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I know he's supposed to be a scumbag but every time this guy talks I'm laughing my ass off (hexbear.net)
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The voice acting is so good

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I dont know if he's a scumbag tbh. He seems like he's a committed socialist trying to get the system to sell them the rope by which they'll hang the system.
I'm sure if the Bolsheviks were just getting started today they'd be doing crypto rugpulls and tax evasion

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The game is very good at presenting no character as being purely good. Everyone’s got faults, contradictions, places where their personal interests are at odds with their ideological philosophy. The game wants to make sure that, regardless of which path you take Harry down, you’re swallowing something bitter in the process. A certain fault that’s a price worth paying for in the larger goal.

So with him, it’s overlooking the thinly veiled criminal element and graft as it’s outweighed by the labor militancy/socialism/snti-fascism.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I love him so much, he's such a great depiction of what an actual socialist revolutionary can look like.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah I think he supposed to come across as as slimey but it just ends up being grey at worst. I guess the drug trafficking thing is pretty shitty but that's about the worst he does. Less scummy than the Ultraliberal Lady imo

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

I love him compared to her, because she is presented as a much more reasonable person. But the reality is reversed. The whole thing about it being more corrupt if he tried to look like he wasn't is such a good framing - That's her!

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't someone say that he's corrupt but he's corrupt for the union?

[–] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

lt-dbyf-dubois - "The bossman, Evrart, what can you tell me about him?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "I think it's best you make up your own mind, now that you've met him." He shrugs. "In my eyes, he is a capable organizer and a decent businessman."

lt-dbyf-dubois - "What does bossing the Union entail anyway?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "I guess you kinda get to be the village chief. He oversees the harbour, makes deals with the owners or other relevant parties. Watches out for his own."

dubois-depressed - "You mean corruption?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "By Heavens, why would he not be corrupt? We live in a harsh and disordered world, see. And in this world..."

"... the old man is corrupt for our benefit and we know it. Appreciate it, even. He is, personally, not too lavish."

lt-dbyf-dubois - "That desk seemed lavish to me."

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "He is reasonably lavish, sure. That's his prerogative. It's not like you want a saintly demeanour on a corrupt motherfucker. That would be a manipulative illusion."

"Besides, there are no non-corrupt systems in the world anyway. And moralism is the most corrupt of them all."

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

"Bruh, its just a nice desk. Its not a mansion or something."

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

mfer harry talking like working on a shipping container is lavish lmao

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, the richest person in the entire game travels by shipping container.

Plus, his chair is lavish, while poor cops have to sit on the most uncomfortable chair known to man.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

He is not corrupt, he is pragmatic.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure if the Bolsheviks were just getting started today they'd be doing crypto rugpulls and tax evasion The DPRK siphoning people's crypto wallets comes to mind

[–] Sam@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago

In this house Everart is a working class hero paulie-point

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago

Mr. Evrart's helping me find my gun, how could he be a scumbag?

[–] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

more a slimeball than a scumbag

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I only played like an hour and got stuck kind of quickly, but I think of Cuno all the time, his lines just really got me cuno

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Having a ten year old call me a homo so hard that I die is how I wanna go out.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

You know it's a good game when it can contain the most heartbreaking and heartwarming emotional shit but you can also die because a chair is small

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How’d you get stuck? Was it getting into the harbor or paying the hotel fees?

[–] Dr_Pepper@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

They kept having a heart attack in the uncomfortable chair maybe?

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I had to get past the harbor strike I think and didn't figure it out, it was a while ago, I've been meaning to come back to it but I'm not usually in the vibe for games of that genre

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[–] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fucking pig got stuck, did he? Hahaha what a stupid f*****! Said he likes Cuno's lines? That's because Cuno's lines are the best fucking lines! No one does lines like Cuno, Cuno's the fucking king of coke lines, and the more lines Cuno takes up his nose the better his lines get! Fucking self-reinforcing loop and shit.

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

For a second when I saw this I forgot I was talking about Cuno and was like "well that's a bit harsh" ahah biggs

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

so he wasn't trying to help me????

