The official FMV love in thread

baron calamity · Post by **baron calamity** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:50 am

FMV, Full Motion Video, was the bane of many gamer. Or so they said. The truth is that FMV was just a tool. A tool could to be used for good or evil. Some of my favorite, and most hated gaming moments were FMV. Lets enjoy the good ones...

Buatha · Post by **Buatha** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:48 am

I'd have to say Realms of the Haunting made good use of video and didn't feel gimmicky.

triggercut · Post by **triggercut** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:18 pm

Best FMV game ever there. My opinion only, but the second Gabe Knight game had maybe the best story ever brought to the computer gaming genre.

Pandora Directive--almost as good, despite the presence of Tanya Roberts.

Orpheo · Post by **Orpheo** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:22 pm

I'm playing Mechwarrior 4 and am kind of enjoying the FMV, cheesy and poorly acted though it is.

godhugh · Post by **godhugh** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:23 pm

Command and Conquer also had some great FMV.

When Kane shot that dude in the head...wow.

Vinda-Lou · Post by **Vinda-Lou** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:24 pm

The FMV Cheese award goes to Crusader:NR. The cut scenes are one of the reasons the Crusader games are my favorites.

zinckiwi · Post by **zinckiwi** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:53 pm

Privateer 2. Decidedly average game, but what a cast.

Christopher Walken
John Hurt
Clive Owen
David Warner
Brian Blessed
Jürgen Prochnow

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:11 pm

You forgot Mathilda May

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:29 pm

Red Alert 2. I never played that one but it had Kari Wuhrer as Tanya. cant beat that.

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:58 pm

Hardw[a]r had some great FMV cutscenes. I've got to get around to finishing that someday-- what an awesome game.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:25 pm

"Jeebus! Who cut the cheese?"

zinckiwi · Post by **zinckiwi** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:33 pm

Ah yes, Hardwar -- fantastic game. You especially have to finish it because the ending montage is the best of them. Go. Now

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:01 pm

triggercut wrote:

Best FMV game ever there. My opinion only, but the second Gabe Knight game had maybe the best story ever brought to the computer gaming genre.

Definitely best FMV game. As for best storyline, maybe. I don't know, it's a toss up for me between The Beast Within (this one) and Sins of the Fathers (the first one). Though Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned had a very good story as well. Just shy of being as good as the previous ones. Still, it's my favorite game series.

rrmorton · Post by **rrmorton** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:10 pm

If you're hankering for some FMV, you can do a lot worse than Act of War which has probably come down in price a bit by now.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:35 pm

triggercut wrote:

Best FMV game ever there. My opinion only, but the second Gabe Knight game had maybe the best story ever brought to the computer gaming genre.

What a great game. Gabe and Gracie had such charm, which they lost in the 3rd one. Definitely best use of FMV, I think. Wonder if it will run in XP?

Ale

Spock's Brain · Post by **Spock's Brain** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:33 pm

*Ahem*

Equal parts fun and cheese. I especially loved the hilariously overacted twi'lek Sith guy.

Am I alone in thinking that the game engine generated cutscenes used in the subsequent Jedi Knight games were a step backwards?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:55 pm

Wing Commander: Prophecy. See Chief Technician Rachel Coriolis' credits.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:09 pm

She was in WC3 also. You could bag her. But I preferred the other chick much more.

triggercut · Post by **triggercut** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:40 pm

gk2 runs very well on both my xp computers, although on my desktop for some reason I have to use the DoS version through dosbox.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:25 am

Hmm... I think I've got it buried in a box somewhere, but it would probably be easier to just acquire it again. Are you saying there are 2 separate versions, Triggercut?

Ale

Kaigen · Post by **Kaigen** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:38 am

FMV games just don't seem to age well. I tried to replay GK2 a few months back and it was just awful. I couldn't stand it, and I used to love that game.

