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New voice sets for player

TrentOsterTrentOster Administrator, Developer Posts: 433
edited September 2012 in Archive (General Discussion)
We are adding at least three new male and three new female player voice sets to the game. The cast is pretty skilled voice actors, so we have high expectations.

-Trent
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  • mch202mch202 Member Posts: 1,455
    edited August 2012
    Great to hear!!
  • Permidion_StarkPermidion_Stark Member Posts: 4,936
    edited August 2012
    That's really good news. I've never managed to find a male voice set I like so maybe the new ones will work for me.
  • cmorgancmorgan Member Posts: 707
    Sweeeet!
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    edited August 2012
    I always thought the choices for CHARNAME's voice was one of the least well done parts of the game.
    Not to dis the voice actors or anything, I just didnt find one I really liked.
  • KosonKoson Member Posts: 284
    Good to hear, great news!
  • CheesebellyCheesebelly Member Posts: 1,727
    Awesome news! Will the already existing voicesets still work btw? I mean, the audio layouts. XXXXa, XXXXb, XXXXc etc..?
  • KholdstareKholdstare Member Posts: 160
    Excellent! Baldur's Gate already had a fantastic set of voice talent (Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Grey Delisle, etc). I wonder who the returning guy is? :)
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    The NPC's had great voices...I was just not into the ones that I could use :D It is actually a common thing with most of the games I play.
  • Syntia13Syntia13 Member Posts: 514
    Great news! Are the new voice actors younger that the original ones were? I always felt that the available male voices sounded too old. The Gorion's ward is supposed to be 20, and the voices all sounded like a man well in his forties. It wasn't really an issue with female voice-sets, as female voice doesn't change as much with age.
  • RedGuardRedGuard Member Posts: 672
    This is promising. I felt there were few serious voices and that too many were a bit silly in nature.
  • Gun19Gun19 Member Posts: 48
    Thanks Trent and co. Keep up the awesome work!
  • GypsySocksGypsySocks Member Posts: 40
    I've got a question, and i'm not sure if this was addressed in the past or not. Will there be new background voices added to the environments also??
  • MajocaMajoca Member Posts: 263
    all I remember during baldurs gate is the voices constantly going off as I click on the characters and as things happened

    "heh! time for a bit of a rough and tumble"
    "what now I wonder"

    Xzar is being attacked by Kobold commando

    "Mommy I dont feel so good!"

    "ye spoke at me"
    "and the Rivers will run red!"

    "We're all doomed"
    "Life is so hollow"

    Xzar... Death

    "and the mad wizard falls! Saves me the trouble"

    Dammit Xzar every time sit at the back! wait till your level 3 or 4 when you can actually cast useful spells!
  • cattlekillercattlekiller Member Posts: 55
    Awesome news !
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Awesome
  • GodKaiserHellGodKaiserHell Member Posts: 398
    edited July 2016
     
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  • AkerhonAkerhon Member, Translator (NDA) Posts: 614
    GodKaiserHell said:

    Superb. English only?

  • NWN_babaYagaNWN_babaYaga Member Posts: 732
    Thank you Mr. Busy;)
  • SchneidendSchneidend Member Posts: 3,190
    TrentOster said:

    One of the actors has appearing in the BG series before. He is quite good.
    -Trent

    Oh man, tell me it's Mark Meer, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, or David Warner.

    @GodKaiserHell
    Stealing your avatar for future D&D use. Just thought you should know.
  • O_BruceO_Bruce Member Posts: 2,790
    That's good, but I wonder if it is English only. I hope not.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited August 2012
    Not that I actually it is the case that he is the actor or anything. Just want to point out that Michael Dorn did appear briefly in Soa as bhaal. So he has previously worked on a baldur's gate game.
  • DrugarDrugar Member Posts: 1,566
    @TrentOster
    If you hired David Warner to do a player voice, I will personally make you a giant cake shaped like a hamster and bring it to you.
  • ZeckulZeckul Member Posts: 1,036
    This is great to hear! What about the BG2 voice sets though? Any plans to add these?
  • purebredcornpurebredcorn Member Posts: 77

    Cool beans!
  • immagikmanimmagikman Member Posts: 664
    purebredcorn said:


    Cool beans!

    Cool Beans are prefered ;)

  • O_BruceO_Bruce Member Posts: 2,790
    Yes, English only. I personally am not qualified to judge voice acting in any other language.
    -Trent
    It's a shame, really.
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    TrentOster said:

    We are adding at least three new male and three new female player voice sets to the game. The cast is pretty skilled voice actors, so we have high expectations.

    -Trent

    Whoa, skilled and pretty? Nice!
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