Wonderful voice acting - how do they do it?

[Stygian Emperor]

I love the way the dialog is written and how it sounds in this game. With Fatshark being a Swedish developer, I'm surprised the English dialog feels not only natural (the genuine English* voice actors would probably compensate for most mistranslated awkwardness if there was any), but also very specific to the setting. Compared to some other Scandinavian-developed games like Deep Rock Galactic**, it feels like the writers and/or voice directors were possibly native speakers as well.

Is this the case? If not, in what ways does the process from writing to directing possibly differ from other non-native-English-speaking devs?

*I understand Scottish/Irish players find some of Kerillian's dialog to be dubious as her voice actress Alix Wilton Regan is actually British, though as an American I don't notice.
**Don't get me wrong, I love Deep Rock Galactic and its grumpy dwarves, but the "I could need a good rest" oddness gets a bit grating and I often wish for someone like David Rintoul to take over for the player characters' current actor.

[765]

引用自 Fatshark Hedge：

引用自 Stygian Emperor：

it feels like the writers and/or voice directors were possibly native speakers as well.

Is this the case? If not, in what ways does the process from writing to directing possibly differ from other non-native-English-speaking devs?

Writing is a collaboration between Fatshark and Matt Ward. [en.wikipedia.org]

Awesome!
It's also one of my favorite things about the game.

[Zarathustra]

watch The Leap (2015) on youtube for really good Kerrillian acting.

[Maitre Malterre]

Full Cast & Crew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7979608/fullcredits

[SamEstine]

I cannot for the life of me think of any other characters, in any other game, that have such a strong dynamic and life brought to them. The sheer amount of talent behind the voice acting, line-writing and interaction between characters make this game the single most unique coop game I've ever played.

English is my second language, but even in my first language, I cannot find the words to describe the deep love and appreciation for the work put behind the creation and evolution of the Ubersreik 5.

[Cheb]

引用自 Twinkin：

I just looked into Kerillians voice actor! Shes awesome! I need to find out who does Salts because hes just fantastic as well. Honestly they are all impressive xD. Sorry I had no answer to your question.

Tim Bentinck. His autobiography, 'Being David Archer' is a wonderful, emotional and surprising read. He's the Earl of Portland, don't you know? I recommend it.

[Dr. Sneedlewoods]

引用自 om3g4_z3r0：

The best thing about this game characters is when they victor saltzpyre

https://youtu.be/VVmdHPIHgtY
:v

[SeansShow]

引用自 Stygian Emperor：

*I understand Scottish/Irish players find some of Kerillian's dialog to be dubious as her voice actress Alix Wilton Regan is actually British, though as an American I don't notice.

Im Scottish, to be fair she does a good job. I could probably be super picky and find something which sounds a touch off but I'd really have to look for it and that's a success in my eyes. She has quite a good understanding of how and where we pitch our words and the twang that some regions add to language.

There's a Warhammer audiobook bundle for what its worth over at Humble Bundle if you're into that sort of thing, Warhammer have always been huge partners with Humble so im guessing someone thats a big enough fan would appreciate it. .

[skibidi groilet]

引用自 Wanna Play Deeds?：

Totally agree that the voice acting in VT2 is awesome. That said, if you're from the UK the regional dialects and slang are obvious and feel a bit jarring coming outta the mouths of dwarves and elves (just like the ♥♥♥♥ van ♥♥♥♥ cockney of the orcs in the LOTR movies) . I hope they avoid this for Darktide as hearing a Scouser or Geordie 40,000,000 in the future will be a bit of a stretch.

I'd really like to see non-native English-speaking actors with their own weird regional accents perform the English dialogue. As these accents are less familiar to me they would sound a bit more exotic and potentially futuristic. Give us a Finn or Dutch or Turkish version of English.

EDIT: Lol, Steam censors the name of the actor who played the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.

games workshop is british, the accents are intentional

[Danyaell]

Ditto. This game has one of the best voice acting in the industry.

[Daddy Kermit]

Honestly, VT2 has some of the best voice acting I've ever seen in a game, and I really hope FS/GW keeps up with this trend.

You can have a good game, but the characters are often why people fall in love with a title/series.