The era of the FMV is something the young gamers of today just wouldn't understand. It totally felt like a reward and they just felt special. Kinda the same special feeling you get when you get a notification from one of your favorite TH-cam channels talking about FMVs for an hour! I still have that Pizza Hut demo disc!
Did you know it was Reggie Fils-Aime who at the time was working for Pizza Hut who is responsible for those demo discs? The same man that went on to become the legendary CEO of Nintendo of America? Absolute legend.
@@nancyhoffman4784 he explains what it is in the video. did you not watch it? kinda weird for that comment when its kinda the whole theme of the video.
in game cutscenes still look ugly even with modern graphics. There was another level of cinematography added with FMVs that is not usually matched nowadays
@@j.2512 FMVs were kept in check by how much space they took up on the disc. A lot of PS1 games that contain a lot of FMV were multi-disc games. Now, none of that matters.
Your video on the pre-rendered backgrounds inspired me to pick up FF9 on PC. Alongside the Moguri Mod, it has been incredible to re-experience! What really highlights the FMVs is the lack of dialog. They are pure setting, atmosphere, music, and storytelling. They can be that perfect bridge of how you imagined those detailed, static images coming to life.
Man the FMVs of FF7,8,9,10, and Kingdom Hearts had me so hooked as a kid. I used to restart new files just to see the opening FMVs. Man you guys never fail to unlock the nostalgia
@@GamingBroductions Indeed, although I think most of us probably consider the peak of KH series to be on the PS2, its release has been some what very shaky and inconsistent over the last few generations unfortantly.
Crazy the lengths we had to go to back in the day. Lol not to sound like a boomer but kids really don’t know how easy they have it these days when it comes to stuff like that when everything is just freely available on TH-cam
I know what you mean. In RE 2 i saved right before the Cutscene when Annett tells Clear/ Ada what happened with Birkin and we saw how he got Shot and became that Monster. One of my Favorite FMV's of All Time from the PS1 era.
Technically, PS1 FMVs are what got me into FF and JRPGs. Anyone who was around for the launch of FF7 probably remembers that the (American) TV commercials only showed the FMV sequences. So lets say I had unrealistic expectations what the whole game would look like. But I got the game for Christmas 1997 and enjoyed it all the same, even after the whiplash of seeing what the actual in-game models look like.
They did that entirely on purpose btw.. Theyd also avoid telling people if it was an rpg because they knew action games sold better outside japan. As a guy who exclusively played rpgs as a kid that was very frustrating to save up for ages to get a girthy 50-100 hr game to hopefully entertain me until my next only to end up with an action game i beat in a hour.
@@IndexInvestingWithCole because the commercials made up of fmvs is what got me to ask for ff7 for Christmas. But the game itself is what made me an interested in the franchise and genre.
I wouldn’t be surprised if pre-rendered backgrounds have some resurgence at least in the indie scene, low poly 3d games are already starting to get popular there so hopefully pre-rendered backgrounds follow
Play FF7 Rebirth it had 5 had FMVs, which I am glad they made those, FF16 kind of had it as well but it was combine with the real-time graphics ... I don't think Square will abandon their CGI division.
They’re kind of making a comeback in indie games. Also, yeah, Square Enix still does a lot of what technically qualifies as an FMV, but the pre-rendered graphics are no longer a lightyear in quality ahead of the in-engine graphics so it’s a little harder to notice.
I remember shops selling bootleg collections of all the FMVs on one CD or DVD so you could watch it like a movie. And whooo, FM3 mention! Man, Namco and Square were out of control this era.
That’s actually really cool. Crazy to think the loops people had to go through back in the day to watch them when they’re all just freely available on TH-cam now
I'll never forget the Tekken 3 intro, with Jin punching-out the candle flame. One of the first video game cutscenes that blew my mind. ...then there was the Tekken Tag Team intro, and that was one of the PS2 launch titles. I remember firing-up my PS2 for the first time, being hypnotized by that startup screen, then starting up Tekken... That intro was a complete flex of the new age of gaming.
My sister got me a CodeWizard (kind of like a GameShark) which had a menu section that allowed you to play FMVs from the discs. My friends and I spent hours just watching the FMVs as a kids!
One of the main things as a kid i looked forward to on playstation games were the FMVs. I remember when cgi movies were coming out and news outlets and commercials where touting them like "never seen before! A huge leap in animation" but as a kid I always thought "I've been seeing cgi with playstation games, nothing new lol".
I know exactly what you’re talking about lol. Early CGI movies/shows didn’t really impress me much either just because I was so used to seeing awesome CGI in PS1 games, it took awhile for that to change
yeah, when beowulf came out I thought that anything from square looked way better (and I think beowulf even came out after advent children!) thay really were trying to hype up that movie that no one remembers nowadays.
Square and Namco were the best at CG FMVs. Half of the $40 million budget for FF7 was spent on the SGI workstations and server farms to make Pre-render backgrounds and FMVs. And it was totally worth it as Square used the same computers to make future PS1 games.
Oh it was absolutely worth it. The game has such an iconic and memorable style and I think it played a pretty big role in its success, it just made it feel so immersive and massive in scope
I adore this channel because while I was alive & gaming during the late 90s, it wasn’t anything like what the early 2000s would be for me. So I have faded memories of the feeling of that time, but videos like these always fill in the gap for me. And I’m very thankful for it.
