Voice of male player character

[Rhowan91]

Am I the only person that absolutely hates it?
He sounds like a clueless preppy ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥
It would be excellent if they added a DLC where they had a more gruff and manly voiced male player character. I'd definitely pay for it because the current one is unbearable.

[ThePlagued]

It's absolutley awful. the female voice is at least tolerable (though also can get grating) I honestly prefered when protagonist voice acting wasn't shoehorned into games. like Dead Space, and Dragon Age.

[AriDeer]

Because not everyones going for the gruff, if you do a voiced rpg character, it has to sound generic to fit playstyles.

[Rhowan91]

it doesn't sound generic though. it sounds way too chipper at times and way to preppy almost all the time. "I took care of those raiders for you! :D!"
it's post apocalyse ffs, not a trip to dairy queen

[ancient gamer]

The female voice sucks too, would be nice to have a voice that doesn't sound like she's 40+

[AriDeer]

Originally posted by BrenDon:

it doesn't sound generic though. it sounds way too chipper at times and way to preppy almost all the time. "I took care of those raiders for you! :D!"
it's post apocalyse ffs, not a trip to dairy queen

Sounds generic to me.

But the fallout dialogue has always been written like that imho, its niave sounding, even the non voice games.

[Frondson]

Yeah, not a fan of the male voice actor. At least the female was Jack in Mass Effect, so I can deal with it. I would have like a Dragon Age: Inquisition style voice choice. Or something closer to Geralt than male Shepard.

[AriDeer]

Originally posted by Frondson:

Yeah, not a fan of the male voice actor. At least the female was Jack in Mass Effect, so I can deal with it. I would have like a Dragon Age: Inquisition style voice choice. Or something closer to Geralt than male Shepard.

Geralts voice was way to angsty.

[Andrashimmortal]

I actually liked the female voice actress, though she has nothing on fem Shep from Mass Effect, or the gal from DA:I. The male actor for this, though, is extremely monotone to me. It's either he underreacts scenes he should sound more emotional in, and others he overeacts as if he is getting his own arm sliced off. His terrible voice acting reminded me why I refuse to choose the male option in an rpg if they're voiced, because more often than not they are just sickeningly awful.

[Frondson]

Originally posted by immortallegion:

I actually liked the female voice actress, though she has nothing on fem Shep from Mass Effect, or the gal from DA:I. The male actor for this, though, is extremely monotone to me. It's either he underreacts scenes he should sound more emotional in, and others he overeacts as if he is getting his own arm sliced off. His terrible voice acting reminded me why I refuse to choose the male option in an rpg if they're voiced, because more often than not they are just sickeningly awful.

I agree! Jennifer Hale was amazing as fem Shep and the british gal from inquisition was great too. I'm actually replaying DA:I right now and am really digging her acting.

[Andrashimmortal]

Originally posted by Frondson:

Originally posted by immortallegion:

I actually liked the female voice actress, though she has nothing on fem Shep from Mass Effect, or the gal from DA:I. The male actor for this, though, is extremely monotone to me. It's either he underreacts scenes he should sound more emotional in, and others he overeacts as if he is getting his own arm sliced off. His terrible voice acting reminded me why I refuse to choose the male option in an rpg if they're voiced, because more often than not they are just sickeningly awful.

I agree! Jennifer Hale was amazing as fem Shep and the british gal from inquisition was great too. I'm actually replaying DA:I right now and am really digging her acting.

I love the scene in the Trespasser dlc where things are getting iffy and the mark is being annoying again and there's an option to get angry and oh my gawd, she perfectly represented in that line how even I myself was feeling in that moment. She and the characters just really made that game amazing

[drizzan]

Can't really blame the voice actors too much here, you are comparing Bioware character writing to Bethesda character writing. Voice actors can only do so much with the material they are given.

Sure there are flaws with Biowares games but character writing is not one of them, they have created some of the most memorable characters ever in video gaming. Bethesda is great at world building but the characters they create are just bland, there is no Garrus or Morrigan or Alistair in Bethesda games, characters we fell in love with that Bioware created, and their voice acting are all superb aswell.

Female voice actor in FO4 also voiced Jack in ME2/ME3. She did a better job there, probably because that character actually has a personality so it is easier to identify and work with when voice acting. She is still good in FO4 though.

[Andrashimmortal]

Originally posted by drizzan:

Can't really blame the voice actors too much here, you are comparing Bioware character writing to Bethesda character writing. Voice actors can only do so much with the material they are given.

Sure there are flaws with Biowares games but character writing is not one of them, they have created some of the most memorable characters ever in video gaming. Bethesda is great at world building but the characters they create are just bland, there is no Garrus or Morrigan or Alistair in Bethesda games, characters we fell in love with that Bioware created, and their voice acting are all superb aswell.

Female voice actor in FO4 also voiced Jack in ME2/ME3. She did a better job there, probably because that character actually has a personality so it is easier to identify and work with when voice acting. She is still good in FO4 though.

I actually always thought it'd be amazing if there ever was a joint project between Bethesda and Bioware. Bethesda creates the world, and Bioware fills it with characters we love. I can understand Bethesda wanted to try something new, but as you pointed out, your character in FO4 never really has a personality. Or, well, they do, but it's as interesting as watching paint dry, to be blunt.

[Five Finger Fallout]

It would have been great if we had an option of say 3 voices each to choose from. Ranging from the default to gruff/growl to all out pi**ed off considering all that you had is gone. Maybe even a fourth voice where you've lost your mind and are gibbering all the time lol. Yes this would have taken more time and money to implement but I for one would have waited that bit longer for it. Maybe when the G.E.C.K is released someone may do this.

[drizzan]

Originally posted by immortallegion:

I actually always thought it'd be amazing if there ever was a joint project between Bethesda and Bioware. Bethesda creates the world, and Bioware fills it with characters we love. I can understand Bethesda wanted to try something new, but as you pointed out, your character in FO4 never really has a personality. Or, well, they do, but it's as interesting as watching paint dry, to be blunt.

Oh man that would for sure be an awesome RPG, someone give them the memo, make it so!

[Tensa!]

Not a fan of the voice acting in this game, but the english do not too bad compared to the german actors...