How do video game developers incorporate custom characters into cutscenes?

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How do video game developers incorporate custom characters into cutscenes?

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Answer 1

The cutscenes are rendered in real time. A static cutscene can be rendered beforehand and the game basically just plays a video, but for dynamic cutscenes that have your character in them for example, the game renders them in real time, i.e. it basically runs the normal game graphics but controls what’s happening on screen and where the camera moves.

You might notice that dynamic cutscenes usually look similar to the game’s graphics while pre-rendered cutscenes tend to look more cinematic.