C&C First Decade Ships To Stores (February 7, 2006)

AD said:
Funny thing is that EA hasn't entirely abandond live-action FMV. Need for speed: Most wanted is a fun arcade racer yet they actualy have a whole bunch of acted cutscenes (I beleive the backgrounds are CG). As far as I can tell, its pretty linear though so nothing like multiple versions in a wc game. however, it kinda puts the nail in the coffin of the idea that EA is afraid of filming cutscenes.
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EAs forthcoming FPS, BLACK, for PS2 and XBOX is to feature FMV cutscenes.
There are certainly some positive signs coming from EA lately!
 
MartySheen said:
EAs forthcoming FPS, BLACK, for PS2 and XBOX is to feature FMV cutscenes.
There are certainly some positive signs coming from EA lately!
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With Live actors? (any links?) Because the issue isn't full motion video at all. Many games have pre-rendered cgi based FMV cutscenes. (More so almost every game has FMV for the intro)
 
AD said:
With Live actors? (any links?) Because the issue isn't full motion video at all. Many games have pre-rendered cgi based FMV cutscenes. (More so almost every game has FMV for the intro)
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Yes. Live actors are used in the cinematics. BLACK appears to have a live action, film noir style storyline.
You can read the article here
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/black/news.html?sid=6144038
There is also a video preview with this article which gives a glimpse of the cutscenes
 
I am not a fan of C&C but I will probably buy this on the off chance that it will convince EA of the merits of making a WC box set :p

I know.. I am a WC whore :p
 
Well, like I said, that shouldn't be the only reason you buy this set, but it is one of the best gaming deals around. There's a lot of high quality games included for pretty cheap.
 
I just checked Amazon's top selling PC games and here are the top 25:

1. The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion Pack
2. Star Wars: Empire at War
3. Dungeons & Dragons Online: StormReach
4. World of Warcraft
5. Microsoft Age of Empires 3
6. The Sims 2
7. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
8. World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-Paid
9. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
10. GT Legends
11. Guild Wars
12. Battlefield 2
13. Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Limited Edition
14. Star Wars: Empire at War Collector's Edition
15. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Collector's Edition
16. The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack
17. Baldur's Gate 2: The Ultimate Collection
18. Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 Collector's Edition
19. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
20. Command and Conquer the First Decade
21. Warcraft III Battle Chest
22. Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
23. SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
24. F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
25. Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster
 
Are those figures all-time? or monthly? Weekly? Good news, anyway.
This ranking is interesting. Thanks.

BTW, Isn't FMV supposed to be Video or Film with actors? or any GCI is FMV too?
 
Edfilho said:
Are those figures all-time? or monthly? Weekly? Good news, anyway.
This ranking is interesting. Thanks.

BTW, Isn't FMV supposed to be Video or Film with actors? or any GCI is FMV too?
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FMV stands for Full-Motion Video. Its pretty much any video that uses the entire screen (low-res or not). In the early days a number of games simulated video using still images and just segments were animated to give the illusion of video.

It became addopted by many as a euphamism for games that had real live actors though.
 
Edfilho said:
Are those figures all-time? or monthly? Weekly? Good news, anyway.
This ranking is interesting. Thanks.
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It's definitely not a very long period. I think it might be hourly. There's some odd or awkward titles on there.

Edfilho said:
BTW, Isn't FMV supposed to be Video or Film with actors? or any GCI is FMV too?
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It depends on the context.
 
As 3D cards improve, pre-rendered CGI becomes less of a necessity. You can have the "cutscenes" using the very own game engine, which is even more seamless.
 
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