The trailer is pre-rendered footage, so we get mostly a sense of the world.

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They didn't even have to use a pre-rendered, higher definition graphics engine for the cut-scenes.

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The graphics are composed of 3D-rendered characters milling about in pre-rendered backgrounds.

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You can have a game in which you slaughter hordes upon hordes of enemies only to suddenly cut to a pre-rendered scene where one simple bullet takes your avatar down for the count.

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Enormous chunks of missions are either you watching action unfold in pre-rendered events that you have no control over, or you simply nudging the analog stick forward so your character reaches the next event.

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