The game then follows the typical FMV style of game play where you choose paths and press buttons at the right time to keep the story going. It’s short and sweet and to the point with the premise. From there the game has a single goal – escape the guy trying to kill you. The entire game takes place from a first person perspective where you wake up to an axe murderer binding you with duct tape and who then leaves the one room shack you are in. Hysteria Project is an odd duck in that it captures the feelings of terror and dread perfectly, yet there is little to no story to the game. The question remains though…is it any good? Combine this with the fact Hysteria Project is both a PSP Minis title and only $1.99, and you have the perfect combination to get people to try the first of a new breed of FMV games. Technology has improved and systems can finally hold quality video footage. Still over a decade has passed since FMV’s golden age. Probably the most popular was The 7th Guest and that’s more Adventure than Horror by today’s standards. Titles like Dracula Unleashed, Night Trap, and Corpse Killer all used FMV, but aside from Dracula: Unleased, horror FMV games weren’t very popular or successful. Although horror games using Full Motion Video were rare, they were not unheard of. The first was in the early 1980’s with arcade games like Mad Dog McCree and Dragon’s Lair and the second was during the Sega CD years where FMV games ran the gambit from shooters like Sewer Shark to adventure games like Who Shot Johnny Rock?. As mentioned in my interview with Sanuk Games from a few days ago, Hysteria Project is a return to games in pure Full Motion Video format.
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