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Peter Dinklage in Bungie's Destiny - That wizard came from the moon
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Twilight Gap
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i think we have ourselves a destiny meme
It's still pretty awful. 1:25-1:35 as an example:
"We've always known the darkness would return."
"To finish."
"What it started."
It's read as three separate sentences with ups and downs in each, rather than a person talking with pauses (as we see in movie trailers and such). And that's on top of just sounding bored. I'm sure the game will be fine, but it sounds like whoever was directing the VO session could have been better/taken more time. Portal's been brought up already, but having an AI character has been no obstacle in the past, with or without modulation. Hell, Cortana's an AI and she was fine.
bamboobimbo
Neo Member
I find it fucking hilarious myself, and it just goes to show even the best writers in the business can have a brainfart. Bungie have gone about this in the perfect way, well done for embracing it and "owning" the joke. Another reminder of just how connected and in touch Bungie are with their community.
Does anyone know who the other male voice actor was from the Destiny Beta? His voice is SUPER familiar. I know he spoke each time at the end of the Strike and at the beginning of a few of the Beacon missions. It's like I can almost picture who it is, but can't put a name to it.
That's Lance Reddick.
Well played. Very well played.
Doesn't he also do the Titan trainer? Is the Titan trainer the guy narrating all of that stuff in universe?
Or maybe, I'm just losing my mind?
HiredN00bs
Banned
No, you're right. He does the intro to the strike. The Crucible quartermaster is also the announcer for PVP, too.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Please someone tell me he won't stay with you the entire game.
Fbh
Gold Member
His performance clearly stood out as the worst thing from the alpha.
He is great in game of thrones so I hardly think it's lack of skill. Mabye whoever is directiong the voice acting sticked with the "AI" idea and just told him to read the lines as if it was the first time he saw the script?
He is great in game of thrones so I hardly think it's lack of skill. Mabye whoever is directiong the voice acting sticked with the "AI" idea and just told him to read the lines as if it was the first time he saw the script?
Goodacre0081
Member
Limited edition run as well. It is specifically labeled for the Alpha on the back, and I really like that profits go to charity. It reminds me of their "kick the flood" charity shirt back in the day. I still have that one, and I plan to get this one too.Gotta love Bungie for doing stuff like this.
Here's the shirt in full glory:
Gotta love Bungie for doing stuff like this.
Here's the shirt in full glory:
That shirt carries more enthusiasm and emotion than any of the lines I heard from Dinklage.
It's not even clear to me that an AI should emote at all. A relatively flat delivery may be unexciting, but it may also be the reality of talking to a disembodied intelligence. It's also possible that the flat delivery becomes contextually humorous in situations that would warrant high emotion.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
hes alright... the pvp announcer on the other hand is soft spoken and sounds bored.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I remember thinking about this when I saw Her, and that movie made me realize that any AI worth a damn in the future would be able to replicate human emotion. I think the emotionless AI concept only belongs to our era, being a flat voice with no emotion just because we couldn't pull it off yet.
Is this their version of "owning" it? It doesn't exactly change their terrible writing.
drak_dreamer
Member
From the weekly bungie update.
I quite liked the PvP announcer, was fresh and not so clichéd.
Unless they've recorded new lines or make Drinklage's voice unrecognisable through huge fx chains that completely mask the voice (which won't happen as it goes against getting him in the first place), it won't be better at all really. Putting it through a high pass filter to give the impression it's coming from a small box and placing it in a 3D space will be the biggest improvement they'll likely make.
RazielCuts
Member
So now that they've made a t-shirt of the meme I think (thankfully) it can officially die. Just reading those headings in the post with '_blank_ came from the _blank_' got a bit eye rolling.
At least the proceeds for the shirt are going to charity so they spun it into a good thing as well as taking it on the chin. Good PR move all round.
At least the proceeds for the shirt are going to charity so they spun it into a good thing as well as taking it on the chin. Good PR move all round.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
So they had peter dinklage record new lines?
it could have been placeholder audio from the very beginning.
Reckon they should get a Yorkshireman to narrate instead, "wizard came from t'moon like."
Would be glorious.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzAD2GLfaNU Comedic explanation for those unaware
irrotational
Member
Not your day is it? I think you want the Beta thread...