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One of my favorite aesthetics in games came about in the PSX era, when games moved into 3D and had to adopt to new storytelling opportunities. There was a split at this point: some games opted for modest (or downright minimalist), in-engine cutscenes. For bigger companies who had the budget for it, they went whole hog and produced CG FMVs trying to mimic actual movies. If there was all this room on the new disc, they wanted to use it. While ambitious, the technology to produce fully animated polygonal characters was pretty rough, and the resultant videos have a very bizarre, plastic and alien look. I really love this style, it has a very unnerving affect. Some games utilize it well (horror games in particular) and some are strange failures, but it was all a cool experimental period. My favorite part of playing games from this period is stumbling on bizarre cutscenes. Some of my favorites: FFVIII - Squall and Rinoa in Space - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F78Dhi3V40 Parasite Eve - The Opera - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDIAk8yZlVE starts at 1:52 Silent Hill - Opening Montage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNY6hviXRh4 Of all the retro sensibilities in gaming, this particular look has been pretty strongly extinct, because it is practically impossible to really emulate in a modern context. There won't really be an endless stream of indie decks able to produce motion captured FMV that looks like this, and modern AAA developers have perfected the tech to a much more refined look. Lets share some awesomely weird CGI FMV In Training fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Jan 26, 2017 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBcplCRt3t4
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Jan 26, 2017 01:44
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Both of Persona 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKXEF1z5ac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNazoPO-3-w
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Jan 26, 2017 02:02
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3766958
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Jan 26, 2017 02:03
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BipolarAurora posted:Both of Persona 2: This is my poo poo. Especially the second one, with the really overwrought vocals over the eurotrash beat and methodically edited images of really big guns exploding poo poo in between cuts of vaguely Cyber landscapes...incredible! I made this thread because I always associated this look with the square games of the period since they were at the forefront of the scene with their own huge animation team, but I started playing Devil Summoner today and saw some awesome hacking scenes where the camera zoomed in on a computer screen and then it was really dumb CGI tunnel shots of inside blue cables filled with demons and such and realized "Oh of course, Atlus was definitely doing this as well" but since all the games were japanese only Ive never really seen any of them
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Jan 26, 2017 02:13
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Edited the OP because I realized all the video links were broken. also, lmfao. Wish I could have goldmined this
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Jan 26, 2017 02:14
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=bVFnXKpiH5M
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Jan 26, 2017 02:50
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YES
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Jan 26, 2017 02:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBPLaAtq26E
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Jan 26, 2017 03:17
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Frig yes dude.
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Jan 26, 2017 03:19
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This is like my platonic ideal of video game cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rGtt0gmZg&t=277s
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Jan 26, 2017 03:21
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In Training posted:This is like my platonic ideal of video game cutscene: every tekken ending cutscene is insanely epic even to this day
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Jan 26, 2017 03:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvfP5BQxaw
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Jan 26, 2017 04:01
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Parasite Eve opera scene is loving incredible . That and FFVIII were the first PSX games i got really into, i was a little late for FFVII and didn't play til much later
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Jan 26, 2017 05:20
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795371&perpage=40 great stuff in this thread too which should be gold mined and not just because i got a lot of empty quotes
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Jan 26, 2017 05:21
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goferchan posted:Parasite Eve opera scene is loving incredible . That and FFVIII were the first PSX games i got really into, i was a little late for FFVII and didn't play til much later FFVII is a way way better game but I think FFVIII has my fave cutscenes. The art design of that game makes zero sense but you can tell they put a lot of effort into every element of the game. It's a high octane mess
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Jan 26, 2017 05:28
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I have been naming the protagonist in RPGs Squall since middle school lol. FF8 permanently warped my brain but man it will always be my favorite
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Jan 26, 2017 05:35
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goferchan posted:I have been naming the protagonist in RPGs Squall since middle school lol. FF8 permanently warped my brain but man it will always be my favorite I love absolutely everything about how crazy rear end FFVIII is, which was cemented when after the above Squall and Rinoa in Space scene, this Faye Wong (FFVIII original) song kicks in, lyrics and all, while they make out in a spaceship cockpit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQv3leISYU Its a shame that 8 has the bar none the worst mechanics out of the entire series
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Jan 26, 2017 05:39
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The closest relative to this aesthetic was the cutscenes in X-2, with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N4ETTcIcQk being a personal highlight.
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Jan 26, 2017 05:43
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This isn't a console game but is of the time period, and is one of my favs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwqXi0Py-m4
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Jan 26, 2017 06:25
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ridge racer type 4
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Jan 26, 2017 06:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwkOSQ86pDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8QlR73Roc
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Jan 26, 2017 08:06
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I.N.R.I posted:ridge racer type 4 btw, i should stress that the intro is a masterpiece and aged really well, it doesnt look bizarre or anything.
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Jan 26, 2017 08:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_bgE5Rq8xo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn58158ygXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJyUQ7zarS8
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Jan 26, 2017 09:05
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it was such an epic gaming moment to see a new FMV when you were playing. you knew poo poo was about to go down when they started.
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Jan 26, 2017 09:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8mDwU-XiDU
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Jan 26, 2017 10:29
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I love the FMVs in the original Blood Omen. Clunky early CG and loads of overacting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCWszTVKpY
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Jan 26, 2017 11:14
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The Dead to Rights dodging the laser car cutscene.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1YQ27FMqo
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Jan 26, 2017 12:27
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not canon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRstXwtUGI
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Jan 26, 2017 12:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3F2Tfj_seQ
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Jan 26, 2017 12:57
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I.N.R.I posted:btw, i should stress that the intro is a masterpiece and aged really well, it doesnt look bizarre or anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMZ872rsa90 lol rad
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Jan 27, 2017 00:01
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I have no less than 3 memory cards filled up with saves right before the cool parts of FF7, FF8 and FF9
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Jan 27, 2017 00:03
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I.N.R.I posted:btw, i should stress that the intro is a masterpiece and aged really well, it doesnt look bizarre or anything. The same could said of the whole game.
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Jan 27, 2017 00:18
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I.N.R.I posted:ridge racer type 4 Did you get the letter from Reiko?
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It's really badass.
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