Star Control 2 - The Druuge's explanation

[@Phoenix7786]

I gotta hand it to the 3DP staff in charge of the voice-acting. At a time when "WHAT is this?" And "NO. DOn't OPEN that door" and "You were almost a Jill SANDwhich" were the mockery of the gaming community, the 3DO staff recognized the untapped goldmine that was video game voice-acting. And they took means to ensure talented, competent VA's and proper voice synthesis (just listen to these guys, the Ur-Quans, and the Chenjesu/Chmmr for examples) modules were used. To this day, SC2's VA is good.

[@hagamapama]

And then there's the Utwig

[@lucacitroen9178]

Oh snap. He just added us to the ledger of hatred. We all be doomed.

[@Unstoppabull]

In other words..... YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!

[@ZorotheGallade]

("Accidentally" destroys the Sa-Matra just after the end of the Doctrinal Conflict and the Druuge get annihilated in the Death March) Whoopsie-daisy! Totally not did that on purpose, guys!

[@halfgoku]

Thanks for putting all these clips online! I'm finding the voices put a new interpretation on the game for me.

[@EventHorizon_Alex]

Oh hi EA!

[@HayTatsuko]

@Stretchypantsmaster The Druuge are totally beholden to the Crimson Corporation. If you play, you find out the exact extent of this... relationship, especially if you get one of the Druuge Maulers and discover how it recharges its batteries.

[@ghos7bear]

We called their ships "Sniper Rifles" when we were kids and were playing this game.

[@Xerardo84V]

Funny. My brother and me used to call it "canon".

[@notstardream]

playing? when i was a kid i knew a fucking coding language and couldnt do anything without cyborg

[@noisywan]

Their Mauler ships used to be fun in Super Melee. The recoil effect of the primary weapon was very usefull to beat the fast ships and escape from projectiles. We used to build Mauler-only armadas for 2 player death match...Early 90s, good times...

[@airwolfman]

hang in there, buddy.

[@gorauma]

hah, jokes on you, the utwig did gain powers

[@Righton2000]

He's chillin'.

[@Righton2000]

Daaaaaamn right. He's a pig, he knows how to hang.

[@Jaypool1999]

The druuge looks like an old man. Perhaps a reference to Scrooge?

[@MOJOJONO]

Druuge of the Crimson Corporation. So what is the Crimson Corporation?

[@Gitarookefka]

the collective name of their empire

[@Stretchypantsmaster]

why is he chained up like that?

[@TheErilaz]

Stretchypantsmaster bdsm

[@WafflesMoguMogu]

Stretchypantsmaster i like to believe they are either forced or “loyally” choose to be chained up when becoming part of the Crimson Corporation, so they can be transported and fed into the furnaces to fuel their starships easily

[@seneryy]

They like BDSM

[@okamijubei]

Me: (to the druuge) "No... We are not the same. We had our fear and our survival but we do not sell out our friends. We do not use our friends as decoys and let them die of a genocide frenzy. If our friends in trouble... We stood up with them even it means dead to the end with them. And that bomb is our purpose not just for me or just for my people's freedom but also for our survival... Not just for me or just for my people but also for them... For all of us... Just so we all have our rights for survival of this galaxy. "

[@okamijubei]

@@aarrcchhoonntt *eyes narrow* "I came to agree with you there... I trust them more (Ur-Quan) than I trust you... And I trust them (look at Fwiffo) (To the fleet Including Fwiffo and Adama) ...CCCCHHHHAAAARRRRGGGGEEE!!!"

[@maskie4189]

@@okamijubei Technically, you do send the Illwrath to wipe out the Thraddash and gain access to the Chmmr. You also wipe out entire planet's ecosystems to acquire data for the Melnorme. If you befriend the Thraddash, you immediately backstab them and steal their most holy relic. And, despite our misgivings, we trade with the very people we despise, the Druuge.

[@gorauma]

i like the druuge, theyre very functional

[@Onefuturist]

Druuge look like old man :D

[@BrianKelly_LettheGamesBegin]

Ahhhh 4:49…

[@Stretchypantsmaster]

@Jukeskywaltz maybe that's like a tux in his culture, the epitomy of classiness. Hard to tell what's classy and not whit these space faring cultures :P

[@ValaAssistant]

AH yes, the United States

[@allmight9840]

Chinese CCP or Soviet Union lol

[@dalamarwren424]

How tf do you guys function when you bring politics into literally ever asset of your lives? Even a over-decade old game isn’t free from political talk

[@dalamarwren424]

And NO, not United States, just certain pieces of it. Like EVERY country on planet Earth. You can’t define an entire people from the certain bad apples of it….wasting my time arguin stupid stuff….

[@tsm688]

@@dalamarwren424 It's true though. This game was developed in the USA. They worked for six months without pay for this game. The Druuge are the dev's opinion on corporate bullshit.

[@dalamarwren424]

@@tsm688 well yes. But it’s not really politics. Yes the Druuge are a symbol of evil corporations. And yes. There are evil corporations like this IN USA. Also. As the top comment said. China, Italy, Russia. France. North Korea. And well….any. It’s not the USA. It’s evil corporations. That doesn’t make the USA. Thats not politics. It’s just corporate bastards. We may suck in capitalism. Fully agree . But I assure you there’s is a thousand other examples in other countries.