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Sop, now, why is the DK supposed to have a voice like in a cheap (or maybe expensive) fantasy / horror adventure ?

I can imagine better voices for the DK, but NOW I just want to know why everybody insists on the DK having a voice like every clichè tells ?

I'm curious.

Alrik.

I have nothing to say about the Deathknight voice.
I just want to say that i am happy to know that you finally got your copy of the demo. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />

probably because they imagined him to be so.....and well come to think of it...he has quit an uncaring voice..quite dry...i didn't even thought deathknights had feelings so...it kinda fits him perfectly fine...

Even a non emotional voice needs to be acted as such. I don't get that impression from this voice.

well if he just sounds bored....it still fits him...It's quite funny to have a bored dry Dk...roaming around behind you....

Well, to me the DK sounds rather like ... being bored, because he KNOWS this environment. Hasn't he told that he worked there ?

Also, he is bored, because he dislikes humans. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/exclamation.gif" alt="" />

It's interesting how bad voice acting gets justified to make it more bearable. Boredom is something you can hear in a voice. Lack of emotion is something you can hear in a voice. All I hear is bad acting.

did i justify?? cool.....but seriously though.....i wasn't saying it was good..just saying it kinda fits him....cause comon it's alot better then OA (overacting)...you should see the fun in things a li'll more.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

@Muze : So, why don't you like it ? Please explain.

And what's more : Why don't you think it should be different at all ? PLease explain this, too.

I don't like it because it's poorly acted. Like I've mentioned before, even lack of emotion is something that is conveyed through skilled acting, same thing with boredom. I hear a regular sounding guy reading lines from the script. I hear no acting, and I'm not convinced that this is the character's voice.

In spite of all that, I think there SHOULD be emotion in the death night's voice. With all those opinions of his, the dialog conveys personality and emotion, but the acting does NOT. It just doesn't work.

Hm, and what if he didn't have emotions ?

The actor sounds *exactly* like he's reading from a script. Wrong words are accented and the timing is wrong, making it sound unnatural and stilted. In addition, sometimes you can hear the "pop" that comes from speaking too close to the microphone (sorry, not a sound guy so I don't know the correct term <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ).

Now, you could argue the DK *should* sound unnatural and stilted but as with the previous poster, all I hear is a guy reading a script too close to the mic rather than a supernatural character.

Edit: I also agree that the DK clearly has emotions - for starters, he doesn't like being forged to a human, right? The script is full of sarcasm and distaste but they're not delivered that way at all.

Well said... I sense emotions in his dialogs, too, so that it is actually a wrong argument to say that the voice can or even has to be without emotion. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/exclamation.gif" alt="" />

When I first heard the voice, I thought of the infamous computer voices... those "mechanical", computer generated voices which the great text reading programs use for reading out written text. It almost sounds as if the voice actor has had a list with all the words used in the game and then has recorded them one by one... and then those words has been combined and attached to the dialog lines.

Was that somehow clear now? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Does anyone remember the deathknight from Divinity? The one in stormfist castle that killed the third marked one (can't remember his name). He had a voice like he had swallowed some glass. That's how I imagined a deathknight sounding.
So it's not so much that people want a cliche voice (that is, unless they're asking for a Darth Vader voice), they just want a scary one.

dhruin said it right. it's as if the DK actor read the scripts & not trying to act like he's in the moment. in fact, i almost tempted to re-read the scripts & record then post it up so we can see how 'bad' i can be compared to the actor.

now before that actor send some 'destructive love' at me, i'm offering only constructive criticism. dude, DK should sound so pissed at samuel, the situation at hand, & the pitiful human he's forged with & everything & everyone. he should be whispering with terrifying menace in his voice. check out dustin hoffman in Confidence. low menacing threatening voice. maybe with british accent to throw things off & make it a bit monty python. "british or african swallow?"