Beamdog announces the Dice, Camera, Action! Enhanced Edition voice and portrait pack

JuliusBorisov

Just announced!

Waffle Crew cast members of the D&D Livestream Dice, Camera, Action! are recording voice-over packs for the Beamdog Enhanced Edition Family of games. Waffle Crew portrait and voice-over packs will be available as DLC in the following games on Steam, Beamdog, GOG, Google Play, and App Store:

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition
Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Cast members Holly Conrad, Jared Knabenbauer, Anna Prosser Robinson, and Nathan Sharp began recording in Seattle this week. “It’s so exciting that the characters we’ve created will come to life in these iconic games,” said Holly Conrad. “We worked with the Beamdog writers to develop dialogue that remains true to the Waffle Crew, while still maintaining the classic style of Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights.”

Beamdog CEO, Trent Oster, hopes the voice-over and portrait packs will attract new audiences to Beamdog’s Dungeons & Dragons Enhanced Editions, and provide a fun option for existing players. “Dice, Camera, Action is successful because of the lovable personalities on the show. Holly’s been a huge supporter of titles we’ve released and we love her work, especially her epic Lady of Pain cosplay. We’re honored the Waffle Crew has agreed to lend their talent to Beamdog’s Enhanced Edition titles, and we think fans will enjoy the end result.”

The DLC voice and portrait pack will be released later this year on Steam, Beamdog, Google Play, GOG and App Store.

https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1035992924880662528

https://twitter.com/AnnaProsser/status/1035991382647660549

https://twitter.com/HollyConrad/status/1035991876065587200

MiraStastny

LOL

Siz

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Aedan

In which languages will it be available?
Do you plan to record the sound sets in foreign languages as well?

anastiel

Perfect ! i love this

Torgrimmer

Wow, all I can say is wow, im happy but kinda let down.

gugulug5000

I kept thinking to myself during the stream that surely there would be something bigger than this announced, and sadly I was wrong. I don't think anyone was really hoping for this. I might pick it up just to support Beamdog (depends on pricing), but it was very underwhelming.

Will there be an option to buy it in a bundle for all the games at a lower rate?

I'm so disappointed that there wasn't anything bigger than this announced.

Siz

Aedan said:

In which languages will it be available?
Do you plan to record the sound sets in foreign languages as well?

Yeah.. what about other languages? Do we leave with nothing ?

Raduziel

For future reference, Beamdog, here's a list of things that can be labeled as "big announcements" without backlashing (based on community scout and feedback):

1) New NWN expansion/premium module

2) IWD2EE, ToEEEE

3) DLCs/Expansions for BGEE, BG2EE, IWDEE

4) A whole new different game

You're welcome.

anastiel

Dungeon and Dragons Anthology - The Master Collection

206940 Game Icewind Dale 24 days ago
206950 Game Icewind Dale 2 24 days ago
206960 Game Temple of Elemental Evil 24 days ago
206970 Game Baldurs Gate 2 24 days ago
206180 Game Baldurs Gate 24 days ago
205180 Game Planescape Torment 24 days ago

Dev6

anastiel said:

Dungeon and Dragons Anthology - The Master Collection

206940 Game Icewind Dale 24 days ago
206950 Game Icewind Dale 2 24 days ago
206960 Game Temple of Elemental Evil 24 days ago
206970 Game Baldurs Gate 2 24 days ago
206180 Game Baldurs Gate 24 days ago
205180 Game Planescape Torment 24 days ago

I'm not sure what to do with this information... Care to explain?

feersum_endjinn

I must admit to being a little underwhelmed too. Not wanting to rain on the parade of anyone who is excited for this, but it seems a bit too niche for the amount it was built up? Unless I'm just out of touch with what's popular with other IE fans.

EDIT: just read in the other thread that another announcement was planned but had to be delayed last minute. If that's true, it makes more sense, although might help if that was mentioned in some official capacity for those of us who missed the stream.

gugulug5000

This would have been much more interesting if the characters were NPCs added to the game that could join you instead of just the sound files and portraits.

deltago

What build up? It was exciting news for the family of IE games. They can’t help it if your imagination runs wild and thinks it’s a new baby.

MiraStastny

deltago said:

What build up? It was exciting news for the family of IE games. They can’t help it if your imagination runs wild and thinks it’s a new baby.

