Are all the voices TTS/AI generated?

[Netsa]

I'm pretty sure the radio is, but the intro scene voice acting sounded off as well.

[Rodos]

The radio is meant to be; it's text to speech and it's part of the story as to why it's like that. You learn about it closer to the end game. But the main voice is not AI at all.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by Rodos:

The radio is meant to be; it's text to speech and it's part of the story as to why it's like that. You learn about it closer to the end game. But the main voice is not AI at all.

Yeah, the radio is pretty obvious (as well as the pets statues), but the main voice definitely sounds unnatural in some parts. Maybe the constant AI voices just make all the voices sound AI, I don't know.

Also, I gotta say... I'm not sure there's any good reason to do this even for the radio voice, since it's the only voice acting you hear besides grunts for most of the game. If the game wasn't already finished, I would have seriously suggested that they not do this, since it makes the game feel cheaply made. Just do a normal voiceover and then modify it so it sounds robotic, there's a big difference.

But I'm just ranting...

[Rodos]

There's an exact reason waiting for you right in the middle of block K23 on the map. A modified recording of the normal voice over could risk spoiling the entire story way too early in the game for the exceptionally keen. I haven't made it to the end of the DLCs yet to know how they fit in to the story but it's also obvious the pet statues are supposed to be AI of some kind.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by Rodos:

There's an exact reason waiting for you right in the middle of block K23 on the map. A modified recording of the normal voice over could risk spoiling the entire story way too early in the game for the exceptionally keen. I haven't made it to the end of the DLCs yet to know how they fit in to the story but it's also obvious the pet statues are supposed to be AI of some kind.

At the end of the game now, coming back to this to say none of this is true. Someone saying they're using TTS is not a reason to actually use TTS, and since it is a "voice synth", they could have literally just used a different voice actor and gotten the same effect.

Again, it's the only voice acting you here for most of the game, and then it's made even worse by the spam of TTS in the Pets DLC. They really shouldn't have done this, it seriously harms the game's presentation. I'm surprised there wasn't more pushback on this by the community at the time.

It also doesn't have enough contrast with the rest of the voice acting because... well, not trying to be mean, but the regular voice acting isn't very good (that's why I thought it might be an AI voice). That can be a good thing, though! Bad voice acting can have comedic value, TTS is just boring.

[DarthNemesis]

Originally posted by Netsa:

I'm surprised there wasn't more pushback on this by the community at the time.

A couple people have asked about it over the years, but you're the only one who's been this bothered by it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Rodos]

Ah well, I thought that by getting to the point in the story where the the character tells you he made the AI voice program himself using his own voice and probably in that cadence because that's how he spoke as King to the general public, would make it at least a tad more understandable why it was done like it is (at least for that voice).

As for the opinions on all the other voices, well I never had a problem with your point of view in the first place. It's valid, and I understand where it's coming from; especially about the Pets DLC. Not only is the statue excessive at times, but I can't even use the house cats because their attack sounds are overkill.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by DarthNemesis:

Originally posted by Netsa:

I'm surprised there wasn't more pushback on this by the community at the time.

A couple people have asked about it over the years, but you're the only one who's been this bothered by it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bah humbug.

It's not a big deal, though, you guys are right. It bothered me more at the start of the game, but by the end I was more concerned about all the stuff I had to Google. The story is at least interesting, open worlds usually don't try that hard with it.