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This is a terrible thread.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with cut scenes in a game. HOWEVER, the fact they are implemented where each scene has one result is really, really poor design.

The first down scenes... from one side it's always a first down, from the other, it's always just short.

You can implement them without canned results. This is the problem that most developers DON'T do. Would make quite a difference in the game.

And how about booth reviews? Specific challenges? You can go on and on as to why the game doesn't have that suspense at times, but using cut scenes is not one of them, just the result.