I remember as a kid, I saved up and bought extra memory cards to save before super cool FMVs. They still hold up. My GOAT video game vids are the beginning of Armored Core games, tho, especially PS2 era.
The lengths we had to go to back in the day just to watch these again, nowadays anyone can just pull all of them up on TH-cam. It truly was a different time
Oof, goosebumps right off the bat with the FF9 FMV. It's wild how ahead of their time Square was with this. Nothing even came close to looking as good on console in the 90s, and yeah, growing up with them, I'm sad to see them go. It's nice how good things look, but it was amazing to see cutscenes with a vastly superior visual fidelity. It felt like treats sprinkled throughout the game.
"Not everything is meant to stay on our lives forever. Sometimes things are simply a passing section, one of life's many chapters. You shouldn't cling to the past, but there's nothing wrong with appreciating it and reflecting on some of its great memories" That is a very wise life advice. Great video!
It would be great if you made a video on how they built the FMVs. The programs and toolchains used. The number of computers and the amount of time it took to render a scene, etc.
What a beautiful letter to the PS1 FMV's. So grateful for this production. Corbin, you and your brother do such a wonderful job at placing us in your videos and vibing with your thoughts. Thank you
Same, it’s crazy they had both quality and quantity. They had like 4-5x the amount of a normal PS1 game’s FMVs on top of the quality itself still being lightyears better than pretty much anything else out there
@@GamingBroductions I just remember being in my early teens and watching the opening for FF8 and just being uncontrollably hyped. I would love to see a FF8 prequel or sequel to get back into that world. I wish I could just retire and live at FH.
I definitely admit I have a different experience with FMVs than someone who grew up with them but when I go back to play those older games I feel those same emotions and excitement whenever I see them. They’re just so magical and I feel like I’m being taken back in time to an era that I never actually lived.
Man, those were the best days. Summer in the 1990s as a teenager was magical. I played so many jrpgs and yes the cut scenes and fmv's were something to behold. Sadly that sense of wonder probably won't come back. That scene when Squall is on the ship about to do the invasion on the beach, together with the music is absolutely awesome!
FMVs are and always will be a special part of the era for me, and I do treasure the few times they show up in games in later generations. I am glad anime cutscenes have still managed to hang in there, as they still do provide something different from even modern day graphics.
They’re both excellent, but Koudelka really surprised me with how well they look as I hadn’t seen those FMVs in awhile. Crazy they were able to do that on the PS1
I'm delighted to see a channel cover the original Playstation era so respectfully. I was in university at the time and feel like gaming was growing up with me and that made this era special. Thank you for this!
This was such a rush of great memories. It also made me realize more than ever before what I'm missing in modern games. That sense of adventure, appreciation of beauty, and innocent fun just isn't possible these days. Games were better back when they were just games.
The mid 90s to mid 00s was truly a special time in gaming. The passion and creativity were firing on all cylinders and it just struck this perfect balance between simplicity and complexity
Loved this!!! Such a great video and oh man, PS1 cut scenes were seriously the most special back then!!! I thought nothing could possibly be better! Final Fantasy really set the bar for years to come!
Thank you! They really felt like the pinnacle of graphics back in the day, lol I remember thinking there’s no way graphics could ever get better than this
oh, the parts where you show the cgi with a tv and lights in the back are the most nostalgic for me, you could made the entire video in this form, so cool!
I wasn’t really alive during an era fmvs were common (grew up on the wii and Xbox 360) but I’ve gotten really into old games the past couple years, and getting to see the fmv cutscenes is always my favorite part! Sure, FFVII and SA2’s graphics (as an example) didn’t age the best, but they’re so charming that I’m nostalgic for an era I never experienced. Especially when a part of a game is challenging, getting to see fmv cutscenes after is an amazing reward!
I Remember watching Kingsglaive: FF XV for the first time and feeling exactly the same way I did watching those PS1 FMVs as a kid. Like, the characters looked so real. Same with that Spirits Within movie Square did back in the day. Square has always been ahead of its time in CG
Yeah they’ve always been ahead of the game with their CG for sure. Even if Spirits Within tanked the company back in the day and led to them merging with Enix, visually it still looked extremely impressive for the time
Just a quick comment to support you guys. Always a nice rush of honest nostalgia. I can feel you're passionate about it and hope you continue what you're doing for a long time. This is specialised content done right.
It's mind boggling that each disk of the PS1 Era were 500MB a piece. Half of that space had to go towards the FMV's. Fun fact of the day; the song for the cutscene for the FF8 demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi never made it into the actual game.
Very pleasent to watch video. I love this old prerendered aesthetic in FMVs from late 90s-early 2000s games. This cutscenes are so unique for this era and i couldn'e agree more that they were often kind of sweet reward for completion section of game and additional encouragement to go forward. For me they are still very charmful often more then many modern in-engine cutscenes.
Bruhhh yall just unlocked a CORE memory for me... Getting to that Type 4 intro. I used to let the title screen loop just to get back to that shit. The song and the whole vibe is just insane. RRT4 has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. That Jungle music is something else 🔥 Another great video. Perfect for my lunch break 🎦
Your videos man... Such amazing topics, scripts, and editing. Love your channel. Every time I see you've released a new video I know it's going to be another banger. I started playing video games on the Atari before even the NES so I played a lot of these games as a teenager and I always loved the DMV cutscenes. This really brought me back. I think the PSX had a separate onboard chip just for FMVs.
