The prologue begins with you flying in your jet pack killing these "UFOs". Immediately this felt familiar. It controlled very similarly to Crimson Skies (and for good reason) except that I resembled a flying Marcus Fenix.... oh good one Unreal Engine.
But my main reason for writing this is because as the opening cinematic begins and this somehow familiar pilot begins flying one of those old 1930's boat planes (you know, the ones that land in water) that ends up crash landing into the jungle. Then it suddenly slapped me in the face. Am I dreaming or have I seen.... AND HEARD this exact thing before? The answer is, YES. A very similar scene takes place in Uncharted 1 and the lead voice actor is none other than Nolan North... aka Nathan Drake. I guess if they were looking to get a gamer like myself interesting in this game, they have succeeded twice with the similarities to Crimson Skies and Uncharted. Guess we'll see if this is just a one time thing or if it plays out throughout the rest of the game....
Now... back at it... for another couple minutes at least.
Gag me with Nolan North...seriously. I was just talking about this guy with Lead Salad a few months back. He's in every damn game! I can't believe it took you that long to pick it up honestly. I picked it up 10 seconds into the demo. He's also done (just recently I might add) Assassins Creed 1 and 2, Prince of Persia, Halo Wars, Uncharted 1 and 2, Army of Two 1 and 2, HALO ODST and on and on and on.
ReplyDeleteLook him up on IMDB and also keep in mind the games I listed are just more recent games and the games where he's the main cast of characters.
I understand that Uncharted was huge for him and after that game everyone wanted the what I like to call "Han Solo of video game character voices," but it killed the Halo Wars experience for me. Pulls me out of the world every time I hear it....instantly.
Another I can't stand is Keith David. Ron Pearlman's getting there too.
Well.... you just rattled off a huge list of games that only include 3 that i have played... 2 of which are the same franchise. Forgive me for not playing the demo and for getting the game for next-to-nothing. Who knows, maybe it will be a trade-in for me that I can make an actual profit off of! Either way, Im gonna beat the game and whore the hell out of it's achievements... 3N3MY style.
ReplyDeleteBOOYAH!
ReplyDeleteand I just put in Assassins Creed.... ok ok, I agree
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