What do you think of the voice acting?

[dante_87]

I don't know if it's the direction or the actress, but I feel that Shelly's voice lacks emotion. With Duke you felt that he was mad or trying to be funny. But with Shelly, I feel her delivery falls flat.

Is it just me?

[-|Nur|-]

Originally posted by haha nerds...:

Originally posted by dante_87:

Thank you sooo much for the responce. After watching the all cutscenes in Bombshell, Shelly does seem to have more range than I give her credit for. Perhaps that was helped by her facial expressions, by the way, great job whoever animated them.

Some one offs did seem monotone a bit, so perhaps if she can emote a bit more? But other than that, I think I got used to her, and don't feel as strongly as I did before, but a bit more oomph to her line delivery couldn't hurt.

I myself liked that she was a bit monotone and cold.

Yeah, all the '80s action stars delivered their lines in a rather monotone fashion. We don't want her to sound like some millennial youtube star.

[David Kay]

Shelly could use some more defined direction. Right now she's kinda bland. I wrote about it in the feedback thread already. She could be either more over the top or more realistic. Right now she is somewhere in between like she could not fully commit to her role. She has a very realistic and down to earth appearence and yet she talks like a cartoon that doesn't really belive the Earth is being torn down by an alien invasion... I haven't played Bombshell but I googled her and I see a very different person in that game. Comic book style outfit, cool hair and makeup and a frickin robotic arm! With this kind of person I would I would go for a total punk girl. Nasty, mean, foul mouthed and even a bit crazy. But If you want to go a more realistic route, then she has to talk and react more realistic. She can't be all sass and connfidence all the time. She needs to have moments of doubt, fear and take the whole situation more seriously.

[Witch in the Huluppu Tree]

I love it.

[Disco Volante]

The one line I intensely dislike is 'Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto'. It feels super forced and cheesy in a bad way.

[ForestDragon]

Its totally ok for me!

[Alyxxandria]

Originally posted by CxFx:

The one line I intensely dislike is 'Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto'. It feels super forced and cheesy in a bad way.

Not a Styx fan?

[rikster]

Originally posted by CxFx:

The one line I intensely dislike is 'Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto'. It feels super forced and cheesy in a bad way.

To me it's a pretty cool line.

[I eat children.]

Upon replaying, I noticed one of her more repeated one-liners is "Laputan machine," delivered in a deadpan voice. Considering the source of that line, in this instance, the flat delivery works perfectly.

Now we just need her to scream "A bomb!" with zero urgency.

[I have no Golem and I must Golem]

Originally posted by terminx:

The full version will definitely have more lines!

As far as the character herself goes, my intention here is to make her a vague composition of the various badass heroines throughout the 80s and 90s, much in the same way as Duke Nukem is largely a composition of 80s and 90s action heroes. Not to say that she doesn't have her own personality, but the inspiration from these cultural references is definitely there.

P.s. if anyone has any serious suggestions on how to improve the voice acting in Ion Maiden, this would be a great topic to post them in. I wrote most of the lines in the game, directed the VA who did the lines for Shelly, and recorded the lines for the enemies myself. I'm here and listening!

My suggestions would be regarding the enemies. I think they should have rather distinc and violent death sounds. It makes killing them more satysfying and serves as an audial confirmation of a kill. Blood cultists come to mind, and if we talk about 3DR games we have pigcops and Assault troopers with distinct and loud screams and in Shadow Warrior we have the rippers. I just don't want enemies to sound... I dunno, generic. Screams can definetely be iconic too.
Additioanlly maybe add some kind of voice filters for different enemy types so you can figure out which one is being hurt just from the sounds

[Disco Volante]

Originally posted by ♀Alyxx♀:

Originally posted by CxFx:

The one line I intensely dislike is 'Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto'. It feels super forced and cheesy in a bad way.

Not a Styx fan?

Not to the degree of hearing that lyric once every five minutes.

[Alyxxandria]

Originally posted by CxFx:

Originally posted by ♀Alyxx♀:

Not a Styx fan?

Not to the degree of hearing that lyric once every five minutes.

lol

[Jawmuncher]

Great to see the Dev has already posted in this topic. I actually thought the voice direction was fine. However, I was really hoping for more lines from her (Though I figured it was a case of being just a prolouge). So it's good to hear she might be talking more by the final release.

[Wraithverge]

Originally posted by McMarius11:

i think she could use some more lines.

Exactly! The voice itself is fine.

[ddavegames]

@terminx

imo, the voice is fine but she is WAY too tame at the moment.

My first suggestion, make her a sleazier, gay version of Jessica Jones, (yes, I'm serious) this gives you a good excuse to amp up the sexual female content you may come across throughout the game, (porn, sex toys, whatever)

taking notes from the wikiquote for Shadow Warrior (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shadow_Warrior), I've tried to categorise them based on what she does in the game. Here's an example of some of the things you could hear her say:

After killing an enemy using the Bowling Bomb:

* Here boy!
* Strike!
* Looks like you could use a pair

After killing an enemy using the Stun Baton:

*Simon says, SING!
*Hmm, shocking

After killing an enemy in general:

*Quit your f***ing whining
*Man up, b****!
*My gun's bigger than yours
*Sit down and shut up
*Shut up and take my bullets!
*It's not you, it's me
*Size always matters'
*That's no way to treat a lady
*I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?
*F***ing tin cans!
*Cmon, it's just a flesh wound!

After killing an enemy and they explode:

*It's raining men

When approaching the boss:

*Where's a flight of stairs when you need one?

yeah, some of them are corny, just an example

[Povis]

@Dave thats real trash. Dont want this.