My first mind blown moment was train stealing scene in FF8 where there was 3D characters overlayed over FMV and you can actually walk over the train during it
Great video idea! I'm always sad when I notice a big gap between videos, but then you drop these absolutely fantastic videos and the wait becomes worth it lol
Thank you! Yeah we know there was a bigger gap than usual with this one due to the size of the project but we plan on getting some shorter vids out soon for a quicker turn around
@GamingBroductions These long form videos are always worth the wait though. Fantastic video idea too, I'm liking the focus on the ps1 era. Excited to see what's next!
It made me ecstatic to see some clips and music from Phantasy Star Online get some screen time! Whenever I watch your productions, I can't help but feel at peace, kind of like a "these guys get me" kind of vibe, and it helps remind me that I'm not the only one who has this kind of passion and nostalgia for golden era RPGs. I've always personally thought that Chrono Cross has the best opening FMV, opening song, and best OST of all time... you've got great taste. Keep up the great work!
I looked forward to the next fmv so much in games, id save before specific ones because of just the pure amazement it brougjt me as a child. Keep up the great content and keep up the awesomeness
Great video as always. That remix of Radical Dreamers at the end gave me chills. You definitely captured a lot of my thoughts. FMV cutscenes used to feel like a reward for progress in a game and I think I still feel a lingering attachment to that experience. But then I find myself getting annoyed in modern games when control is taken from me and now watching this I realize why. It doesn’t feel like a reward so much anymore when there’s so little distinction between cutscene and in-game graphics.
squaresoft fmv is really amazing they really put so much thought on it the art direction and the cinematography is really ahead of their time my favorit is garnet and eiko summon alexander and yuna sending still beautiful till this day.
I insta subscribed. Love your channel. PS1 is my favorite system. So many iconic games and the FMVs were so amazing, even now they hold up really well. The FMVs transformed the games into huge productions. It took the game to the next level in immersion and scale. So many times as a kid my mind was blown. Parasite Eve is my favorite game on the PS1, and those FMVs are the best on the PS1 for me hands down.
Thanks for subscribing! But yeah couldn’t agree more, they really immersed you into the games like no other way before. Both Parasite Eve games have awesome FMVs
That was such a wonderful trip down memory lane. I'll forever be a firm believer that limitation breeds creativity. With the graphics back then FMV's were an amazing tool to deliver a detailed scene filled with emotions and vibe. Creating a dance scene like in FF8 in engine just wouldn't have worked as it does in the FMV. Nowadays the graphics are so modern and "pretty" that most people don't see a reason to use anything else outside of the engine. No beautiful cinematography as we got with FMV's. Thanks for the video!
Yeah sorry for the delay with this one! Didn’t plan on the video being as long as it was when we first started, we plan on getting some shorter videos out soon though so there’s not as long of a wait
I’m in my early 20’s and didn’t grow up with any of these games, but I still love the style of these and the PS2/Gamecube/PC era. If you make that anime FMV video, I’d like to suggest the ones for the PS1 version of Linda3, which are VERY bizarre, a weird mix of dark comedy and horror.
I genuinely think Oddworld Abes Exoddus has the best looking cutscenes of the entire generation. Almost feature film quality. They were very well directed also - which I think helped.
Aside from RE (which had barely any in comparison) no other major PS1 games with FMV had full voice acting in those scenes to the extent that Panzer Dragoon Saga had. The image quality matters a bit, but the cinematography of Saga's cutscenes are so good that they feel just as timeless.
Love the vibes of this vid! Immediate sub😂 I was mainly brought up on PS2 but the few FMV memories I do have from the PS1 was Tekken for sure and lil Oddworld here, Heart of Darkness there.
Bonus points went to PS1 for being smart enough to release free demo dics. Squaresoft did this often. My copy of Brave Fencer Mushashi and a few of my other games came with a demo disc because they were in the cases made for multiple dics, so if it was a 2 or 3 disc game, it would have available spots for more, so they would toss in a 3 to 5 game demo for free. This got us to try games that we may not have tried otherwise. It was actually a good strategy.
Those were definitely a great idea on their own, Square did an awesome job in general in marketing their other games to their existing fanbase. On the back of every instruction manual to one of their games would be short little previews of their other games out at the time, made it kind of feel like this big connected but not actually connected world of games
Never stop making videos. This was like an hour long nostalgia bomb. From the bad ass Adult swim like intro and interlude to the great description while talking about the FMV’s I just wanna inject this sh*t strait into my veins. Also if you don’t do a video on the xenogears animations I will feel personally insulted. PS: The Soul Reaver intro is the best PS1 intro of all time in my opinion!
I get your point about FF FMVs & other major PS1 games with FMV having better image quality than Panzer Dragoon Saga's FMV. In terms of voice acting, the sheer amount of FMV scenes (hour & a halfs worth) and cutscene direction Saga's FMVs were just as ahead of their time as the PS1 games.
Very fair point, I hear you. They were definitely impressive in their own way for sure. Admittedly I haven’t explored the Saturn’s library as much as I would like so I would love to fix that in the future and dive more into those games. Do you have any suggestions besides Panzer Dragoon Saga that had great Saturn FMVs?
