Would you mind if your character had a voice? : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:00 am

Waaagh.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:54 pm

I don't even want NPC spoken dialogue. I'd hate for the PC to have a voice.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:19 am

Hell yes I'd mind if my character was stuck with some voice actor's voiceovers to suit some lame producer's idea of what my character should sound like.

I've played games with voiced player characters...for linear shoot-o-ramas it's not too bad, for even linear "fake free-roaming" RPGs it invariably svcks.

:thumbsdown:

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:27 am

IMO, giving the PC a voice only works in games where the story is more rigidly defined and your PC is a specific individual, with a predetermined role to play.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:46 am

I do the voice work for my character, not bethesda.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:56 pm

IMO, giving the PC a voice only works in games where the story is more rigidly defined and your PC is a specific individual, with a predetermined role to play.

This^

It works in RDR because you can't choose who you are regardless of whether you want to or not and you can't alter their apperance. You play as John Marston and Rocksrar were therefore able to pick a voice actor suitable for that role.

I will be a Nord and if I was voiced by Gerard Butler (was great in the film 300) or Johnny Depp I would be ok with that, but then again other people wouldn't want them as their voice. So it is an idea that will NEVER work in this style of game

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:23 am

I wouldn′t like the player to have a voice because it gives the impression that you′re playing as someone else and not yourself.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:25 pm

After comparing DA:O to DA2, no, I do not want a voiced PC thank you very much.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:15 am

Only if i get a super stereotypical Indian accent. His battle call will be "Customer Service, how may I destroy you!"
Not racist just a joke, I'm Indian myself.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:13 pm

But my character does have a voice. He says things like FUS ROH DAH

Apparantly not anymore. All the "dragonshouts" are now coughs.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:40 am

I wouldn't want a voice because my 1st Bosmer character will sound nothing like my 2nd Bosmer character who will sound nothing like my 32nd Bosmer character and my 1st Dunmer will sound nothing like my 2nd Dunmer etc

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:19 am

Only if i get a super stereotypical Indian accent. His battle call will be "Customer Service, how may I destroy you!"
Not racist just a joke, I'm Indian myself.

I love you.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:03 am

10 races, 2 sixes, 20 voices, won't happen :intergalactic:

Also: Many different personalities and character with specific "voices"(RP-ers).

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:50 am

It wouldent really be tes style although i wonder how argonians and khajiit will sound when they do dragon shouts...

» Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:12 pm

Yes, I would mind.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:41 am

IMO, giving the PC a voice only works in games where the story is more rigidly defined and your PC is a specific individual, with a predetermined role to play.

Agreed and with this in mind I vote no to a voice for the character as it will likely mean we loose a lot of choice in who we play as.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:53 am

In a game where your creating the character from nothing yes, at that point the devs are trying to get me to actually be the character so any voice besides the one in my head would pull me out of the game. In a game like ME were your merely adjusting the character and being asked to identify with him a voice is fine since I didn't create shephard I merely molded shephard into a person that I could identify with.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:36 am

I wouldn′t like the player to have a voice because it gives the impression that you′re playing as someone else and not yourself.

You are already.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:03 pm

I wouldn't like it, Only I can know how my character will sound, and I like the fact that most dialog in TES are actually mostly highlighted links, this way I can make up an appropriate question myself, in a manner which fits my character.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:27 am

If any of you played dragon age, it could work like a system similar. You could choose a cocky, aggressive, etc type of voice. It wouldn't be that hard, just hire a new voice actor for every race and then just change the picth, etc

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:39 am

Not really as long as it was a relatable voice like Geralt or Shepard. Unless you're Dunmer.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:40 am

You are already.

Yes but its somebody else I create and not who bethesda creates

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:34 am

Players are getting voices... because of Dragon Shouts. Unless all of the races and sixes shout with exactly the same voice.

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:15 am

It wouldn't really bother me no, but I don't see it adding a whole lot to the TES experience. Not to mention the strokes it would cause on the forum here. Actually that might make it worth it. :biggrin:

» Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:16 am

Many people are missing this key part of the topic title:

I'm talking about if your character would actually talk