What role exactly will John Patrick Lowrie play in the game since there is no campaign? Will he be announcing battlefield situations such as "commander under attack" etc? I really like his work and I'd love to listen to him in game, I just have no idea how much talking there is to do in a game exclusively featuring robots with little to no story.
This is all very speculative. We haven't really talked in detail about any of this, including the role of narration, yet.
Every game you play should sound like you're playing bastion... "You gotta hand it to the Asteroid, it did the job quick." "The kid didn't notice the brawler rush, he just rages for a while." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTkUgov60g
John Lowrie is the narrator in the current concept trailer. He is listed as being the narrator for PA, so he will be in the game as well. Remember he is the guy that did TA along with Half-Life 2 and pretty much all Valve games.
Wait, so Lowrie isn't in the office right now writing code? All hands! It's almost alpha time. I wonder if he no-call no-shows for work all the time and says "it's not like they can fire me now, right?" Damn that guy.