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Post by illuminated11 on Aug 29, 2024 12:42:05 GMT
Further thoughts: Kind of hilarious how Solas chooses to reassure Nadia about Eilo: "He has crossed over." In our world that is a euphanism for being dead. Yet she never asks "crossed over where?" He also says he is sorry, which hardly seems reassuring he is not dead. Luckily Elio makes contact later sufficiently she knows he is probably still alive. I suppose she worked out that he was in the Fade somehow through what Solas said about the relic. I feel a bit sorry for Nadia. She immediately saw through Solas and thought the whole business was extremely suss but her boyfriend was seduced by the Dread Wolf to trust him. Stupid sap. Solas as always was being enigmatic and only telling him as much as he needed to know to get him to do his bidding. Then it was, sorry for your loss, bye. How familiar that sounds. The line read where Nadia says ‘I’ve had enough of this dreck’ was so perfect and seemed to channel every Solas hater at once, hahahaha. I loved it. [/spoielr]
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Post by azarhal on Aug 29, 2024 13:11:20 GMT
I guess the podcast confirms Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe for the game soundtrack. Unless they were just hired for the podcast...
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Aug 29, 2024 14:23:26 GMT
I guess the podcast confirms Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe for the game soundtrack. Unless they were just hired for the podcast... That seems unlikely (although it would be funny if they were.)
Anyway, I liked the music and sound design. It sounded like Thedas throughout - Elio didn't need to tell us he just cast Stonefist, it was audible.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 14:28:38 GMT
I wasn't sure what to expect after I saw the run time, but I actually got hooked by the story (though it's mostly laying the groundwork for future adventure) - the voicework is stellar and so is the sound design.
Also, I assume they're using the ambient music from the game - nice, because IMO it's pretty good. Sets up the atmosphere, as it should.
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Post by azarhal on Aug 29, 2024 14:50:59 GMT
Some more comments: - Neve is really into dramatic introductions. - Solas is really a know-it-all who's actually clueless about what he's doing. - People in Thedas should really leave underground the shiny things they find there. Like seriously!
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Post by SomberXIII on Aug 29, 2024 14:55:49 GMT
Voice acting is soo good. I am hyped for the game. Sooo good to hear Oh Grey Warden bard song. I wonder if we'd get the bard songs again in Veilguard. They were spectacular in Inquisition. You don't know how long I just put my Inky in the tavern just to hear these songs.
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Post by biggydx on Aug 29, 2024 15:49:49 GMT
How was Neve's voice acting overall? I know - for some like myself - her voice acting in the Lvl 1 Gameplay trailer was a bit stiff.
I want to listen, but I'm too busy at work at the moment and can't make use of headphones.
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Post by gervaise21 on Aug 29, 2024 15:51:13 GMT
- People in Thedas should really leave underground the shiny things they find there. Like seriously! Someone really ought to tell this story to Bellara as a cautionary tale.
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Post by gervaise21 on Aug 29, 2024 15:56:08 GMT
Apparently, the Elvhen chanting is from "I am the One" from DA:O. Also sung by Maryden in plain language in DAI and the translated words are really ominous. If Elio dies from this then Solas is a right bastard for not warning him what he was really playing with.
Also see my previous comments about using elven to unlock the relic when it was meant to have been an ancestor of Elio who made it. I think the story behind it isn't nearly so simple as Solas made out.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 16:05:07 GMT
Apparently, the Elvhen chanting is from "I am the One" from DA:O. Also sung by Maryden in plain language in DAI and the translated words are really ominous. If Elio dies from this then Solas is a right bastard for not warning him what he was really playing with.
Also see my previous comments about using elven to unlock the relic when it was meant to have been an ancestor of Elio who made it. I think the story behind it isn't nearly so simple as Solas made out. Is it though? It wouldn't be the first fantasy story where spells have to use a specific language to work - I think it could be compared to programming. You program a thing in a certain programming language, and you have to use commands in that specific language for the program to do anything. And considering that it's heavily established that Tevenes basically slapped some paint on Elvhen stuff they've found and called it a day, them using incantations in Elvhen is not surprising at all - it's very likely that they simply don't have the means or knowledge to make and use their own "programming language" for magic, so (as it is common for them) they use Elvhen framework. (...although, I also wouldn't be surprised at all if Elio's Dreamer ancestors had a help from a fellow dreamer roaming the Fade for millennia, who may have had instructed how to make the Eye)
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Post by illuminated11 on Aug 29, 2024 16:24:50 GMT
How was Neve's voice acting overall? I know - for some like myself - her voice acting in the Lvl 1 Gameplay trailer was a bit stiff. I want to listen, but I'm too busy at work at the moment and can't make use of headphones. I didn't have an issue with it in the gameplay showcase, but here it did feel a little stiff at times. Although when I listened again, it felt more like she's just super deadpan and it contrasts sharply with how animated most of the voice work is in comparison.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Aug 29, 2024 16:43:21 GMT
I'm wondering how rift magic, which is essentially a brand new type of magic, made it all the way to Tevinter and now apparently has experts in using it there? Curious. And I was under the impression it needed the breach to function properly. Hmm.
