Voice Acting

[5 Puppis]

I think it'd be great if Galnet stories or CG announcements had accompanying audioclips. I want to hear the heads of major powers deliver war time oration in the vein of Churchill. Gives them actual personalities. Or maybe have a newsreel announcer ala Starship Troopers.

Zachary Hudson is basically Sky Marshall Dienes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw

 

[damon8r351]

The game could use some more voice acting. I like the radio chatter around the stations, but what I really like was the interaction in the training missions.

 

[metatheurgist]

Great idea but expensive. Would it be English only? Would that be acceptable to all the other languages clamouring for localisation?

 

[Highwayman]

I don’t think it needs to be that expensive. The community would do it all for free.

Take the current radio chatter messages for example when docking. There are about 10 of them that loop. If I hear that they need another cleanup crew because someone thought it would be a good idea to jettison their cargo whilst docked again, I’ll go crazy!

But... if Frontier said “hey community, we need these 500 messages recorded and submitted” the only work involved would be checking that we (the community) say what they asked, and load them into the game.

 

[lifeschool-amiga]

I love the radio chatter, and I think it wouldnt be too much of a stretch to add:

"Touchdown, the Eagle has landed!" if ever you find yourself using an Eagle - which not many people do I guess.

I think getting maybe 15 different voice actors to play the power lords various messages is a good idea, but a bit of a waste of money which would be better spent developing planetary landings. (I even forgot to take my SRV with me on my latest voyage, as you cant get near the places you discover except for the basic rocks). Besides, what happens when little miss snooty pants is overthrown or assassinated, and a great big fat blob gets put in her place as the top honcho, that means they have to redo another voice.

But I do prefer the voices idea than actors or cut scenes, too much CGI cut-aways would spoil this game, although if a video or trailer is being put out there, then it should be available to see by the community within the game somehow.

 

[MBaldelli]

I don’t think it needs to be that expensive. The community would do it all for free.

Oh this can go wrong in all sorts of ways... All of which would be the logistics of it.. Especially when you consider not everyone has a studio to do the recording. Hell, take me for example. Nope, not remotely. The sounds of birds and the fire trucks/ambulance service going by 20 times a day and night. Friends in TS3/Discord are all like, "They're coming to get you Mike..."

Nah... I like the devs and their staff, but expanding it would be hell.