NWN2: Cinematic @ CGSociety

Obsidian is pointing out an <a href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3720&page=2" target="_blank">article and movie</a> at CGSociety that discusses the creation of NWN2's cinematics by Act3animation:<blockquote><em> Not many studios were able to produce the level of complexity in FMVs like what was done in a UNeverwinter Nights 2a "! (NWN2). To Act3animationa "!s credit, they won the contract and produced the NWN2 teaser for game publisher Atari over many US-based studios. <br> <br>Obsidian Entertainment (the game developer) and the Wizards of the Coast (the license owners of the Dungeons and Dragons universe) gave Act3animation fully detailed descriptions of the many elements of the game. Deciding what elements of the gamea "!s story to place in the trailer, and what could be left out, was the most difficult part of generating the production. The pressure to optimise the a Ubang for the bucka "! was motivated by budget constraints, the limits of what the characters can and cannot do, keeping to the story narrative, staying inside the a Ugame universea "!, and holding to what the crew could afford to do technically within the timeframe of the job.</em></blockquote>