This feature first appeared in Game Informer issue 301. For a brief time, full-motion video (FMV) games were omnipresent. In the '90s, the format seemed like the future, with games like The 7th Guest and Wing Commander III promising an unmatched level of visual fidelity due their use of real-life actors, like Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell, over polygonal models and 3D animations. This fantasy led to a hollow reality. FMV 'classics' like Night Trap and Tex Murphy are often ridiculed for the te...
This feature first appeared in Game Informer issue 301. For a brief time, full-motion video (FMV) games were omnipresent. In the '90s, the format seemed like the future, with games like The 7th Guest and Wing Commander III promising an unmatched level of visual fidelity due their use of real-life actors, like Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell, over polygonal models and 3D animations. This fantasy led to a hollow reality. FMV 'classics' like Night Trap and Tex Murphy are often ridiculed for the te...
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