Actually, they can. By not hyping up the "big announcement" months in advance and not call it "big announcement" in the first place.

feersum_endjinn

deltago said:

What build up? It was exciting news for the family of IE games. They can’t help it if your imagination runs wild and thinks it’s a new baby.

It's been repeatedly referred to a special announcement. On the July 27th livestream recap it specifically refers to it being about a new game. I was quite excited because I like what Beamdog have done with the EE games and would like to see what else they can do.

I'm not angry if they had to postpone the announcement, I get that things happen unexpectedly and it could well be out of Beamdog's hands, but you can't deny there was a level of expectation set, and it just surprised me at first

TheCapulet

Take a peek back at the livestream from a few weeks ago (The last one with phill). If you listen, they make it clear that things have changed, and that the planned announcement has been pushed back and that everything would be DnD focused instead.

feersum_endjinn

Ah, ok. I rely on the recaps because I don't usually have time for watching the whole livestream, and it doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of them.

OfficerDonNZ

Meh, didn't miss much then. I switched to watching the Anthem panel which while not perfect was far more informative.

Flashburn

How thoroughly underwhelming. Portraits and voicesets of C-tier e-celebs that I've never heard of. As if there weren't a thousand fan-made portrait packs and voice packs already available. Don't hype things up that aren't worth getting hyped up for, BD.

Filipse

So, we're supponsed to pay for a release of C-List celebrities getting their portraits and soundsets officialy put ingame? Seems more like something that should be free in a reference-kinda way instead, since i feels more like it's just sucking up to the Waffle Squad, that i've never even heard of up untill now, rather than doing the community much of a service.

Nice for Waffle-Squad, less great for others overall.

Nimran

Yay...?

Contemplative_Hamster

Nimran said:

Yay...?

Nay.

Kenji

I'm pretty happy that they're giving new voice set a shot!

Still want that IWDII:EE, though.

Even if it's not happening, a dedicated forum for IWDII would be nice. It's where I'd live for the remainder of my forum ninja life.

BelegCuthalion

On Facebook, comments are generally very positive.
Different target groups?

(Waiting for that postponed announcement ...)

MiraStastny

Btw. Obsidian did something similar with Critical Role pack for Pillars of Eternity 2. Only difference? Their DLC is free.

Contemplative_Hamster

Possibly different target groups, yeah. I have never heard of those Waffle ppl or dice cam action. Took me a while to figure out what it is. Still can't see why I should care in the slightest.

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themazingness

This is a confusing business decision. Why spend resources to put player characters in that don't have a role in the games, but rather are from a video series that has steadily declined in views and is only hitting 20kish these days? For all intents and purposes this isn't for the Infinity Engine fans, this is for the people at WotC and the handful of youtube viewers that still watch and also own the IE games. I'm imagining a venn diagram with pitiful numbers in that area.

I look forward to the announcement that appears to be postponed. Like most, I look forward to more games or expansions.

feersum_endjinn

To try and put a positive spin on it for those who are disappointed in the announcement like me, I take some comfort in hearing that new content is being produced for the IE EE games. Even if it's not something I care about this time, hopefully it indicates that there will be other new content ongoingly.

I will say, on the off chance that someone from Beamdog is reading, that I hope it's not just portraits and soundsets from here out though. They've been the easiest part of IE games to modify since the original BG, so will probably always generate a partially "meh" response. It'd be nice to know there were plans for new gameplay content, further engine improvements, and more support and options for modding. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say those are the things that will really keep the fanbase interested.

Zaghoul

It seems to me that if it is a new target group, and that target group starts playing BD games where they might not have been before, it could mean more revenue. A greater audience and revenue could then lead to development of other things on their list of ideas. Just a thought, but anything new or optional for a 20 year old game can't be a bad thing. We're already playing BD games, there are others that are not. I'm more than happy to have a group involved with BD that has individual's in it that studied medieval history and folk magic.
If people are enjoying D&D through watching others in Liveplay (like the Waffle Group_ and it is promoting an uptick in D&D (as I understand it) , there are bound to be some that want to start playing the game on computer, as it is pretty darn good as a substitute for those that don't or can't find a RL group. I don't play NWN, but it brings money to the table to keep the games alive, so is more than fine by me.