Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Suggestions Death Knight Voice needs to be removed

The Death Knight is terrible. Terrible. How could this possibly be *worse* than the last voice? I didnt play the demo so its blowing my mind trying to think about it.

Is there a way to prevent just this voice from ever playing?

Seriously, who ever cast and approved this voice needs to find a new job. Its that bad.

olaf

It's really amazing how hung up people are on the Death Knight's voice. So he sounds like a loudmouth wearing a bucket over his head. Lighten up and enjoy the unintended comedy, that the elite footsoldiers of Chaos are obnoxious jerks.

Now, complain about the lack of levelling or diversity in characters, and I'd be right there with you.

Personally I thought the voice of the Death-Knight was good on the demo version, sure he did sound a bit like he was wearing a bucket on his head, but at least you could hear the sarcasm in his voice. In the retail version he just sounds permenantly constipated.

Tericia.

He sounds like a very bad actor who feels villainy means overdoing every single line he reads.

If you want you can vote in this thread :
What voice is better ???

I'm with Olaf on this one.

I never heard the demo death knight voiceover that got so many complaints. But the current death knight voice over is distinctly mediocre.

Sounds like Tiffin trying to do the voice of a belligerent stupid giant for kids (OK a male voice for the actor, but the same kind of forced tone).

There are two problems with this. First, this might be good enough for Mom reading to the kids, but is a bit short of what one hoped for from professional voiceover work.

Second the interpetation of the death knight seems to me bad--if you look at the lines, they are not nearly so stupid and belligerent, and should not be read with nearly the same intonation and pattern to every sentence. Given the importance of this character, and the fact that the writing for the character isn't bad at all, this voiceover work is very unfortunate.

And, yes I care about this. The last thing I want to hear from a voice-over is inadvertant humor--it wrecks the story that Larian is trying to tell. (OK, maybe I'm a bit passionate on the subject of voice-over work, but I made a living for few years doing it, so its a one-time professional interest.)

get over it

What an incredibly profound thoughtful post. Why ever didn't I think of such a clever point. Oh wow! Some people are just so cool and thoughtful in their points that I just can't stand it. How could any sane human being resist such a careful, brilliant argument?

Or perhaps, some people are just hopeless stupid fanboys/fangirls incapable of actually presenting a coherant argument.

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Why do some people say others are fanboys only because they appreciate somethings others dont? It's not because he likes the new voice and you dont that he's a fanboy.

Thanks for understanding.

if you didn't hear the demo voice, then you have absolutely no basis for argument until such time as you do hear it.

i did hear it. it was a hideous mechanical sounding monotone.

the current one is better by far.

i can imagine, granted, what he would have sounded like with a voice like, say, Darth Vader, but the developers didn't have one available. Sure it would have been nice if it was available, but that's not what we came up with. Personally I enjoy the one there, it suits his tunnel vision.

i'm thankful they even took the time to re-record the voiceovers in the first place, as that was extra time and money they didn't have to spend, since the voice-overs were already completed when they re-did them.

end of argument/discussion. next.

Well no. My problem is that he presented no argument whatsoever--not that the new voice, however bad it might be is better, or that the new voice is good.

Instead, the sum total of the argument, and I quote, was "Get over it."

Oddly enough, in my ever so primative way, I do not consider this an argument.

Now, I am certainly open to considering arguments. Let us hear them.

And BTW, I admit I have no idea whether this voice is better than that on the Demo. I do not need to know this to consider the voice I am hearing crap. This should not be a position too subtle for most ordinary people.

see my post here for a cogent argument.

if it offends you i apologize in advance, i was tired and cranky this morning with the discovery that patch 1.4x broke my summoning doll and the pyramids may be broken too, resulting in a restart until they can fix it. if they can. i'm hoping. meanwhile, no point in bitching about it. that won't solve anything. yes i reported them already.

Well, I for one do not expect a Hollywood star performance in a computer game so I really don't have any problems what-so-ever with the current DK voice. In fact I find it just as good as any other voice I can remember in a game.

Demanding that they take it out (and even firing the guy who cast the actor) seems a *bit* harsh to me I must admit <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> So in this case I think I'll second the "Get over it" comment..

Some people on these forums really need to take a chill-pill, relax and just play the game for what it is....

- Telemachos

AMEN, finally some one with wise words. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

heh. exactly.
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.:heh:. try telling that to the folks that get all bunched up over the recent oops with 1.41, and now the issue with summoning dolls with 1.41 & 1.42. some have come completely undone and unglued.

meanwhile, i just shelved my summoning doll in a dark recess of inventory in order to avoid accidental clicks until they fix the problem. i started a new game and am continuing the one in act 2 as the pyramids do work.

I played the beginning of the german version of the game as an alternative, there was no voice at all for the death knight(and for some other folks too).So give me this grumpy voice anytime-I am sure that death knights are no opera singers-and I am quite content to hear it.
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I think this must be highly[b] irritating for Larian Studios : First the [b]MASSIVE demand for a NEW voice and now - no-one is satisfied ? Everyone wants a second, new voice ??? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/question.gif" alt="" />

I don't think Larian Studios will include voice acting in the results are that terrible ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/exclamation.gif" alt="" />

Are you never satisfied ?

I agree fully Alrik. Some people have NO APPRECIATION of the effort made by games designers and programmers to appease their innane gibberings.

Tiffin: the only reason Bullywif wrote 'get over it' was that he, like myself and many others here are sick of reading the same damn thread over and over.
You can search the forum if you wish to see the countless gazillion posts made on this rather pointless topic. Its really facinating reading.
Please don't use the phrase fanboy/gurl either, its just retarded. There, I said it. Its been pissing me off for ages too.

Anyway just because he didn't communicate in the same pseudo-intellectual spew that you seem to delight talking in doesn't make his point any less valid. It was short and simple. 'Get over it' Because in fact you can't do anything about it anyway! (Well except turn the volume of your speakers down.)

Get back to me when you've recorded your own deathknight voice. That will be worth hearing I'm sure.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

I personally preferred the demo version of the voice. The new one just makes me laugh but I can 'get over it'.

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Can we please let this topic rest now? Thanks.

@ Womble

You can dream ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

The DeathKnight's voice is the never ending story.

I told it since the beginning in this thread :

Has Larian commented at all on the death knigh


Now it would be great that "The DeathKnight's voice" become a new forum joke.

Maybe Dennis has some ideas about that.

Barta