I'm sure someone has corrected you by now, but somehow they managed to implement the CGI cutscenes on the N64 version of Resident Evil 2. They were muddy as hell and the frame rate was like 10 per second or something, but still, for a 64mb cartridge, it was ambitious and impressive. But that's the only instance I know of where they did that on the N64.
Yeah, yours was the first comment but there’s been a few others now. I looked more into it after recording, that is an extremely cool story and is super impressive they were able to pull that off on the N64 even if it wasn’t the same quality
The opening scene of Xenogears renders the 2D characters in an awesome way that actually make them and the 3D enviroments blend it a bit better than usual, you can maybe tell they blew some serious cash on that sequence because the rest of animated scenes in the game don't really render the characters the same way , they don't look bad by any means but it's more of the usual anime shading and lighting you'd see on TV at the time.
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The era of the FMV is something the young gamers of today just wouldn't understand. It totally felt like a reward and they just felt special. Kinda the same special feeling you get when you get a notification from one of your favorite TH-cam channels talking about FMVs for an hour!
I still have that Pizza Hut demo disc!
Did you know it was Reggie Fils-Aime who at the time was working for Pizza Hut who is responsible for those demo discs?
The same man that went on to become the legendary CEO of Nintendo of America?
Absolute legend.
Unfortunately I don't know what f,m,v is or what it stand,s for honesty I never heard of it🤔
@@nancyhoffman4784 he explains what it is in the video. did you not watch it? kinda weird for that comment when its kinda the whole theme of the video.
FMV's in the 90's were like gold/platinum trophies today.
Except FMV's were even more of a reward.
in game cutscenes still look ugly even with modern graphics. There was another level of cinematography added with FMVs that is not usually matched nowadays
The FMVs in older final fantasy titles really made you feel like you were watching short snippets of actual movies
Absolutely. They really immersed you into the game’s world
YOU had like 8 hours of gameplay and one cool FMV versus today where you have 20 minutes of boring in-game cutscenes for every 5 minutes of gameplay
Madness that they were vaguely playable in Final Fantasy VII. I’m still not sure how they did that.
@@j.2512 FMVs were kept in check by how much space they took up on the disc. A lot of PS1 games that contain a lot of FMV were multi-disc games. Now, none of that matters.
@@j.2512they learned the wrong lessons.
I used to legitimately fire up Resident Evil 3 just to show friends that intro and how film-like it felt.
Your video on the pre-rendered backgrounds inspired me to pick up FF9 on PC. Alongside the Moguri Mod, it has been incredible to re-experience!
What really highlights the FMVs is the lack of dialog. They are pure setting, atmosphere, music, and storytelling. They can be that perfect bridge of how you imagined those detailed, static images coming to life.
The Moguri mod does indeed look incredible. Really brings those backgrounds to life!
Man the FMVs of FF7,8,9,10, and Kingdom Hearts had me so hooked as a kid. I used to restart new files just to see the opening FMVs. Man you guys never fail to unlock the nostalgia
Now Sora, lets close this door for good. Donald, Goofy thank you. Remember there will always be a door to the light. 😁
How many of us watched kingdom hearts opening with the banger simple and clean
The Simple and Clean and Sanctuary openings gotta be two of the greatest video game openings ever 🔥
@@GamingBroductions Indeed, although I think most of us probably consider the peak of KH series to be on the PS2, its release has been some what very shaky and inconsistent over the last few generations unfortantly.
@@Artimes. I never played 3, but based on everything I’ve heard it does sound like the series peaked with 2
Talking about having multiple save files just to rewatch FMVs takes me back. In the pre youtube/early internet era that was the only option.
Crazy the lengths we had to go to back in the day. Lol not to sound like a boomer but kids really don’t know how easy they have it these days when it comes to stuff like that when everything is just freely available on TH-cam
I know what you mean. In RE 2 i saved right before the Cutscene when Annett tells Clear/ Ada what happened with Birkin and we saw how he got Shot and became that Monster. One of my Favorite FMV's of All Time from the PS1 era.
Not the only option. I used to hit record on my VCR when there was an FMV.
@@RPGreg2600 Me too xD I think i had a VHS Tape with 45 minutes of FMV. From R E too Deathtrap Dungeon to Clock Tower and Tekken and so on.
@@MARCOPETER82 nice, mine was probably all RPGs.
Technically, PS1 FMVs are what got me into FF and JRPGs. Anyone who was around for the launch of FF7 probably remembers that the (American) TV commercials only showed the FMV sequences. So lets say I had unrealistic expectations what the whole game would look like. But I got the game for Christmas 1997 and enjoyed it all the same, even after the whiplash of seeing what the actual in-game models look like.
Those commercials were epic, they got me so excited for FF7!
They did that entirely on purpose btw.. Theyd also avoid telling people if it was an rpg because they knew action games sold better outside japan. As a guy who exclusively played rpgs as a kid that was very frustrating to save up for ages to get a girthy 50-100 hr game to hopefully entertain me until my next only to end up with an action game i beat in a hour.
Why technically?
@@IndexInvestingWithCole because the commercials made up of fmvs is what got me to ask for ff7 for Christmas. But the game itself is what made me an interested in the franchise and genre.
FMVs and prerendered backgrounds need to make a comeback. They made PS1 RPGs incredibly special.
