Category: Video Games

Even amongst fans of video games, the term “Full Motion Video”, often referred to as FMV, remains a relatively unknown concept. Full Motion Video refers to cutscenes in video games that have been pre-recorded and are not rendered in real-time. This was typically done in order to overcome the hardware limitations at the time and provide visuals that the hardware could not produce.

Since the term “Full Motion Video” simply refers to any cutscene that has been pre-recorded, FMVs can be surprisingly diverse. 2D animation is sometimes used to supplement games with an animated aesthetic such as Dragon’s Lair or some Japanese games. FMVs can also refer to games that use CGI for their cutscenes with a famous example being Visual Works, a subsidiary of Square Enix that work to create CGI cutscenes for video game franchises such as Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Dragon Quest etc. Some games even have pre-rendered in-game cutscenes although these are quite often frowned upon.

Over a year ago, I spoke about a rumour that Horizon Zero Dawn, a first-party game from Sony, was coming to PC. After I wrote that article, Sony themselves confirmed the rumour and released Horizon Zero Dawn for PC on the 7th of August, 2020 on both Steam and the Epic Games Store with a release on GOG.com on November 24th. Horizon Zero Dawn seemed to perform strongly on PC but it was still unknown if and how Sony would proceed. However, a recent interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan not only confirmed that a “whole slate” of Sony games were making their way to PC but that Days Gone, a game released exclusively for the PS4 in 2019, is being released on PC in spring. With this news, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at some of the Sony games that I’d love to see released on PC in the future.

First off, there is a particular game that I and many other PC gamers desire Sony to port more than any other, even mentioning it in my article last year. As I’m sure you’re well aware of, I’m a big fan of the Dark Souls series and, having played through each entry multiple times, I’m eager to find other games that evoke the same feelings as when I play Dark Souls. Understandably, I have a strong desire to play Bloodborne, an action RPG directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the Dark Souls series, but have been restricted by the fact that Bloodborne is a PS4 exclusive. People have told me “just buy a PS4 to play it” but I cannot justify buying a €300 console to play a single game. Besides that, I’m also eager to play the newly released Demon’s Souls remake that was released on PS5 recently. The game was originally announced for both PS5 and PC but Sony very quickly stated that the inclusion of the phrase “Also available on PC” was a mistake. While frustrating, I do believe that Demon’s Souls will be released on PC someday and that Sony were merely trying to drum up hype for the release of the PS5.