The voice acting is... not good

[Merder]

I'm liking the game so far but the voice acting needs to be scrapped and redone. Of the characters I've met, Owen is particularly awful. He talks so slow and has zero personality.

So many of the characters have what I guess is supposed to be a "western" accent and it just doesn't sound right. It sounds like a parody of the southern U.S.

There are also these weird pauses in the middle of sentences all over the place.

Not all of the voices in Portia were great, but they just had more emotion and didn't sound like corny cartoon characters.

Maybe they'll grow on me but so far I'm not feeling it.

[Dalton]

We like our voice actors. They may not be for everyone but they fit the vibe that we are going for.

[Lucius]

Ursprungligen skrivet av JVC:

So what? You don't have any argument except "China = garbage quality".

Why does everything have to be about arguing or having an argument? I was just making an observation that the production of China, as it occurred to me, gave me the impression of cheap and a rushed production. Are expressions of opinions, impressions and feelings banned on your side of the world? If so, I'm deeply sorry for you.

Ursprungligen skrivet av JVC:

The voice acting is ordered from a voice acting company in China and most of the voice acting is done by American voice actors commissioned by said voice acting company. Deal with it.

Uh, I don't need to deal with anything. I'm allowed to voice my opinion on why I'm not convinced enough to pay my hard-earned cash for this game. YOU deal with my opinion, because god knows you can't silence me. lol

[Merder]

Ursprungligen skrivet av ImHisWife:

We like our voice actors. They may not be for everyone but they fit the vibe that we are going for.

At this point I'm good with most of the voices. I guess if you listen to something long enough it grows on you.

There are still some problems that I hope will be addressed:

Some of the characters change accents from line to line. Catori is a good example. Sometimes she doesn't have an accent and sometimes she speaks in a deeper voice with what sounds like a New York accent (to me).

There are a few lines here and there spoken by a single character that sound like two different voice actors recorded the lines. Could be the same voice actor, but if so they forgot what the character was supposed to sound like on some lines.

Miguel pronounces "Heidi" as both "HAY-dee" and "HI-dee" within the same conversation. (I think it's the one about Arvio's sign.) Either way is fine but consistency is key.

This isn't specific to voice acting and I forget which character did it, but there was one instance where the on-screen dialogue was totally different than the spoken dialogue. (If I remember correctly if was during a conversation with Qi.)

[panurgy]

Catori is the one that really bothers me (her Bronx-like accent is too variable and doesn't fit her design, IMO).

Good points about the consistency, though. I think they're using some generic (placeholder?) dialog for certain types of speech, like goodbyes. Sometimes I wonder if there was a different voice actor for different parts of the dialog.

[Livia]

I love Owen's voice. It's probably one of my favourites. He's so laid back and chill.

Jasmine's voice is fine, but the writing for her...dude...she's not 4. Why does she mess up her letters when she's so well read and smart? Giant contradiction. That cutscene when she's talking to the writer - UUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

[Kainos]

The voices imo are just fine, and fit the setting of Sandrock. I really dislike the silent character we play unlike Portia, but oh well. I feel like I'm playing the Witcher where everyone talks but Geralt...that would be odd. Hopefully they get voices later for us to choose.

[a.ardacnc]

its good for 2015 CDPR and a 2015 open world game imo

[Nishi Kinuyo]

So... tl;dr people only have issues with the Englisc voiceovers?
If so, wouldn't the easy temporary fix be to use the Chinese ones instead?

Ursprungligen skrivet av Livia:

Jasmine's voice is fine, but the writing for her...dude...she's not 4. Why does she mess up her letters when she's so well read and smart? Giant contradiction. That cutscene when she's talking to the writer - UUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

Because she's still only like 8 or so. Having trouble with long words isn't that unreasonable, imo.

[Livia]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Nishi Kinuyo:

Because she's still only like 8 or so. Having trouble with long words isn't that unreasonable, imo.

She's not going to be using such words she can't say, nor add in extra Ws. She's speaking younger than her age, especially for one who is well read enough to know bigger words in the first place and critique the writer.

Ursprungligen skrivet av Kainos:

I really dislike the silent character we play unlike Portia, but oh well.

I hope they add an actual voice for our character.

[Merder]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Livia:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Nishi Kinuyo:

Because she's still only like 8 or so. Having trouble with long words isn't that unreasonable, imo.

She's not going to be using such words she can't say, nor add in extra Ws. She's speaking younger than her age, especially for one who is well read enough to know bigger words in the first place and critique the writer.

Ursprungligen skrivet av Kainos:

I really dislike the silent character we play unlike Portia, but oh well.

I hope they add an actual voice for our character.

The thing with Jasmine is really weird. She didn't replace her R's with W's during the tour. Why did she suddenly start doing it during the writer conversation?

[HoneyBee]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Merder:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Livia:

She's not going to be using such words she can't say, nor add in extra Ws. She's speaking younger than her age, especially for one who is well read enough to know bigger words in the first place and critique the writer.


I hope they add an actual voice for our character.

The thing with Jasmine is really weird. She didn't replace her R's with W's during the tour. Why did she suddenly start doing it during the writer conversation?

I have no actual proof of this, but I think she was messing with him. He did speak to her like she was a small, lost kid. She may have wanted to ramp up her burn to 11 by sounding like a toddler when she slammed his book lmao