Back before we had photorealistic visuals as the in-game standard, FMV was the developers’ opportunity to flex their graphical muscle, wowing us with gorgeous, cinematic brilliance.
It may be something of a lost art in modern gaming, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t honor the legacy that FMV had, for that brief, fleeting period of glory.
Source: N4G PC 7 Times Classic FMV Blew Our Tiny Little Minds