I wouldn’t be surprised if pre-rendered backgrounds have some resurgence at least in the indie scene, low poly 3d games are already starting to get popular there so hopefully pre-rendered backgrounds follow
Play FF7 Rebirth it had 5 had FMVs, which I am glad they made those, FF16 kind of had it as well but it was combine with the real-time graphics ... I don't think Square will abandon their CGI division.
They’re kind of making a comeback in indie games.
Also, yeah, Square Enix still does a lot of what technically qualifies as an FMV, but the pre-rendered graphics are no longer a lightyear in quality ahead of the in-engine graphics so it’s a little harder to notice.
I used to boot up Final Fantasy 8 just for the opening, it's still epic.
Definitely one of the best video game openings ever
8 is so good
Fmvs in ff8: "hell yeah!"
Fmvs in chrono cross: "oh shit oh no oh god"
Accurate lol
I remember shops selling bootleg collections of all the FMVs on one CD or DVD so you could watch it like a movie.
And whooo, FM3 mention! Man, Namco and Square were out of control this era.
That’s actually really cool. Crazy to think the loops people had to go through back in the day to watch them when they’re all just freely available on TH-cam now
Where??
@@FollowMe4REPlike literally on TH-cam
Just google whatever game you want and type in fmvs
I'll never forget the Tekken 3 intro, with Jin punching-out the candle flame. One of the first video game cutscenes that blew my mind.
...then there was the Tekken Tag Team intro, and that was one of the PS2 launch titles. I remember firing-up my PS2 for the first time, being hypnotized by that startup screen, then starting up Tekken... That intro was a complete flex of the new age of gaming.
PS2 had so many great FMVs dude. Would love talk about more PS2 games in future videos
Tekken Tag 1 was so good
My sister got me a CodeWizard (kind of like a GameShark) which had a menu section that allowed you to play FMVs from the discs. My friends and I spent hours just watching the FMVs as a kids!
That’s actually really cool! I only had a GameShark as a kid but if that was an option I would have done the same
Peak era for cutscenes/fmv imo
Agreed
One of the main things as a kid i looked forward to on playstation games were the FMVs. I remember when cgi movies were coming out and news outlets and commercials where touting them like "never seen before! A huge leap in animation" but as a kid I always thought "I've been seeing cgi with playstation games, nothing new lol".
I know exactly what you’re talking about lol. Early CGI movies/shows didn’t really impress me much either just because I was so used to seeing awesome CGI in PS1 games, it took awhile for that to change
yeah, when beowulf came out I thought that anything from square looked way better (and I think beowulf even came out after advent children!) thay really were trying to hype up that movie that no one remembers nowadays.
I really think kids won’t know how amazing these were. Thank you for the compilation
No problem, thanks for watching!
Square and Namco were the best at CG FMVs. Half of the $40 million budget for FF7 was spent on the SGI workstations and server farms to make Pre-render backgrounds and FMVs. And it was totally worth it as Square used the same computers to make future PS1 games.
Oh it was absolutely worth it. The game has such an iconic and memorable style and I think it played a pretty big role in its success, it just made it feel so immersive and massive in scope
Also Blizzard was legendary because of their cutscenes. The Warcraft 3 FMVs still slap
@@j.2512 Yeah, StarCraft and Diablo 2 had great FMVs.
I adore this channel because while I was alive & gaming during the late 90s, it wasn’t anything like what the early 2000s would be for me. So I have faded memories of the feeling of that time, but videos like these always fill in the gap for me. And I’m very thankful for it.
Love to hear that. It was an amazing period of gaming history for sure
I remember as a kid, I saved up and bought extra memory cards to save before super cool FMVs. They still hold up.
My GOAT video game vids are the beginning of Armored Core games, tho, especially PS2 era.
The lengths we had to go to back in the day just to watch these again, nowadays anyone can just pull all of them up on TH-cam. It truly was a different time
Oof, goosebumps right off the bat with the FF9 FMV. It's wild how ahead of their time Square was with this. Nothing even came close to looking as good on console in the 90s, and yeah, growing up with them, I'm sad to see them go. It's nice how good things look, but it was amazing to see cutscenes with a vastly superior visual fidelity. It felt like treats sprinkled throughout the game.
What a great vidéo good job! I can confirm FMV were insane back then, and i was blown away by the coca cola /ff9 collab
Ah yeah that one was awesome! Damn that would have been cool to briefly mention
I remember seeing that and thought it was cool they did a fmv of the characters,my fav ff game
Klonoa's ending ALWAYS makes me cry.
It’s so good but so sad man
"Not everything is meant to stay on our lives forever. Sometimes things are simply a passing section, one of life's many chapters. You shouldn't cling to the past, but there's nothing wrong with appreciating it and reflecting on some of its great memories"
That is a very wise life advice.
Great video!
Goddamn all these FMVs make me feel like a kid again. I’m immediately going to play FFTactics and Legend of Dragoon
Hell yeah, enjoy
It would be great if you made a video on how they built the FMVs. The programs and toolchains used. The number of computers and the amount of time it took to render a scene, etc.
What a beautiful letter to the PS1 FMV's. So grateful for this production. Corbin, you and your brother do such a wonderful job at placing us in your videos and vibing with your thoughts.
