Darth Barth Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 FMVs in CRPGs are like exposition in literature. If teh game has a load of FMVs that means you are watching the game play itself and not playing the game. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Perhaps the FMVs are a testament to how much flexibility there is in the game. For example, maybe FMVs change depending on how you go about solving them. Remember Avellone said that they wanted to do like Fallout, with the slideshows but that format didn't jive with Star Wars. Maybe FMV is that format? WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE.
Darth Drabek Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 I wonder if Hades skips the Fellowship of the Ring when he reads (or watches) the trilogy. Seriously, what's wrong with exposition? It is a helpful tool to introduce characters or develop the plot. How would we know who Calo Nord was without the cantina scene on Taris? It's the developer's way of advancing the plot in other areas of the galaxy. Like, "while Revan and his posse are dropkicking Sith on Korriban, Malak is trying to turn Bastila to the dark side." It's an obvious point that while you're watching a video, you're not playing the game. But do you really mind? baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs
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