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Voice acting

jumpingjsjumpingjs Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited February 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Who would you like to act out something? (List your top 3)

Brent Spiner

Patrick Steward

William Shatner

(and I have to mention Walter Koenig]
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I hope STO get's better ...
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  • djwashudjwashu Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    George Takei.

    Ooooooohhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyy!
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Here save Cryptic money, and just have Brent Spiner do Picard and Data :D
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  • zerobangzerobang Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    for STO?

    first

    Q and Worf because they are already inside the game WITH TEXT.
    Give them their Voice!


    Then replace the bad Quinto EMH in the Tutorial with a proper Robert Picardo, the text was obviously written for him, not for some odd Spock EMH variant.


    After that i don't really care, i'm happy with any bit of Voice Acting from Trek Stars i can get.


    Preferably people that we have not heard anything from in a while.
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  • snoggymack22snoggymack22 Member Posts: 7,084 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Simon Pegg
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  • blevokblevok Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    i'm not so sure that continuing with the these voice over missions is such a good idea right now. the novelty of hearing a familiar voice is nice, but the shortcomings in the writing and directing has been pretty evident all along, and it's starting to get old. i think they should try bringing in some actual trek writers to come up with some truly interesting and clever story missions. if it goes well, then they could combine real writers with good voice overs and finally bring some more of a real trek feel to the game.
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  • janusforbearejanusforbeare Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    blevok wrote: »
    i'm not so sure that continuing with the these voice over missions is such a good idea right now. the novelty of hearing a familiar voice is nice, but the shortcomings in the writing and directing has been pretty evident all along, and it's starting to get old. i think they should try bringing in some actual trek writers to come up with some truly interesting and clever story missions. if it goes well, then they could combine real writers with good voice overs and finally bring some more of a real trek feel to the game.

    I agree with the basic premise of this. While I don't have a major problem with the writing, the cost of hiring Trek actors is pretty high for 10 minutes or so of dialogue. Also, the apparent lack of a director to ensure that VAs deliver their lines sincerely really reduces the impact of hearing a familiar voice.

    That said, in a dream world where money isn't an issue, I'd like to hear:

    1) Tim Russ

    2) Jeffery Combs

    3) Claudia Black-Schiffer (What? She wasn't in Trek? Who cares, she's a hottie and is awesome in every project she graces with her presence! :D)
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  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,790 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    zerobang wrote: »
    Then replace the bad Quinto EMH in the Tutorial with a proper Robert Picardo, the text was obviously written for him, not for some odd Spock EMH variant.




    Why do that when you could other from cast to play the other Tutorial NPCs?

    But mostly I just want them to stop using their current (and painful) voice actors. At least, I think they are actors. It may be a Voice-To-Speech program. It is hard to say at times.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I'd love to have Scott Bakula return as Captain Archer. And Jeffery Combs too (preferably as Weyoun).
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  • bluedarkybluedarky Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    zerobang wrote: »
    Q and Worf because they are already inside the game WITH TEXT.
    Give them their Voice!

    You are aware that the Q ingame is actually Q Junior (Q and Q's Son from Voyager) and not the John De Lancie Q right?
  • carpfishercarpfisher Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Wil Wheaton. Perhaps surprisingly, he's actually done quite a bit of voice acting, understands MMOs, and isn't that bad at what he does.

    But if he has to play some variant of his character on TNG, then he should be some sort of badass grizzled veteran mirror Wesley with lots of cheesy, Branniganesque one-liners--basically, his scenes would play out similarly to his appearances in The Guild, with some Shatner satire thrown in for good measure.
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