Rising Storm 2: Vietnam - ARVN Joe Behind The Scenes Video

Available now on PC, RISING STORM 2: VIETNAM is the sequel to Rising Storm, PC Gamer magazine’s 2013 ‘Multiplayer Game of the Year’, published by Tripwire Interactive and developed by Antimatter Games. Command your team to victory in massive 64-player battles with authentic weapons, aircraft, and maps that pit conventional military forces against guerrilla forces.
One of the voice actors for the new ARVN forces, featured in the new ARVN Content Update for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, is Joseph Tran. During the recording sessions for the game he asked his father to come along to act as an adviser and mentor for the role. Turns out his father is Thanh Tran, also known as "Joe." During the war Joe was awarded the Bronze Star, while a Staff Sergeant in the ARVN, for saving a another soldier's life under fire, while operating with US forces in September 1968.
We couldn't resist the opportunity to ask him to talk a little about his experiences and about his thoughts on the voice acting his son was doing. As you'll see Joe was really happy his son gets to play the "good guys" for once!

[@Jetbat]

ARVN Joe best we need more behind the scenes, TWI

[@NATPopStories]

Yeah, this was produced better than some behind the scenes videos for games you see online.

[@ceeril]

I'm from Vietnam, but the voice actor really nailed the South accent. GJ

[@harley27]

Mái bai chiến đấu đang ba lợn chên bà chời ..... :D

[@sinkliner3836]

CeeRiL Vu is there difference in accent between north and south

[@thitran1362]

@@sinkliner3836 there is but I think you can only recognize it when you fully understand the language.

[@sinkliner3836]

thi tran is it like dialects where it is difficult to understand a different accent of the same language?

[@thitran1362]

@@sinkliner3836 Kinda. Its not too difficult to understand at least for me. You may get confused on a few words since the South and Northern people use different words on a few things. But generally you can still understand each other perfectly. If you really want a really difficult accent to understand, the Hue accent is the one.

[@Dizzyfatpigeon]

WE HAVE-A LOS FOXTROHH!!

[@JdebMkay]

EEKO IS-A BIIDING ATTAK'DD!!

[@MatiasPalacios2]

Yor tonnel has bean distoy, place ana-do!

[@febuary1497]

ALPRHAAAA

[@albertpirelius]

taht iis an invaliidd locashun gimii anada whann

[@redcar9949]

Isn't that a Viet Cong line

[@Utekprasec]

huge respect! we need more "Behind The Scenes" videos like this

[@splintercell275]

Thank you for putting so much authenticity into the game and hiring real Vietnamese talent! I can tell the son and father are both proud to contribute.

[@suphuthanhjoe9760]

Thanks

[@hugogh3507]

Thanks for this TW. And respects to "joe"

[@nguyenhaan533]

I'm a Vietnamese and I know that they are very, very talented at there voice acting. It is really close to the voice I would hear during the war, You will pretty much never hear this voice now in Vietnam because we have change so much :D

[@tomlee4018]

Mr Ha can you explain more about how Vietnamese has changed between then and now? What has changed exactly? Accent? Vocabulary?

[@nguyenhaan533]

@@tomlee4018 I would say that the accent and vocabulary all changed. When two generations of Vietnamese start speaking to each other, people would notice the accent 100% even if they are not Vietnamese. I can't really go in depth with typing out all the changes, but I will say it definitely changes.

[@personhuman2239]

@@nguyenhaan533 Is there anywhere I can read about it?

[@queuedjar4578]

@@personhuman2239 Think about the difference between southern boomer talk vs terminally online zoomers speaking with urban slang. Language evolves a lot over the years for most societies.

[@Ericthefilo]

Fantastic to see a developer who respects authenticity and history when claiming to create an authentic historical shooter. Anyone else thought his dad was so energetic and young looking for a Vietnam vet!?

[@ratbarthegreat4487]

A really big step up from the current voice acting, good job.

