VA cast

[Allbrother]

Hi

 

I saw an interview with Josh Sawyer in which he mentioned that VA casting hasn't been done yet but it was some time ago

Is there any new information on the subject? 

 

And if voice actors haven't been cast yet, I'd like to make a plea to Obsidian:
 

Please cast David Warner (for any poor soul that doesn't know who I'm talking about, it's Irenicus from BG2) in a prominent role! Or better yet, have him narrate those text windows that seem to link the game together. 

[Greensleeve]

Hi

 

I saw an interview with Josh Sawyer in which he mentioned that VA casting hasn't been done yet but it was some time ago

Is there any new information on the subject? 

 

And if voice actors haven't been cast yet, I'd like to make a plea to Obsidian:

 

Please cast David Warner (for any poor soul that doesn't know who I'm talking about, it's Irenicus from BG2) in a prominent role! Or better yet, have him narrate those text windows that seem to link the game together. 

 

Narrator is cast. Can't remember his name, but he was cast quite a while ago. I'm sure someone will post a link below. 

[Sensuki]

Yeah it's an up and coming voice actor. Unfortunately you can tell he's putting on a voice while doing the narration, rather than having a natural "narrator's voice" like the BG and IWD1 narrators. 

 

The same guy voices Odema and some of the PC male voice sets.

[Karkarov]

Yeah it's an up and coming voice actor. Unfortunately you can tell he's putting on a voice while doing the narration, rather than having a natural "narrator's voice" like the BG and IWD1 narrators. 

 

The same guy voices Odema and some of the PC male voice sets.

Doesn't bother me.  Many of the "natural" voices have this probably of also being instantly recognizable and unlike most people I don't want to realize the same guy voicing my narrator is also the guy who voices the drunken dwarf #5 in that bar in Dragon Age 4, and the "close friend" of that weirdly dressed wizard in the Witcher 7.

[5anitybane]

Is there still a lot of unspoken dialogue in the game? I actually like unspoken dialogue, partially as a sort of reminiscence.

[Hassat Hunter]

Yes.

Infact unspoken will grealty outnumber spoken (and IMO gladly so)... verbose conversations for the win!

[5anitybane]

Yes.

Infact unspoken will grealty outnumber spoken (and IMO gladly so)... verbose conversations for the win!

I concur wholeheartedly, there's something that feels lost in spoken dialogue, and if there's bad voice acting, potentially ruined entirely. At least with verbose conversations it leaves the player to imagine the voices for their own epic adventure, instead of a possibly drone-pitched dwarf because he had a cold at the time of voice acting (an example only, haha), .

[Sensuki]

I find the D:OS ambient voices really annoying. The IE "walla" style was a lot better.

[Bryy]

Is there still a lot of unspoken dialogue in the game?

VO costs an arm and a two legs, so yes.

[ryukenden]

VO can be expensive but if they can squeeze as much as they can possible afford, it would be terrific. Those in-game cutscene in bg2 was epic.

Edited August 15, 2014 by ryukenden

[Bryy]

VO can be expensive but if they can squeeze as much as they can possible afford, it would be terrific. Those in-game cutscene in bg2 was epic.

If they went union and full scale, it's a very real possibility that even two voice actors would decimate the budget.

[Sensuki]

$10 says the girl who did the IGN First Look is doing VO for PE.

[Tartantyco]

Just make it simple for people to switch out the narration, so we can get fan made VAs do stuff.

[talharbash]

Not complete VO? Why with the money they raised they should hire A+ celebrities to do all the voice acting..

 

I KEED I KEED.

[Panteleimon]

Not complete VO? Why with the money they raised they should hire A+ celebrities to do all the voice acting..

 

I KEED I KEED.

 

 

I want Tom Cruise ingame, thx.

[Kjaamor]

Hey! What if Obsidian let all the forum goers contribute voice acting par...*shoots self in face*

[Trodat]

I hope Obsidian will have VO's for some of the creatures aswell. Like that ogre we saw in the demo. Adds a nice touch IMO.

[Valmy]

I hope Obsidian will have VO's for some of the creatures aswell. Like that ogre we saw in the demo. Adds a nice touch IMO.

 

Me will crush you!  Crush you to goo!

[Quetzalcoatl]

I liked what I heard from the few voice barks in the Gamescom footage. Although there didn't seem to be any battle cries/critical hit shouts.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Quetzalcoatl

[Marceror]

_{A few select Cameo's from the IE games would be great, though OE shouldn't break the bank with this.}

Edited August 15, 2014 by Marceror

[ashtonw]

Well the BG series at least used top tier actors so cameos from that are not going to happen.

[Marceror]

Well the BG series at least used top tier actors so cameos from that are not going to happen.

 

As did Torment? Sheena Easton was Anna, for crying out loud.

[Elerond]

 

Well the BG series at least used top tier actors so cameos from that are not going to happen.

 

As did Torment? Sheena Easton was Anna, for crying out loud.

 

 

And Jennifer Hale voiced Fall-from-Grace and Deionarra

 

Broken Age has top tier actors voicing it, so it isn't impossible for Obsidian to hire such talents to voice PoE if they want.

[Marceror]

 

 

Well the BG series at least used top tier actors so cameos from that are not going to happen.

 

As did Torment? Sheena Easton was Anna, for crying out loud.

 

 

And Jennifer Hale voiced Fall-from-Grace and Deionarra

 

Broken Age has top tier actors voicing it, so it isn't impossible for Obsidian to hire such talents to voice PoE if they want.

 

If OE does this, I hope they will do so sparingly, and where it really counts. They are plenty of top rate voice actors who aren't "top tier" and so you get an awesome result for a much lower cost.

 

Gotta be frugal with that 4M.

[Elerond]

 

 

 

Well the BG series at least used top tier actors so cameos from that are not going to happen.

 

As did Torment? Sheena Easton was Anna, for crying out loud.

 

 

And Jennifer Hale voiced Fall-from-Grace and Deionarra

 

Broken Age has top tier actors voicing it, so it isn't impossible for Obsidian to hire such talents to voice PoE if they want.

 

If OE does this, I hope they will do so sparingly, and where it really counts. They are plenty of top rate voice actors who aren't "top tier" and so you get an awesome result for a much lower cost.

 

Gotta be frugal with that 4M.

 

Cost depends lot of how many line they will voice. With quite few lines cost difference between top tier and not so top tier actors is quite small as most of the cost will come from other payments, like studio rental and editing.