Why do video game cutscenes look better than the actual game?

Question

Why do video game cutscenes look better than the actual game?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Then there’s Crysis

But really, it depends. Quite a few games render the cutscene outside of the game allowing for better control over special effects, and then there’s other games that render the actual scene in-game. You can usually distinct the two since one feels more like a video than in-game.