Meaning why don’t we ever say anything when discussions are going on? It feels off for us to quietly sit and listen especially when we’re supposed to be in a conversation (eg when Baine, Jaina etc talk in Oribos).
I get that we probably couldn’t make conversation choices (like the star wars mmorpg) but we could at least sometimes say something? It would make me feel much more involved rather than feeling like a spectator.
They could easily just use the default race voice that our character already has (eg when you don’t have target or do /silly).
quick question: what voice-actor would you hire? will he cover ALL chars of same race/gender?
i rather have my char silent and read things with my ‘inner-voice’ than having an voice-acting that i totally dislike or i think doesnt fit my char…
what if they use, for example, a 'soft white girl" voice on female human, but you are playng a black female human that you made her thinking about an Afro-American girl?
i mean, it would sounds so wrong ^^
(cmon, dont start strashtalking calling me racist or whatever, it just a very simple and realistic esample, the avarage voice are different base on where you live/grow up)
Id probably hate it tbh. Im totally fine being a silent bystander. I dont think my character would add anything incitful anyway. If you look at quest text and replies we can do, we are kinda dumb and rude af
so yeah, the same voice acting based on race/gender combo
IDK, personally i would be fine! i was just tryng to think why they dont do it (on top of costs ^^)
Yeah, I see your point. I wrote this with my panda in mind (not a lot of diversity there).
Seems by the replies that this would have to be something you could turn on/off if people aren’t that keen on it (but then for sure blizz would not invest resources to implement it). I would personally like it tho.
I think the main problem is that wow is not so much a narrative game, we got those big cinematics where we dont even take part (well, lately they added this new tech so we can see sometimes our char ^^)
BTW there are sooo many big examples where game is amazing but your char doesnt talk at all!
see all the Zelda games, skyrim, dishonored, and so on!
I mean, we are the heros, but we actually NEVER partecipate in any decision or stuff XD
I would love for our characters to interact in story in some way, using the same voice they already have during emotes.
But I will admit, there is something special about how we never question anything out loud. No matter what big and strong foes we face or how big the drama we witness, we never complain or comment.
Just standing there and accepting the quest. Silently. Dead inside.
I feel sometimes like i really want to say - “shut up finally i can kill you without cooldowns on full HP” when some NPC with orange name is making monologue how strong he is before his name turning red. Everything i can do is /spit
