Back in the day, graphics were not nearly as good as they are today. However, gamers could still glimpse beautiful visuals thanks to CG cutscenes. They often felt like gifts given by the developers for a job well done progressing to a certain point in the story. They were also put in the front of the game before even reaching the main menu in order to hype gamers up for the experience ahead. Sony's original PlayStation had some notoriously epic introductory CG cutscenes.