I liked the KQ6 narrator a lot, but I don't care for the KQ5 one. Then again, I don't really care for Graham's voice in KQ5 (heresy, I know).
She's a great voice actor. Very talented and professional. Her direction for delivery and the comedy-narrator writing is what I have a problem with. The question of whether it's funny or not is not my issue. My problem is that it was meant to be funny in the first place. My opinion.
Stepping into the role of devil's advocate for a second (a rarity for me, I know ;D), it's worth pointing out that humor is pretty much totally suggestive.You mean subjective?
Stepping into the role of devil's advocate for a second (a rarity for me, I know ;D), it's worth pointing out that humor is pretty much totally suggestive.You mean subjective?
Okay, cool, that makes sense now. :)Stepping into the role of devil's advocate for a second (a rarity for me, I know ;D), it's worth pointing out that humor is pretty much totally suggestive.You mean subjective?
Oh god! Yeah definitely. I don't know how I let that one slip by. :) Corrected.
I dunno, my humor is frequently suggestive.... :PStepping into the role of devil's advocate for a second (a rarity for me, I know ;D), it's worth pointing out that humor is pretty much totally suggestive.You mean subjective?
Oh god! Yeah definitely. I don't know how I let that one slip by. :) Corrected.
In many cases Amy imposed sarcasm/humor onto what were not originally intended to be sarcastic lines (as Cez, I think, has mentioned), so the writing isn't completely the fault of the narrator gripes.
Though to be fair, there are quite a few inherently sarcastic/funny lines.
Stepping into the role of devil's advocate for a second (a rarity for me, I know ;D), it's worth pointing out that humor is pretty much totally subjective.
That said, I think it's also valid to say that certain things are ALWAYS cheesy, and that cheesy humor, while some may find it genuinely funny, tends to elicit groans and winces from a vast majority of people. A lot of the humor in TSL, in my opinion, can be accurately described as cheesy or cheeseball humor (ninjas and bonsai trees, anyone?) Some may find it funny--most will probably groan and make mental notes to click past those bits of dialog in future playthroughs.
Unlike a series such as Space Quest, for example, whose humor, though cheesy at times, is mostly rooted in parody and satire, King's Quest's humor has always been more light-hearted, and significantly, more subtle. TSL approaches the use of humor in a much more ham-fisted way, like a bull in a china shop (to use a KQ series reference), and throws in a lot of blatant cheeseball humor where it probably wouldn't have existed in the earlier games (likely being cut due to popular taste, since those were games made to sell commercially, rather than being made to serve the tastes of a nerdy elite few, as with many fan games, a class into which TSL certainly falls.)
Of course, the appropriateness of this type of humor in a King's Quest game, let alone a fangame that aspires to be taken seriously on a professional level, is a matter of debate as well. I would argue for the opposition. :)
At that point it occurred to me that maybe it isn't necessarily a gender that's idealized in terms of "the" narrator voice, but an age. The narrator of GK1 sounds older than middle aged, and the KQ5 & 6 narrators both sounded at least middle-aged. The result? Somewhere in our brains I think we associate that older voice with authority.
The narrator from GK1 was met with mixed reviews. Some liked her, some hated her. Personally I LOVED her voice - I think it fits the mood of the game perfectly.
Same thoughts here on that one, Lamb. The accent was really cool, her voice was great, and the stylized thing was cool and I get it, but yes, WAY too slow.