on a Titan as the Titans scale Olympus and the Olympians resist them. It's a real spectacle, and if I remember correctly, everything after the opening video is being rendered in engine.

The Last of Us Part II has to be up there. The acting throughout is phenomenal and one of the few examples I can think of where I can read a character's thoughts and emotions from just their expressions and movements.

While technically not in game I do regularly rewatch the same 3 videogame related videos on YT because they're so damn good.

1) A night to remember - Witcher 3
I specifically love the scene right after the fight where Geralt walks out of the shed to that lullaby. Love the cinematography of that scene.

2) The trailer to The First Descendant
I gave up on the game a while back but that trailer is still top tier imo

3) The trailer to Lost Odyssey

These to me best represent what the videogame medium is capable of in terms of evoking emotion.

For me it is either the original FF7 intro or MGS2, the nostalgia, the games they lead to. I just rewatched them both and it still are amazing.

Speaking of MGS2, I always thought the scenes where Emma is walking over the Big Shell bridge (and the scenes that follow!) were lovely. The hazy sunset, the music, the revelations etc. What an awesome game.