Cutscene

A Cutscene or Cut scene is an animated sequence usually occurring during a quest in which a player has no control. They are often used to show the storyline of a certain quest. The player cannot talk publicly, move, or click on most things to perform action they can normally do, except for friends chat and examining objects or NPCs. Although in some cutscenes this is done automatically like when a player is knocked out a Life Splats will appear or the player will say something above their heads even without typing it. If there is any item that you would be normally able to talk to or search or etc, a glitch will happen in which it says you can do it in the video, and when you actually do this in some videos the video will end, and you will need to start the video over again.

Jagex has used many cutscenes or long cutscenes in some quests like The Giant Dwarf. But in some quests cutscenes have not been used at all. Some online polls created by Jagex ask if players enjoy long cutscenes or none at all.<ref>Jagex. "How do you feel about the cutscenes in the game?", Question 1. 3 June 2005. RuneScape Polls. *</ref> The majority of players answered medium-short sized cutscenes meaning long cutscenes may become rare in quests.

Cutscenes also occur during some transportation modes such as ships or Eagle transport system. Interactive cutscenes also used to occur in the Gnomecopter Tours where the player could change their view, leave, talk and interact with some NPCs and scenery. Jagex removed the Gnomecopter Tours.

In cutscenes involving only other characters in a storyline, where the player is not present, the player is actually "teleported" to the area where the cutscene takes place, and the camera is focused on the characters in a way that the player is not shown. However, the player still appears on the mini map. A bug may occur when the player is poisoned and one of these cutscenes plays; the camera will not adjust to the other characters and will be focused on the player as if the game was being played normally. The player may use the chat feature, however they cannot move. Any attempt to do so will initiate the cutscene dialogue without the special camera angles.

There is currently no way of re-watching cutscenes, and a feature to do so is frequently requested on the official forums. But there is one cutscene that can be re-viewed, the draynor bank robbery, at 50gp per watch, with the first time free. Also as of the 15 March 2011, a band called the Bard Roberts and the Stanky Penguins can let you relay your quest as a song, for free.

Cutscenes and their location

Quest cutscenes

Image	Quest	Description
	Swan Song	The wise old man in combat, battling to save the Piscatoris Fishing Colony from the sea trolls
	The Giant Dwarf	The Finished statue after the quest is completed
	While Guthix Sleeps	The Druid with super truth serum to a suspicious outsider
	My Arm's Big Adventure	An Adventurer being boiled alive in a cauldron by Burntmeat the troll in the Troll Stronghold Kitchen
	While Guthix Sleeps	Lucien raises his Undead Army
	A Fairy Tale Part III - Battle at Orks Rift	The Godfather revealing his plans
	Dream Mentor	The condition of Cyrisus at the start of the quest.
	The Prisoner of Glouphrie	The Escape of Glouphrie.
File:Song from the Depths Jumping Cutscene.png	Song From the Depths	An adventurer diving toward The Raptor to teleport away from the Queen black dragon.

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