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Voiceovers

berry.brb14_ESO
So, the game is OK in terms of VO, but definitely has a lot of room for improvement. I personally find that bad VO is extremely jarring and interferes with immersion in an almost painful fashion.

So far I've noticed a few major culprits:

Queen Ayren sounds like she's asleep. She has a nice voice but no emotion. "My brother Naemon has been raised as a lich oh no monotone monotone snore". Circe Lannister would know how to react in this situation!

The Mane is similar. He's not very "animated" for a (supposedly) clever, manipulative, and audacious character. Anyone sharp enough to keep the Khajit in line should sound at least as coy as Raz.

Finally, the guy who does the Wilderking (and a few other voices) has the most artificially Cockney accent ever, and that's saying a lot for a game where a third of the Aldmeri have that characteristic. It makes my eardrums boil out of my head to hear him... he sounds more like the Geico gecko than a credible person.

Now, I know I've said some harsh things in this post, but please understand that it is because I am frustrated by the jarring effect of being torn from my erstwhile immersion by these egregious (and, frankly, comical) deviations from the quality that we see in some of the other main characters.

Please consider shelling out a few ducats to get these things fixed. Yes, it is probably many hours of VO work, but these guys are making first impressions on your audience. Don't let them turn customers off!
Edited by berry.brb14_ESO on 5 May 2014 04:58
  • xramirez535b14_ESO
    Seeing posts like this makes me wonder If I'm just a lowly noob when it comes to recognizing good or bad voice acting.... I actually love all of the voices so far including the Queen (maybe I just love her character as well), don't think I've come across anything that made me cringe. :neutral_face: Raz is my favorite so far <3.
  • berry.brb14_ESO
    Raz is one of the best characters so far. "The Prophet" has believable delivery as well, he's just a bit boring as a character (so far). Some of the really bad ones seem to just steamroll punctuation and throw inflection to the wind; eg

    "You're the one Eridon sent? You don't look that tough."

    One character says essentially this, but reads the first half like a statement rather than a question. I would think that the first part is intended to sound incredulous, and maybe a bit insulting. Like "YOU'RE the one.." etc. It's like some actors are so busy concentrating on their accents that they completely forget to add feeling.
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