The point I'm making is that, yes, FMVs are nice, but not necessary to conveying plot at all. If General Leo's death scene in FF6 had been in FMV, it certainly would have been more cinematic and impressive. But, it wasn't in FMV. It was in old-school 16-bit in game graphics, and the emotion and weight of the scene was perfectly translated, regardless. FMV would have just made it look nicer.