The Voice Acting and the Script...

[Garrett]

Going on the gameplay footage so far..... wow, what an unbelievably bad script and terrible cringe inducing voice acting!

A character delivering a 'smart ass' comment in the face of mortal danger every 10 to 20 seconds, and Dwarves with American accents. Just so very, very bad.

Not to mention the utterly GENERIC plot - a veil/ barrier that stops demons is coming down, you must try and stop this. lol That's never been done before has it?

I am most certainly out and will return my focus to real RPGs like the Wayward Realms Archaelund and Skyblivion.

I shouldn't be surprised I guess ... it's Bioware and EA after all.

[skullymex]

Why are you on the dragon age forum if you don't even like the premise of dragon age?

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di russell_john:

Just curious but what kind of accent should a fictional Dwarf have?

if you want a good idea, look at the Witcher series of games. The rough Scottish or Irish accents work fantastically and just fit the dwarf characters. That's just fact.


Additional: For dwarves, I think Scandinavian accents would also fit well.

This part is just my opinion : American accents in fantasy games are like broken glass to the ears because most fantasy worlds have an ancient medieval feel. So new world accents just don't belong.

[Cutlass Jack]

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

A character delivering a 'smart ass' comment in the face of mortal danger every 10 to 20 seconds, and Dwarves with American accents. Just so very, very bad.

Considering the Dwarf in question has had the same voice actor and joke cracking for 3 games now, Have you even actually played any game in the series?

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di criffyzou:

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

if you want a good idea, look at the Witcher series of games. The rough Scottish or Irish accents work fantastically and just fit the dwarf characters. That's just fact.


Additional: For dwarves, I think Scandinavian accents would also fit well.

This part is just my opinion : American accents in fantasy games are like broken glass to the ears because most fantasy worlds have an ancient medieval feel. So new world accents just don't belong.

You know you can still play the Witcher games right ? No one is taking them from you.
Dwarves and elves from Dragon Age are their own thing and do not rely on overused cliché tropes from other stories. That's just fact.
And Dragon Age is not strictly medieval.

Do you want every story in every universe to end up feelng the same thing ? Dwarves from every fantasy series to be interchangeable ? That sounds supremely boring.
Do you buy a new book and expect to already know the story before going in, because it feels more safe for you if there are no unknown ? Do you read, for that matter ?
How do you handle sci-fi stories with alien races ? Genuine question.

I don't mind being surprised... but in a good way. I honestly could barely make it through that trailer because it was SO cliched. Do I read? **k off. lol

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

A character delivering a 'smart ass' comment in the face of mortal danger every 10 to 20 seconds, and Dwarves with American accents. Just so very, very bad.

Considering the Dwarf in question has had the same voice actor and joke cracking for 3 games now, Have you even actually played any game in the series?

Yes, I have played every game in the series, but honestly, to me Morrigan was the only interesting character. I find the others totally forgettable.

Oh with the exception of the 'wardog' character - whose name I forget now.

[Gloomseeker]

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

Considering the Dwarf in question has had the same voice actor and joke cracking for 3 games now, Have you even actually played any game in the series?

Yes, I have played every game in the series, but honestly, to me Morrigan was the only interesting character. I find the others totally forgettable.

Oh with the exception of the 'wardog' character - whose name I forget now.

Shouldn't be surprised by accents in DA then.

[Cutlass Jack]

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

Considering the Dwarf in question has had the same voice actor and joke cracking for 3 games now, Have you even actually played any game in the series?

Yes, I have played every game in the series, but honestly, to me Morrigan was the only interesting character. I find the others totally forgettable.

Oh with the exception of the 'wardog' character - whose name I forget now.

If you had actually played them (and I'm not convinced) you'd remember that Varric was a dwarf who was born and raised in Kirkwall, which was a human town. Which is why he wouldn't talk with whatever accent you imagine dwarves should have (but didn't.)

And you could name the dog whatever you want.

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Yes, I have played every game in the series, but honestly, to me Morrigan was the only interesting character. I find the others totally forgettable.

Oh with the exception of the 'wardog' character - whose name I forget now.

If you had actually played them (and I'm not convinced) you'd remember that Varric was a dwarf who was born and raised in Kirkwall, which was a human town. Which is why he wouldn't talk with whatever accent you imagine dwarves should have (but didn't.)

And you could name the dog whatever you want.

Yeah I never got into the lore that deeply because I simply wasn't inspired to.

I will only fully 'nerd out' and actually learn the lore for games which I feel truly deserve it.

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di criffyzou:

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Yeah I never got into the lore that deeply because I simply wasn't inspired to.

I will only fully 'nerd out' and actually learn the lore for games which I feel truly deserve it.

Ah, a casual.

With this series of games, yes, and that's 100% fine. You can't be totally obsessive with everything. Grow up a little please.

[Cutlass Jack]

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

If you had actually played them (and I'm not convinced) you'd remember that Varric was a dwarf who was born and raised in Kirkwall, which was a human town. Which is why he wouldn't talk with whatever accent you imagine dwarves should have (but didn't.)

And you could name the dog whatever you want.

Yeah I never got into the lore that deeply because I simply wasn't inspired to.

I will only fully 'nerd out' and actually learn the lore for games which I feel truly deserve it.

Well that's fine. I just can't figure out why you're going out of your way to complain now about something you never paid attention to in the series.

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di Cutlass Jack:

Messaggio originale di Garrett:

Yeah I never got into the lore that deeply because I simply wasn't inspired to.

I will only fully 'nerd out' and actually learn the lore for games which I feel truly deserve it.

Well that's fine. I just can't figure out why you're going out of your way to complain now about something you never paid attention to in the series.

I paid attention to the series, but not like a dribbling maniac.

And the trailer just made me cringe like hell.

And I care about the fantasy genre a lot. I want good RPGs with heart ..... not ones which are full of crap writing and cliches.

My bet will be that this game gets either mixed or very mildly positive reviews by overly generous gamers on Steam.

[Garrett]

Anyway enough of me defending my criticisms of a trailer to fanboys.

This is my last reply now. I am confident time and reviews will prove me correct about the general quality of the game. Have fun all.

[Garrett]

Messaggio originale di criffyzou:

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

How mature you are.

[Cutlass Jack]

Messaggio originale di Sciophyte:

Maybe my memory deceives me, but when did Varric not sound American?

He sounded that way since Origins.
Now I know, you're saying "But he wasn't in origins!" But Brian Bloom did the voice of Leske, who had exactly Varric's voice, in the Dwarf Commoner story.

[Weretygrrr]

I am glad that they got Claudia Black for Morrigan again, but seriously, the voice acting overall has been subpar. Several of the characters are wooden and lack proper emotion to the scene. Odd pauses in their delivery, particularly from the Veil Jumper leader. Bellara has fake enthusiasm and it just doesn't work, and the actual dialogue is clunky in so many places. Considering how high Baldurs Gate 3 set the bar for voice acting I was really expecting a lot more. But this was bad voice acting even without the BG3 comparison which sets such a high bar.