Monkey Island 2 Remake

[Thrik]

Yeah, me too. I've liked the voice casting so far though, even if I did (inevitably) imagine different voices myself for certain characters.

 

I didn't know about those new shots on the official site, really good stuff. At first my brain didn't even register the fact that the Booty Island outdoor shot with the cannon guy was the new version, such is the faithfulness.

 

At the very worst we get an awesomeified version of the MI2 soundtrack for the first time ever which is vastly exciting IMO.

[ThunderPeel2001]

Yeah, me too. I've liked the voice casting so far though, even if I did (inevitably) imagine different voices myself for certain characters.

 

I didn't know about those new shots on the official site, really good stuff. At first my brain didn't even register the fact that the Booty Island outdoor shot with the cannon guy was the new version, such is the faithfulness.

 

At the very worst we get an awesomeified version of the MI2 soundtrack for the first time ever which is vastly exciting IMO.

 

What voice acting have we heard? I thought it was only Largo so far? Also, didn't you say you enjoyed the VO work in the first SE? I still can't imagine anyone enjoying some of that stuff (the pirates in the Scumm Bar??).

[Kroms]

Bart and Fink. They were both pretty good. Gabez linked to the video a page or two back.

[Threepwood4life]

Maybe something to keep an eye on it looks like MI SE will be XBox Deal of the Week on May 17th, I could see this as a possible lead up to the release announcement.

[Thrik]

I can't actually remember the pirates' voices in the SE, but I honestly don't remember at any point thinking "Good lord this sounds ****" while playing the original apart from when the narrator was exploding my face off.

[Aububuh]

It's amazing how even someone as talented as Denny Delk can sound horrible when given bad direction.

[Thrik]

Yeah the tone was just... wrong. I'd have preferred Murray doing the narration.

[Threepwood4life]

Some good Denny Delk sound samples here he does have a good range for voices.

 

You may recognize a certain voice and laugh in a couple of these;

 

Announcer Sample

http://www.ddelk.com/ddelks.mp3

 

Promo Sample

http://www.ddelk.com/ddelkp.mp3

 

Character Sample

http://www.ddelk.com/ddelkc.mp3

 

Narrative Sample

http://www.ddelk.com/ddelkn.mp3

 

Industrial Sample

http://www.ddelk.com/ddelki.mp3

[Thrik]

You know I bet he could do a damn good Manny impression. ;

[Giant Graffiti]

I can't actually remember the pirates' voices in the SE, but I honestly don't remember at any point thinking "Good lord this sounds ****" while playing the original apart from when the narrator was exploding my face off.

Wow. Not even Cobb?

[ThunderPeel2001]

Wow. Not even Cobb?

 

*shudders*

 

Estevan wasn't much better, either.

[Lagomorph01]

Wow, Danny's talking voice sounds exactly like Hoagie.

[MusicallyInspired]

I thought Cobb was fine. I didn't expect Estevan to have an accent, though.

[ThunderPeel2001]

I thought Cobb was fine. I didn't expect Estevan to have an accent, though.

 

He sounded utterly retarded. But whatever.

[MusicallyInspired]

It's a cartoon.

[KestrelPi]

I agree. I thought the voices were fine. Even Cobb. I didn't expect him to sound like that but the only thing I really didn't like is that they only recorded one 'Aye' which sounded bad.

[MusicallyInspired]

I think that was part of the joke. I wouldn't have expected it any other way.

 

Actually, I pictured him with a more deeper, exhausted/tired type of voice. But the voice they picked fits as well.

[ThunderPeel2001]

It's a cartoon.

 

That's completely besides the point to me. CMI, DOTT and Sam and Max were very definitely "cartoons"... but they all had excellent voice acting, too.

 

I first played DOTT without sound, and when I got to play it with sound, the voices were GREAT... So it's not just because the SE voices don't match what I imagined, either.

 

I'm not even saying that all the SE voices were bad, some were wonderful. But some were, in my opinion, incredibly amateurish. I think the point has been made before: It felt like the devs thought - silly voice = funnier

[SyntheticGerbil]

If it's a cartoon, it means it must have ****ty voice directing.

