Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
City of Heroes: Visual Sounds in Paragon City
Szark
News ManagerMember Posts: 4,420
Biff! Bam! Ka-Pow! NCsoft has announced they will be adding comic book style "visual sounds" to City of Heroes.
NCsoft NorCal is proud to announce a new feature for the City of Heroes® and City of Villains® games; that of Visual Sounds. Visual Sounds are based on the comic book staple of onomatopoeia, or the use of a word to replace a sound. Classic comic book examples are “Pow” and “Ka-Boom!” in colorful bubbles while heroes and villains are slugging it out. City of Heroes takes a huge stride forward by replacing simple sounds with the exciting new visual medium of Visual Sounds.
“I know it sounds crazy,” said Brian Clayton, the Executive Producer and head of the NC NorCal office, “but our research shows that a lot of people are building their own computers nowadays, and sometimes you forget to purchase speakers or headphones. Our market is those gamers who want a full gaming experience without having to listen to the game.” Visual Sounds will be included in the upcoming Issue 12, which is being re-christened “Issue 12: Pow, Biff, Boom, Bam!” in honor of this new system.
“I have always been an advocate of using the theater of the mind,” said Matt “Positron” Miller, Lead Designer on the titles. “When you read a book, you give the characters their own voices, and when you watch a movie based on that book you can’t help but be disappointed when what your mind came up with was better. That’s the way this system works. Whatever sounds we put into the game can’t compare to what you can imagine with your own mind, so why even try?”
;)
Read more here.
Comments
Aaand obviously it's the latest (and perhaps lamest) April Fool's joke from an MMORPG. I'm sure someone out there might argue and if so, look at the bottom of that article where it says they're getting rid of all the audio files to make room for the images.
Of course, it may be tied with the Bard Hero Class for WoW. That was very lame and stupid. I did like the Tauren Marine though.
I'm getting annoyed by viewing these great ideas for MMOGs I like (CoX and WoW) just to soon read they're April 1st fool's pranks. Dammit, I'd love the bard and the onomatopoeias!
i would love if this one was true ,have it as an option to turn off or on