sumo73 Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 From the trailers I've seen there seems to be a lot of head movement in the game. This doesn't bother me but I'm sure it's a bit more than the last game. I'm sure someone is going to complain about motion sickness.
James McGeachie Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 Both are drastic improvements over the disgustingly bad Umbrella Chronicles boxes.
Dante Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 RE:TDC Blog Talking Evil Sound Recording Takes Shape Most of the Resident Evil series is set in America, so the characters speak English. Of course this means that we have to record each character’s dialogue in English. We have Japanese voice actors record the dialogue of games which are in Japanese, and there was even a time when development staff recorded the voices for games. That was fine back then, but now as every aspect of our games becomes higher quality, and as we try to appeal to a more global audience, the quality of in-game voice must increase as well. The voice for the Resident Evil series has been praised as exceptional, and that is due in large part to holding the voice recording sessions in America. We recorded the voice for Darkside Chronicles in America as well. We broke the recording up into a number of sessions. I went to one such session in Los Angeles in March. Los Angeles has plenty of great weather in March, but I was closed up in the studio all day and couldn’t enjoy it at all. Also, we were trying to have the actors that worked on the older games work on Darkside as much as possible, so the actor/actress was often connected to our studio remotely to do their recordings. The role of Claire was played by Alyson Court and Ada Wong’s voice was provided by Sally Cahill. These actresses are both based in Canada, so they weren’t actually with us while we recorded. This technology is very advanced, and is very commonplace in the industry right now, but there are still drops in the connection, and since the actor/actress isn’t there in the room with you, it can be frustrating at times. In spite of those issues, the studio was great because there was free coffee, donuts, fruit and salad. You could have as much as you wanted! It was always fun to munch on these snacks when waiting for a tech problem to get sorted out, or just while taking a break. We worked with JUST CAUSE for the voice recording of this game. They are excellent at what they do in terms of voice recording and motion capture, and did great work on Resident Evil 5 in both of those areas. JUST CAUSE has a great sense of quality and a passion for games. They are a great partner to Capcom. I know that we will be able to reach our high goals for quality working with them. The theme of the voice recording was “presence”. We learned an important lesson about voice during Umbrella Chronicles. We learned that voice is extremely effective when trying to build tension. In Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles the camera advances automatically, so we are able to sync a dramatic conversation between characters that matches what’s happening. You couldn’t have such a fluid and natural conversation happening if you were controlling the characters movement directly. We felt we had to set the bar for voice very high on this game, but just saying you want to have powerful voice acting that conveys a sense of presence is much easier than executing it. First, we create a Japanese script that flows naturally, correcting, editing and trying different things as we go. The next step is the very difficult task of translating the script. All of the voice is recorded in English, so special care and attention needs to be paid to the translation process. We cannot translate the script literally. Sometimes, completely different expressions need to be used in English. For example, there is the line “Mushikera!” (“You worm!”) in the Japanese script, however, there is no good phrase that means “You worm!” in English. This line is rather important in the scenario, so it had to be translated very carefully. In the end we couldn’t find something that got the meaning across exactly, so we settled on “You rat!” for the translation. There were a number of cases where the actors just couldn’t get a feel for the lines, and the presence which we were aiming for couldn’t be achieved. The first voice recording session didn’t go quite as well as I had hoped, so we took the time to hold some extra sessions to fix our mistakes. Through trial and error, the voice director and studio staff was able to more fully understand the meaning behind the brilliant words we had written. By giving examples of what kind of tension we were going for, and by providing videos which made the scenes and situations as easy to understand as possible, we were able to eliminate the problems. We were able to get all the voices, sighs, breathing, groans and whimpers that are necessary to conveying a realistic sense of presence. This process has yielded voice for Darkside Chronicles which I feel is a cut above other game voices. I can’t wait for all of you to hear it! You can’t help but be pulled right in! ■ About Me Recently the air plants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia) I’ve been keeping have been dying. I like air plants and carnivorous plants, so I’ve got a few of them in my house. Of course, Ivy is one of my favorite Resident Evil monsters. I also like the plant-based Ultraman bad guys.
Blue_Ninja0 Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 Awesome boxart, both of them. Don't know which of one I prefer.