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course he's trying to help you! But it's just a lost gun, Harry. It's not like you left it loaded. You didn't lose a loaded gun. Local children aren't out there playing with it right now, pointing it into their own mouths

[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

de-authority Authority: legendary success.

Pointing it into their mouths is MY job. CUNOESSE, C'MERE, I NEED A GAME OVER SCREEN.

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's been a while since I played it, but I remember being a bit disappointed when they redid his voice

[–] GoebbelsDeezNuts@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It annoys me every time I go back that you can’t select the original audio. I get why they changed it but the characters feel all wrong to me whenever I revisit it.

It double annoys me they added a legacy audio mode or whatever they call it and it still isn’t the original audio.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why did they redo it? I wonder which version I played.

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Originally they only had voice acting for a handful of characters and dialogues. A number of Left Twitter micro-celebrities played acting roles including the Chapo boys. After the game was a success, they recorded voices for the entire script, but the original voice acting was replaced in the process.

[–] GoebbelsDeezNuts@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It was fairly unpolished ngl but also it included a bunch of controversial people including Virgil and (I think?) the Red Scare girls

Matt as the angry union guy and Felix as the “RIGHT TO WORK!” idiot we’re classic though

You could say it was lo-fi socialist junk but I like lo-fi socialist junk

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nonono don't look at the speakers, look at the sneakers!

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're slightly technical at all and purchased the game on Steam, I believe these instructions still work for restoring the game to its old state before the new voiceovers were added:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/632470/discussions/0/3094515496023119603/

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Let me know if it still works!

I love listening to our communal large adult son Matt Christman pretend to be tough, but playing the game without Lenval Brown's narration feels so weird now.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

4th wall breaking charisma

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that PragerU?

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes

spoilerActually it's a character from Disco Elysium

[–] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

I'd take him to joyce-messier and the the-pigs the-pigs the-pigs any day lol

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Actors have a lot of fun playing total scumbags and it's great! A lot of actors also say villains are way more fun to play than heroes.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Villains have more to work with generally cause they're usually the ones doing the stuff that makes the plot go and have more complex motives comparatively cause a hero's primary motive is stopping the villain. Villains are generally active where heroes are reactive. This is cause most movies think the best outcome is a return to status quo for everyone but the hero who gets personally rewarded.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Great example is Fargo. Both the TV series and the movie.

Reminds me next Saturday I am reserving the noon to 2pm slot on bloop to stream the series.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Speaking from when I did community theatre - Villains are also allowed to be more everything, which is just fun.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

he is one of the more moral characters in the game i think

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's no clean hands in a dirty world. I just wish he was played by the same dude as Frank Sobotka from The Wire for an alternate Silly Voice version.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's corrupt, but he's corrupt for the union

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When the world is at stake, I would rather have people playing to win on my side. And i firmly believe if you're not trying to cheat you're not trying to win. The concept of the ends not justifying the means is lib as hell. The ends are literally what justifies the means in any decision making process. I dont have confidence in the non ruthless. Its a sick and twisted game and you're not gonna win if you don't play

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Absolutely and it's that realisation in my twenties that got me to ditch liberal parties. The way the right would never play by the rules, would be scummy as hell and yet the supposed 'opposition' would always play fair with them was so frustrating. I remember thinking "these guys are a threat, you can't afford to play with them like they're acting in good faith anymore!" But the idea of anything outside of the two party system didn't occur to me until I discovered that not only are there plenty of actual communists out there, that they're not evil like I had been taught to believe and they actually wanted to do something to fix things and they were willing to treat the right like the threat they really are. No one else was saying "Actually, the right needs to be stopped and they aren't going to just roll over and let us. Let actually punch the shark in the nose instead of patting it and hoping it won't bite".

Tldr the so called liberal progressives weren't going to fight for me when the chips were down so I no longer felt like I could trust them with my safety.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Bro knew about the deserter the entire fucking time. That makes all interactions with him even funnier.