Telltale Games

diewernerbrueder · 05/08/2010, 09:39 am

Will there be any voice acting in the game? There doesn't seem to be any in the Grickle videos and the shots we have seen so far from the game doesn't seem to have any audible speech. I will probably still get it even if it doesn't have, but I'd just like to know for sure.

Strong Max · 05/08/2010, 09:41 am

I don't know. I'm split as too if I want it or not...Ok, I've decided I want it.

jeeno0142 · 05/08/2010, 02:59 pm

I kinda hope there isn't. I recon it'd ruin the Grickle feel if they added voices. Still, if there are voices I'm sure Telltale have done it well.

LuigiHann · 05/08/2010, 03:15 pm

I wouldn't expect voice acting... but then again, I wouldn't have expected large, mid-screen talk bubbles, so they could surprise me yet again.

tm_drummer · 05/09/2010, 06:27 am

Why wouldn't there be voice acting? It's a Telltale Grickle-based game! It's not a Grickle short toon or a comic.

Didero · 05/09/2010, 06:59 am

But no character in the Grickle universe has a voice. It could be a bit out of place if people in this game would be able to talk.

tm_drummer · 05/09/2010, 10:07 am

No voice? They have a voice (a scream is a voice, and lots of them scream, especially in Graham's last short, "Channels")...so I would say they are able...they just don't talk...in sentences, anyway.

Alcoremortis · 05/09/2010, 10:29 am

They talk in monkey voices.

jeeno0142 · 05/09/2010, 01:20 pm

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Originally Posted by tm_drummer

No voice? They have a voice (a scream is a voice, and lots of them scream, especially in Graham's last short, "Channels")...so I would say they are able...they just don't talk...in sentences, anyway.

I'd say that is more of a sound effect than a voice personally.

LuigiHann · 05/09/2010, 06:00 pm

Yeah, on the one hand, the videos never seem to have dialog, but on the other hand, the comics I've seen from him have plenty of dialog, and the game itself clearly has dialog, so there's really no fundamental reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be voiced. Sam and Max didn't have voices until they made a game out of it.

Avistew · 05/09/2010, 09:55 pm

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Originally Posted by LuigiHann

there's really no fundamental reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be voiced.

What about:
a) they want to retain the feel of the comic and shorts by using only word balloons
or
b) they wanted to invest less money because it's a pilot and voice actors cost more than no voice actors
or
c) since there are lots of mini-puzzles, there will be much more characters than your regular episode cast, requiring more different voices that get less lines each, which isn't as practical to voice

These all sound like plausible reasons to me.

LuigiHann · 05/10/2010, 06:33 am

I didn't say there was no plausible reason, and I probably should have noted that I do still think it probably will be voiceless, based on what we've seen so far.

I'm just saying that they could have voiced it if they wanted to, and I don't think that would have been a bad or wrong choice.

Avistew · 05/10/2010, 06:38 am

Oh, definitely. It'll be good either way.

jp-30 · 05/10/2010, 06:51 pm

I've said it elsewhere, but if they can scream and make monkey noises, then their larynx's work, so a good compromise would be mumbling and other emotions conveyed via vocal sounds - just not words - Traveller's Tales has done this wonderfully with their LEGO games in recent years. And... no translations needed for other languages!

But I'm sure whatever Telltale do, it'll be fine and it obviously will have been sanctioned by Graham Annable.

ObiWanThreepwood · 05/10/2010, 07:43 pm

It's clear they can talk and form english words though, if you look at the screenshots. The one screenshot has a townfolk telling Nelson Tethers he doesn't like cops... though through a speach bubble, making me think there will be no voice.

I think I'd prefer spoken dialogue, if I had a choice though.

StarEye · 05/10/2010, 11:01 pm

The speech bubble might be for those who prefers having subtitles as well. Having subtitles does not even slightly hint that there may be no voices. Every good game has them. I'm certain that the speech bubbles are there, not because there are no voices, but because they're the way they wanted the subtitles to be. Which makes sense in a game based on a comic.

jeeno0142 · 05/11/2010, 02:42 am

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Originally Posted by StarEye

The speech bubble might be for those who prefers having subtitles as well. Having subtitles does not even slightly hint that there may be no voices. Every good game has them. I'm certain that the speech bubbles are there, not because there are no voices, but because they're the way they wanted the subtitles to be. Which makes sense in a game based on a comic.

I don't know. Seems an odd way of doing subtitles to me.

Avistew · 05/11/2010, 04:23 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeeno0142

I don't know. Seems an odd way of doing subtitles to me.

I like it when subtitles are done that way. You always know who is talking and it's all comic-ey.
Obviously wouldn't always work, but it can work very well.
But I don't see voices as necessary, either.

S@bre · 05/11/2010, 05:23 am

That its adapted from a comic doesn't really hold up. Look no further than Sam & Max and Bone. But speech bubbles do make a neat alternative subtitle system to simply putting the words across the bottom of the screen.

