Crikey oh riley, it’s already common knowledge that Marvel’s Spider-Man is polished to a spandex sheen, but did you know that voice actor Yuri Lowenthal recorded every line of in-game dialogue twice to account for situations where the protagonist may either be idle or exerting himself? It’s true, check out this Twitter clip from Kotaku editor Kirk Hamilton if you don’t believe us.
The theory here is that Spidey’s delivery will be different depending upon what the context demands, so when he’s perched quietly atop a skyscraper, he’ll chatter away calmly and coolly. However, should you decide to start swinging through New York City, he’ll become breathless and you’ll hear the hero strain his way through the lines.
What the actual heck?
[source twitter.com]
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I feel like that's something you'd see from a Naughty Dog game.
Insomniac really put a lot of heart into the game.
@Deadlyblack I thought the exact same thing. This screams "Naughty Dog" detail.
This is amazing.
@get2sammyb Welcome back Sammy, hope you enjoyed your break.
@adf86 Thanks!
Brilliant! Change the score to 10/10, Sammy!
This whole game is incredibly detailed. From the way they handled the fast travel system, to the photo mode...it just all is super polished.
Wow, that's really cool. I noticed he seemed out of breath during one of the phone calls while I was swinging through the city and thought, 'that'd be cool if he would speak normally if I stopped swinging. But that's impossible.' And kept swinging lol.
Sony and Insomniac weren't messing about with this, especially if they want to convince Marvel that Spider-Man belongs as an exclusive PlayStation franchise for the forseeable future. Also I would strongly urge Sony to go all out to acquire Insomniac (if possible) now because they run the serious risk of either not having them available for another game due to other commitments (bet MS would love another Sunset Overdrive now) or worse are bought out by someone else cos Spider-Man is easily going to be the biggest PlayStation exclusive not made by a Sony owned developer.
@adf86 I'm pretty sure Sony's tried to buy Insomniac multiple times but they want to stay independent. I know what you're saying, but as long as the relationship is strong, then I'm not sure it really matters.
@adf86 I doubt they’ll get bought out by someone else. I can’t imagone them wanting to belong to a EA, Ubi, or whatnot if they don’t to deal the deal with Sony.
@get2sammyb. welcome to pittsburgh Steelers show.season starts tomorrow.lets get that Superbowl championship.word to your mother.word life greg represents playa .word up son .
Another cool fact: Do you know there's reference to japanese spider-man on japanese version of the game? If you use hologram ability, the hologram will say he's "emisarry from hell", just like japanese spider-man like to say.
https://twitter.com/ikazombie/status/1038095029971996672?s=20
Also every rocket that bad guy fired has "Guaranted to Kill Spiders" sticker on the side.
https://twitter.com/SunhiLegend/status/1038403294098595840?s=20
Insomniac attention to detail is really great
Yet another PlayStation exclusive going above and beyond with their title and blowing us away with their attention to detail. Horizon springs to mind, and I literally just completed God of war before starting this. I'm starting to feel a little spoilt lol.
@playstation1995 No Le’Veon Bell, though.
The game is amazing, another masterpiece created by Insomniac.
Details like this make the experience even better, it's really cool to see how the pedestrians react to Spider-Man, also how the police engage against criminals, and the list goes on.
Sony delivered another great exclusive.
nice
When spidey talks all I hear is Yosuke from P4G.
@blakey78 I also recommend Detroit if you never played already. Maybe it's not as great as these games you mentioned, but still is a solid title.
@LaNooch1978
'the game has done literally nothing I haven't seen somewhere else before.'
Do you mean like what the article is about?
@playstation1995 @get2sammyb, James Connor will be just as good if not better! At least I hope so for my Fantasy Team's sake!
It's definitely on my (long) list of games to play. I'm one of the few who loved beyond: two souls lol @PS_Nation
@eltomo. i know right.im not worry at all.connor is great also.pittsburgh Steelers is the best nfl franchises ever.haha.lets get that Superbowl championship.word up son
@blakey78 nice to see Beyond getting some much deserved love.
@get2sammyb pittsburgh Steelers will be great.bell is coming back.not worried about that.pittsburgh Steelers will win the Superbowl.james connor is a great running back.word up son.
Being a huge audiophile this is something I notice allot of games don't bother doing and it really breaks the immersion for me, wish more devs on the audio team would do this. Especially when a character is running, sprinting, climbing or in the middle of combat it's so jarring. The character's dialog doesn't match what they are doing at all. Well done Insomniac Games!!!
@LaNooch1978
No worries. I feel everything that is part of a game, be voice acting, music, animation, etc is part of what makes a great game I enjoy. There no small addition. I also feel, please don't take it personally as its more of a general remark, when reviewers or gamers want to formulate critism but can't really point out exactly what, they go for 'no innovation'.
Again it's not about your comment in particular neither personally.
I often feel a game doesn't need to reinvent the wheel to be great. Look at the towers some people find fault with because it's been done in AC or whatever. Thing is in this game it works a lot better because its such a treat to swing and actually a good way to practice. I did all of them in a short time actually.
@LaNooch1978
Oh if it's a matter of being third person game I can understand. Myself I just can't stand first person perspective so it's a personal issue
Another news that makes me scream "Why Sony haven't bought Insomniac yet!"
@blakey78 @wiiware @adf86 @AFCC @Splat @get2sammyb @Deadlyblack I just noticed this myself in game and looked up this article.
Just wow, goes to show how committed they are to this game.
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