Joey's voice

[Grunt]

What the hell happened? His voice was so enjoyable in previous games and here in this game it changed for worse so badly that I turned the game off after 2 minutes, I can't believe Dave Gilbert let this happen...

[pezhead53]

What was so wrong with it? It's the same voice actor throughout the entire series, and I personally couldn't tell a difference.

[Grunt]

Originally posted by pezhead53:

What was so wrong with it? It's the same voice actor throughout the entire series, and I personally couldn't tell a difference.

He speaks very differently, it struck me like a lightning when he spoke first time, it's way worse, I don't understand how can you not see a difference, maybe you had big break between this game and previous ones?

[Grunt]

For some details I think he lost a part of his smugness and smoothnes. His voice is now a bit dorky, some words sound like the voice actor (it was Abe Goldfarb I think?) was holding his nose when speaking. Just listen to a typical line from Joey: "What do you want me to do? Blow on it?"and compare to same line in Convergence, in Deception it sounds so much different and most importantly unfitting for Joey.

[pezhead53]

Just played the opening bits of both games again, and guess there is a slight difference. If I remember correctly there was a rather long gap between Convergence and Deception, so I think it might be Goldfarb sorta forgetting how the voice went, since the new one sounds more like his natural speaking voice.

[Grunt]

Originally posted by pezhead53:

Just played the opening bits of both games again, and guess there is a slight difference. If I remember correctly there was a rather long gap between Convergence and Deception, so I think it might be Goldfarb sorta forgetting how the voice went, since the new one sounds more like his natural speaking voice.

I doubt that's the case, voice actors don't randomly forget how to do their job, he also has access to his old work anytime. Of course I could be wrong, but I bet Gilbert directed him the wrong way, that's how it usually ends up when you try to fix something that works.

[Noob Herder]

Originally posted by pezhead53:

If I remember correctly there was a rather long gap between Convergence and Deception, so I think it might be Goldfarb sorta forgetting how the voice went, since the new one sounds more like his natural speaking voice.

This. VAs sometimes have to do many voices that they might lose their tone or pitch. Also, it was mentioned that new and better recording equipment was used, so that could also contribute to his voice sounding different.

[Yujah]

The developer commentary mentions the voice work now being done using a (more) proper microphone. From a crappy $20 headset mic to a Blue Yeti USB mic, I believe. To as a result of that being able to have the actors actually act rather than them needing to "speak into the mic".

It's probably the difference TS is hearing; certainly I did not appreciate the sound quality of the previous installments, even if they may have sounded more direct/intimate due to the previous setup.