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That 16-bit Terminator 2 throwback doesn't feature Arnie's likeness, but it did license the guy who played adult John Connor for 30 seconds in the film's intro

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      The headline seems a bit overly snarky and dismissive of a small studio dealing with the kind of licensing problems that just come with big properties and image rights to expensive actors. This isn't the first time something like this has happened in a game.

      It sounds like without the image rights, there won't be any closeup cutscenes of Arnold's face, but given that the game play is a 16ish bit throwback aesthetic, it actually doesn't seem as distracting as it sounds.

      I mean, this looks fine to me:

      Maybe they aren't allowed to do an accurate Arnie voice impression, but if all the character audio is crunched up to feel more retro, that might not be a problem either.

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        The headline seems a bit overly snarky and dismissive of a small studio dealing with the kind of licensing problems that just come with big properties and image rights to expensive actors. This isn't the first time something like this has happened in a game.

        It sounds like without the image rights, there won't be any closeup cutscenes of Arnold's face, but given that the game play is a 16ish bit throwback aesthetic, it actually doesn't seem as distracting as it sounds.

        I mean, this looks fine to me:

        Maybe they aren't allowed to do an accurate Arnie voice impression, but if all the character audio is crunched up to feel more retro, that might not be a problem either.

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        Is it actually 16-bit? The background looks a lot less grainy than I'd expect.

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          Is it actually 16-bit? The background looks a lot less grainy than I'd expect.

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          That's why I called it "16ish". It is probably taking some liberties to improve the graphics that wouldn't have been available in the 90s, but it is trying get those nostalgia neurons firing. Point is, the aesthetic is intentionally not photo realistic, so missing out on Arnold's face isn't the biggest problem in the world.

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            I thought this is about that old game Judgement Day, so they made a new one, huh?

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            • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

              The headline seems a bit overly snarky and dismissive of a small studio dealing with the kind of licensing problems that just come with big properties and image rights to expensive actors. This isn't the first time something like this has happened in a game.

              It sounds like without the image rights, there won't be any closeup cutscenes of Arnold's face, but given that the game play is a 16ish bit throwback aesthetic, it actually doesn't seem as distracting as it sounds.

              I mean, this looks fine to me:

              Maybe they aren't allowed to do an accurate Arnie voice impression, but if all the character audio is crunched up to feel more retro, that might not be a problem either.

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              If you want to know about crap licenses to movies, there was a 8bit game for Blade Runner, but the developers couldn't obtain the rights to do it. However, they were able to gain the rights to another part of the film.

              The box art for the Blade Runner game states in rather small text on the cover, "video game interpretation of the film score". Yes, they got the rights to the soundtrack!

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                If you want to know about crap licenses to movies, there was a 8bit game for Blade Runner, but the developers couldn't obtain the rights to do it. However, they were able to gain the rights to another part of the film.

                The box art for the Blade Runner game states in rather small text on the cover, "video game interpretation of the film score". Yes, they got the rights to the soundtrack!

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                Similar to the 1997 point-n-click Blade Runner game. The rights to all the aspects of that movie were such a mess that the developers decided not to use any footage or audio from the game because they honestly couldn't figure out who owned what, and made it follow a new main character which was an obvious "Not-Deckard" who was chasing replicants in a similar but ever so changed variation on the plot of the movie.

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                • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                  The headline seems a bit overly snarky and dismissive of a small studio dealing with the kind of licensing problems that just come with big properties and image rights to expensive actors. This isn't the first time something like this has happened in a game.

                  It sounds like without the image rights, there won't be any closeup cutscenes of Arnold's face, but given that the game play is a 16ish bit throwback aesthetic, it actually doesn't seem as distracting as it sounds.

                  I mean, this looks fine to me:

                  Maybe they aren't allowed to do an accurate Arnie voice impression, but if all the character audio is crunched up to feel more retro, that might not be a problem either.

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                  I was going to say, after reading the article, I was surprised to see that in the video.

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                  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                    The headline seems a bit overly snarky and dismissive of a small studio dealing with the kind of licensing problems that just come with big properties and image rights to expensive actors. This isn't the first time something like this has happened in a game.

                    It sounds like without the image rights, there won't be any closeup cutscenes of Arnold's face, but given that the game play is a 16ish bit throwback aesthetic, it actually doesn't seem as distracting as it sounds.

                    I mean, this looks fine to me:

                    Maybe they aren't allowed to do an accurate Arnie voice impression, but if all the character audio is crunched up to feel more retro, that might not be a problem either.

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                    What if instead of Arnie they used Hasselhoff?

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