Voice Acting for All Characters But YOU? : V - Skyrim

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:38 pm

No, I prefer the voices I imagine in my own mind.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:45 am

I don't want my character speaking however a Morgan Freeman monologue that runs through the game could be quite fun

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:41 am

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

In OB when my Argonian got hit he'd go "Ohhhgh" in a human voice. That always seemed very wrong. Hope they fix it for Skyrim.

On a side note, that would nearly double the amount of recorded dialogue, as your character would have to respond to most of what is said to him.

Even worse than that - if done right they would have to do a different voice for every race. 10x the voice acting!

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:49 pm

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

Um ... this isn't Mass Effect you know. Have you ever played a TES game?

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:55 am

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

It works best that way, it leaves your character open for your own 100 percent customization. For instance I would hate it if my Dunmer Rogue where forced to have the same voice as a Nord Barbarian.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:20 am

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

And that's the way it should be. They can have combat sounds, but in these games, *I* am the voice (literally, heh).

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:47 pm

How does the female shouts sound like, does anyone know? just the same as males?

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:20 pm

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

no, please no. not now not ever.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:11 pm

Unfortunately sir you may very well be completely alone in this, I never did get the deal behind PC's having a voice, ruined a lot of games for me personally in the past.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:11 pm

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

Absolutely not. Shouts are bad enough as it is. My characters all have separate voices and I know how I want them to sound. Voice acting for them would ruin it.

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:31 pm

I don't want to have my character voiced in a game were you chose between different races and certainly not i a TES game.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:33 pm

Well :/ i dont know if i would like it.
does not seem like a elder scrolls game to me,and it would be weird

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:32 pm

No, we do not need this.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:42 pm

Let's see, we have Mass Effect with 1 character you can play, male or female. That's 2 sets of voiceovers.

There are 10 races in TES, male and female.

That's 20 sets of voiceovers.

But what if we want to choose our voice? How about 3 voices to choose from.

That's 60 sets of voiceovers.

Too much work if you ask me.

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:25 am

I AM THE VOICE OF MY CHARACTER

yes I am

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:37 pm

It works best that way, it leaves your character open for your own 100 percent customization. For instance I would hate it if my Dunmer Rogue where forced to have the same voice as a Nord Barbarian.

It would go like Dragon Age 2. You would only be able to choose gender. Welcome a game where you can only be an imperial named THUNDERCAT.

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:18 pm

I prefer voicing my character in my head. I'm a pretty good voice actor in real life, so I like to think I do a good job. One of my biggest problems with certain mods is the lack of choices that fit with my character when it comes to dialogue. Having a voiced PC would probably lead to this happening.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:32 pm

Takes away from immersion imo, but I do prefer it in straight action games (Assassin's Creed, GTA...). In RPGs its always a bit weird, and I think that they leave it out on purpose to make you seem like you are the character, and lets you roleplay more.

Want voice acting? Do it yourself.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:15 pm

I agree with donjn1. a voice from my character would be nice. Same thing from dragon age. that is one reason why I hate dragon age. I feel like i'm walking around like some mute and it's dumb.

I really wish Bethesda would go more towards giving my character a voice. It is amazing to me that with all the voice acting, thousands of hours, that every single character in the game has a voice but YOU!

I really loved the Gothic games were my character would speak.

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:56 pm

I'll be the voice actor of my character.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:05 pm

No!

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:16 pm

I downloaded a mod for Oblivion that did this. Personally, I didn't like it.

I kinda want to try this. Anyone got a link for it?

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:10 pm

No voice that the developers could give my character would ever be able to compete with my imagination.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:04 pm

10 races, 2 genders, audio for everything you could possibly say?

Plus a couple of variations for each?

Holy gigabytes batman.

(Also, what happens if I'm roleplaying a mute eunuch?)