Broken Age - Double Fine's Kickstarter Adventure Game

[bertram_tung]

from what I've seen/heard so far, the game seems to lack the biting sarcasm and dry witty humor that permeated Lucasarts adventure games of the 90s.

Cool that they got Nick Jameson back, though. Here's hoping for Bill Farmer.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Where's denny delk?

 

[Sceptic]

So? I really don't know what you're trying to say.

Reread, you know, what you wrote yourself, and what you were replying to when you did, and you might maybe just maybe understand?
Slaughter said Lucas had great voices from unkowns in their old games. Your rebuttal was... the one famous voice avor Lucas ever used in their old adventure games. My rebuttal to your rebuttal was... what about every single other great voice actor that ISN'T the one and only famous one that they ever used?

In the end credits you normally had the cast and voice, at least in sam and max. Fate of atlantis was first released without voice acting. They added later, and they didn't do anything to the credits, only adding doug lee as indy's voice in the beginning.

They did the same thing with DOTT, released after Atlantis, and whose CD version was available at the same time as the floppy one. And S&M also had a floppy non-voiced version.

I thought the Atlantis voices were a bit wooden at times (some of the minor ones were fantastic - the Red Fez man I remember fondly 20 years later), but both DOTT and S&M's voices were superbly done across the board, and not just by the low standards of the time.

Mark Hamill didn't do much in the way of acting, but he's a pretty successful and prolific voiceover actor these days. I'm sure he doesn't exactly get paid peanuts for his work.

Demi Moore, in an interview a long time ago, actually did say voice acting paid peanuts. She compared her pay from Striptease, to the tune of 12 millions, to her pay on Hunchback of Notre-Dame, to the tune of.... 12 thousands. And this was for a major theatrical Disney release.

Quick, try to think of how many Mark Hamill movies you can name from the 90's.

Time Runner
(it's pretty bad)

 

[suejak]

You're still not making a worthwhile point. Using Jack Black doesn't mean that their new game won't be full of talented unknown voice actors.

Nobody implied that LucasArts used to use exclusively big-name stars in their games. However, they certainly included actors (on occasion, and in leading roles) at and far exceeding the level of Jack Black.

So your sarcastic, smarmy input is completely misdirected. You're not teaching anybody anything.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

If jack black is doing a secondary character and as a donation, I'm ok with that.

 

[suejak]

Are you worried about their budget or something?

 

[evdk]

Are you worried about their budget or something?

No. They aren't, so why should I be.

 

[Stabwound]

It's needless to say that the budget and what they've been doing with the money has been an issue with a lot of people. If they were hiring celebrities to do voice acting it would be a perfect example of how they're doing an awful job with budgeting.

 

[Sceptic]

You're still not making a worthwhile point.

Uh, no I'm not, nor was I supposed to. You said something stupid and I pointed that out, as simple as that. The sarcasm is because you really think you can make it look like I'm the one who made an invalid point in the first place and keep pretending that you never brought up Mark Hamill! in response to "Lucas arts old games had great voice acting from a cast of unknown voice actors." Which, y'know, was not only irrelevant to the point Slaughter was making (that they had great VAs that were not celebrities), but also implied that they did in fact use celebrities in their "old games". Which they didn't. Except for the one and only Mark Hamill. Get it now? Are we done already?

Nobody implied that LucasArts used to use exclusively big-name stars in their games.

This is exactly what you implied with your initial comment that I dissed. If you had simply said:

However, they certainly included actors (on occasion, and in leading roles) at and far exceeding the level of Jack Black.

then there would have been no problem and I would not have interfered in this silly discussion.

You're not teaching anybody anything.

Protip: if I'm being sarcastic, it's not because I'm trying to teach anything.

 

[suejak]

Uh, I think you misunderstood the whole conversation. The guy implied that using Jack Black was a deviation from tradition. It's not.

I'm gonna let you wring your hands over this complicated issue in peace.

 

[Metro]

Someone ripping on Les Nessman in this thread? He won the prestigious silver sow award!

 

[Jarpie]

The voice actors video made me even more convinced that Schafer is doing the game for five year olds, I can't believe how anyone could be still defending this.

 

[J_C]

The voice actors video made me even more convinced that Schafer is doing the game for five year olds, I can't believe how anyone could be still defending this.

Yeah, I lifted an eyebrow myself hearing that. I hope that putting this into context, it will sound better.

 

[Sceptic]

Uh, I think you misunderstood the whole conversation. The guy implied that using Jack Black was a deviation from tradition. It's not.

I fully understood. It is a deviation. I've explained why and how at length. You're a moron.

 

[toro]

The voice actors video made me even more convinced that Schafer is doing the game for five year olds, I can't believe how anyone could be still defending this.

Don't believe. J_C is just trolling to keep the thread alive.

 

[RPGMaster]

That's one expensive voice cast (and I'm not including Black).

Jennifer Hale looks ill in that video.

The dialogue and delivery is straight out of CBBC.

 

[Sensuki]

Grey DeLisle. Sweet. Still won't make me play the game though.

 

[Boleskine]

I think Tim needs to show some humorous scenes/dialogue in the next preview/trailer to get people back on board.

 

[Metro]

Can't. He ran out of money.

 

[Boleskine]

Then he needs to go to a casino and win it back!

 

[Outlander]

Looks like he tried that already

 

[Metro]

Apparently a playable 'alpha' of 'part 1' of this disaster has been released. Anyone here back at the higher tiers? I promise I won't laugh at you.

 

[Aeschylus]

Apparently a playable 'alpha' of 'part 1' of this disaster has been released. Anyone here back at the higher tiers? I promise I won't laugh at you.

Didn't back at higher tiers, but the update said it was an internal alpha, not released.

 

[Boleskine]

The KS page says that people even at the $15 tier get access to the beta, whenever it comes.

 

[J_C]

A little offtopic, but I want to leave this here for all the whiners who say the Double Fine kills Kickstarter. No, THESE kind of things kill Kickstarter:
http://kotaku.com/famous-kickstarter-campaign-turns-into-complete-disaste-1352054852