The Bunker - New FMV Game

[ManjuShri]

With a story created by writers behind the likes of The Witcher, SOMA and Broken Sword, The Bunker tells the story of John, the last survivor living in a government bunker after a nuclear attack wiped out England. But the bunker holds many secrets, and John must confront his suppressed memories to survive the horrors deep underground.

The Bunker is a completely live action experience with zero computer generated effects, filmed on location in a real government nuclear bunker located in Essex, England. Players will guide John through the bunker, solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and triggering flashbacks to reveal the terrifying mysteries of The Bunker.

You are the last remaining survivor of a nuclear bunker, 30 years after the blast obliterated everything above ground. Over the years everyone else has died, and their corpses are locked away in the cold storage room. Your daily routine is the only thing keeping you sane - just - but when an alarm is triggered, your mind begins to self-destruct. You must venture deeper and deeper into the bunker discovering long forgotten zones and uncovering dark and repressed memories that finally reveal the terrible secret of the bunker.


Players will be able to explore and find clues to their escape from the Bunker - they will have to move fast, making quick decisions which could cost them their life.

They will be able to fully roam around the live action world, looking around, opening doors, collecting items, unlocking secret areas. And everything you see is REAL.

 

[Jaesun]

Interesting. A multi-platform (and console) FMV game.... in 2016?

These are wondrous times we live in.

 

[hello friend]

John must confront his suppressed memories

The self-therapy angle is getting all too common in these new indie adventures. Still, always was a sucker for FMV in games.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

"Press button to breathe."

I'm not joking, that's actually a button in the game that must be pushed so that the protagonist starts breathing.

Not exactly a good start.

 

[Anthedon]

Released: http://store.steampowered.com/app/481110/

Looking at the Steam reviews, it seems to be only around 2 hours long and very light on actual gameplay.

 

[Jaesun]

Ouch....

 

[SerratedBiz]

Spoiler

The Bunker is an FMV adventure game in the vein of Phantasmagoria or such. Basically a 2 hour long movie in which you interact with the screen and pretend like you're solving puzzles even though you're just clicking the next hotspot to move you forward. Granted, the quality of its movies blows the 90s game to smithereens... but what does gaming journalism think about it?

Apparently they mostly hate it. While the production values are universally praised (and it's not that hard to see why, compared to the green screen aberrations we were used to), the lack of gameplay is as thoroughly criticized. Which comes as a surprise to me, since I read about the game on an airplane magazine which I clearly remember claimed the game was "innovative" for its use of live action, which I thought was absolutely bonkers. But there you go, one 2 minute Google search later and all I find is people giving it crap.

Anyways, it's there if you want to buy it. Or you could just watch someone playing it on Twitch, given that it's basically a 2 hour movie. Or, better yet, finish it in 1h58m and ask for a refund.

 

[FUDU]

Jesus Christ, I thought Cleve finally released a game.

I am disappoint.

 

[commie]

Only few games did the whole FMV thing right, with it adding to the game rather than replacing gameplay. These of course are the Tex Murphy ones. Sure there were Myst types of games like Ripper and Black Dahlia too, but they were far too sterile just like Myst with the FMV more as an afterthought. Some Greek dude made some low budget games in the 'Conspiracies' series that were a homage to Tex Murphy and are worth a go if you can stomach the horri-hilarious FMV(though if you are a fan of campy FMV then there's no problem there)as the puzzles and stories are good.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

If you're into FMV adventures and wanna play as a cockroach, you should try Bad Mojo.

 

[CyberWhale]

If you're into watching video tapes of your own life, you should try Bad Mojo.

Fix'd.