What Happened to Pablo's voice?

[BecketsGD]

The last time I played this game, Pablo sounded MUCH different. Why did they change his voice? Do other people notice this too or did I hear pablo in my head instead of out loud? lol His voice deeper and his accent is missing. I am on a new start and just got introduced to him

[BecketsGD]

He is even flirty? what happened to snarky Pablo? What is happening?

[House Gnome]

How long since you played? Pablo has a...unique voice. Sometimes it is deep and gruff, sometimes it's high pitched and breathy. It's like the voice actor did two different versions and the game editors mixed the two together. It's been that way since launch. Also, the exact same voice is used for some background character lines.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by House Gnome:

How long since you played? Pablo has a...unique voice. Sometimes it is deep and gruff, sometimes it's high pitched and breathy. It's like the voice actor did two different versions and the game editors mixed the two together. It's been that way since launch. Also, the exact same voice is used for some background character lines.

I remember Pablo as having a bit more of a flamboyant voice that was softer than it is now. It was almost catty in some of the stuff he said

[yoru]

I'm pretty sure there was a discourse about this a few years back when a lot of people noticed a change after one of the major story updates but it was a long time ago. Maybe 3 years or more. I don't think there was ever a confirmation from Pathea.

It's possible it's the same actor (you'd have to check the credits) but because the time between major chapter updates was so long, the actor changed the way he voice acted, or changed his equipment. Most of these indie game VAs record at home on their own setup or rent a studio for 2 hrs and just send the files over to China. It's also possible, and I'm going on a real stretch here, that they had to tone down the flamboyant behaviour/script because 4 years ago there was a major crackdown on games in China and every game had to be approved and sent for review by the media board and it delayed MTaS by A LOT. I wouldn't be surprised if they edited the character profile (write up they send to the VAs) just to get past the approval quicker. (I don't need to tell you but let's just say their men need to be manly there, and 'immoral' behaviour isn't really allowed there.)

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by yoru:

I'm pretty sure there was a discourse about this a few years back when a lot of people noticed a change after one of the major story updates but it was a long time ago. Maybe 3 years or more. I don't think there was ever a confirmation from Pathea.

It's possible it's the same actor (you'd have to check the credits) but because the time between major chapter updates was so long, the actor changed the way he voice acted, or changed his equipment. Most of these indie game VAs record at home on their own setup or rent a studio for 2 hrs and just send the files over to China. It's also possible, and I'm going on a real stretch here, that they had to tone down the flamboyant behaviour/script because 4 years ago there was a major crackdown on games in China and every game had to be approved and sent for review by the media board and it delayed MTaS by A LOT. I wouldn't be surprised if they edited the character profile (write up they send to the VAs) just to get past the approval quicker. (I don't need to tell you but let's just say their men need to be manly there, and 'immoral' behaviour isn't really allowed there.)

Its so funny, because I last played the game before it hit 1.0 and was in later Act 2 before I got sidetracked from it, and I thought Pablo was the same flamboyant self he was earlier in a playthrough. Its possible I just wasn't listening correctly or rushed his dialogue without realising his voice changed back then. I will miss old Pablo. His snarkyness was awesome. This new flirt with my character right away vibe threw me right off. It is what it is.

[SimuLord]

Not just Pablo but Burgess as well. Sometimes he speaks like he's five years old, other times, he's got what I'm assuming is his voice actor's naturally higher-pitched voice but he doesn't sound like a little kid.

I think it does come down to recording sessions spaced fairly widely apart and either the actor changed the style or the voice direction did.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by SimuLord:

Not just Pablo but Burgess as well. Sometimes he speaks like he's five years old, other times, he's got what I'm assuming is his voice actor's naturally higher-pitched voice but he doesn't sound like a little kid.

I think it does come down to recording sessions spaced fairly widely apart and either the actor changed the style or the voice direction did.

I am in a cut scene with pablo and his voice is soft again. I wonder if it will go deep again lol this is actually getting awkward now lol

[B Unit]

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

Originally posted by SimuLord:

Not just Pablo but Burgess as well. Sometimes he speaks like he's five years old, other times, he's got what I'm assuming is his voice actor's naturally higher-pitched voice but he doesn't sound like a little kid.

I think it does come down to recording sessions spaced fairly widely apart and either the actor changed the style or the voice direction did.

I am in a cut scene with pablo and his voice is soft again. I wonder if it will go deep again lol this is actually getting awkward now lol

Yeah it depends on when the cutscene was recorded, so if you dont get an early friendship event till later in the game I can see him bouncing between voices, but in the end he will have his generic gruff guy voice when you talk to him in town which kinda sucks.

[Dimensional Traveler]

Pablo went thru puberty really, really fast!

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Dimensional Traveler:

Pablo went thru puberty really, really fast!

chronic bronchitis

[BecketsGD]

His voice pretty much goes back and fourth. I am getting used to it now. I prefer the flamboyant version though