 

Seriously though, I wasn't all that unhappy with the voice acting in the first SE. I really enjoyed Guybrush, Captain Smirk, the shopkeeper (this was everything I ever wanted in a pissed off shopkeeper), the Voodoo Lady, Carla, Elaine, and the insult pirates, but a lot of other key characters were either off the mark or just badly done like Stan, all of the cannibals except Lemonhead, Toothrot, Cobb, and to some extent LeChuck himself.

 

But either way, old LucasArts adventures had probably the most professional voice acting available at that time, with either just impeccable direction or some of those actors moving on to more high profile projects. They just made almost everyone else look bad, especially Sierra. SE's voiceacting reminded more of the style in other good but not as good adventure series like Kyrandia, which had a mix of both bad voices and good voices. I prefer having voices over none at all either way though with both Kyrandia and the SE.

 

It seems like while every voice will not be perfect this time around, the SE team probably at least took note of people's comments. The narrator is a key offender in unnecessary over the top voice acting, and Craig Derrick at least showed he understood people were unhappy with it. It's especially odd to me, because when is there someone reading text for you in a movie? Why do it in a game? It's not like this is often done in games. I don't recall anyone reading out loud the nuclear weapon statistics at the end of Metal Gear Solid.

[Giant Graffiti]

^^^

 

Speaking of MGS, am I the only one who imagined Captain Smirk sounding like Snake?

 

(I thought the guy they got to play him was really great, though.)

[SyntheticGerbil]

Haha, David Hayter as Captain Smirk would have been really awesome.

 

It wouldn't have been a crazy stretch since some of the Metal Gear voice actors have worked on both the SE and past LucasArts games.

[Laserschwert]

Mh... Smirk in Avatar?

 

[draedan]

sorry, but i've missed largo's voice , where can I listen ?

 

edit : found on the previous pages, is there any way I can watch that leaked movie ?

[Thrik]

Yes, look harder at the previous pages. A mirror was posted somewhere. ;

[ThunderPeel2001]

If it's a cartoon, it means it must have ****ty voice directing.

 

Seriously though, I wasn't all that unhappy with the voice acting in the first SE. I really enjoyed Guybrush, Captain Smirk, the shopkeeper (this was everything I ever wanted in a pissed off shopkeeper), the Voodoo Lady, Carla, Elaine, and the insult pirates, but a lot of other key characters were either off the mark or just badly done like Stan, all of the cannibals except Lemonhead, Toothrot, Cobb, and to some extent LeChuck himself.

 

But either way, old LucasArts adventures had probably the most professional voice acting available at that time, with either just impeccable direction or some of those actors moving on to more high profile projects. They just made almost everyone else look bad, especially Sierra. SE's voiceacting reminded more of the style in other good but not as good adventure series like Kyrandia, which had a mix of both bad voices and good voices. I prefer having voices over none at all either way though with both Kyrandia and the SE.

 

It seems like while every voice will not be perfect this time around, the SE team probably at least took note of people's comments. The narrator is a key offender in unnecessary over the top voice acting, and Craig Derrick at least showed he understood people were unhappy with it. It's especially odd to me, because when is there someone reading text for you in a movie? Why do it in a game? It's not like this is often done in games. I don't recall anyone reading out loud the nuclear weapon statistics at the end of Metal Gear Solid.

 

Yes, and didn't he SAY "love" when Guybrush turns around for the "you've got love written all over your face" joke? I mean, that just beggars belief.

 

But for me, I don't think I'll ever be able to play the first SE (or at least listen to it) until I've made my own version. (And when is that ever going to happen?) I was so unhappy with too many of the voices (not all), and they started to eradicate the voices I've grown to love... the ones I imagined. That's the MI that I love and I don't want to lose it, so I guess I have to stay away in order to keep it.

 

But, MI2:SE looks a lot more promising... and I probably don't love MI2 QUITE as much as MI1, so I think I could handle this new version a little more. I hope so.