Pinchpenny · 05/11/2010, 10:13 am

I think it's worth noting that in screenshots of their games, Telltale usually - if not always - have the subtitles turned off. It'd seem odd, then, that they'd have them shown for Puzzle Agent unless that was the only option.

Merely speculation, of course.

05/08/2010, 09:39 am	#1
diewernerbrueder Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5	Voice Acting? Will there be any voice acting in the game? There doesn't seem to be any in the Grickle videos and the shots we have seen so far from the game doesn't seem to have any audible speech. I will probably still get it even if it doesn't have, but I'd just like to know for sure.

05/08/2010, 09:41 am	#2
Strong Max The QUICKER picker-upper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 351	I don't know. I'm split as too if I want it or not...Ok, I've decided I want it. __________________ Don't read this, it will freak you out: I'm standing right behind you.

05/08/2010, 03:15 pm	#4
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	I wouldn't expect voice acting... but then again, I wouldn't have expected large, mid-screen talk bubbles, so they could surprise me yet again. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

05/09/2010, 10:07 am	#7
tm_drummer A Three Headed Monkey Join Date: May 2010 Location: Croatia Posts: 19	No voice? They have a voice (a scream is a voice, and lots of them scream, especially in Graham's last short, "Channels")...so I would say they are able...they just don't talk...in sentences, anyway. Last edited by tm_drummer; 05/09/2010 at 10:17 am.

05/09/2010, 10:29 am	#8
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05/08/2010, 02:59 pm	#3
jeeno0142 Love is for the Living. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 1,122	I kinda hope there isn't. I recon it'd ruin the Grickle feel if they added voices. Still, if there are voices I'm sure Telltale have done it well.

05/09/2010, 06:27 am	#5
tm_drummer A Three Headed Monkey Join Date: May 2010 Location: Croatia Posts: 19	Why wouldn't there be voice acting? It's a Telltale Grickle-based game! It's not a Grickle short toon or a comic.

05/09/2010, 06:59 am	#6
Didero Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 481	But no character in the Grickle universe has a voice. It could be a bit out of place if people in this game would be able to talk.

05/09/2010, 06:00 pm	#10
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	Yeah, on the one hand, the videos never seem to have dialog, but on the other hand, the comics I've seen from him have plenty of dialog, and the game itself clearly has dialog, so there's really no fundamental reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be voiced. Sam and Max didn't have voices until they made a game out of it. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

05/10/2010, 06:33 am	#12
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	I didn't say there was no plausible reason, and I probably should have noted that I do still think it probably will be voiceless, based on what we've seen so far. I'm just saying that they could have voiced it if they wanted to, and I don't think that would have been a bad or wrong choice. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

05/10/2010, 06:38 am	#13
Avistew I<3>1 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 5,051	Oh, definitely. It'll be good either way. Last edited by Avistew; 05/10/2010 at 06:42 am.

05/10/2010, 06:51 pm	#14
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	I've said it elsewhere, but if they can scream and make monkey noises, then their larynx's work, so a good compromise would be mumbling and other emotions conveyed via vocal sounds - just not words - Traveller's Tales has done this wonderfully with their LEGO games in recent years. And... no translations needed for other languages! But I'm sure whatever Telltale do, it'll be fine and it obviously will have been sanctioned by Graham Annable.

05/10/2010, 07:43 pm	#15
ObiWanThreepwood Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 75	It's clear they can talk and form english words though, if you look at the screenshots. The one screenshot has a townfolk telling Nelson Tethers he doesn't like cops... though through a speach bubble, making me think there will be no voice. I think I'd prefer spoken dialogue, if I had a choice though.

05/10/2010, 11:01 pm	#16
StarEye Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 895	The speech bubble might be for those who prefers having subtitles as well. Having subtitles does not even slightly hint that there may be no voices. Every good game has them. I'm certain that the speech bubbles are there, not because there are no voices, but because they're the way they wanted the subtitles to be. Which makes sense in a game based on a comic.

05/11/2010, 05:23 am	#19
S@bre Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Blighty Posts: 356	That its adapted from a comic doesn't really hold up. Look no further than Sam & Max and Bone. But speech bubbles do make a neat alternative subtitle system to simply putting the words across the bottom of the screen. __________________ "In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others" — Voltaire "Beer is proof that God wanted us to be happy" — Benjamin Franklin > Sam & Max on Wikipedia > Tales of Monkey Island on Wikipedia

05/11/2010, 10:13 am	#20
Pinchpenny Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 202	I think it's worth noting that in screenshots of their games, Telltale usually - if not always - have the subtitles turned off. It'd seem odd, then, that they'd have them shown for Puzzle Agent unless that was the only option. Merely speculation, of course. __________________ Sam and Max.co.uk » Twitter and Facebook » Interview with Vegas Trip

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