No, Largo's voice didn't sound right to me either.
Think about how Largo should be feeling. When he's with Guybrush, he's full of bravado and obnoxiousness.
Yet when he's dealing with LeChuck, he should sound frightened and trying to squirm his way out of all of Guybrush's slips as all of his efforts keep going sideways.
And the undercurrent of all this is a deviousness and manipulativeness. He's supposed to be a real slimy character. Also, he should sound more and more concerned as time goes on, as it's more and more likely that LeChuck is going to rip him limb-from-limb for failing so many times.
Now think about how Largo's voice sounds. It's flat and bland. You cannot read his emotion at all. Maybe he's supposed to be coming off as having a poker face, but he's a foil for Guybrush, and the hapless sidekick for the undead voodoo pirate LeChuck.
Wow, this is proving to be more popular than I thought! Thanks guys!
Ok, I can open Guybrush's costume in Photoshop now, but it puts these weird stripes all over the image, is there any way to avoid this or is it natural and shall I just ignore it?
Can't promise anything about putting it into the game, at least not until MI2 is out and not until I understand the ancient art of modding.
Now think about how Largo's voice sounds. It's flat and bland. You cannot read his emotion at all. Maybe he's supposed to be coming off as having a poker face, but he's a foil for Guybrush, and the hapless sidekick for the undead voodoo pirate LeChuck.
Flat just doesn't seem to fit for me.
It's not it being flat for me, so much as it's very Dumb Henchman No.3, it sounds like so many henchman/thug voices I've heard in kid's cartoons in the past. I know he's not really meant to be amazingly bright, and he is a thug, but like you said, I thought of him as being more weasly and manipulative as opposed to straight-up thick. I'll still hold out for the whole game, in case it does sound better as a whole, but I still can't shake that I've heard that type of voice a lot before.
I like V1 the best. its the truest to the original. The smile they gave him (when he is supposed to be frowning) takes whatever grumpy old man vibe he had and throws it away IMO
I like V1 the best. its the truest to the original. The smile they gave him (when he is supposed to be frowning) takes whatever grumpy old man vibe he had and throws it away IMO
I never thought he was grumpy in the game just senial
I like V1 the best. its the truest to the original. The smile they gave him (when he is supposed to be frowning) takes whatever grumpy old man vibe he had and throws it away IMO
The original sprite looks like it's smiling to me. Maybe I'm as blind as Marty is deaf...
They should delay it 6 days, though, to the 13th July.
Best. Birthday present. Ever.
If you're suggesting that they base the release date on one person's birthday, that would be an illogical marketing decision from their perspective. I mean, you can always just download it on whatever day suits you best, nobody's stopping you.
If you're suggesting that they base the release date on one person's birthday, that would be an illogical marketing decision from their perspective. I mean, you can always just download it on whatever day suits you best, nobody's stopping you.
Don't forget it will upset everyone whose birthday is on the 7th. (Which are most probably around the same amount of people as have their birthday on the 13th).
If they're gonna delay it to any date, the most fitting would be July 15th, the release date of the first Special Edition.
I'd rather they don't delay it though
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Yay, soon!
Yet when he's dealing with LeChuck, he should sound frightened and trying to squirm his way out of all of Guybrush's slips as all of his efforts keep going sideways.
And the undercurrent of all this is a deviousness and manipulativeness. He's supposed to be a real slimy character. Also, he should sound more and more concerned as time goes on, as it's more and more likely that LeChuck is going to rip him limb-from-limb for failing so many times.
Now think about how Largo's voice sounds. It's flat and bland. You cannot read his emotion at all. Maybe he's supposed to be coming off as having a poker face, but he's a foil for Guybrush, and the hapless sidekick for the undead voodoo pirate LeChuck.
Flat just doesn't seem to fit for me.
Ok, I can open Guybrush's costume in Photoshop now, but it puts these weird stripes all over the image, is there any way to avoid this or is it natural and shall I just ignore it?
Can't promise anything about putting it into the game, at least not until MI2 is out and not until I understand the ancient art of modding.
I really like this! I always transformed the pixels into images like this in my mind. I never thought of them in cartoon aspects for some reason.
Same here.
It's not it being flat for me, so much as it's very Dumb Henchman No.3, it sounds like so many henchman/thug voices I've heard in kid's cartoons in the past. I know he's not really meant to be amazingly bright, and he is a thug, but like you said, I thought of him as being more weasly and manipulative as opposed to straight-up thick. I'll still hold out for the whole game, in case it does sound better as a whole, but I still can't shake that I've heard that type of voice a lot before.
I never thought he was grumpy in the game just senial
The original sprite looks like it's smiling to me. Maybe I'm as blind as Marty is deaf...
I thought that was stubble/beard. At least that's what it looks like to me with the sideways sprite.
http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item283720/Monkey-Island%C2%AE-2-Special-Edition-Le-Chuck%E2%80%99s-Revenge/
Pure guesswork? That date looks awfully familiar
Best. Birthday present. Ever.
If you're suggesting that they base the release date on one person's birthday, that would be an illogical marketing decision from their perspective. I mean, you can always just download it on whatever day suits you best, nobody's stopping you.
Don't forget it will upset everyone whose birthday is on the 7th. (Which are most probably around the same amount of people as have their birthday on the 13th).
I'd rather they don't delay it though
...BUT, I'm away from the 14th to the 16th so...
...any time before or after would be fine!
Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3a with the SE team, anybody? >_>