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<p>When I was younger I missed out on all the great <a href="https://www.gamespew.com/2019/01/best-fmv-games/">FMV games</a> on the PC. I had an Apple IIe and Dad wasn&#8217;t about to upgrade a computer that was still fulfilling its duties in the late 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s. I never got to play some of the greats like Wing Commander III, The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour and Phantasmagoria. In this day and age I doubt I&#8217;ll ever be able to some of those of greats, I don&#8217;t fully understand emulation yet and I don&#8217;t have an old school PC anymore. I&#8217;m sad that I&#8217;m missing out on this great era of games, but thankfully some developers have decided to make FMV games relevant again, and I&#8217;m loving it.</p>
<p>Xbox Live always has some amazing sales and I decided to pick up The Bunker a few months back, I had heard great things about it but never pulled the trigger. I finally pulled it when the game was on sale for like five dollars and I&#8217;ve not regretted it. Yes the game was insanely short and probably wasn&#8217;t worth the full price of entry, but for five bucks I was pretty happy. I beat the game in one sitting and enjoyed my few hours with it, it was cheaper than a movie ticket and I got more entertainment value from it than I would in a movie theater. The Bunker was kind of a physiological thriller which was amazing to watch; however I missed the campiness that the 90&#8217;s FMV&#8217;s were said to have. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bxk9q/the-bunker-should-have-been-lovable-b-movie-trash-but-its-just-boring"><em>The Bunker</em></a> is a serious take on the end of the world and what some people will do to survive, I don&#8217;t think I even giggled while I played this title.</p>
<figure id="attachment_144292" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-144292" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-144292" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/16230122/the-bunker-screen-02-ps4-us-07sep16.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-144292" class="wp-caption-text">(<em>The Bunker</em> &#8211; Wales Interactive)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Once I completed this game I went out on a hunt for other &#8220;newer&#8221; FMV&#8217;s that may be on sale as well on the Xbox Store. I found quite a few out there, some that were made by the developers of <em>The Bunker</em> and which were just as good as that title. <em>Late Shift</em>,<em> The Shape-shifting Detective</em> and <em>The Infectious Madness of Dr. Dekker</em>. These game are all very entertaining, not campy and actually keep you engrossed in them. <em>Dr. Dekker</em> is a very interesting game where you&#8217;re investigating a murder and have to ask the right questions to find out who the murderer is. Just think <a href="https://bagogames.com/l-a-noire-7-years-later/"><em>L.A. Noire</em></a>, but without the super outlandish &#8220;tells.&#8221; These new FMV&#8217;s make me want companies to develop more of this top notch entertainment, however, they can also be done very poorly.</p>
<p><em>The Quiet Man</em>, no not the amazing John Wayne movie, but the Square Enix take on the FMV genre was a hot pile of trash sadly. Square was obviously trying something new, but to no avail, for a majority of the game you cannot hear the dialogue or the music well, I&#8217;m assuming this is what it would be like if a fish was watching me game. Then after you beat the game, Square would allow you a patch that would fix the audio, which is very weird. The fighting mechanics are bad and the game can be beaten in one sitting. It is sad that such a poor FMV would come from Square. <em>The Quiet Man</em> seems to be a throwaway game which is disappointing, more people probably heard about this game because it is Square Enix while the prior mentioned, amazing FMV&#8217;s had little to no news buzz. Should Square have nailed this FMV, they may have ushered in a completely new FMV craze. Unfortunately, they dropped the ball.</p>
<figure id="attachment_144464" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-144464" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-144464" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/27015823/the20quiet20man20main.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="359" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-144464" class="wp-caption-text">(<em>The Quiet Man</em> &#8211; Square Enix)</figcaption></figure>
<p>F and the fact that there are some pretty great actors in it. I&#8217;m thinking that if I want to play quality FMV&#8217;s I have to either time travel back to the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s and play them on their proper computers. I could also find some ports or emulators of the classic ones and enjoy them like that. Or I could play the few that I have now and be thankful I have them to play. Not too much for this Aging Gamer to do when it comes to FMV&#8217;s. Let&#8217;s pour one out for this lost genre.</p>
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Aging Gamer: FMV
Are Full Motion Video Games A Thing Of The Past?
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