New Male Patron Voice Is Lame

[Wet Floor Sign]

When I first started playing the male patron had this groveling and growling tone when speaking. If it was for towers falling, or player lore.

Now the male patron sounds so "Hero-esque" and almighty. It's a little lame. It doesn't give that haunting mystique that it once had which really fit into the whole devilish and paranormal style of the game.

Is it only me?

[Foxassassin]

I preferred the old Amberhand voice as well.

[Mailer]

The old announcer voice was funny because it spoke so incredibly slowly and nonchalantly about your structures dying; I could not help but laugh at it half the time. The downside was that it was almost impossible to hear what it said in a noisy environment.

The new voice is better for clarity and agency, but I wouldn't have minded if the old one stayed either. With any luck you'll be able to replace it back if you want to with some pak-file shenanigans.

[PurpleCosmos]

Yeah I really miss the "Beeee relentlesss" voiceline, it hit so good

[Nicobay le pokemon]

agree, new voice is lame compared to the older one

[Wet Floor Sign]

Originally posted by Mailer:

The old announcer voice was funny because it spoke so incredibly slowly and nonchalantly about your structures dying; I could not help but laugh at it half the time. The downside was that it was almost impossible to hear what it said in a noisy environment.

The new voice is better for clarity and agency, but I wouldn't have minded if the old one stayed either. With any luck you'll be able to replace it back if you want to with some pak-file shenanigans.

That makes sense but I feel like valve would like more quality with the delivery of the old voice as opposed to the new one where it feels bland.
Either way, there's an effect they do anyway which lowers the volume of the patron voice if a hero voiceline is playing at the same time.
But yeah, if it comes down to it, i'll probably try that out because I miss it so much </3

[Lirilì Larilà]

True I wish they kept the old voice.
The new one feels like it doesn't fit to a godly outer-planar entity as the Patron

[UmamiSoy (mel)]

It's not just you, I feel the same way. The old one felt more foreboding, ancient.

The new one is faster and clearer, which is better for clarity but it definitely lost some of its grandiose colors.

[purple drank]

totally agree, i really liked how menacing and ominous the old one was
new one is just generic