Are Frag Movies Dead?

[R.P.L]

Afternoon all,

It seems like these days gameplay edits (usually Twitch stream highlights) and shorts are all the rage. I don't see a lot of cinematic frag movies around any more. Have you noticed the same thing? Have you seen a good one recently? Do you miss them? Pancake???

 

[R.P.L]

The problem with frag movies is that it peaked early with Frag Or Die, it was always going to be downhill from there.

I'm guessing that's your favourite because you were part of the cs scene. I just had a watch and I certainly don't think it was above a lot of frag movies since. It probably doesn't help that I wasn't gaming back then and I've never really seen the appeal of cs.

 

[R.P.L]

Used to love some of the cs 1.6 ones and Q3.

I've seen some great Q3 ones, but I didn't get into Quake until QL so am more familiar with that. Here's one of my all-time favourites:

 

[R.P.L]

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Yeah I know mate. Just looking to have a group sulk about it really

It would still be nice to see some quality frag movies once in a while to complement the live / short stuff. I might make one soon (although only about 10 people ever see mine...).

 

[R.P.L]

Back in 2016 I made my own Frag movie when I played Rainbow Six Siege a lot . . . I don't know if anyone's interested but thought I'd share it all the same, I don't think I breach any rules by doing this . . . *crosses fingers*

That's more of a gameplay edit (I think I might have made up that name, but hopefully people know what I mean - basically highlights with no music or effects) though, which as I mentioned seems to have largely replaced the traditional cinematic frag movie. Nice plays though

I made a few BC2 frag movies back when I was playing that. Just recently I did a MW gameplay edit, and also a couple of shorts. The shorts definitely get MUCH higher views (both via YT shorts and TikTok).

 

[R.P.L]

Ah sorry dude, my bad. I'd like to see your gameplay edits tho, if you have them on youtube or somewhere.

Here you go mate:

BC2 frag movie
CoD gameplay highlights
CoD short

 

[R.P.L]

I watch the old CS:Source frag movies for a hit of nostalgia of when I was actually really good at FPS games... They do seem to be a dying art though, good ones that aren't a showcase of "look what cool effects I found" is hard

Well, I hardly even see any with cool effects these days... I don't mind effects as long as they fit in with the mood of the movie and the gameplay is good. The Quake one I posted above is just about perfect for me - the custom map textures that they used look great IMO.

 

[R.P.L]

I might make one soon

Never got round to this, but as I had some clips from recently I thought it was about time. YT seems to have destroyed the quality even worse than I remember from previous uploads...

 

[R.P.L]

I remember being in a BF2 clan back when it was at it's peak in 2005/2006 and we made a stunt movie which was so much fun!

Forgotten the name of the clan and the video though, do even if it is out there don't think i'll be able to find it

I remember seeing a couple of those movies, doing the jumps out of planes at the top of a loop and getting back in on the way down