Doesn't show actual gameplay footage this time, but it looks fantastic and shows the story aspect of the game perfectly
complete with some voice acting and epic music.
I was also particularly impressed
with the voice acting from the first game, and from the looks of the trailer, the sequel should boast equally impressive audio.
The soundtrack also enhances the atmosphere considerably,
with voice acting for during select scenes making the game feel more immersive than ever.
The game falls flat in the sound
department with no voice acting and the annoying commentary make the experience less realistic but it is still a fun game.
The soundtrack also enhances the atmosphere considerably,
with voice acting for during select scenes making the game feel more immersive than ever.
I was also particularly impressed
with the voice acting from the first game, and from the looks of the trailer, the sequel should boast equally impressive audio.
In
games with no voice acting and even some with bad voice acting, it can be hard for a player to get a good idea of the nuance in the dialogue.
The music is great and really sets the mood
along with the voice acting (which I had set to English, but you can play in Japanese if you wish), however not everything is voiced, so there is a lot of reading — you get the occasional one - liner from the person you are speaking too, but full - on VO is reserved mainly for cutscenes and the Trials.
The departure came as Konami killed off Silent Hills, a reboot of the horror franchise, that was to be the result of a collaboration between Kojima and del Toro
with voice acting by Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead).
Character performances are generally
good with voice acting for the most part being done really well with only a very few minor extras sounding a little wooden, but this can be forgiven considering the amount of other main characters that are available to interact with throughout.
I am
happy with this voice acting change (as long as not every single thing is voice acted) and it kinda sucks that it's not something you want.
Jack Black and the rest of the cast do a great
job with their voice acting, but the true stars of the show are the animators who skillfully brought the characters to life.
Everything is polygonal and low detail, cutscenes are barely
animated with voice acting that will make your eyes roll back in your head, and it all ends up feeling like this is some early draft of the game that was shipped by mistake.
The game offers voice overs in both English and Japanese right in the game (no additional download), and though I played in Japanese I was able to speak with other reviewers who played in English and they were just as pleased
with the voice acting as I was.
Though this remains a core feature, it's clear Disney is pushing more creator - generated content with 3.0 with Toy Box Expansion games (with two available at launch, a Mario Kart clone and a Marvel Ultimate Alliance - style brawler that's currently a pre-order bonus), both which feature new story
content with voice acting, animation, and the ability to play with any figures together in the same world.
Coupled with the voice acting and story that felt extremely forced, it's hard to sit down and enjoy even those few moments that deserve to be enjoyed.
However, there are some new cutscenes and these get
graced with voice acting from some of the best members in the Organization we haven't heard in many years.
The trailer opens with the original game's intro sequence before moving into a cutscene from the new game, complete
with voice acted lines by the main protagonist.
Half the time The Joker isn't even interacting with Batman directly - you'll just get voicemails from him as he talks about how Batman never picks up when he calls - but it's so good that you may begin to fear that some other part of the game has to be
lacking with voice acting that's so Top Shelf.
You'll be hard pressed to find a better looking console game on the market today, and there's no doubting that everyone
involved with the voice acting and the soundtrack are at the top of their game here.