CoolFunkMan Posted August 9, 2009 Author Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Capcom appear to have made Twitter accounts for Leon and Claire... http://twitter.com/leon_darkside http://twitter.com/Claire_Darkside Good interview there Marcel, cheers for posting it! Looks like we'll be hearing about this new chapter very soon, can't wait to see it! As Capcom have made Twitter accounts for Leon and Claire, I'm guessing that the new chapter is likely something to do with them. I think it could be a chapter based on the Degeneration movie, though I'm hoping for something enitrely new. EDIT: Actually, Leon's Twitter mentions a C-130, which is a huge transport plane, and says "I have an idea of what's in store for us", meaning Claire might be there too. So I guess this chapter is going to be something new. Edited August 9, 2009 by CoolFunkMan
Blue_Ninja0 Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 Oh come on! This Twitter thing is getting far out of hand.
marcel Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 Capcom appear to have made Twitter accounts for Leon and Claire... http://twitter.com/leon_darkside http://twitter.com/Claire_Darkside Good interview there Marcel, cheers for posting it! Looks like we'll be hearing about this new chapter very soon, can't wait to see it! As Capcom have made Twitter accounts for Leon and Claire, I'm guessing that the new chapter is likely something to do with them. I think it could be a chapter based on the Degeneration movie, though I'm hoping for something enitrely new. EDIT: Actually, Leon's Twitter mentions a C-130, which is a huge transport plane, and says "I have an idea of what's in store for us", meaning Claire might be there too. So I guess this chapter is going to be something new. The Twitter thingy is a little over the top, its not like the voice actors are twittering, its just general capcom staff. Also they got rid of the horrable upbeat/techno sound of umbrella chronicles for a more spooky orchestrated sound ala resident evil 1. (CLICKY) One thing that im really hoping for is more chapters than umbrella chronicles, and let the side characters have more than 1 chapter (ada wong got 1 chapter in umbrella chronicles for shame), They are also working hard to get all the original voice actors back for the game oh and for the ones who didnt knew her original voice actress is on the DC bandwagon (she didnt do the voice of ada in umbrella chronicles) Here you can definetly hear the difference: Ada from resident evil 4 (the original voice actress)
CoolFunkMan Posted August 9, 2009 Author Posted August 9, 2009 I agree that the fact Capcom are making Twitter accounts for fictional characters is a tad ott. However, it is technically new news, plus we'll likely get to hear new info, so it's not all bad. All the crap I said was just a small theory anyways. Also they got rid of the horrable upbeat/techno sound of umbrella chronicles for a more spooky orchestrated sound ala resident evil 1. (CLICKY) I like the UC soundtrack, but I agree it didn't suit Resident Evil that well. I'm glad Capcom are going back to the original musical style tbh.
LostOverThere Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 "Sharing my adventure with you." WTF? Seriously? Who says that? As for the boxart, I definitely like the PAL one. Really digging the white.
Retro_Link Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 Claires ASS... DAMN!!! So since Capcom have since avoided Steve & Sherry, do you reckon either or both may show up in the Leon/Krauser South America mission?
Dante Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Claires ASS... DAMN!!! So since Capcom have since avoided Steve & Sherry, do you reckon either or both may show up in the Leon/Krauser South America mission? Steve is dead and Sherry has been written out the series. Edited August 19, 2009 by Dante
Retro_Link Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 Steve is dead and Sherry has been written out the series.Steves not necessarily dead, he was mutated and then left for dead. Umbrella/Wesker could have got him out before the explosion and continued to run tests on him etc... And who says Sherry's been written out?
Dante Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Steves not necessarily dead, he was mutated and then left for dead. Umbrella/Wesker could have got him out before the explosion and continued to run tests on him etc... And who says Sherry's been written out? Wesker used his dead body to get the T-Veronica virus samples. Wesker and H.C.F. were robbed of the only living host containing a viral sample of T-Veronica with Alexia's demise. Wesker was undaunted by this change of events, however, as the corpse of the formerly mutated Steve Burnside was left intact, and he still had a surviving sample inside him. Wesker ordered his men to retrieve Steve's body, and concluded that he may be resurrected by the virus as Wesker had been by his own virus. Although Wesker and H.C.F. were successful in getting a T-Veronica sample from Steve, and Wesker was able to get financial compensation for it from his Organization superiors Capcom removed the references to her from the Wesker's Report re-release. Edited August 19, 2009 by Dante
Retro_Link Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 ^ isn't that saying there's a chance Steve could be resurrected like Wesker was? Also, surely by reintroducing Sherry through Darkside Chronicles, they may continue her story on in the games later mission.
Zechs Merquise Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 ^ isn't that saying there's a chance Steve could be resurrected like Wesker was? Also, surely by reintroducing Sherry through Darkside Chronicles, they may continue her story on in the games later mission. I thought RE5 was the end of the story arc and besides spin offs like Darkside and remakes we were going to have something altogether new in RE6?
Retro_Link Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 Yeah but I was saying do we think Steve/Sherry might crop up in the new darkside chroncles chapters set in South America.
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