Why Are You Reusing Phrases? : V - Skyrim

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:58 am

Then where the hell did they put the rest?

I would imagine they were put to work on individual characters, important quest related stuff and things like that. The people you will need to (or want to) talk to again and again.

It's a bit like asking why no shop keepers had Patrick Stewart's voice.

Because in Morrowind and Oblivion you were greeted as you would be in real life, with a simply hi or hello.

NPC: Seen any elves lately? Hah ha hah.
Me: I get it, because I'm an Elf right? Are you related to the commoners in Syeda Neen? Because they liked that one to.

Though to be honest I never minded that one even though I think my first Morrowind play through may have been glitched since it seemed 6 out of 10 NPC comments would be that one.

I don't walk up to strangers on the street and tell them about my life story selling vedgetables with my mother until I took an arrow in the knee.

Yeah, but that's just because most people in Skyrim have poor social skills. :biggrin:

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:24 am

Oh my god, that was just a joke. Honestly it seems like half of the forum has no sense of humor whatsoever. You may have an office job but you definitely need to get out more

They used to have a sense of humor like you, then... well, you know the rest.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:59 am

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Voice_Actors Here's the proper list

It's not as bad as I said earlier, but still pretty awful. I think imperials and bretons come from the Nord list as well

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:13 am

I used to not like the reused phrases, but then me and all my guard colleagues took arrows in the knee...

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:28 pm

I don't walk up to strangers on the street and tell them about my life story selling vedgetables with my mother until I took an arrow in the knee.

I suppose it's a Western idea to be so unsociable with random people.

In Armenia I often find myself talking to random people about my life and they about theirs. It's just kind of a thing we Armenians do. I remember how hard it was adjusting to an American lifestyle, if you start talking to someone you don't personally know they look at you like you've painted yourself green and glued a bunch of spoons to your face. Not to mention the fact that no one hugs and kisses on the cheek, they just shake your hand or sometimes not even touch you. It's like Americans are scared of making any contact with other people

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:21 am

Oh my god, that was just a joke. Honestly it seems like half of the forum has no sense of humor whatsoever. You may have an office job but you definitely need to get out more

U mad bro?

j/k. Yup, my bad. I didn't get that you were trolling / joking. I hope the other guys who said it were too. :foodndrink:

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:05 am

I can understand why they reuse the same voices but the same lines with different voices is a little lazy.

Did they really ask 6+ different people to say the same line?

Costs the same for the actors, but saves on writers who probably get paid upwards of a dollar a word.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:59 pm

funny story,
a guard helped me fight a dragon in winterhold and then after we killed it he goes "my cousins out fighting dragons and what do i get? guard duty"

ridiculous

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:22 am

yeah, i agree. It just doesnt make sense having different Voice actors and make them say the exact same line.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:16 pm

Bethesda: I used to make a good RPG game then I took an arrow in the knee and here I have a pos game for you. :celebration:

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:01 am

N'wah! :toughninja:

:biggrin:

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:54 am

I suppose it's a Western idea to be so unsociable with random people.

In Armenia I often find myself talking to random people about my life and they about theirs. It's just kind of a thing we Armenians do. I remember how hard it was adjusting to an American lifestyle, if you start talking to someone you don't personally know they look at you like you've painted yourself green and glued a bunch of spoons to your face. Not to mention the fact that no one hugs and kisses on the cheek, they just shake your hand or sometimes not even touch you. It's like Americans are scared of making any contact with other people

That's actually pretty interesting.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:48 pm

U mad bro?

j/k. Yup, my bad. I didn't get that you were trolling / joking. I hope the other guys who said it were too. :foodndrink:

I was like totally serious bro. Bethesda does have a quirky sense of humor.

Now I need a beer. I hope my mommy doesn't catch me.