Talking heads

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I've said this before, I'll say it again.

Must have Talking Heads. Must have more talking heads. And must have more interaction with talking heads.

And not that Fallout Tactics crap.
 
I agree. They just seem to make the game a lot better. I don't know how, but they are just better then the average text which bores you when they babble on with shit.
 
Yeah, talking heads add to the atmosphere. They really give the characters more of a personality. I don't really care how many there are, as long as they have good dialogue.
 
I loved the talking heads. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a drain on the size of the program and resources of the developers (plus on the coffers if they have actors like Richard Moll and Michael Dorn do voiceovers again). I think I recall that JE Sawyer said that they weren't going to do the talking heads again. Can someone confirm this?
 
one thing on talking heads... i think their emotions should show through their face more. You know like when you say something to piss them off and they glare at you? Well they should make them look around when their lying or something like that.
 
For those interested in saving Talking Heads, check out the interplay BIS feedback board for a poll on Talking Heads.
 
I already wrote this in a different thread, but I don't think we need the prerendered talking heads. The 3D technology is advanced enough to provide perfectly convincing facial animation and lip synchronisation. Like Gunslinger said when talking about Deus Ex/Mafia: "OH MY GOD, THEY'RE LIPS ARE MOVING AS THEY TALK!" and, of course, "OH MY GOD, HIS EYEBROWS ARE RISING IN SHOCK!" So forget about the talking heads, there are better ways of making the dialogue look more convincing.

Some games, like Duke Nukem Forever ("forever" probably being the duration of development process), even use AVI animations as facial textures. A little more primitive than simulated facial muscles, but pretty cool anyway.
 
Ratty!

You tarnish the idea of talking heads!

Curses to you!!!!

May your first born be killed in a stampede of gay pigs!
 
I'm not saying there should be NO talking heads, I'm merely pointing out they shouldn't be prerendered animations, but instead normal heads, real-time rendered in game engine and zoomed up close enough to see hair sticking out of nostrills. :)
 
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