Thank you
Thank you, your kind words mean a lot. Appreciate you watching and supporting the channel
This is something I’m thankful that I got to experience. It was always a treat to get a new go and see the FMVs. What a time to be alive
I don’t even remember subscribing to you, but what a great video! I wanted you to know how much I appreciated this
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Final Fantasy XVI is like the pinnacle of being able to play the FMV you always wanted, seamlessly blended into gameplay 🥰
It’s a gorgeous game for sure!
FF8 and FF9 have burned their FMVs into my brain. Absolutely my favorites.
Same, it’s crazy they had both quality and quantity. They had like 4-5x the amount of a normal PS1 game’s FMVs on top of the quality itself still being lightyears better than pretty much anything else out there
@@GamingBroductions I just remember being in my early teens and watching the opening for FF8 and just being uncontrollably hyped. I would love to see a FF8 prequel or sequel to get back into that world. I wish I could just retire and live at FH.
I definitely admit I have a different experience with FMVs than someone who grew up with them but when I go back to play those older games I feel those same emotions and excitement whenever I see them. They’re just so magical and I feel like I’m being taken back in time to an era that I never actually lived.
That chrono cross into was one of the best openings every
I nearly shitted in my pants with parasyte eve's theater fmv back in the day
They were particularly gruesome that’s for sure
Man, those were the best days. Summer in the 1990s as a teenager was magical. I played so many jrpgs and yes the cut scenes and fmv's were something to behold. Sadly that sense of wonder probably won't come back. That scene when Squall is on the ship about to do the invasion on the beach, together with the music is absolutely awesome!
Pandemonium... Beautiful FMV in this quirky fun little gem
FMVs are and always will be a special part of the era for me, and I do treasure the few times they show up in games in later generations.
I am glad anime cutscenes have still managed to hang in there, as they still do provide something different from even modern day graphics.
Still watching but YES PLEASE to the anime cutscenes video! ETA: AND the live action cutscenes video!
There’s been a handful of comments showing interest, we’ll probably get to it at some point!
Silent Hill into Koudelka. Back-to-back my favorite horror FMV's.
They’re both excellent, but Koudelka really surprised me with how well they look as I hadn’t seen those FMVs in awhile. Crazy they were able to do that on the PS1
Woah!!! Was not expecting the upload today but it’s much appreciated! Keep up that quality content gents!
No problem, we appreciate you watching dude and hope you enjoyed the vid!
The ff viii CGI is so impressive! Nice job! 👏
It’s insane how ahead of its time it was!
I'll never forget seeing Chrono Cross for the first time
It leaves a lasting impression that’s for sure
I'm delighted to see a channel cover the original Playstation era so respectfully. I was in university at the time and feel like gaming was growing up with me and that made this era special. Thank you for this!
Soul Blade intro blew my mind first time booting it up. 🤯
It’s so good. It sets a very strong vibe for the game
Great video. You put a lot of effort into these.
Thank you, this one did take longer than usual and took us about a month to complete
i get so hyped up when you release a new video. I love to watch them at night just before wrapping everything up and going to bed.
Love to hear that. Hope you enjoyed this one dude
This was such a rush of great memories. It also made me realize more than ever before what I'm missing in modern games. That sense of adventure, appreciation of beauty, and innocent fun just isn't possible these days. Games were better back when they were just games.
The mid 90s to mid 00s was truly a special time in gaming. The passion and creativity were firing on all cylinders and it just struck this perfect balance between simplicity and complexity
Making a save file right before an epic FMV was standard practice in my house. The really good ones were rewatched over and over.
I always loved the fmvs. I got to just sit back and watch what happened. I know people complain that cutscenes are too long nowadays but I like it lol
my man that cutscene at the beginning had me E N G A G E D.
It’s so good. That cutscene always floored me as a kid
Loved this!!! Such a great video and oh man, PS1 cut scenes were seriously the most special back then!!! I thought nothing could possibly be better! Final Fantasy really set the bar for years to come!
Thank you! They really felt like the pinnacle of graphics back in the day, lol I remember thinking there’s no way graphics could ever get better than this
oh, the parts where you show the cgi with a tv and lights in the back are the most nostalgic for me, you could made the entire video in this form, so cool!
Nice, glad you liked those! We’ll try to incorporate more stuff like that in the future
i was all about the fmv in policenauts and lunar 1 and 2. also loved saturns magic knight rayearth fmvs.
Oh yeah love that 90s anime style. Would love to talk about these in a future video
I loved the ones added to Chrono Trigger and FFVI psx versions even if they are really bad ports otherwise
I wasn’t really alive during an era fmvs were common (grew up on the wii and Xbox 360) but I’ve gotten really into old games the past couple years, and getting to see the fmv cutscenes is always my favorite part! Sure, FFVII and SA2’s graphics (as an example) didn’t age the best, but they’re so charming that I’m nostalgic for an era I never experienced. Especially when a part of a game is challenging, getting to see fmv cutscenes after is an amazing reward!
I Remember watching Kingsglaive: FF XV for the first time and feeling exactly the same way I did watching those PS1 FMVs as a kid. Like, the characters looked so real. Same with that Spirits Within movie Square did back in the day. Square has always been ahead of its time in CG
Yeah they’ve always been ahead of the game with their CG for sure. Even if Spirits Within tanked the company back in the day and led to them merging with Enix, visually it still looked extremely impressive for the time
Just a quick comment to support you guys. Always a nice rush of honest nostalgia. I can feel you're passionate about it and hope you continue what you're doing for a long time. This is specialised content done right.
