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cutscene

American  
[kuht-seen] / ˈkʌtˌsin /

noun

plural

cutscenes
  1. a sequence in a video game that is not generally interactive, used to advance the storyline.


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The video includes references to Swift’s eating disorder, which she revealed in a documentary, and pokes fun at herself with a cutscene that breaks in midway.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022

He left Vampire Survivors without any story mode, intro cutscene, or even vampires in favor of focusing on the action and gameplay loop.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2022

Screenshot: Jay Peters / The Verge After that, the event took an interesting twist, moving the perspective under the surface of the island to a CGI cutscene.

From The Verge • Dec. 4, 2021

Watching Infinite Darkness is a bit like watching a video game cutscene that tries to rapidly run through plot points so players can get back to the action.

From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2021

Ruppert explains that this cutscene resembled “the actual device neurologists use in real life to trigger a seizure when they need to trigger one for diagnosis purposes.”

From The Verge • Dec. 8, 2020