Characters Talking

Spoony

Spoony

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Just chillin', Playing Gw

Rurik Is A Suicidal Maniac [ftw] - Recruiting people for HA

10 Jun 2006 at 14:45 - 1
Apologies, if i haven't noticed that in the index, if it was there.
I could not use search, was disabled.


My idea is short, but it might be a pain for anet to do it. Despite that, i still dare to post it ( )

Make the characters and npc's mouth's move when they are speaking, in cinematics, and when henchmen comment, and when you try to persuade ghostly to follow you, etc.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

10 Jun 2006 at 14:47 - 2
It has been mentioned before ..... somewhere.

Argument against is that the game is played in many languages and it would not be possible to sync mouth movement properly with all languages.

Spoony

Spoony

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Just chillin', Playing Gw

Rurik Is A Suicidal Maniac [ftw] - Recruiting people for HA

10 Jun 2006 at 14:50 - 3
I haven't seen such a thread, sorry if i haven't noticed it.

One thing, are voices synced in Warcraft 3?:P Don't think so


Edit : Sry if i sorry so much, as i'd not like to be banned for posting this thread.

Rikimaru

Rikimaru

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/

10 Jun 2006 at 15:06 - 4
Just opening and closing their mouths with no real lip motions is better than nothing. Just holding their mouths open the whole time they're speaking is better than nothing.

Lepton CFd

Lepton CFd

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

Mo/Me

10 Jun 2006 at 15:16 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rikimaru
Just opening and closing their mouths with no real lip motions is better than nothing. Just holding their mouths open the whole time they're speaking is better than nothing.
Ehhh....I'd rather them keep their mouths shut when they speak...having their mouths hanging open would look rather ridiculous. If they were going to implement this, I would want them to do it properly.

Oh and by the way...the voiceovers are TERRIBLE. Just listen to Togo. He has so clearly been castrated it's annoying. I simply have to turn off my sound whenever there is a cutscene and someone won't skip it, just because the voiceovers are awful....*sigh* I still love Factions though, contrary to what other people say when they find one minor flaw

fiery

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

10 Jun 2006 at 17:00 - 6
The character's don't have to open their mouths cause they are always practicing their ventrioquist routine.

Spoony

Spoony

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Just chillin', Playing Gw

Rurik Is A Suicidal Maniac [ftw] - Recruiting people for HA

10 Jun 2006 at 17:01 - 7
Lepton, you're critisizing the way people talk in cinematics, thats a diffrent topic. Make one, if you feel like it, but i think there was many people arguing in that matter.:P

Does-it-Matter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/

10 Jun 2006 at 18:55 - 8
Spoony,

Actually what Lepton did was called "an asside." He initially started on topic, then when his piece was said, mentioned something that was semi-related. Its a way of saying your opinion without thread-hijacking.

Another way is this, starting out with something semi-off topic and then ending on topic.

My opinion on the matter is they are fine as is. I really don't watch their mouths enough with the explicit intrest of watching them move. If ANet wants to tackle making X amounts of variations to cover Y languages so they all move in sync, go for it, but its not necissary to the flow of the game.

Beld the Savage

Beld the Savage

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

Liars Cheats and Thieves [Liar]

N/Me

25 Sep 2006 at 15:25 - 9
Characters are now TALKING!!! Nightfall in game cinematics feature now talking characters!

And i must say it rlly looks good.... big plus again for NF

Larnu

Larnu

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

United Kingdom

The Great Shazam [WIN]

N/Me

25 Sep 2006 at 17:42 - 10
Yeah it does look nice, the characters are a lot more involved and there's a larger range of voices now, which is much better aswell, they suit the players better :P