Favorite FMV games

[aaron]

i have a soft spot for a few FMV titles, most of which i think are total shit. but i like these sega cd titles:

Wirehead - the story is relatively interesting and it's kinda funny to watch it all play out. even though it's super short, the acting is well-done (in a campy, stupid way) and i found it to be pretty enjoyable, if you can look past the graininess.

Sewer Shark - SHOOT THE TUBES, DOGMEAT. i dunno, i just like the atmosphere. the shitty rail shooter type FMV game was always my favorite. and i think the guy who plays "ghost" is so over-the-top.

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine - same kind of deal as the above. a much greater challenge than sewer shark overall, and the acting is gnaw-your-fingers-off bad. so awesome.

i also have a great appreciation for the FMV cutscenes in Warhawk for the psone.


what about you guys?

[dsheinem]

I also liked Sewer Shark.

others, off the top of my head...

Ground Zero Texas
Microcosm
Jurassic Park
Corpse Killer
Star Wars: Rebel Assault

[aaron]

was jurassic park an FMV game? i thought everything was animated. it's been a while since i've played that one but i remember liking it a lot.

unless you're talking about jurassic park: interactive for the 3DO, which totally sucked, imo.

[dsheinem]

was jurassic park an FMV game? i thought everything was animated. it's been a while since i've played that one but i remember liking it a lot.

unless you're talking about jurassic park: interactive for the 3DO, which totally sucked, imo.

It was largely animated, but I guess I considered it an FMV game because it used a lot of video clips. Point taken.

[aaron]

yeah i remember it having a very "point-and click" kinda feel. i always viewed it as a largely silent adventure game.

[scarper]

Star Wars Rebel Assault II

It was pretty cool when I was a kid. It was almost like another star wars movie, but with more on-rail shooting.

[Pulsar_t]

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I think 'first-gen' FMV titles, especially those prominent on SegaCD, 3DO and CDi were pretty terrible. However mixing it with traditional adventure elements can make for brilliant results, as observed in the Tex Murphy series. I would't mind a *proper* return for FMV games, there's been a few in the recent past (Hysteria Project, Casebook, the yet-unreleased Dark Star) but it's hardly a niche. With small-budget movies becoming (quasi)mainstream sensations (Paranormal Activity, Skyline, Monsters) there's absolutely nothing unwise about making DLC-priced FMV games if consumer awareness were a bit less lacklustre that it is now.

[avrame]

Not sure if I'm off in left field on this, but do Time Ace and Dragon's Lair count as FMV games? 100% animated, but everything/action is a scripted movie of sorts.

[RCBH928]

Just to be clear
fmv games are any game that incorporates video,
or are they games that are created from video sequences only?

Like Red Alert has some video, is it considered fmv?

[Pulsar_t]

Full motion video (FMV) based games are video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation rather than sprites, vectors or 3D models to display action in the game. In the early '90s a diverse set of games utilized this format. Most games' mechanics resemble those of modern music/dance games, where the player timely presses buttons according to a screen instruction. Other games were early rail shooters such as Tomcat Alley, Surgical Strike and Sewer Shark. Full motion video also allowed the creation of several interactive movie adventure games, such as Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within, and Phantasmagoria.