Preview Two Hour Long Origin Stories & Celebrity VOs Galore

[Junior Boy]

I'm so tired of celebrity anything in games. RPGs are becoming like The Simpsons; awesome at first, but suffering from a steady decline in quality poorly compensated for by technical improvements. And at the apex of their shittiness, celebrities do all the fuckin voices.

The only way this will be okay is if Dave Chappelle voices a jive talking werewolf. But he has to be *really* smooth.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

humans are so easily conflicted...

 

[Data4]

I'd wager that people who bought Falcon 3.0 viewed that godly manual as intellectual porn. I know I sure as hell did. Then, when Falcon 4.0 presented me the same level of detail in a printed manual, bound up in a sexy 3 ring Pilot's Notebook, I practically spooged upon opening the box.

The moral of the story? If you don't like to read manuals-- particularly in the case of games that [should] feature a bit of useful lore in one-- maybe this game ain't yer cuppa tea?

This is all moot, of course. No game comes with decent documentation any more.

 

[MetalCraze]

Fallout 3 had manual.

Why?

 

[Trithne]

That thing wasn't a bloody manual. I couldn't bludgeon anyone to death with it.

 

[deuxhero]

Honestly, the only celeberity VA's I give a damn about are VAing celerbitys (Wendee Lee and such) and only then because they do there job well. I can't see why anyone gives a shit about patrick stewart.

 

[Mystary!]

They are not tutorials and they will not beplayed out in the same areas. The are suppossed to be unique and provide you and your character a different outlook on life and the world depedning on your origin. For instance the grey wardens will probably be portrayed differently from the perspective of a feral dwarf living in the gutters and a human noble. Sounds promising.

 

[MetalCraze]

They are not tutorials and they will not beplayed out in the same areas. The are suppossed to be unique and provide you and your character a different outlook on life and the world depedning on your origin.

I thought Codex members grew past the mental age where Bioware hype still worked? Oh well...

For instance the grey wardens will probably be portrayed differently from the perspective of a feral dwarf living in the gutters and a human noble. Sounds promising.

A whole additional dialogue line portraying grey wardens differently - wow that just like in that awesome Mass Effect with its whole 3 unique backgrounds.

 

[Mystary!]

I'm just saying that's how they are supposed to be, I reserve my judgement until I see the actual execution.
Besides, two hours can hold more than one oppurtunity to portray the world in a unique perspective. :blindoptimism:

 

[aries202]

My point was and is this:

Instead of forcing people to read about how they should play the game, DA: Origins forces people to - you know - actually play the game in order to learn how to play the game.

And yes, I do think many new gamers have maybe never played a game which they can pause the game, or have full control over their team-mates,
or learning how to use the inventory system or the different abilities like Shield Bash in the game.

This is called learning by doing; I'm only talking about the gameplay mechanics here, not the dialogue options in the game.

 

[DriacKin]

Honestly, the only celeberity VA's I give a damn about are VAing celerbitys (Wendee Lee and such) and only then because they do there job well. I can't see why anyone gives a shit about patrick stewart.

The GTA games have had a bunch of celebrity actors. I thought most of them did a pretty good job in those games. (especially Ray Liotta in VC)

 

[Hoaxmetal]

At least in GTA series it was done right and made sense. Bethseda is, again, worst in this department by hyping VA even when their voiced characters die 10 minutes in game. Just plain marketing crap.

 

[Pliskin]

Fallout 3 had manual.

No, it had a flimsily printed package insert.

Best VO in a video game goes to: VtM:B (and I have no idea who any of those people are).