Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 10th

• GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How is it looking? I haven’t been following, only saw part of the documentary (it was hard to watch in the background) and know pretty much nothing

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The only real qualm I have is the lack of Ukrainian and Russian accents on the English dub. I don’t really understand the thought process as I felt like it added a lot of character and immersion to both the originals and to the Metro games.

    Otherwise I’m optimistic, I think the game looks good and they’ve been saying all the right things. Game journalists who have played it also report things that make me feel very hopeful, both in terms of micro gameplay (atmosphere, tension and isolation without reliance on jump scares) and macro gameplay (decisions mattering, branching stories and factions).

    I pre-ordered the ultimate edition regardless to support the studio after the horrors they’ve survived over the war, including losing colleagues to the frontline.

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    • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The lack of accent is an odd choice, I agree! Maybe they went the Chernobyl route (fitting) where they let the voice actors use their regular voices so they wouldn’t have to be faking an accent the whole time? I thought it worked well there. Thanks for the rundown, might have to preorder it!

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      • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It also worked exceptionally well in The Death of Stalin. I think this is just part of a general shift for media set in Eastern Europe.

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