Voice acting

im almost 90% sure i have seen a post saying intrepid dont want to waste money on voice acting, does anyone know if this is still the case? i feel it is such a huge immersive part of games and in 2023 or 2025 when game releases i feel its almost mandatory that we have it, and a big missed opportunity if we don't, what are your thoughts?

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PherPhur

Shoot, Id be okay with just AI generated voice dialog, as long as I don't have to read. Not that I cant, but I cant get immersed in a text only video game.

Like a poor version of a book to me.

George_Black

How is it mandatory to waste money on a game in which the lore is just the background for player driven gameplay.

I understand ff14 and eso needing voice acting, since 90% of the gameplay is doing quests for NPCs, but this is not the case in AoC gameplay.

I say no to expensive voice acting and no to cheap voice actors.

Ayeveegaming1

Not sure if voice acting and cut scenes are needed in this game. I guess it would be nice however. Maybe just the quest givers. Merchants and such could just say "hello" or something.

CROW3

I’ll take a good book over mediocre voice acting.

Diamaht

Chicago wrote: »

im almost 90% sure i have seen a post saying intrepid dont want to waste money on voice acting, does anyone know if this is still the case? i feel it is such a huge immersive part of games and in 2023 or 2025 when game releases i feel its almost mandatory that we have it, and a big missed opportunity if we don't, what are your thoughts?

Good voice acting is time consuming and really expensive. Do we really want that to be something that bloats costs and increases the time needed to release? Not the mention adding to the time between content updates after release?

Maybe after AI becomes better developed?

Bad voice acting is worse, by far, than no voice acting remember.

unknownsystemerror

Like so many other things that pop up as threads here, Intrepid has already commented on their plan.

NPCs will have voice acted audio greetings.[1][2]
Narrated quest lines are not currently planned for launch.[1] It has been stated that adding voice acting into the game at a later point will be a fairly cosmetic change.[1]
Certain bosses and creatures will have voice lines along with other audio cues.[3]
AI voice acting is not currently planned.[4]
Is it difficult to add voice acting later? No, it's definitely not... It's a fairly cosmetic change.[1] – Steven Sharif
Voice acting is a fun luxury to have, but it is not only a costly one, but it is also one that takes a lot of logistics.[5] – Steven Sharif

Nerror

I really do hope they add some text to speech as a disability option though. AI generated or not. Mainly for quests and possibly the journal too. Nothing fancy, just good enough for those that need it.

Goalid

Again, because nobody wants to hear this, the AI voice technology is already here. It substantially increases the value brought to playing WoW, and that is going to matter a lot more to first time MMORPG players that AoC will have. Literally all of AoC's competition is looking at implementing this technology, to the point where I would think it would be absolutely shameful for AoC not to have some good AI voice technology when some random, small indie projects might have it.

daveywavey

CROW3 wrote: »

I’ll take a good book over mediocre voice acting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQiLMCWX5CA

Depraved

why is everybody so obsessed with ai @_@

CROW3

Depraved wrote: »

why is everybody so obsessed with ai @_@

That’s exactly the kind of projection I expect from ai. 😳

daveywavey

Depraved wrote: »

why is everybody so obsessed with ai @_@

The "AI Voice" doesn't even really sound that good.

Depraved

CROW3 wrote: »

Depraved wrote: »

why is everybody so obsessed with ai @_@

That’s exactly the kind of projection I expect from ai. 😳

you got me, im an a....wait no im not

Talents

Goalid wrote: »

Again, because nobody wants to hear this, the AI voice technology is already here. It substantially increases the value brought to playing WoW, and that is going to matter a lot more to first time MMORPG players that AoC will have. Literally all of AoC's competition is looking at implementing this technology, to the point where I would think it would be absolutely shameful for AoC not to have some good AI voice technology when some random, small indie projects might have it.

I have yet to hear an example of good AI voice acting that didn't sound like complete shit. I've heard the WoW one everyone praises and it sounds ass.

Liniker

Goalid wrote: »

Again, because nobody wants to hear this, the AI voice technology is already here. It substantially increases the value brought to playing WoW, and that is going to matter a lot more to first time MMORPG players that AoC will have.

the videos I saw about AI voice in wow were terrible, few livestreams I was watching people just turned it off after a while - plus this would be scope creep, so I say no

Goalid wrote: »

Literally all of AoC's competition is looking at implementing this technology, to the point where I would think it would be absolutely shameful for AoC not to have some good AI voice technology when some random, small indie projects might have it.

like who?

Chicago

Liniker wrote: »

Goalid wrote: »

Again, because nobody wants to hear this, the AI voice technology is already here. It substantially increases the value brought to playing WoW, and that is going to matter a lot more to first time MMORPG players that AoC will have.

the videos I saw about AI voice in wow were terrible, few livestreams I was watching people just turned it off after a while - plus this would be scope creep, so I say no

Goalid wrote: »

Literally all of AoC's competition is looking at implementing this technology, to the point where I would think it would be absolutely shameful for AoC not to have some good AI voice technology when some random, small indie projects might have it.

like who?

you seem to just have a problem with literally everything anyone ever sais lol, also the wow AI voice acting is really not bad at all for a free made addon,

Voeltz

After investigating and testing the technology myself, my stance on this has changed. AI voices are much more advanced than I had realized. The program I used for testing is called Play.ht which was recommended. It's free to try and has a subscription option which unlocks hundreds of additional voice options and more editing tools. There's almost a thousand voices to choose from with different accents and languages.

Most of the voice options sound like real people. You can regenerate the voice lines if you don't like the way it sounds and with the subscription version, you can change the tone manually. Examples of different tones are: excited, happy, sad, angry, scared, Shouting, whisper, unfriendly, surprised. Apparently you can even clone people's voices and add them to your library, which is wild!

I wish I could share what I created within only a few hours of messing around with the program, but the file type is not supported. I was blown away by the quality and how easy it was. Anyone who's skeptical about AI voices, I highly recommend going to their homepage and watch the demonstration video.

Liniker

Chicago wrote: »

you seem to just have a problem with literally everything anyone ever sais lol, also the wow AI voice acting is really not bad at all for a free made addon,

well, It's mostly because I want the game to release before 2030

not really a fan of suggestions to add new stuff in a game that was supposed to release 3 years ago and already is very ambitious with so much stuff left to do,

but these suggestions would be great for post-launch! I would def like to see voice acting implemented, I just think now is not the time (and I'm not a fan of AI)

TheDarkSorcerer

There should def be voice acting in main story. And I hope they consider adding voices on NPC's when walking around towns etc. Just hearing NPC's talk in the background, banter, complain, laugh, talking about world events etc.I find it lazy not having that. But that's my opinion.

ESO have done an amazing job on that. World feels ALIVE.

Chicago

Liniker wrote: »

Chicago wrote: »

you seem to just have a problem with literally everything anyone ever sais lol, also the wow AI voice acting is really not bad at all for a free made addon,

well, It's mostly because I want the game to release before 2030 not really a fan of suggestions to add new stuff in a game that was supposed to release 3 years ago and already is very ambitious with so much stuff left to do,

but these suggestions would be great for post-launch! I would def like to see voice acting implemented, I just think now is not the time (and I'm not a fan of AI)

you are not wrong here mate, i think nothing new should be being implemented at this stage apart from the things already in game that we have yet to see for example naval combat, something like voice acting could definitely be worked on in tandem with other systems but i do agree lets just get something out first before we worry about new features, i do feel voice acting is such a nice addition to games and really helps immersion, especially if 10 years down the track the player population falls its still nice to be around npcs haha

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