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Hello I am now a gabriel knight fan. I have played gabriel knight 1 and 2 and am now making my way through number 3. One thing that stood out about number 2 is the fact that it was fmv. I liked for a change to play an adventure game with real actors.I would appreciate if anybody could list other fmv games available on steam or gog. Thankyou
If you liked Gabriel 2 you can check out other Sierra fmv games like Shivers or Phantasmagoria.
One of the really good newer fmv games on Steam is Contradiction:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/373390/Contradiction__Spot_The_Liar/
Her Story is another brilliant fmv game, but it doesn’t play like a traditional point and click.
Also there are the very popular Tex Murphy games.
Here is an older thread that can give you more ideas 
Zork Nemesis, Zork Grand Inquisitor, and Return to Zork all had filmed actors.
Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon, Pandora Directive, Overseer, and Tesla Effect had filmed actors.
Riven, Myst, and Myst V had filmed actors.
Toonstruck had filmed actors.
Journeyman Project 2, 3, and Pegasus Prime have filmed actors.
Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 have filmed actors.
The above are all available from GOG, and have varying amounts of FMV.
Contradiction is not available from GOG, but can be found at Humble and Steam.
If you’re looking for games similar to GK2 in that they have filmed footage almost all the time, then Contradiction, Tesla Effect, and Toonstruck, (and possibly Phantasmagoria if you don’t mind cheesy horror).
Toonstruck does not have filmed actors all the time. Only the avatar of the protagonist, in a cartoon world, plus the intro.
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Hello I am now a gabriel knight fan. I have played gabriel knight 1 and 2 and am now making my way through number 3. One thing that stood out about number 2 is the fact that it was fmv. I liked for a change to play an adventure game with real actors.I would appreciate if anybody could list other fmv games available on steam or gog. Thankyou
You just played the best fmv of adv.gaming history and asking for more but don’t expect to find any good really, others are nowhere near quality of GK2.
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A favourite game of mine is “Spycraft”. Not sure if it’s strictly a adventure game, but I think it’s fun with different elements. (not a funny game, just fun to play…) 
Shivers 1&2 are both first-person games, so the amount of
FMV is limited.
Phantasmagoria 1&2 are loaded with FMV, but there is a love/hate attitude with many players.
Black Dahlia is among the best, but good luck finding a copy or getting it to run.
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they toll for thee.
You just played the best fmv of adv.gaming history and asking for more but don’t expect to find any good really, others are nowhere near quality of GK2.
I’d say Tex Murphy games are on the par with GK2. Personally, I think acting is far more consistent on Tex games as well, but that’s mostly because I don’ really like Dean Ericson.
I’d say Tex Murphy games are on the par with GK2. Personally, I think acting is far more consistent on Tex games as well, but that’s mostly because I don’ really like Dean Ericson.
B movie acting aside Tex series(4) gui is horrible and environments are plain hideous.
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Although all of the mentioned games here do have FMV video clips of real actors and are mostly in first person view, isn’t the only other FMV game where you control a real actor on screen in third person view like GK2 be Phantasmagoria 1? At least its the only one that comes to mind so I may have memory loss and forgeting one or more..
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I’d say Tex Murphy games are on the par with GK2. Personally, I think acting is far more consistent on Tex games as well, but that’s mostly because I don’ really like Dean Ericson.
B movie acting aside Tex series(4) gui is horrible and environments are plain hideous.
Tex games stand among the best games, not much doubt in that, FMV or not.
And dissing Tex Murphy acting while complementing GK2?
Tex games stand among the best games, not much doubt in that, FMV or not.
And dissing Tex Murphy acting while complementing GK2?
They might be among the best some 20 years ago but failed to stand test of time,can’t
recommend them anymore.
“Going on means going far - Going far means returning”
Although all of the mentioned games here do have FMV video clips of real actors and are mostly in first person view, isn’t the only other FMV game where you control a real actor on screen in third person view like GK2 be Phantasmagoria 1? At least its the only one that comes to mind so I may have memory loss and forgeting one or more..
No, there are plenty. Toonstruck, Countdown, Dark Seed 1+2, PQ4, Martian Memorandum, Blue Force, Harvester, Sherlock Holmes - Rose Tattoo. The list goes on…
Although all of the mentioned games here do have FMV video clips of real actors and are mostly in first person view, isn’t the only other FMV game where you control a real actor on screen in third person view like GK2 be Phantasmagoria 1? At least its the only one that comes to mind so I may have memory loss and forgeting one or more..
No, there are plenty. Toonstruck, Countdown, Dark Seed 1+2, PQ4, Martian Memorandum, Blue Force, Harvester, Sherlock Holmes - Rose Tattoo. The list goes on…
Nice list. You can add in Riddle of Master Lu and Noctropolis. 
Well I stand corrected although some of those I wouldn’t class in my category’s definition of FMV and most likely why I didn’t recall them, I can see how they would be classed in the general adventure gamers definition. All of those I have tried out and discarded as they weren’t, in any way, my kind of game. So all this being said could we say that GK2 is the only FMV, third person view, on screen controlled, FMV game that takes place in the real world or maybe I missed something here also?
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