>>45757678I'm gonna be devil's advocate here and say that SwSh handled cutscenes way better than SM. SwSh's cutscenes sort of "flowed" with the story in a way, they were all plot related and you could kind of see them coming, like if you were about to get to a gym for the first time, you could already expect to see Hop there. Was it annoying? Yeah, but at least it didn't "disrupt" you as much, same for other cutscenes which involved info/lore dump from Sonia or whatever. The reason why SM cutscenes annoy so, is because most are truly unnecessary, come out of nowhere, and provide nothing. Like it's just Hau and Lillie stopping you just because to tell you the most inane shit imaginable, completely cutting your "flow" and sometimes even making you go "Wait, what was I even doing before?" because your brain sort of turns itself off when they start to go off about their malasadas and mommy issues. Like maybe you're about to cross a bridge and boom, Lillie stops you to tell you all her "I'm weak and sad :c" stuff, or maybe you're in the middle of a road and suddenly Hau. Just because. And these just drag on and on for no reason, and the fact that they happen so often truly wears on you, even if later down the game they start to be more "justified" and plot related, the entire first half is truly a struggle.
