Any fans of games that aren't really games?

[Korian]

You know everyone's played one at one time. Seaman, Aquanauts Holiday, a FMV with little or no actual gameplay. Or how about a Digital Comic?


I enjoy them in small doses, as long as I have traditonal games to balance this genre out.


I had a great time with Seaman.

[George]

Xenosaga was a great movie.

[Frogacuda]

Seaman was the one that popped to mind from the thread's title. RC Stunt Coptor is worth mentioning too.

[bbobb]

game ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gm)
n.
1. An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime:

I'd say they're all games. They're different from most, but still games.

[NoFace]

Xenosaga was a great movie.

Hey damnit, it was a decent enough game too.

I enjoyed a bunch of those FMV games back when Sega CD came out... I don't think that'd be the case anymore though. Ground Zero Texas and Double Switch probably aren't very fun anymore. I'd still consider those games though, anyway.

[Yoshi]

Xenosaga was a great movie.

Damn it! I was going to use Final Fantasy X myself.

[Frogacuda]

I'd say they're all games. They're different from most, but still games.

So is a movie a game?

They're decidedly purposeless and don't involve real challenge, so they're more like... toys or movies or books.

[George]

Hey damnit, it was a decent enough game too.

Oh, I know it was. I'm also eagerly awaiting the next one. But something must be said of a game where you can divide the cutscenes and exploration segments into a 26 episode series (I forget where I saw it, but it was available for download somewhere).

[Joust Williams]

Animal Crossing

[bbobb]

So is a movie a game?

They're decidedly purposeless and don't involve real challenge, so they're more like... toys or movies or books.

A movie can be a game if you add an interactive element into it. They're not really purposeless though, that's the thing. There's a specific goal to each of them, be it raising a seaman or getting to the end of the movie.