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Posted By: The_Pope Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 12:29 PM
As others have already pointed out, his voice does indeed sound pretty dead. However, I feel it kinda suits the character.

But I think it can still use a bit of improvement. Of course all lines have been recorded already, so there's no changing that; but there's no need for that either. His voice is okay, there's just something missing, something out-of-this-worldly. He's a creature from another plane after all...

Larian, can't you add some kind of echo or other effects to the recording so that the DK sounds a bit more Darth Vader-like? I think that would really help a lot!


Just my two cents.
Posted By: Konnar Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 02:26 PM
Maybe they could digitally remake his voices by making them sound...i dunno how to explain this, but darker.
Posted By: tetzlaff Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 03:14 PM
I was not impressed at all with the DeathKnights voice. Sounded like he was half asleep when reading his lines. I cant imagine anyone being "so calm" in that kind of situation. I would imagine a DeathKnight being "annoyed" all the time. Like dragon riders in the last game.

Brian
Posted By: kabuti Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 03:47 PM
at least he talks.......and it ain't that bad....just a bit dry....
Posted By: Benjie Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 04:17 PM
Don't forget the sound quality has probabally been lowered for the Demo.
Posted By: Buliwyf Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 04:31 PM
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Don't forget the sound quality has probabally been lowered for the Demo.


HIGHLY doubt that.

Many agree. IGN forums stating the same.

the black knight voice over is terrible <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

http://www.gonegold.com/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=002752


I am sure the game itself is fine however
Posted By: Muze Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 04:39 PM
I plan on altering the death night's voice considerably by filtering it through various audio effects until I achieve the desired effect. First I have to figure out how to extract from these unknown file formats (new thread started...)
Posted By: DEATHATTHEDOOR Re: Death Knight's voice - 04/03/04 05:43 PM
Reverb a bit. Lower the frequence. Add steel.
Posted By: doctor_kaz Re: Death Knight's voice - 05/03/04 06:50 PM
No amount of technical tweaking can fix the Death Knight's voice. It's terrible. He sounds like a statistics professor lecturing while wearing a metal pail on his head. Does this guy sound like a despicable evil entity that you don't want to be chained to? The voice acting ruins the sense of plot immersion. I feel no sense of urgency to free myself from this curse, since the Deathknight does not portray a sense of evil.
Posted By: nail Re: Death Knight's voice - 05/03/04 07:04 PM
I don't mind it really, it could be better yes, but I'm content with how it is.
Posted By: The_Pope Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 10:21 AM
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I feel no sense of urgency to free myself from this curse, since the Deathknight does not portray a sense of evil.

He does sound pretty bad though, so that alone might be reason enough to free yourself from the curse (of having to hear his voice).
Posted By: Muze Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 07:26 PM
ok here are my first examples of the altered (and hopefully improved) deathnight's voice:

http://www.mashedbuddha.com/sounds/beyond_div/sample1.wav

http://www.mashedbuddha.com/sounds/beyond_div/sample2.wav

Let me know what you think!
Posted By: Morbo Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 07:37 PM
Sounds better in my book. Just a little less echo.
Posted By: Yannos Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 07:40 PM
It's surely an improvement over the standard voice, nice work! If only there was a way to do this automatically to all of his sounds <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
(but the echo thingy sounds a bit too long)
Posted By: Muze Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 07:44 PM
thanks, I may do away with the echo entirely, depending on how it's received.
Posted By: LewsTherinKinslayer13 Re: Death Knight's voice - 06/03/04 07:46 PM
sorry, but i like the way it is right now better <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: AgentJ Re: Death Knight's voice - 07/03/04 03:31 AM

Ya, sounds great!

Not sure if they'll change it though <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: cloudia Re: Death Knight's voice - 07/03/04 04:56 AM
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Posted By: LewsTherinKinslayer13 Re: Death Knight's voice - 07/03/04 05:01 AM
why?
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