[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/111996868/2015-2/Games/spaec/the%20tribe%20bishop.JPG[/IMG]
chief gary strong
better than other garry
Nice cast picture it's so compressed you cant even read it when you zoom in.
here's a higher resolution version of the image in the article
[img]http://puu.sh/kGiVI.jpg[/img]
Maybe they should hire video game actors instead!
so that's what their immense budget is going towards
Meh, I don't understand what's so special about the Star Citizien campaign mode, I'll probably just end up skipping it as I just want to play the real thing.
[QUOTE=lintz;48878894]so that's what their immense budget is going towards[/QUOTE]
Yes it was laid out in the stretch goals that a celebrity cast would be in the plans if they raised enough
Oh my god
Andy Serkis?
John Rhyes Davis?
Fuck yes
Celebrity VAs in games are usually bad so this doesn't excite me at all.
[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;48878795]Maybe they should hire video game actors instead![/QUOTE]
I approve Mark Hamill.
mark hamill has experience with pure voice acting without body language to assist in the acting
a lot of actors>voice actors have that issues of not really knowing how to express things with only their voice which is why celebrity actors as game characters tend to be a bad idea.
Maybe I'm just a negative asshole but I just see this as a waste of money, sure, they have a lot of it but come on now.
Except maybe Hamill, for obvious reasons.
Big names really help sell a product though.
See exhibit A: hollywood movies that do good versus ones with newly aspiring actors that no one has every heard of
sure they work well from a marketing aspect but that doesn't mean the product is going to be good.
[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;48879186]Maybe I'm just a negative asshole but I just see this as a waste of money, sure, they have a lot of it but come on now.
Except maybe Hamill, for obvious reasons.[/QUOTE]
They really can afford it, Star Citizen has [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop]one of the biggest game development budgets of all time[/url], higher than such games as Skyrim, The Witcher 3, and Metal Gear Solid V
[QUOTE=Karmah;48879212]Big names really help sell a product though.
See exhibit A: hollywood movies that do good versus ones with newly aspiring actors that no one has every heard of[/QUOTE]
I'd say there's a difference between wanting to see a movie because of an actor and wanting to play a game because of an actor.
Why are you guys acting like a cast of great actors is a bad thing?
[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;48879285]Why are you guys acting like a cast of great actors is a bad thing?[/QUOTE]
because they are [I]actors[/I] not voice actors. there is a lot of finesse that goes into voice acting properly and it's not something you can just switch to from full body acting. for example, a lot of people thought kiefer sutherland wasn't a good fit for big boss in mgsv
and i still don't think he is, the few lines that he did have were delivered really generically, obviously part of that is from the voice director's choices and the script but the game feels really crippled as a result.
The fuck are you guys on about? They sure as hell aren't [I]just [/I]voice acting, couldn't you extrapolate from that thumbnail that they're doing mocap? It's really active mocap too, go watch the behind-the-scenes
[QUOTE=lintz;48879343]because they are [I]actors[/I] not voice actors. there is a lot of finesse that goes into voice acting properly and it's not something you can just switch to from full body acting.[/QUOTE]
They're doing the whole 'dialogue/mocap at the same time' thing so that's a moot point. It's business as usual for them other than having no environment/set to work with (hello prequels) but that'd be no different if they used VAs instead.
[QUOTE=Jimesu_Evil;48879428] but that'd be no different if they used VAs instead.[/QUOTE]
Voice actors are now doing a lot of stuff that isn't voice acting, the distinction between VA and actor is now a little blurred sometimes. Which is a small part of the reason they're striking.
the other part of the reason is exactly what's happening here, big name hollywood actors are being signed on and replacing them, leaving dedicated VAs with no jobs.
[QUOTE=lintz;48879343]because they are [I]actors[/I] not voice actors. there is a lot of finesse that goes into voice acting properly and it's not something you can just switch to from full body acting. for example, a lot of people thought kiefer sutherland wasn't a good fit for big boss in mgsv
and i still don't think he is, the few lines that he did have were delivered really generically, obviously part of that is from the voice director's choices and the script but the game feels really crippled as a result.[/QUOTE]
That's so elitist sounding. Voice actors' talents are in their range of playing different voices. These actors are only playing a single character each.
[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;48879689]That's so elitist sounding. Voice actors' talents are in their range of playing different voices. These actors are only playing a single character each.[/QUOTE]
that is debatable. jennifer hale rarely changes her voice for her characters.
[QUOTE=lintz;48879703]that is debatable. jennifer hale rarely changes her voice for her characters.[/QUOTE]
That's not really up to her at all though, that's up 100% to the VO directors.
[QUOTE=lintz;48879173]mark hamill has experience with pure voice acting without body language to assist in the acting
a lot of actors>voice actors have that issues of not really knowing how to express things with only their voice which is why celebrity actors as game characters tend to be a bad idea.[/QUOTE]
They're doing full motion and performance capture though, so you need decent actors for that, not just voice actors.
[video=youtube;T4oOL26Qn7U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oOL26Qn7U[/video]
[QUOTE=Docc;48880173]They're doing full motion and performance capture though, so you need decent actors for that, not just voice actors.
[video=youtube;T4oOL26Qn7U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oOL26Qn7U[/video][/QUOTE]
Debatable.
More and more voice actors are doing more and more motion capture.
[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;48879689]That's so elitist sounding. Voice actors' talents are in their range of playing different voices. These actors are only playing a single character each.[/QUOTE]
People are forgetting that practically all of them have voice over experience.
[QUOTE=lintz;48879703]that is debatable. jennifer hale rarely changes her voice for her characters.[/QUOTE]
Or in the case of MGS1: Twin Snakes and MGS4, she changes Naomi's English accent to the American accent she uses in other games.
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