It's mind boggling that each disk of the PS1 Era were 500MB a piece. Half of that space had to go towards the FMV's.
Fun fact of the day; the song for the cutscene for the FF8 demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi never made it into the actual game.
Yeah it’s a pretty cool song too! I think I liked it about equally as the one they actually used in game
Very pleasent to watch video. I love this old prerendered aesthetic in FMVs from late 90s-early 2000s games. This cutscenes are so unique for this era and i couldn'e agree more that they were often kind of sweet reward for completion section of game and additional encouragement to go forward. For me they are still very charmful often more then many modern in-engine cutscenes.
Bruhhh yall just unlocked a CORE memory for me... Getting to that Type 4 intro.
I used to let the title screen loop just to get back to that shit. The song and the whole vibe is just insane.
RRT4 has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. That Jungle music is something else 🔥
Another great video. Perfect for my lunch break 🎦
Loved seeing all the fmv’s in the video, really takes me back!! Fingers crossed for a parasite eve remake🤞🏼🤞🏼
Would love to see that! With how popular survival horror is again I think it could really do well and find a lot of new fans
@@GamingBroductions couldn’t agree more. Thanks for all the great content, and can’t wait for the next one
Your videos man... Such amazing topics, scripts, and editing. Love your channel. Every time I see you've released a new video I know it's going to be another banger.
I started playing video games on the Atari before even the NES so I played a lot of these games as a teenager and I always loved the DMV cutscenes. This really brought me back. I think the PSX had a separate onboard chip just for FMVs.
Thanks dude, really appreciate the kind words! Glad to hear you enjoyed this one and that it brought up some great memories
My first mind blown moment was train stealing scene in FF8 where there was 3D characters overlayed over FMV and you can actually walk over the train during it
Every last video on this channel is an absolute vibe .
We place a strong emphasis on the vibe and aesthetic of our videos so thank you 💯
Great video idea! I'm always sad when I notice a big gap between videos, but then you drop these absolutely fantastic videos and the wait becomes worth it lol
Thank you! Yeah we know there was a bigger gap than usual with this one due to the size of the project but we plan on getting some shorter vids out soon for a quicker turn around
@GamingBroductions These long form videos are always worth the wait though. Fantastic video idea too, I'm liking the focus on the ps1 era. Excited to see what's next!
The music for the invasion of
Dollet hypes me up so much! I remember the first time seeing that and it just blew me away
I really loved the Sony VHS box designed that you used for the video's edges
This channel has vibes for days
Thanks! Thought it was fitting given the video topic
i remember seeing in a magazine at the time the entire FFVI game could fit just in the opening scene of FFVII. this has blown my mind!
The jump from the SNES era to the PS1 era was just unreal
It made me ecstatic to see some clips and music from Phantasy Star Online get some screen time! Whenever I watch your productions, I can't help but feel at peace, kind of like a "these guys get me" kind of vibe, and it helps remind me that I'm not the only one who has this kind of passion and nostalgia for golden era RPGs. I've always personally thought that Chrono Cross has the best opening FMV, opening song, and best OST of all time... you've got great taste. Keep up the great work!
Love to hear that. You’re definitely not alone, those golden era RPGs are so beloved for good reason. Thanks for the kind words!
Bruhs y'all hit me in the feels. This video is the perfect ode to the FMVs of our youth.
I used to watch Chrono Cross's FMV opening on repeat in Wal-Mart at the demo kiosks. Never got a copy back then sadly
PS1 FMVs remind me of early internet days of FF FMVs supercut over an Offspring song
I looked forward to the next fmv so much in games, id save before specific ones because of just the pure amazement it brougjt me as a child. Keep up the great content and keep up the awesomeness
Definitely can relate to that feeling. Thank you!
FMVs felt like a small reward when they came on :)
They really did! A reward for getting past a tough gameplay section or important story moment
Great video as always. That remix of Radical Dreamers at the end gave me chills. You definitely captured a lot of my thoughts. FMV cutscenes used to feel like a reward for progress in a game and I think I still feel a lingering attachment to that experience. But then I find myself getting annoyed in modern games when control is taken from me and now watching this I realize why. It doesn’t feel like a reward so much anymore when there’s so little distinction between cutscene and in-game graphics.
Definitely feel that and can relate to that feeling. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video
ahhhh yeah mah boy gaming broductions putting out another banger. Thank you for the videos bro
No problem dude, thanks for watching and the support as usual!
squaresoft fmv is really amazing they really put so much thought on it the art direction and the cinematography is really ahead of their time my favorit is garnet and eiko summon alexander and yuna sending still beautiful till this day.
I can't tell you how many times I booted up ffx-2 just to watch the intro movie lol
Lol that one is a banger, the PS2 had so many good ones
I insta subscribed. Love your channel. PS1 is my favorite system. So many iconic games and the FMVs were so amazing, even now they hold up really well. The FMVs transformed the games into huge productions. It took the game to the next level in immersion and scale. So many times as a kid my mind was blown. Parasite Eve is my favorite game on the PS1, and those FMVs are the best on the PS1 for me hands down.