[@HunterTinsley]

I'd love to play a mini campaign based on Joe! I think this game could really benefit from some unique single player stuff.

[@Friskyeat07]

Hunter Tinsley No, this game should stat on it’s multiplayer’s campaign like the other ones.

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

wrong game for singleplayer, you saw how "well" that worked out on RO2. Cutscenes were nice but the gameplay was totally boring.

[@maplemaple1439]

@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi agreed, the farthest they should ever go for single player is letting you play with bots, probably should be put on the final update

[@John-mf6ky]

Just had to say, your profile picture is the best thing I've seen all day hahaah.

[@Vash0006]

My father was an officer in the South Vietnamese military during the war. Never thought I’d see this. Thank you! This means a lot to us!

[@Blank55600]

Vietnam war vets, our forgotten and unappreciated warriors...

[@riventv4927]

Sad Philippine ww2 and korean war vets

[@dylanabela4058]

@@kwerty9671 South VIetnam was not free. It was a Catholic dictatorship under Ngo Dinh Diem. This government was overthrown with the support of the US after a loss of support due to the persecution of Buddhists and failures against the PAVN/NLF. It was then ruled by a succession of military juntas. Persecution and oppression of peoples continued under Duong Van Minh and Nguyen Khanh's government. The US actually pushed for the Diem government to carry out land reforms like the North, in order to prevent more areas from the countryside turning to the communists.

[@Pyke64]

You really did one hell of a job ! Playing the ARVN feels as immersive as ever. Also loved hearing the story about the dad :)

[@suphuthanhjoe9760]

Pyke from a man

[@WanganTune3DXPluDeaf]

I teared my grandfather were fought against communist He is former ARVN

[@thangchano]

VietNam Cong Hoa Muon Nam

[@tanatngo1946]

Republic of vietnam forever, vnch vẫn còn trong lỏng người Miền Nam

[@jaygonzales8258]

lol u guys stop it

[@votuanphu6299]

@@tanatngo1946 LOL, du ma tao cuoi vao mat tui bay

[@MrSpeedluver]

We asked for a better voice acting, and Tripwire really got it. Thank you Tripwire.

[@my936586]

When Americans defeated, they ran back home but left a lot of ARVNs behind, (Go home GI, but no GI no go home), ARVNs were persecuted as traitors. I am glad you made it out Joe!

[@suspicioususer]

Americans weren't defeated

[@kevinkelter9691]

@@suspicioususer they simply left.

[@suspicioususer]

@@gooddoggo3547 the war ended after the US left

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

We left and cut back on supplying the ARVN with ammo and weapons (which translates to low manpower, that leads to less areas under control, and a badly stretched military), thanks to a Democrat controlled Congress which is one of the reasons why the ARVN lost. Funny enough history almost repeated itself during Iraq and Afghanistan because the Democrats wanted to do the same thing, but it was prevented.

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

@@gooddoggo3547 You're applying post Cold War thinking into the Cold War. During that time nobody knew if the domino theory would be true, nobody knew communism is a big failure (except for the people in said communist nations). If anything, we should've sided with Ho Chi Minh when the French wanted Indochina back after WW2. America was the big nation after WW2 because it was the only power that came out undamaged by the horrors of war, so we should have threw our weight around to destroy European colonialism; the very thing that dragged us into Vietnam in the first place.

[@RobinOnYew]

I always find the voice acting in rising storm Vietnam to truly capture the horror, the aggressiveness and vulgarity of a soldier under that situation. I don't know what they are saying in Vietnamese, but it doesn't sounds stereotypical or silly, it sounds always brutally realistic.

[@queuedjar4578]

The way the North Game Announcer speaks english is indeed "brutally realistic" to how the average Vietnamese man would sound speaking English lmao.

[@FlashyLight]

wow this is amazing, bringing veterans to help in the making of the game is simply amazing

[@FrankyPlaysGames]

ARVN Joe is a true Vietnamese hero!