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Post by roselavellan on Aug 29, 2024 16:46:41 GMT
Neve did sound a little stiff in the podcast to me too. I do love her voice though, and I'm keeping an open mind for the game.
I kept feeling like Solas' plan was a little skimpy on the details, was this for the players' benefit, to minimise spoilers? I know there are those who will see it as an intentional withholding of truth from Elio, but then it seems Elio would have to be particularly silly to fall for a plan with zero details.
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Post by Andrew Waples on Aug 29, 2024 16:50:06 GMT
I don't get why they call it a podcast, it's an audio drama.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 16:54:11 GMT
I'm wondering how rift magic, which is essentially a brand new type of magic, made it all the way to Tevinter and now apparently has experts in using it there? Curious. And I was under the impression it needed the breach to function properly. Hmm. The "new" type of magic may simply be magic that existed in the past, but was re-discovered and wasn't so much connected to the Breach, but to the Fade the Breach made accessible. After all, Solas is a Rift Mage. That should probably tell us enough about its origins and age. And given how much Tevinter took from the elves, it may have taken Rift magic too. ...Or, it is also possible that a fellow Dreamer helped a fellow Dreamer, and aside from helping to craft the Eye of Kethisca, Solas may have shared the secrets of Rift Magic with An'Dante.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 16:57:08 GMT
How was Neve's voice acting overall? I know - for some like myself - her voice acting in the Lvl 1 Gameplay trailer was a bit stiff. I want to listen, but I'm too busy at work at the moment and can't make use of headphones. I didn't have an issue with it in the gameplay showcase, but here it did feel a little stiff at times. Although when I listened again, it felt more like she's just super deadpan and it contrasts sharply with how animated most of the voice work is in comparison. Considering that we only heard her when we're barely acquainted it can simply be how she presents to people she doesn't know that well.
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Post by roselavellan on Aug 29, 2024 17:02:31 GMT
I didn't have an issue with it in the gameplay showcase, but here it did feel a little stiff at times. Although when I listened again, it felt more like she's just super deadpan and it contrasts sharply with how animated most of the voice work is in comparison. Considering that we only heard her when we're barely acquainted it can simply be how she presents to people she doesn't know that well. And we know personality-wise, she's very guarded, too.
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Post by jennica on Aug 29, 2024 17:02:42 GMT
I didn't have an issue with it in the gameplay showcase, but here it did feel a little stiff at times. Although when I listened again, it felt more like she's just super deadpan and it contrasts sharply with how animated most of the voice work is in comparison. Considering that we only heard her when we're barely acquainted it can simply be how she presents to people she doesn't know that well. Yeah, in the reveal trailer she sounded quite different when talking to Rook in what i assume one of her romance scenes.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 17:04:31 GMT
Considering that we only heard her when we're barely acquainted it can simply be how she presents to people she doesn't know that well. And we know personality-wise, she's very guarded, too. You could say that she has an ice wall around her that we need to chip through
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Post by luketrevelyan on Aug 29, 2024 17:16:36 GMT
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed listening to the first episode. Regarding Neve, I like her voice although I can see where people are coming from with the stiffness but I think part of that is just due to her personality.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Aug 29, 2024 17:19:51 GMT
Ar dirthan'as ir elgara, ma'sula e'var vhenan. Interesting that the phrase to unlock/calm the Eye is the same phrase Solas says to Sera during a banter. I don't know if that means anything.
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Post by lucidae on Aug 29, 2024 17:30:09 GMT
That was a fun first episode.
I loved that you could hear every step that Neve took with her prosthetic leg.
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Post by midnight tea on Aug 29, 2024 17:30:17 GMT
Neve did sound a little stiff in the podcast to me too. I do love her voice though, and I'm keeping an open mind for the game. I kept feeling like Solas' plan was a little skimpy on the details, was this for the players' benefit, to minimise spoilers? I know there are those who will see it as an intentional withholding of truth from Elio, but then it seems Elio would have to be particularly silly to fall for a plan with zero details. To skip spoilers I think they mostly rely on Elio knowing more about the relic than anyone, save for Solas (since Elio and his family are linked to it in more ways than once), as well as the fact that he's a mage and thus intrinsically gets things that are simply inaccessible to people like Nadia (and us, the audience)
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