Namdrol on 16/1/2010 at 14:50
Well it isn't Eric Brosius.
It is a dude named (
http://www.earcom.net/index.html) Paul Weir from a company called earcom.
Quote:
We're delighted to announce that Earcom's director, Paul Weir, will be directing and producing the audio for Eidos Montreal's Thief 4. The previous Thief games have been a benchmark in game audio quality and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to push the boundaries of interactive audio with this latest version.
Looking at the games this company has worked, on I can see the link to Eidos Montreal.
They worked on Constantine.
This game is the only PC game (though it was cross platform) made by the studio that Mario Aguerra, who is team lead on Thief 4, headed up.
I bought Constantine last month to see what Mario' games are like.
It is truly abominable, an execrable bag of shite I'm afraid.
To be fair though, I didn't pay any attention to the sound, only the gameplay.
When I get back home next week I'll fire it up again and have a good listen.
With thanks to acridrose over on Thief4, at Eidos who found the info.
Yandros on 16/1/2010 at 15:22
Wow, big news... and unfortunately it's a bit hard to call earcom's resume impressive. Lego Rockband and Lego Batman? Might be good games, but... pretty far away from Thief.
addone on 16/1/2010 at 18:58
Quote Posted by Namdrol
I didn't pay any attention to the sound, only the gameplay.
If you think about it, that's a good thing :P You shouldn't need to pay attention to the sound.
Digital Nightfall on 16/1/2010 at 19:36
They've been working on this for how long and they only now gotten an audio director?
Vigo on 16/1/2010 at 20:48
It is an ill omen..:erm:
T-Smith on 16/1/2010 at 22:12
Quote Posted by Digital Nightfall
They've been working on this for how long and they only now gotten an audio director?
I was under the impression they were still in pre-production of the game, so starting sound design wouldn't be their biggest priority.
Then again, I don't actually know exactly when sound design begins on most games.
Yandros on 16/1/2010 at 23:41
I agree, I don't think it's too alarming that this is only happening now.
New Horizon on 17/1/2010 at 02:05
Disappointing that they didn't get Eric Brosius.
jtr7 on 17/1/2010 at 05:47
This is how the small team's gonna get the game made...outsourcing. Square-Enix doing the curtscenes and earcom trying to take Thief's unique sound design to another level.
The earcom article also has a link to theif4.com--that's right, a typo that goes to an unofficial page.:tsktsk::p