[@jared7226]

R.I.P all ARVN military personnel and God speed for ARVN veteran's.

[@Banana-sy9di]

Uhhh no they're suffering and after war april 30 1975 they're still dying they're no special treaments or anything just hateful i think all the arvn veteran should have a trip to visit USA for their retirement

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

@@Banana-sy9di some of them are still in Vietnam homeless and selling lottery tickets

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

God bless that man.

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Hoàng Nguyên Yup, that's is one thing that I have in common with this man.

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Hoàng Nguyên Yup, that's how it is. People demonize us and that man was demonized back in the day.

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Thats good but the difference between The South over here and North and South Vietnam is that over here people distort history of the south to make us out to be the worst thing since Agent Orange just to make some fruitcake feel happy.

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Yup

[@royboiiiluo6178]

Deep South Gaming but hey you can go back to your home without getting into concentration camp

[@yukisohma19]

holy shit that was fascinating

[@phon14593]

Thank you Tripwire for staying true in the way of delivering the experience of combat. My mad respects go out to Joe and other fighters who fought against the northern communist regime.

[@baronhouba1]

This is why I love TW. Thank you for your service Joe ! What a badass

[@Frobbl]

The talking is great but what I put even more value on is authentic and immersive screams. Those weren't shown in this unforunately. Really appreciating the hard work either way Tripwire! Most other teams would release this as $20 DLC.

[@RamaMarines]

Thanks a lot Joe!

[@metanumia]

Thanks for your commitment to historical accuracy, Tripwire Interactive! This was such a cool behind-the-scenes video, more would be greatly appreciated! And thanks Joe and son for your awesome work! :)

[@rebelwashington9305]

Thanks for your service Joe! What an awesome video and story, amazing job Tripwire Kudos +1

[@MrMrsJr]

I like his gleeful and proud voice when he says, "I carry my medal in here, ya know?"

[@Gamberbro237]

Tripwire is just such a wonderful studio

[@chinox1996]

This kind of things is what makes this franchise so great, respect and attention to history!

[@MrParkinthedark]

This is awesome behind the scenes, I really noticed the ARVN voices were RO2 level of quality, this guy did an awesome job!

[@gubaification]

Appreciate ya Tripwire, keep rolling the updates

[@jamief123]

Our rice are safe!

[@1234fivedude]

john doe rice fuels the hearts and minds, better keep it safe

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Rice is worth than oil and gold combined.

[@kylepage8777]

Thanks Joe Quality Work Tripwire

[@jamesgellert1263]

When I first play this game, I was surprised how beautiful and accurate the Vietnamese voice acting was.

[@peaceman679]

Thank you Joe for your service and your contribution to RS2. And thank you TripWire for bringing people like him on to help out. This kinda stuff is what makes your games more real than other historical shooters out there.

[@zgSH4DOW]

Thank you Thanh Tran for your service You fought for our people, who had every right to be free

[@bige2576]

Thank you for your service

[@TrungLe-eg5vz]

From Vietnam with love I love the game so much Good job guy

[@mineplow1000]

That is cool. Thanks, Tripwire!

[@snowyowlz5992]

While I could do WW2 games this strikes too close to home and for me as Vietnam-era Veteran…I believe you’ve done a good job here. Kudos.

[@Timbo5000]

This is great. ARVN will be one of my favourite factions with ease

[@Dennell_Mount_and_Blade]

Respect ARVN Joe.

[@lucasart328]

Remarkable. Respect to him and all soldiers. And tripwire for creating this game.

[@symelean5492]

Very nice video guys, keep doing what are you started.

