The dialog and rigging of characters in cutscenes is painful

[Jyggalad]

I'm really enjoying the gameplay quite a bit. It's a rather interesting take on an Aliens game. But my god the movement and dialog is just incredibly cringeworthy. It's so stiff and just so... Generic? Idk if that's the right word, but it just feels so poorly delivered.

[Karak Sonen]

They tried a little bit too hard with implementing movie quotes into the story, unfortunately.

[Frank Reynolds]

Did you miss the part where this is a budget title and not a full on 70$ game?

[ArchLobster]

The dialogue is pretty bad. The game is good, the plot and events within the plot is pretty good, the art and sound design all top notch for the price we paid.

But the writing is bad, even for a budget game the writing is just absolutely routine. Like someone slept through writing it. I don't know. I feel like almost anyone could've written more compelling dialogue. Budget has nothing to do with writing this mailed in.

Hard to complain though when this game is so good in every other respect.

[Jyggalad]

Originally posted by ArchLobster:

The dialogue is pretty bad. The game is good, the plot and events within the plot is pretty good, the art and sound design all top notch for the price we paid.

But the writing is bad, even for a budget game the writing is just absolutely routine. Like someone slept through writing it. I don't know. I feel like almost anyone could've written more compelling dialogue. Budget has nothing to do with writing this mailed in.

Hard to complain though when this game is so good in every other respect.

100% agree. It's definitely one of the best Alien games I've played in a good bit. I just kinda brace myself whenever a cutscene pops up lol. Like when what's-his-face said "I was born here, these are my people... I won't abandon them..." and looks up. I know they were trying to be serious, and by no means would I call the voice actors bad, but I couldn't help but laugh.

But yeah, it's at worst a minor complaint. The rest of the game is a banger.

Originally posted by Bruce Mitchell:

Did you miss the part where this is a budget title and not a full on 70$ game?

Nah I noticed that. I also pointed out I liked the rest of it. Just the dialog and rigging was pretty jank.

Besides, idk if you've been paying attention or not the last decade or so in gaming, but budget/price doesn't equate to quality of the product, positive or negative.

[Frank Reynolds]

Originally posted by Jyggalad:

Originally posted by ArchLobster:

The dialogue is pretty bad. The game is good, the plot and events within the plot is pretty good, the art and sound design all top notch for the price we paid.

But the writing is bad, even for a budget game the writing is just absolutely routine. Like someone slept through writing it. I don't know. I feel like almost anyone could've written more compelling dialogue. Budget has nothing to do with writing this mailed in.

Hard to complain though when this game is so good in every other respect.

100% agree. It's definitely one of the best Alien games I've played in a good bit. I just kinda brace myself whenever a cutscene pops up lol. Like when what's-his-face said "I was born here, these are my people... I won't abandon them..." and looks up. I know they were trying to be serious, and by no means would I call the voice actors bad, but I couldn't help but laugh.

But yeah, it's at worst a minor complaint. The rest of the game is a banger.

Originally posted by Bruce Mitchell:

Did you miss the part where this is a budget title and not a full on 70$ game?

Nah I noticed that. I also pointed out I liked the rest of it. Just the dialog and rigging was pretty jank.

Besides, idk if you've been paying attention or not the last decade or so in gaming, but budget/price doesn't equate to quality of the product, positive or negative.

No, but budget normally means things aren't top notch in some departments.
I'm just not sure why you felt this needed a thread when it's clear as day that the reason the cutscenes aren't that great looking with the character animations, and the dialog being all over the place.

[Jyggalad]

Originally posted by Bruce Mitchell:

Originally posted by Jyggalad:

100% agree. It's definitely one of the best Alien games I've played in a good bit. I just kinda brace myself whenever a cutscene pops up lol. Like when what's-his-face said "I was born here, these are my people... I won't abandon them..." and looks up. I know they were trying to be serious, and by no means would I call the voice actors bad, but I couldn't help but laugh.

But yeah, it's at worst a minor complaint. The rest of the game is a banger.



Nah I noticed that. I also pointed out I liked the rest of it. Just the dialog and rigging was pretty jank.

Besides, idk if you've been paying attention or not the last decade or so in gaming, but budget/price doesn't equate to quality of the product, positive or negative.

No, but budget normally means things aren't top notch in some departments.
I'm just not sure why you felt this needed a thread when it's clear as day that the reason the cutscenes aren't that great looking with the character animations, and the dialog being all over the place.

Because we're in a forum? About the game? Where people talk about said game? Didn't know I needed a special reason to talk to others lol. I'm sorry this upset you, but I'm just talking with others. That's about it. It really isn't that big of a deal

[Franzosisch]

Originally posted by Bruce Mitchell:

Did you miss the part where this is a budget title and not a full on 70$ game?

You do realize that these days better writing tends to come from indie games right? It's not a restriction of the budget it's a restriction from the writers.

[Frank Reynolds]

Originally posted by Franzosisch:

Originally posted by Bruce Mitchell:

Did you miss the part where this is a budget title and not a full on 70$ game?

You do realize that these days better writing tends to come from indie games right? It's not a restriction of the budget it's a restriction from the writers.

LOL. No it doesn't.