[eliex]

FS1's voice actors had much more feeling/expression in their voice - especially the Vasudans in Exodus, although you are right that the McCarthy part was exceedingly weird.

[Dilmah G]

FS1's voice actors had much more feeling/expression in their voice - especially the Vasudans in Exodus, although you are right that the McCarthy part was exceedingly weird.

Yeah, you could almost say the voice acting got progressively better as the campaign went on.

[Locutus of Borg]

I noticed while replaying ST recently that the voice acting isn't as good (IMO) as in FS2. However, I looked back at FS1 and noticed the same issue there, so it isn't really ST specific.

IMO Pre-FS2 voice acting sounded child-ish almost, like a bunch of teens with microphones.

"I answer to a higher authority!" made me go "Okay, WTF!", McCarthy sounded like he just graduated from officer school.

Well, he was a young man. Figure, he must be pretty green if he's flying a hauler opposed to a fighter.

[Circ]

You have to also remember that they probably had a smaller budget. I think they did a damn good job and the main voice actor who did the briefings was amazing.

And the Intro, It's theatrical quality.  It would be an awesome trailer to see in a movie theater.

"My God they're following me!!!"  *pant*

[Locutus of Borg]

"What the hell is that!?"

I would've liked to see more on the station, and more of Lucy before the scene cut.

FS1 needed more cutscenes like the briefing for the Tyranus. One before you launch to defeat Lucy would've been awesome.

[Nuclear1]

Silent Threat had a few good lines too...we all love "INCOMING!" and then there was "Alpha 1, containment critical.  Aries 2 breaking for the jump node."  "Aries 2 has escaped, advising Command.  Get your head in the fight and complete your mission Alpha 1!"

[Locutus of Borg]

ST:R had its own dramatic moments too.

I was continuously pausing the Jotunheim mission so I could just listen to the dialogue.

I almost **** myself when the Pinnacle rammed the Hades

[Goober5000]

when the Pinnacle rammed the Hades

When did this happen?

[Droid803]

That's the Hope, isn't it?

[eliex]

I almost **** myself when the Pinnacle rammed the Hades

ST:R assumes that you perfectly completed the original FS campaign and ensuring that the Vasudans didn't lose a valuable Typhon destroyer at the time. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

* Androgeos Exeunt has mixed up the PVD Pinnacle with the PVD Hope again.

[Dilmah G]

You have to also remember that they probably had a smaller budget. I think they did a damn good job and the main voice actor who did the briefings was amazing.

And the Intro, It's theatrical quality.  It would be an awesome trailer to see in a movie theater.

"My God they're following me!!!"  *pant*

Yeah

The first few times I saw it I thought the scream when he gets blown to pieces wasn't that great but I got over it fast.

[Circ]

The scream is the best part.. ha ha it's like he knows he's doomed and can't do nothing about it. Screams like he's out of his mind with fear. "Yaaarrrrrggggghh"

[Locutus of Borg]

That's the Hope, isn't it?

I'm sorry

[Snail]

"What the hell is that!?"

I would've liked to see more on the station, and more of Lucy before the scene cut.

FS1 needed more cutscenes like the briefing for the Tyranus. One before you launch to defeat Lucy would've been awesome.

More were planned but were cut due to budget cuts or lack of time.

[eliex]

More were planned but were cut due to budget cuts or lack of time.

Due to the time constraint, a lot of the initial ideas were dropped from the final version of the game, such as atmospheric battles, and new weapons types like a "subspace missile artillery strike".

It'd have been cool to see how  implemented a toyed-at idea of a subspace artillery strike.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Well, if you want to have a rough idea of how it might work, try playing either Droid803's Tides of Darkness mod or Flaming_Sword's Shivans! v0.2 mod.

[eliex]

Hmm, thanks for the suggestion. TOD doesn't work for me after several missions in, but I'll have a look at Shivans! after playing Dilmah's Exodus. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Try flying the Nahema and equipping it with the Tactical Bomb in any of the Single Missions (under Mission Simulator) when you play Shivans!. I recommend either "Titan" or "The Face of BoE (Obligatory)" to try it out.

Alternatively, look under the Weapons section of the Tech Data and read the "Tactical Bomb" entry.

[Locutus of Borg]

Atmospheric battles would have been FTW