Thanks for subscribing! But yeah couldn’t agree more, they really immersed you into the games like no other way before. Both Parasite Eve games have awesome FMVs
Yes please do an anime FMV countdown video! This would be awesome to watch and seeing the Xenogears and Chrono Trigger FMVs is always a treat to watch
We’ll probably get around to some type of video surrounding the subject at some point!
That was such a wonderful trip down memory lane.
I'll forever be a firm believer that limitation breeds creativity. With the graphics back then FMV's were an amazing tool to deliver a detailed scene filled with emotions and vibe. Creating a dance scene like in FF8 in engine just wouldn't have worked as it does in the FMV.
Nowadays the graphics are so modern and "pretty" that most people don't see a reason to use anything else outside of the engine. No beautiful cinematography as we got with FMV's.
Thanks for the video!
Been a bit since ive seen a vid on here, good to see them back and with a longer one no less! :)
Yeah sorry for the delay with this one! Didn’t plan on the video being as long as it was when we first started, we plan on getting some shorter videos out soon though so there’s not as long of a wait
@@GamingBroductions It was worth the wait! Great vid as always. Looking forward to the shorter vids :D
I’m in my early 20’s and didn’t grow up with any of these games, but I still love the style of these and the PS2/Gamecube/PC era.
If you make that anime FMV video, I’d like to suggest the ones for the PS1 version of Linda3, which are VERY bizarre, a weird mix of dark comedy and horror.
Smallest thing, but thank you for making this. Beautiful.
No problem, thank you for watching!
My first time playing ff7 will forever be burned into my head half cuz of the fmvs
They really make a lasting impact on you that’s for sure
@@GamingBroductions true even 24 years later lol. Thank you guys for this channel btw, definitely one of the best on the platform
I genuinely think Oddworld Abes Exoddus has the best looking cutscenes of the entire generation. Almost feature film quality. They were very well directed also - which I think helped.
I always said, "ooo it's movie time!"
Ah yeahhh it was always such a nice surprise whenever one popped up
Aside from RE (which had barely any in comparison) no other major PS1 games with FMV had full voice acting in those scenes to the extent that Panzer Dragoon Saga had. The image quality matters a bit, but the cinematography of Saga's cutscenes are so good that they feel just as timeless.
Hey, nice Grandma's boy reference, I love that movie!
Definitely a classic lol. Just watched it again a few months ago and it’s still funny
I also used to keep save files before the FMVs played, lol.
Love the vibes of this vid! Immediate sub😂 I was mainly brought up on PS2 but the few FMV memories I do have from the PS1 was Tekken for sure and lil Oddworld here, Heart of Darkness there.
I would definitely watch a video done on the drawn FMVs, honestly, I haven't really played any games with drawn ones, they were always 3D.
Bonus points went to PS1 for being smart enough to release free demo dics. Squaresoft did this often. My copy of Brave Fencer Mushashi and a few of my other games came with a demo disc because they were in the cases made for multiple dics, so if it was a 2 or 3 disc game, it would have available spots for more, so they would toss in a 3 to 5 game demo for free. This got us to try games that we may not have tried otherwise. It was actually a good strategy.
Those were definitely a great idea on their own, Square did an awesome job in general in marketing their other games to their existing fanbase. On the back of every instruction manual to one of their games would be short little previews of their other games out at the time, made it kind of feel like this big connected but not actually connected world of games
Ahh watching this entire video felt like being wrapped in an adult comfort blanket.
Never stop making videos. This was like an hour long nostalgia bomb. From the bad ass Adult swim like intro and interlude to the great description while talking about the FMV’s I just wanna inject this sh*t strait into my veins. Also if you don’t do a video on the xenogears animations I will feel personally insulted.
PS: The Soul Reaver intro is the best PS1 intro of all time in my opinion!
I get your point about FF FMVs & other major PS1 games with FMV having better image quality than Panzer Dragoon Saga's FMV. In terms of voice acting, the sheer amount of FMV scenes (hour & a halfs worth) and cutscene direction Saga's FMVs were just as ahead of their time as the PS1 games.
Very fair point, I hear you. They were definitely impressive in their own way for sure. Admittedly I haven’t explored the Saturn’s library as much as I would like so I would love to fix that in the future and dive more into those games. Do you have any suggestions besides Panzer Dragoon Saga that had great Saturn FMVs?
Yeah i remember hanging on the ledge with Squal for a full minute and then died because i didnt know i could move. That was last year..
For me the best without any hesitation: soul edge intro
I'm sure someone has corrected you by now, but somehow they managed to implement the CGI cutscenes on the N64 version of Resident Evil 2. They were muddy as hell and the frame rate was like 10 per second or something, but still, for a 64mb cartridge, it was ambitious and impressive. But that's the only instance I know of where they did that on the N64.
Yeah, yours was the first comment but there’s been a few others now. I looked more into it after recording, that is an extremely cool story and is super impressive they were able to pull that off on the N64 even if it wasn’t the same quality
The opening scene of Xenogears renders the 2D characters in an awesome way that actually make them and the 3D enviroments blend it a bit better than usual, you can maybe tell they blew some serious cash on that sequence because the rest of animated scenes in the game don't really render the characters the same way , they don't look bad by any means but it's more of the usual anime shading and lighting you'd see on TV at the time.
I've always been in love with the RR4 intro ❤️.
Soul Reaver's opening blew my mind as a kid.