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"Rohan Parkes" <rparkes@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bee0d5d2cc5e5499896d3@news.labyrinth.net.au...
> In article <QMednfOd26S68uPcRVn-2w@rogers.com>, invalid@nospams.com
> says...
> > "Rohan Parkes" <rparkes@email.com> wrote in message
>
> > > The only real criticism of the game I have is that production
standards
> > > seemed to fall off in the later stages of the game, which was
> > > particularly evident in some of the worst voice acting I've ever
heard.
> > > There was an obviously non-professional female trying to voice both a
> > > spoiled schoolboy and Queen Victoria. Some of the later dialogue
wasn't
> > > as good either. I wondered if it had been passed over to an inferior
> > > production team at some point.
> >
> > I guess I am like Paula. As long as the game for me has an interesting
story
> > and keeps my attention, I can overlook some bad acting. I thought the
main
> > characters of Holmes and Watson and Wiggins were all good actors. The
part
> > of the schoolboy could have been better acted, but his part in the game
was
> > more minor. Queen Victoria part could have been better acting as well,
but
> > that was more towards the end of the game, and not a major character.
None
> > of these two characters acting bothered me because I was so focussed on
the
> > rest of the game and what was going on in the game. I guess people pay
> > attention to different features in a game and what bothers one person
may
> > not bother another and vice versa.
> >
> > Mary
>
> I'm not trying to put people off the game, which was, on the whole, very
> good. But I do think it's fair comment.

Yes, it is. The part of Virgil, which was the boy you mention, was poorly
done considering that Holmes and Watson and others were so good (In my view
at least). Queen Victoria was not well done either, and I did mention that
above. But on the whole, I found it to be one of the best games I've ever
played.

> However, there was one puzzling feature about the game - it was based on
> a central misconception - Mycroft Holmes was not a government minister,
> as the game's developers seemed to think.

What position did Mycroft have in Rose Tattoo?
Also, I can't remember him being mentioned in Silver Earring. I am not at
the end of the game yet, but close to it. By the way, I think the acting in
Rose Tattoo is a lot better than the acting of Wiggins and Watson and
Lestrade in Silver Earring. Holmes in Silver Earring also took me a while to
get used to. He sounded very pompous and too uppity, earlier in the game,
but he seems to have improved as he went along. Not as good as the Holmes in
Rose Tattoo though :) - he was more realistic sounding especially when he
was a bit irritated with Lestrade and Watson.
Still, I liked Silver Earring quite well. I am glad to have played it.
I only had trouble with that one timed sequence in the forest. It took me a
long time go get through it. Did it take you a while?

Mary