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Love the new voiceovers!

cosmoscolacosmoscola Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited July 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just did the "No win Scenario", and I must say that I LOVE the voiceover on the info. The voice is great and the quality also! This is the thing I like most with new content. For me, I would love a all-over voiceaddition in a future season. There is A LOT of text in STO and a voice over would really be great. Also more Voiceovers on our ships is welcome. Keep up ther goos work Cryptic. *Happy, Happy, Happy*
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    unless they get good Voice Actors that want to work rather cheaply, i doubt you'll see enough variation in voices to make "all over" Voice-Over believable.
  • palpha2clearancepalpha2clearance Member Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    It would be nice if the npc lips moved while they were talking.....polish......just saying
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  • cusashorncusashorn Member Posts: 461
    edited July 2012
    tenkari wrote: »
    unless they get good Voice Actors that want to work rather cheaply, i doubt you'll see enough variation in voices to make "all over" Voice-Over believable.

    This. Voice overs aren't cheap (and its actually illegal for fans to offer their own voices for free.) EverQuest 2 tried to be the first mmo where every last npc was voiced. They had the money and over three dozen actors were credited in the game manual... but as the game went on, new npcs were added, while others were removed, and by the time the first expansion came out, only a select handful of npcs were voiced, and it just declined from there. Star Trek Online doesn't have a fraction of the staff or revenue that Sony Online Entertainment had when EQ2 launched back in 2004.


    In short, count your blessings that the game even has what it has.
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  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I would be happy if just the main story quest givers had voiceovers.

    Quinn, T'nae, Kurland, The Chancellor, and the Gama NPCs.
  • sosolidshoesosolidshoe Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Given that listening to that ginger bint on DS9 is, for Scottish people, like having boiling oil poured down your ear canal directly into your brain, I am happy with voiceovers remaining a rare event :P
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    cusashorn wrote: »
    This. Voice overs aren't cheap (and its actually illegal for fans to offer their own voices for free.) EverQuest 2 tried to be the first mmo where every last npc was voiced. They had the money and over three dozen actors were credited in the game manual... but as the game went on, new npcs were added, while others were removed, and by the time the first expansion came out, only a select handful of npcs were voiced, and it just declined from there. Star Trek Online doesn't have a fraction of the staff or revenue that Sony Online Entertainment had when EQ2 launched back in 2004.


    In short, count your blessings that the game even has what it has.

    As far as i know.... SWTOR is one of the few MMO's that literally put a voice to everyone important in the game.
  • captainhunter1captainhunter1 Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    cosmoscola wrote: »
    Just did the "No win Scenario", and I must say that I LOVE the voiceover on the info. The voice is great and the quality also! This is the thing I like most with new content. For me, I would love a all-over voiceaddition in a future season. There is A LOT of text in STO and a voice over would really be great. Also more Voiceovers on our ships is welcome. Keep up ther goos work Cryptic. *Happy, Happy, Happy*

    Where can this mission ("No win scenario") be found?
    My consolidated list of game improvements for STO:
    arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    captainhunter1 wrote: »
    Where can this mission ("No win scenario") be found?

    its a PvE Queue thing... currently only on Tribble. It's part of Season 6.
  • tangolighttangolight Member Posts: 777 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    captainhunter1 wrote: »
    Where can this mission ("No win scenario") be found?

    On Tribble, in the PVE Queue.
  • cusashorncusashorn Member Posts: 461
    edited July 2012
    tenkari wrote: »
    As far as i know.... SWTOR is one of the few MMO's that literally put a voice to everyone important in the game.

    Aye, but that game had all its scripts, dialogues, and npc interactions completely written over the course of the last few years. The real question is, if they add new content, eill they be able to keep it up? EQ2 actually was this: a voiceover for every last npc in the game that could talk. Even simple skeletons walking around a graveyard. But then change happened...
    "My frozen dairy-based confectionery attracts all the males of the species to the facilities. They all agree on it's superiority. Indeed, it is superior to yours. I could teach you the finer details but that would require monetary recompense on your part."
    -The Milkshake Song: Vulcan Edition
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • bladeofkahlessbladeofkahless Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tenkari wrote: »
    As far as i know.... SWTOR is one of the few MMO's that literally put a voice to everyone important in the game.
    cusashorn wrote: »
    Aye, but that game had all its scripts, dialogues, and npc interactions completely written over the course of the last few years. The real question is, if they add new content, eill they be able to keep it up? EQ2 actually was this: a voiceover for every last npc in the game that could talk. Even simple skeletons walking around a graveyard. But then change happened...

    DCUO really outdid themselves on voiceovers.
    They did have to change a few, retroactively, upon getting a new actor (Barry Allen, comes to mind). Heck, I think they even got some kind of record for most voice actors in a video game. (something like that)
    The have managed to get some of the greats from DC franchises like Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. They also continue to voice their characters for new content releases.
    Whether they continue to, who knows.
    If they get Rosenbaum for Wally, then I'll be impressed :D

    SWTOR did ok. Much more believable actors than STO, so far. (haven't been on tribble)
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