About our characters in the cinematics..

(Schwarzeis) #1

Over at the Bethesda forum some guy wrote that our characters wont be doing the talking, they will only do stuff in the background like lifting crates and stuff like it, the real story characters will do the talking

Is this true? :l

Would be really, really nice if someone from Splash Damage could tell me/us what it is, are our characters stars or just stand-ins?

(nincek) #2

I heard that you are always away on Steam. Berzerker here by the way. Cheers.

(Schwarzeis) #3

I know, I’m studying, or well, I took a break, and I’m currently away now becuase I do not want to be disturbed, I’m sorry :<

(LOGic1607) #4

That got off toic fast

(Schwarzeis) #5

Since the first reply was off-topic, then yes, it did derail fast as ****

Still want an answer

(LOGic1607) #6

Lol yea, I get what your saying tho, it’s a bit dodgy having your character stand in the background doing nothing special as NPCS make the important decisions, but We are only playing as an ordinary soldier… Who atleast has a face coughmasterchiefcough.

That’s also how SD will convey the story.

(tokamak) #7

You’re not an important character, which is great because it means you get to fill it in yourself. It would feel odd if you were a sadistic psychopath during the cut-scenes and then go back to being the pacifistic medic who doesn’t fire a shot during the game .

(Schwarzeis) #8

I do feel this is bad :l

So in the background we got our guys, while 8 guys in the foreground who wont fight talk about plans and what we need to do

… Yeah

(tokamak) #9

If you want to be the super-duper one-man army that single handedly wins a war between two super powers then go play COD.

(Herandar) #10

I think your information is incorrect or at least warped. There are NPCs (namely the leaders of each side), but the cutscenes in the middle of the mission dealing directly with the battle at hand will feature the eight man squads. If they didn’t, they would not have needed to record every line of dialogue in each accent?

There will almost definitely be additional scenes not involving the player’s avatars, just to tell the story,

(crazyfoolish) #11

I think i remember reading somewhere that leaders of your faction often make appearances in the intro cut scenes. I’m pretty sure that your character still has dialogue though.

(Schwarzeis) #12

What the **** did I do now? :l

If I play with 7 guys on my team (NOTE: Guys = Human), it sure is a bit weird to see us all in the background doing nothing but lifting crates, while the 8 NPC guys just talk like they fought, that is all.

(Schwarzeis) #13

[QUOTE=Herandar;266973]I think your information is incorrect or at least warped. There are NPCs (namely the leaders of each side), but the cutscenes in the middle of the mission dealing directly with the battle at hand will feature the eight man squads. If they didn’t, they would not have needed to record every line of dialogue in each accent?

There will almost definitely be additional scenes not involving the player’s avatars, just to tell the story,[/QUOTE]

They would have to do recordings for every accent for every role in every cinematic, yeah :confused: Sounds like a bit too much, I know…

But didn’t they say our characters would star the cutscenes, and they are working like ants on sound for BRINK, aren’t they?

(Nail) #14

[QUOTE=Schwarzeis;266954]Over at the Bethesda forum some guy wrote that our characters wont be doing the talking, they will only do stuff in the background like lifting crates and stuff like it, the real story characters will do the talking

Is this true? :l

Would be really, really nice if someone from Splash Damage could tell me/us what it is, are our characters stars or just stand-ins?[/QUOTE]

they also have a multipage thread about customizing knives like you can customize guns, although why someone would want a folding stock, drum magazine and scope on a knife baffles me. It’s a very different mindset there

(Schwarzeis) #15

There are ‘‘normal threads’’ and ‘‘whoppawhoop’’ threads, I think it’s nice, keeps the forum alive and healthy

… Now back to my question :stuck_out_tongue:

Maybe I can try to summon Badman…

BADMAN?

(Dormamu) #16

maybe the NPC will go like:

  • Look at those weaklings lying on the floor, they lost the battle brothers… (Zoom on my character on the floor)… Evil laugh MUhahaha… the camera fades with the last image showing the players on the floor in a seems like choreographic death animation… one of us will say … the horror… mommy… stars fill the screen… text message pop up … “You’re a star”… !nextmap
    :smiley:
(tokamak) #17

[QUOTE=Schwarzeis;266978]What the **** did I do now? :l

If I play with 7 guys on my team (NOTE: Guys = Human), it sure is a bit weird to see us all in the background doing nothing but lifting crates, while the 8 NPC guys just talk like they fought, that is all.[/QUOTE]

Works for Gordon Freeman.

(Schwarzeis) #18

But the guys in BRINK aint Gordon Freeman, no? :stuck_out_tongue:

EDIT: Still waiting for someone from Splash :<

(Herandar) #19

You misunderstand. I’m saying they DID record every line of dialogue in each accent.

Your character does speak in cutscenes. Just not all of them.

(Nail) #20

yep, Paul said in the hiphop review that they did all recordings in all voices