Designing a hard game properly isn't trivial though and especially the whole movement towards cutscene and visual heavy games makes it harder to do right since impressive visuals or great cutscenes wow only once while difficulty usually requires many attempts and really shows the game mechanics, making the bells and whistles that seem to be the only differentiator between games these days fade away. (nintendoworldreport.com)
Lego Pirates follows the plot of all four films, with four episodes dedicated to each of the films, but neither in - game interactions nor the flat out great cutscenes will be able to inform someone who has never seen the films of who is who or what is going on. (gamerstemple.com)
Although by that point many companies were experimenting with 3D gaming environments, Valve's game was the one to break out of the mold with impressive graphics (the textures alone were awesome), a very well written story and most importantly great cutscenes, something that was really uncommon at the time, especially in shooters. (software.informer.com)