The big official VO SUGGESTION THREAD

[Simon Viklund]

Hello heisters!

This is Simon Viklund, composer and voice director at Overkill Software. Also the voice of Bain.

As you probably have noticed, on some occasions we have missed lines during our recording sessions with new voice actors who portray playable characters in the game. We know that a few robbers are missing intimidation phrases and some other things. New features that require voice lines have also been added, without those voice lines being recorded.

PAYDAY 2 is constantly evolving so it's inevitable that some production elements lag. Thanks for reporting those things, I sincerely apologize for it and thank you for your patience in the matter.

Starting next week, we will book recording sessions with all current voice actors of playable characters - "standards" as well as DLC . This is to "fill in the gaps", but it is also part of a larger plan to make the robbers talk more (and maybe make Bain talk a little less).

Now, I'm interested to hear what YOU - the community - want the characters to say. I'm looking for this:

1) SPECIFIC PHRASES - like, if you have a cool line you think a robber should say or a movie they should quote or something. Maybe it's a hilarious "pager prank call" or something threatening to say to civilians, or a funny explicit phrase to express frustration when the drill jams.

2) CONTEXTS to speak in - like, what actions should make the robbers talk. You already know that the robbers speak when their health drops below a certain level, when they place ammo/medic bags, etc. We also have plans to make the characters count bags as they throw them into the van, and on other occasions - but I want more suggestions from you! Maybe you have ideas we haven't even thought of.

Let us know, and stay awesome.

[Delumen]

I think the 'Ugggh....I need a medic bag' lines could be moved to when a player is on their final down, and new 'Ooh that hurt, I could use some first aid' lines to replace them low health.

[Reverie]

Basically as much interaction between Bain and heisters and all their reactions on either things that happen or locations they are in as PD:TH has.

It really seems insignificant but when you escape FWB and your character screams "to the left!" and "to the right!", this is what makes the game alive and immersive as hell.

[Esby]

Chatter that's relevant to specific heists or locations would be nice; maybe commenting on the elaborate Diamond security setup, or about how nice it is to get out of the city in stuff like Train Heist, or bad jokes about 'making withdrawals' in banks.

[Simon Viklund]

Originally posted by Akai:

Basically as much interaction between Bain and heisters and all their reactions on either things that happen or locations they are in as PD:TH has.

It really seems insignificant but when you escape FWB and your character screams "to the left!" and "to the right!", this is what makes the game alive and immersive as hell.

Thanks, glad you appreciate those details. We already have those "guidance lines" in our to-do-list. "Up the stairs!" "To the left!" "Hurry up!" etc. So that's definitely coming!

[bombi]

Be nice to have all heisters have lockpicking lines played when they start lock picking, i know you already have something like this on shadow raid but it happens after the lock picking is finished

[Jorji]

- For John Wick, please make him say whenever he has killed someone in stealth: "Dinner reservation for 1" (it's a quote from the movie!)

- For drilling, i would like to see more of the: "Broke ♥♥♥♥ piece of ♥♥♥♥ drill."

- For Bonnie, could we have the whole crew hate her? Just calling her names everytime. Makes the community a lot happier and would be freakin' hilarious.

- Could we have a simple conversation between 2 people? Like... they did that in Mass Effect 1 whenever you were in an elevator. Would be awesome if they interacted with each other in a funny way. For example whenever Hoxton kills a special and Houston doesn't, he then calls him useless.

[Olly]

- Seems like only the old heisters have lines for things like "I got the drill" and "Use cableties" (you can view these through PocoHud). These lines are used in some heists though so it'd be nice to hear them from the newer members of the gang.

- The heisters should announce things instead of Bain. For example, Bain shouldn't really know how many bags are in the van ("that's one! That's two!"), and would be better if the heisters said it in their own unique way.

- Sniper-kill and spot lines for the heisters that don't have it (e.g. Houston)

- More banter between the gang like in Payday: The Heist (this was a step in the right direction with Hoxton giving Houston some ♥♥♥♥ in his callout lines)

- Lines for picking up items ("I got a crowbar", "Grabbing a keycard", "here's some thermal paste")

- As someone else already mentioned, if a heister isn't on their last down, have them call out for a first aid instead of a doctor bag.

Edit: I also miss "Chains is in a pickle", this needs to make a comeback!

[Storm]

My special request is lines regarding snipers. Whenever you mark or kill one.
I think that when the game first came out, they weren't intended to be such a big deal as a special unit and didn't get lines.

Thank you Simon ;)

[Nistal]

Something muttered under your breath back at Bain when you get told to pick up the thermal drill for the 50th time.

Honestly, Bain commenting on things could go a long way too, not just contextually but on environmental things too.

Finally, the characters are getting a lot of history now, maybe more interaction between heisters or having them say something when patching up, fixing drills and reloading near each other. Makes more sense the heisters would be communicating verbally as they're a team.

[Technicolour]

Some bickering and joking around between the group of heisters. In the first game, the group was really tight-knit and efficient together. In PAYDAY 2, due to the amount of playable characters and lack of interaction from character to character, the heisters seem distant. I want to see Hoxton and Houston arguing during heists. I want the heisters to dynamically ♥♥♥♥ with each other. I want them to also show a side of true professionalism.

[Nyalruko]

A line for clover when she throws a bag into the van, if there are only three more bags to go she could say:

"Whupp de dup, de dee and now left are only three!

Did that rhyme? Ahh well, ♥♥♥♥ it."

[McKillem]

What a day, so much great news!

Would personally really like to have heisters announce their interactions that take a considerable time, like fixing a drill, picking a lock or helping a downed player. With a cooldown of a minute or so before it could be said again to avoid spam (maybe even longer for stuff that exists in big numbers, like the deposit boxes :)). Figure it could help combat multiple heisters interact with the same object at the same time.

And thanks for all your work, Simon!

[Terminator01]

Originally posted by Nyalruko:

A line for clover when she throws a bag into the van, if there are only three more bags to go she could say:

"Whupp de dup, de dee and now left are only three!

Did that rhyme? Ahh well, ♥♥♥♥ it."

(>°°)> d_I

+1 (>°°)>

[F1st Br34k3r]

Originally posted by IEATZOMB13Z:

Be nice to have all heisters have lockpicking lines played when they start lock picking, i know you already have something like this on shadow raid but it happens after the lock picking is finished

Would be nice if they whispered instead of yelling though.

[danbo]

it's nice when bain hits out with a one liner when the assault wave hits, it'd be an even nicer touch if it was sometimes one of the crew

also incoherent yelling when spraying an LMG (or the minigun i guess)

keep producing them ♥♥♥♥♥♥ bangers mr viklund