Night Trap re-release for 25th Anniversary

Last edited by Cumberdanes on Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:46 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Gandalf wrote:Oh and what was that game that had those teddy bear/ lion looking aliens (and I think Mark Hamill 'starred' in it?)

That's the Wing Commander series at least they had some proper gameplay since they were space shooters with FMV cutscenes. If memory serves the FMV was of higher quality than it's contemporaries too.

Gandalf wrote:Oh and what was that game that had those teddy bear/ lion looking aliens (and I think Mark Hamill 'starred' in it?)

Wing Commander?

That's the baby! Wing Commander!

Gandalf wrote:At the time it was an OK game, but to release it again to this gen? I'd think it'll be better to take rose tinted glasses off and just remember it how it was back then.

I remember that other FMV game that came out, Sewer Shark, my God that was shite!

Oh and what was that game that had those teddy bear/ lion looking aliens (and I think Mark Hamill 'starred' in it?)

Wing Commander. Got a few of those free as 'on the house' games with Origin.

*Yeah nevermind that, beaten to it :fp:

Gandalf wrote:At the time it was an OK game, but to release it again to this gen? I'd think it'll be better to take rose tinted glasses off and just remember it how it was back then.

I remember that other FMV game that came out, Sewer Shark, my God that was shite!

Oh and what was that game that had those teddy bear/ lion looking aliens (and I think Mark Hamill 'starred' in it?)

Wing Commander? He was in that but it had a fair amount of gameplay, too.

Poser wrote:
Gandalf wrote:At the time it was an OK game, but to release it again to this gen? I'd think it'll be better to take rose tinted glasses off and just remember it how it was back then.

I remember that other FMV game that came out, Sewer Shark, my God that was shite!

Oh and what was that game that had those teddy bear/ lion looking aliens (and I think Mark Hamill 'starred' in it?)

Wing Commander? He was in that but it had a fair amount of gameplay, too.

Actually it was Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger.

Loads of "proper" games had live action cutscenes in that era, Command and Conquer is another good example. There is a wealth of difference between a game with live action cutscenes and a game that is almost entirely FMV such as Night Trap or Time Traveller.

One rather intersting use of FMV in a proper game was the backgrounds in the Fear Effect games which were looping FMVs.

NickSCFC · Last edited by NickSCFC on Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I'd love a new Wing Commander with performance/facial capture.

They could even make the actors look like the younger versions of themselves using mapping.

Edit: Mark Hamil's already doing this for Star Citizen

Wing Commander was one of my favourite Amiga games, despite being utterly broken on the A600. That single-figure frame rate :lol:

Still, loved the atmosphere.

Maybe we should have an FMV game topic.

One of my favourites back in the day was Star Trek Borg.
You thought Sisko was badass punching Q? strawberry float that, this game has someone kneeling him right in the cue balls.

Last edited by rinks on Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yeah, Wing Commander III was considerably higher quality video, but then it was two to three years later, and in the next (32-bit) generation.

People who haven't played Night Trap before are going to be so frustrated with it. I bet most will end up using a guide rather than having the patience to replay/learn/take notes. They'll be done in an hour.

EDIT: That's if that can bear Megan for that long.

From what I gather the remake is going to be a bit easier as the links to other rooms are live video rather than static images now so you can see if something's going on.

Lagamorph wrote:From what I gather the remake is going to be a bit easier as the links to other rooms are live video rather than static images now so you can see if something's going on.

I guess that makes more practical sense, but it's going to make it too easy.

Anybody else picking this up tomorrow?

Night Trap re-release for 25th Anniversary

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