So, do we want the Morrowind Dunmer voice back? : V - Skyrim

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:25 am

No as that voice was intended to convey the hoarseness of the throat that had to deal with the winds and dust of Morrowind exclusively I always thought.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:10 am

Actually, the AI was supposed to be like that. They had to pull the plug though after some problems arose and not enough time to fix 'em.

Yeah that makes sense, because if you watch all of those videos, they ended up still changing a lot after that.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:18 am

Actually, the AI was supposed to be like that. They had to pull the plug though after some problems arose and not enough time to fix 'em.

I remember them saying something along the lines of "a farmer needed a rake and the only one nearby was at another farm. That character would go over to get the rake, the other farmer would attack him for stealing the rake, the guards would come to attack the farmers for attacking each other and chaos ensues."
Final Oblivion? Rakes for all!

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:54 am

well, that voice sounded more like he had laryngitis, but something along the lines of jiub's tone would be great. they actually used the female dunmer voice for all female elves in oblivion, was really weird to me.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:22 am

Yeah that makes sense, because if you watch all of those videos, they ended up still changing a lot after that.

Those changes were a quicker and simpler fix than spending another half a year on trying to get NPCs from murdering each other and robbing each other and getting killed by guards.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:44 am

In Morrowind their voices were that way from the dust storms, right? I wouldn't expect any dark elves to talk that way anymore.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:05 am

You know why the tradition Dunmer voice wasn't in Oblivion?
The dust from teh red mountain and all teh sand/dust storms coated their throats and gave them a hoarser sounding voice.

As Skyrim is taking Dunmer refugees from Morrowind however ... *Is hopeful*

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:08 pm

In Morrowind their voices were that way from the dust storms, right? I wouldn't expect any dark elves to talk that way anymore.

maybe, but it would be good if they had a 'characteristically' deeper voice than other elves imo.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:37 am

In Morrowind their voices were that way from the dust storms, right? I wouldn't expect any dark elves to talk that way anymore.

We may have a lot of refugees from Morrowind in Skyrim, you know.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:16 am

Oh god not this video. It makes me nervous for Skyrim.

it doesn't for me they made phenomenal strides in the AI, it just wasn't implemented as much and because the AI probably wont improve that much we will probably see a lot more of it, just look at Fallout Radient AI was used way more than it was in Oblivion

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:50 pm

the voices were not completely baddass because of the ash from red mountain, their voices were baddass from some curse from azura that made all of the chimer (altmer look alikes) have red eyes, horrible ashlike skin and course throats. this was because of something after the war with the dwemer that i forgot

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:21 am

also they smoked 10 packs a day, the one in the video was kinda bad, I did like Morrowinds however

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:53 pm

Are you kidding? Of course we do! I hope they get their completely red eyes back too.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:31 am

also they smoked 10 packs a day, the one in the video was kinda bad, I did like Morrowinds however

Same voice actor.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:22 am

Same voice actor.

doesnt mean it is the same quality

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:24 am

I liked Morrowind's raspy Dunmer voices, too, but wouldn't they not make sense in Skyrim? I was always under the impression that the Dunmer had raspy voices from all the ash and harsh climates of Vvardenfell. And yes, I know the Dunmer in Almalexia had raspy voices, too, but I attribute that more to Bethesda not wanting to get a new voice actor.

In any case, raspy or not, we need a new voice actor. Oblivion's Dunmer were terrible.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:00 am

No, I don't want the Morrowind dunmer voice back.

Nor do I want the Oblivion elf voice back.

MW's sounded like they were all on the verge of hacking up a tobacco tar-laden lung.

OB's sounded... well, let's just say "flamboyant".

Something gravelly, like Bruce Boxleitner or Edward James Olmos, would suffice.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:36 am

I think elves should sound almost like they are singing but not quite as that would get annoying soon, but light and lyrical

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:17 am

I think elves should sound almost like they are singing but not quite as that would get annoying soon, but light and lyrical

I think that's what they were going for in Oblivion. I'd rather they not try it again.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:04 am

I think that's what they were going for in Oblivion. I'd rather they not try it again.

really most sounded pissed that I talked to, like their pointy ears were my fault somehow

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:04 am

No, I don't want the Morrowind dunmer voice back.

Nor do I want the Oblivion elf voice back.

MW's sounded like they were all on the verge of hacking up a tobacco tar-laden lung.

OB's sounded... well, let's just say "flamboyant".

Something gravelly, like Bruce Boxleitner or Edward James Olmos, would suffice.

Uhhhh... I don't really see either of those guys as a Dunmer.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:38 am

maybe they would be better suited to an asian inflected voice as they sound almost musical when they speak good english but have an asian language as a first language ...lucy lu...yeah buddy !!!

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:12 am

I loved the dunmer voice actor , I'd love him back but I want more than one dunmer voice though as well.

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:48 am

Assuming everything is voiced, I just want more voice actors in general, with better lines. And if that means having different accents and dialects, I'm all for it.

And I hope dragons sound like dragons, not people trying to sound like dragons.

I've only heard people trying to sound like dragons before, what do they really sound like?

» Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:31 am

I've only heard people trying to sound like dragons before, what do they really sound like?

sean connery, he is a dragon irl