Dictator93
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I am very proud of the work that has done. Thx for the separate thread.
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Star Citizen cast: Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis and more
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Shining Sunshine
Banned
That's actually pretty sad.
They don't have enough people working on the game and constantly put them in development hell, but then they blow their money on star power for voice acting?
If the people working there weren't pissed, I do wonder if they are now.
They don't have enough people working on the game and constantly put them in development hell, but then they blow their money on star power for voice acting?
If the people working there weren't pissed, I do wonder if they are now.
It depends on what the voice is being used for. Oldman is an amazing actor, so basing a character off him would be better than just a talented VA.
Don't they have like 200+ developers now?
Bitch Pudding
Member
Nice, but no match for Nate. Not even close.
I don't know. What they said was that it was large because the characters are dynamic. What they say to you and how they respond to you depends on your choices and how well you do in the game.
They don't? 270 people working on it now.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
IN a default, ugly lighting? You'd need to compare it under "show-off" lighting, which ND probably uses whenever they trot Nate out.
Stretch goals yo.
They have 270 working on it dude
Mushroomer25
Member
The presence of a huge stars will make people consider this game, when they may have totally ignored it beforehand. It unquestionably moves this game into the realm of AAA releases.
Plus, these are talented actors. If they're using facial capture, you're going to get a performance that can't be created by animators.
Garrett Hawke
Member
I mean this is Star Citizen, whose forum goers were at one point arguing for rape to be in the game or something. Doubt they care much about social equality but would love to be proven wrong.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Very little for how many features they need to complete.
Edit: To put some perspective, Assassin's Creed 2 had 450 people working on it to finish it in 2 years.
I didn't know that this game had a story. With such a large investment in securing expensive actors, I hope they secure a good writer and director.
Seems like a waste of money, imo.So that's what they spent all that Kickstarter money on eh
Gaming. Just be happy that there's a woman in there.
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Deleted member 57681
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EVERYONE
The devs that get worked the hardest belong to teams of hundreds.
Like, Assassins Creed is made by, what, 600 people? And the devs still have crunch, and the games still launch buggy and broken. 270 is neither an impressive nor a comforting number.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
The actual Star Citizen is so big that Squadron 42 using extra budget to go for mass appeal to help fund its big brother may be reasonable, yet a risky strategy.
Messofanego
Banned
Well sorry that they don't have the same number of developers as Ubisoft over the course of 3 years.
I guess I should go tell Indie devs to stop making games because you can't make anything ambitious without a thousand developers.
That's not the whole cast, and Sophie Wu is not white.
Dictator93
Member
twas a stretchgoal
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
at least you know players that become space pirates will be real nutcases
Here is bit more on the cast (I don't know the last ones):
- Gary Oldman - Batman / Fifth Element / Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
- Mark Hamill - Star Wars / Batman [Joker]
- Mark Strong - Kingsmen / Sherlock Holmes
- Gillian Anderson - X-Files
- Liam Cunningham - Game Of Thrones [Davos] / Wind That Shakes the Barley / Dr Who
- Andy Serkis - Lord of the Rings / Planet of the Apes
- John Rhys Davies - Lord of the Rings [Gimli], Indiana Jones [Sallah]
- Rhona Mitra - Shooter / Underworld
- Sophie Wu - Kick Ass
- Ben Mendelsohn - Dark Knight Rises [Daggett]
- Jack Huston - Broadwalk Empire [Harrow]
- Gemma Whelan - Game of Thrones [Yara]
- Harry Treadaway - Control
- Craig Fairbrass - Eastenders
- Ian Duncan
- Sandi Gardiner
They have the money to though. That's why it's weird. But they opted to hire celebrities.
It's an indie team mis-prioritizing in the same way AAA publishers do. That's at least a little worrying, at best.
Revolutionary
Member
I haven't been following this game at all, so I had no idea this game was being made by people behind Wing Commander. It took the names Mark Hamill and John Rys Davies on the same cast to make me aware of this.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
So they're making a full-fledged "AAA" game now?
OdysseusVA
Banned
Is this why they no longer have any money?
Dictator93
Member
It was always that way in terms of ambition
That's what they've been doing all along - there's an online universe that was made possible via crowd funding, and the main Squadron 42 game which was the original project goal
ashecitism
Member
The animation looks insane and so smooth all those little details when he is talking.
Nice. Gary Oldman is one of my favourite actors. He can do practically every role thrown at him exceptionally
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Urrvurrwon
It always was.
Now kiss.
FriedConsole
Banned
Nah they can get more. There are few genres still not promised to be in the game yet that will get more people to sink money in this well forseen upcoming disaster. Let's say football could be added.
"AAAA" if you look at that cast. But I think such ways of describing games are pointless
Iced_Eagle
Member
This is one hell of a cast. The behind the scenes video was amazing to watch and see all of those actors working on the game.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Yeah, I used t love him before that racist stuff came out
Mushroomer25
Member
Joke if you want, I'd put down a hundred bucks for a AAA future space football game in this engine.
Ronabo
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How about Morgan Freeman?