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I'm reasonably sure it's just like regular voice-overs in other games and MMOs. They likely just hired some voice actors (or got Bob from accounting) to do some voice work for the new low level missions (or possibly just the new tutorial).
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Is there any more information how that will work? Especially from the technical perspective?
Because if they're planning to implement a way to link in-game dialogue with sound file resources, I'm imagining a giant player-driven voice acting supplementation. And it looks glorious. |
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Ugh... Yeah, I've yet to see an MMO get decent voice acting which didn't infuriate me. I still remember the horror that was "I am out of range. I can't cast that. Not enough mana. I am out of range." Ugh! I had to ask my friend to mute his speakers more than few times. Also, there are about ten thousand pages of text in this game, so there's no chance in hell we'll get voice-overs for all of them. This leads to the old Baldur's Gate problem - only, like, five characters in the whole game speak and everyone else is still silent. This creates a kind of dissonance I don't really want to see.
Of all the things I wanted to see - and better audio being one of them - voice overs seem like the least productive use of money.
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As long as we can switch it off. I like having my own music on in the background, I don't want terrible voice acting to ruin that.
If it's 'voiceover' like Prometheus in the Itrials, fair enough.
If its like that and recorded, that's ok too. Having explanations being voice overs and only one type in-game (i.e. like the Itrial explanations) that works better IMO than having to try and keep track of floating text boxes all over the shop.
Will wait and see. Would still love dynamic music though
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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To be fair, I don't expect the voice acting to be terrible. They're professionals, after all. I'm just concerned with the sheer volume of acting required. Didn't EA spend, like, eleventy billion dollars for voice overs on the Star Wars MMO?
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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So long as they get the guy who did Recluse in the CoV CGI trailer 
he was fraggin' AWESOME!
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Actually, I think my favourite was the guy who did Mender Silos in the I11 trailer. For something that was largely just panoramic shots of the game, that guy made the trailer awesome.
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So long as they get the guy who did Recluse in the CoV CGI trailer
he was fraggin' AWESOME! |
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Like I said, player-driven. I doubt we'll ever get any kind of "official" sanction, but imagine if you could copy a bunch of MP3s/OGGs/WTVs into the game folder and hear the mission briefing narrated to you by some other player who recorded it.
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Also, there are about ten thousand pages of text in this game, so there's no chance in hell we'll get voice-overs for all of them.
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Originally Posted by Quinch
Like I said, player-driven. I doubt we'll ever get any kind of "official" sanction, but imagine if you could copy a bunch of MP3s/OGGs/WTVs into the game folder and hear the mission briefing narrated to you by some other player who recorded it.
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I'm pretty sure it was one guy who did the voices for everyone in that video, sans Ghost Widow.|
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So long as they get the guy who did Recluse in the CoV CGI trailer
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Pretty much, voice overs are very expensive for MMOs since they require studio time and scheduling with the talent.|
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To be fair, I don't expect the voice acting to be terrible. They're professionals, after all. I'm just concerned with the sheer volume of acting required.
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Although, it's very easy to 'cut corners' and not do studio work for the voiceovers, but you'll find many quality issues crop up then.
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So far, all they've said is that there are voiceovers in the tutorial to guide new players.
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I don't want terrible voice acting to ruin that.
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But it needs to be a bit cheesy - this is a comicbook game
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I MUCH MUCH MUCH preferred that Distinguished Comic's voiceovers compared to the Controlling Opposition's.
You can have cheesy for some characters like the Joker or Foxbat, not for the entire game.
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Eleventy Seven and counting; personally I'd prioritise cutscene VO, that way you're not having to worry about the disconnect between people with VO and people without it as you move through the game.
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To be fair, I don't expect the voice acting to be terrible. They're professionals, after all. I'm just concerned with the sheer volume of acting required. Didn't EA spend, like, eleventy billion dollars for voice overs on the Star Wars MMO?
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And they will make it back many times over. I agree on VO for cut scenes. I really don't need it for anything else.
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Eleventy Seven and counting; personally I'd prioritise cutscene VO, that way you're not having to worry about the disconnect between people with VO and people without it as you move through the game.
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Can't wait for the "whiny cheerleader" voice of Fusionette ...
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Originally Posted by Quinch
Like I said, player-driven. I doubt we'll ever get any kind of "official" sanction, but imagine if you could copy a bunch of MP3s/OGGs/WTVs into the game folder and hear the mission briefing narrated to you by some other player who recorded it.
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I hope they get Gilbert Gottfried to voice someone. Anyone. Could you imagine Gilbert doing Manticore or Statesman? It would be glorious.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
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This x 1,000,000. I like not hearing anyone ingame, plesae give me the option to shut it off.|
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As long as we can switch it off. I like having my own music on in the background, I don't want terrible voice acting to ruin that.
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The game doesn't need voice-overs.
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Just so long as there's still dialogue that can be read and it's not just a voice telling you what to do.
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Maybe during the cut scene of the ITF.|
Originally Posted by Quinch
Like I said, player-driven. I doubt we'll ever get any kind of "official" sanction, but imagine if you could copy a bunch of MP3s/OGGs/WTVs into the game folder and hear the mission briefing narrated to you by some other player who recorded it.
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Is there any more information how that will work? Especially from the technical perspective?
Because if they're planning to implement a way to link in-game dialogue with sound file resources, I'm imagining a giant player-driven voice acting supplementation.
And it looks glorious.