Thread: What is FMV?
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Old 07-17-2004, 04:32 PM   #4
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According to discussions I've read in both adventure gaming and general gaming sites (FPSs, strategies, etc.) the consensus seems to be that FMV involves live actors and/or real world settings in cutscenes. Anything not involving that and instead using computer made models, in-engine movies, etc., would be classified as CG cutscenes.

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Originally Posted by crabapple
...recently I've seen the term FMV applied to any cut scene in a game.
Nope, whoever stated that was ill-informed.
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