Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

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  • goh
    Banned
    • Aug 2003
    • 20755
    #1

    Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

    I first noticed the terrible quality in Rise of the Argonauts and thought maybe it was a one time thing not having noticed it in other games but putting my unlimited rental plan to work I rented Wolverine and Wanted,both also had terrible FMVs. Odd thing with Wolverine is they weren't even all bad,some looked great as they should the rest were like watching something of low quality on youtube. What's the reason for this? I thought maybe they started on PS2 (though really there's stuff that looked better on Sega CD than this) and just tossed it on the others but Rise of the Argonauts isn't on PS2.
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    • judgejudy
      MVP
      • Feb 2006
      • 1377
      #2
      Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

      I think it just has to do with the production quality of those games. rise of the argonauts was HORRIBLE in my opinion, I wouldn't except high quality anything out of that game. I haven't played the other 2 games you mentioned but I would be willing to bet they just didn't care since they were movie based games, and needed to cut corners to meet their deadlines.

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        • mgoblue
          Go Wings!
          • Jul 2002
          • 25477
          #3
          Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

          Weren't Wolverine's cutscenes done using the in-game engine, not FMV? I remember being impressed by how the game made it feel like a movie, and those cutscenes were pretty well done.
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            • goh
              Banned
              • Aug 2003
              • 20755
              #4
              Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

              Nope they were FMV. I was thinking low production too but again some in Wolverine looked fine.

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                • garnettrules21
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 2392
                  #5
                  Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

                  Some games use their in-game engine to do the fmv nowadays I assume because they don't want the player to feel pulled from the game to watch the experience. The beginning and ending of wolverine was complete cgi whereas the rest was simply in-game, thats why there was such a large contrast in quality. The cgi parts in the wolverine game were epic!

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                    • mgoblue
                      Go Wings!
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 25477
                      #6
                      Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

                      Originally posted by goh
                      Nope they were FMV. I was thinking low production too but again some in Wolverine looked fine.
                      Everywhere I've read about Wolverine is that they're not a movie...that isn't Hugh Jackman, it just looks like him...

                      I may be wrong, but I did a bit of searching and haven't found anything saying it's a movie and not computer generated...
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                        • goh
                          Banned
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 20755
                          #7
                          Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

                          I looked it up,some are in game and some are FMV from what I saw but couldn't see any of the problems I saw. It was like pixelization and discoloration.

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                            • SqueakyD
                              MVP
                              • May 2003
                              • 2015
                              #8
                              Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

                              Pixelation would be a sign of bad (or overdone) compression. Making FMVs in HD quality takes up a TON of space that could be used for in-game textures, higher quality sounds etc. They probably sacrificed that video quality for the stuff in the gameplay.

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                                • DickDalewood
                                  #9
                                  Re: Why are some FMVs so horrible now?

                                  Man, I thought Wolverine's were awesome honestly.

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