I can still go back to GK1 though.

triggercut · Post by **triggercut** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:19 am

Alefroth wrote:Hmm... I think I've got it buried in a box somewhere, but it would probably be easier to just acquire it again. Are you saying there are 2 separate versions, Triggercut?

Ale

2 versions from the same discs. There's an option to install via windows or DoS.

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:34 am

Kaigen wrote:FMV games just don't seem to age well. I tried to replay GK2 a few months back and it was just awful. I couldn't stand it, and I used to love that game.

I can still go back to GK1 though.

Get the patch that removes interlacing. Google for it. The sites I used to know that had it are down. Anyways, it improves the video quality a lot. No more stupid black lines.

But if you mean the animations that are made from videos of people. Yeah, those're annoying...

Edit: De-interlace patch.

Kaigen · Post by **Kaigen** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:59 am

Thanks for the link, Kyosho. I might try it, but I was referring more to the whole FMV production. It just feels too poorly produced by today's standards.

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:23 am

Daehawk wrote:She was in WC3 also. You could bag her. But I preferred the other chick much more.

No, I think she was only in WC4, not 3. IMDb is wrong.
Dang it, don't make me re-install WC3 to prove it!

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:30 am

Realms of the Haunting: Blended in perfectly.
Jedi Knight: Likewise. And Jan Ors was hot. (Angela Harry--was really pissed they didn't use FMV in Mysteries of the Sith for this reason).
Pandora Directive: Haven't played it recently, but I liked it at the time.
Also, I kinda liked Phantasmagoria. That chick was hot too. She wore a great shirt.

And "Aliens Vs. Predator": They had those little video monitors scattered around that would allow your commander to talk to you via FMV. I mean you could still move around and be watching the FMV on these monitors without cutting away. I still think it's an ultra-cool effect. That little FMV is worked right into the game seamlessly. It amazed me at the time.

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:34 pm

Giles Habibula wrote:Also, I kinda liked Phantasmagoria. That chick was hot too. She wore a great shirt.

i really enjoyed Phantasmagoria the first time i played through it. it was something totally unique for the time and wasn't afraid to go a little over the top. i still have my copy (all seven CDs of it) on the shelf with the rest of my collection 8)

Vesper · Post by **Vesper** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:31 pm

Giles Habibula wrote:
Daehawk wrote:She was in WC3 also. You could bag her. But I preferred the other chick much more.
No, I think she was only in WC4, not 3. IMDb is wrong.
Dang it, don't make me re-install WC3 to prove it!

Incorrect, sir. I just replayed WC3 and she is definately there as one of the bangable chicks.

Darkfyre · Post by **Darkfyre** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:57 pm

Man I am surprised no one mentioned Black Dahlia.

Andrew Wonser · Post by **Andrew Wonser** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:35 pm

I loved that one. Also liked Heavy Gear and was disappointed 2 didn't use it.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:26 am

Lets not forget Terra Nova Strike Force Centauri

greeneggsnham · Post by **greeneggsnham** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:43 pm

Giles Habibula wrote:
Daehawk wrote:She was in WC3 also. You could bag her. But I preferred the other chick much more.
No, I think she was only in WC4, not 3. IMDb is wrong.
Dang it, don't make me re-install WC3 to prove it!

You need to fire back up WC3. She's definately in it, as one of the 2 love interests for Blair.

Or, if you want, you could just head over to wcnews.com and browse around there....

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:23 pm

Emporer of Dune or whatever that recent Dune RTS was called had some good stuff. And I believe it had Worf and the fat guy from Who's Line is it Anyway.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:44 pm

I loved the X Files game - it was like playing a version of the TV show. Had its kinks but I thought it was very well done. You could do all sorts of crazy stuff and the game had an answer to them - just once I pulled out my handcuffs and put them on Assistant Director Skinner - the next scene showed me being cuffed and arrested (the same thing happened when I pulled my gun out and shot him too!

) Had alot of coo Easter eggs too. Definitely fun for fans, probably not so much for anyone else.