[@no-zz8vx]

god bless tripwire keep up the great work on this game

[@portableportal]

thank you joe

[@jasonduong5605]

The REAL CHAD ARVN

[@pillmeup]

This is too fuckin cool. Tripwire, I'm buying this game now because of old Joe

[@redcar9949]

People need to play ARVN more in the game. It's my favorite army to play

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

Agree. But you can play it offline with bots, all by yourself if you want to. To do that, open console (F3 by default) and type: " Open VNTE-NinhPhu?maxplayers=64 " , press Enter and the game opens. Then open console again and type " Addbots 30 " and press Enter. This will add 30 bots and the game is ready to play. Note that you can open any map, the "NinhPhu" is just an example of ARVN map. Type in any map name and it will open. The "Addbots 30" will add 30 bots. You can type in any bot number you want, but not more than 64.

[@nickichartrand9255]

thats a really awesome video. still love this game you can tell the devs put a lot of time and thought into every detail about this game

[@jtktomb8598]

Amazing, much respect

[@Skyrilla]

Reaching for brownie points, really trying to let us know you've done research and talent scouting this time around after the mediocre reception of the original voices. :P That's fine, it's a good job done. Thanks for your service Joe.

[@IGaveUpSecondsAgo]

Gotta say so far ARVN is great

[@generalediaz2391]

Thanks Joe

[@sombrerosobecnos]

I could listen to this Man for hours..

[@Blank55600]

This is amazing...

[@brodylee3933]

Man i'd like to see more of these "making of" type videos. I already liked RS:2 and now I have even more appreciation for it.

[@scottjackson3347]

Whoa! This makes me love the game even more.

[@alt_reality7816]

I love this dude already He a ARVN

[@feraligatorade99]

The ARVN voices are really good!

[@3dgamerman]

thanks joe

[@eeshsinger]

you can see that tripwire wants to make this game accurate as fk so they brought in a real vietnam war veteran

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

This is Beautiful

[@blubbaglump6728]

cool stuff

[@leoaero1948]

Yo this Gold Im playing RS2 for 2 years and Im now seeing this!!!!

[@mailan916]

Great Joe

[@ThePlayaSheepUnionlemonparty]

hell yes man

[@JJMza]

RIGHT ON!!!!!!!

[@thepossum9396]

God bless this veteran

[@wesesheskhnemtuhit]

Respect!

[@plitovkin7366]

Nice job dudes!

[@MisterTipp]

Great trailer!

[@lux2132]

I just realized: Joseph also played a captured NVA soldier in We Were Soldiers

[@Kap3z1]

Tripwire is one of my fav devs.

[@not4you484]

thanks for sharing hope you will consider another game about Vietnam war

[@kevinkesler8154]

My step father was an ARVN advisor. Langdon

[@boo20084]

👍👍👍

[@sirbrick7105]

Awesome

[@padre619]

Go ARVN, even though the country doesn't exist they are still fighting in country heaven

[@tremblingnoobs5149]

You really need to appreciate voice line work by Tripwire, especially in KF2 imo.

[@dorneanurares-stefan5843]

Pretty good .

[@dogger9935]

awesome

[@haugs1718]

Pretty cool^^

[@user-qt4hm3lb7k]

YAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheCackles68]

everyone jumps on the arvn team in the game and I do love the new gunship

[@Cory989]

now that was cool

[@SamEEE12]

Yaaaa!

[@IGaveUpSecondsAgo]

ITS HERE BOYS

[@Autobotmatt428]

They are the under sung hero’s of the war.

[@jlostepbystep1908]

YAAHH

[@khorneflakes9760]

Nice.

[@EmilSosnin]

Please do more Behind The Scenes

[@deepak8586]

Amazing game ever made!!

[@The_Foil]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[@TelmenBudsuren]

*WE LOS BRABO* *_YAAAAAAAAAAAAA_*

[@comedyclip9037]

Good

[@Dark-Mustang]

ARVN wasn't on the side of the US... the US was on the side of ARVN. Sorry we bailed on you guys, Congress pulled us away when those of us with the guts wanted to stay. I always play ARVN in that game, and the game makers did a great job of being respectful to history and authenticity. Much respect!

[@Velocispic]

YAAAAA

[@AxeManandOldGuyFishing]

nice