Full-motion video (FMV) games gained popularity in the 1990s due to their innovative use of high-quality video footage. However, their appeal diminished as 3D graphics emerged, overshadowing FMVs with more interactive gameplay. In an interview with game developers Sam Barlow and Justin McElroy, they note that having high-quality video does not guarantee a more interactive gaming experience. Instead, older FMV games cleverly navigated their technological constraints, illustrating that the charm of gameplay can exist independently of graphics quality.
Having really high-quality video footage doesn't necessarily make a game feel more interactive.
If you played video, you weren't going to get all the frames. There was a point where we were like, Cool, digital video, and it was like eight frames.
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