Divinity: Original Sin 2 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Trodat]

The ones we've heard so far sound very British. I imagine that's who you hire if you're in Europe and you need English-language VO.

The relevant point is, they must work for a fraction of what US-based actors charge. Either that or their budget is far higher than I would have guessed.

Or maybe their HR is not incompetent,and went on a journey to find good VA that are not famous.Still the american game making price is highly overblown,i wouldn't be surprise if in the next 5-10 years there is a crash of the AAA market.

They are using some actors that voiced characters in DA:I, so they are probably well known professionals.

The voice actors are british, there was an update about it some days ago. Different studios in London.

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pres...cting_Over_74000_Lines_of_Voiced_Dialogue.php

Voice acting talent in Divinity: Original Sin 2 includes veterans from the games industry and beyond:

• Harry Hadden-Paton as the Red Prince, a haughty but heroic lizard noble exiled from his own empire.
• Alix Wilton Regan as Sebille, an elven assassin seeking vengeance against the Master who once enslaved her.
• Tamaryn Payne as Lohse, a star musician possessed by an unwelcome - and powerful - visitor.
• Chris Finney as Ifan ben-Mezd, a mercenary ex-soldier on the run from a haunted past.
• Alec Newman as Beast, a rebel-turned-pirate who must save his people from their reckless and tyrannical queen.
• Christopher Bonwell as the undead whose origin story will soon be revealed.

Not only are the game’s main origin characters fully voiced, Divinity: Original Sin 2 also features around 1200 different characters and creatures, voiced by a full cast of around 80 actors. The full extent of the game’s voiced content cannot possibly be discovered in one playthrough - players who want to hear every NPC’s story and every origin story interaction will require many playthroughs.

Red Prince is voiced by the same guy who did Male Inquisitor in DA:I.

And yes it seems weid compared to something like Pillars of Eternity which had very mediocre VA.

 

[fantadomat]

The ones we've heard so far sound very British. I imagine that's who you hire if you're in Europe and you need English-language VO.

Well British people are probably more likely to teach English in Europe.

That sound super wyerd to me.I don't know a single person that is studding English.All the people that i know (Including me) have learned English from day to day shit.I personally learned it from games and movies.

 

[Fry]

And it shows.

You'd probably want to learn the language a bit better if you intended to find work doing English voice acting.

 

[Valky]

After the red prince video, I'm definitely disabling voice acting for sure.

 

[KateMicucci]

Yeah, was hoping Red Prince would have a deeper, scratchier voice. I'm not a fan of the snooty English accent for fantasy characters in general. Unless it's Sean Bean.

 

[Jinn]

I just want to fucking play it! I wish they would release it next Tuesday instead of Thursday like a normal goddamn dev.

 

[imweasel]

I'm not a fan of the voice either. I was expecting something lizard like and got a snobbishly aloof high-pitched English voice instead.

OH WELL.

 

[Infinitron]

I'm not a fan of the voice either. I was expecting something lizard like and got a snobbishly aloof high-pitched English voice instead.

OH WELL.

Same as in Dragon Commander. Divinity's Lizards are supposed to be posh imperial aristocrats.



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin-2/posts/1340957

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Is there a lore reason for the fact that some lizards look like lizards but your lizard princess in DC has very human features?

 

[Infinitron]

Is there a lore reason for the fact that some lizards look like lizards but your lizard princess in DC has very human features?

More likely fan service reasons.

 

[dragonul09]

Of course they afforded the voice acting,they all sound like some uppity assholes from Cambridge or some cockney retards you just meet at the pub.If you can't do good VA,don't do it at all

 

[fantadomat]

And it shows.

You'd probably want to learn the language a bit better if you intended to find work doing English voice acting.

I do know English pretty well mate,just the writing is strange because it doesn't have any logical rules.I do spend a lot of time reading books in English,i can understand old English and like reading Shakespeare from time to time.Also i don't have problems with Irish and Scottish but Welsh is a mystery to me.Thou i do know that i am shitty at writing,and my talking skills need a little experience.

 

[Iznaliu]

And yes it seems weid compared to something like Pillars of Eternity which had very mediocre VA.

Because they want to hit the big league with this one.

 

[Mark Richard]

Yeah, was hoping Red Prince would have a deeper, scratchier voice. I'm not a fan of the snooty English accent for fantasy characters in general. Unless it's Sean Bean.

There's a huge variety of accents in Britain for such a short distance (including the posh southerner), but all that matters on the international stage is which is the most recognizable to a worldwide audience, and therefore the most marketable. Sean Bean spent years trying to get out of that box with his rougher Yorkshire accent. Still, at least we got his magnum opus.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[AwesomeButton]

The Red Prince's voice wasn't what I imagined but I liked it.

 

[fantadomat]

Such a disgrace,teleporting enemies in to the lava is waste of loot!

 

[Grotesque]

Really curious what the budget is for this thing now.

Voice actors must work cheap in Europe.

Most things are cheaper than usa,especially in east Europa.

no wonder all flock to Hungary to record live orchestra

 

[Iznaliu]

Really curious what the budget is for this thing now.

Voice actors must work cheap in Europe.

Most things are cheaper than usa,especially in east Europa.

no wonder all flock to Hungary to record live orchestra

I wonder if they will do something like this every day.

 

[HoboForEternity]

If this is a huge success as dos 1, then next we will see swen's dream rpg.

Looking at it, divinity original sin 2 is a safe decision for them. There arent that much invention compared to the jump from beyond divinity to eco draconis to original sin.

Granted, they are perfecting and expanding the formula, but it is a safe game still.

 

[Alienman]

What is his dream rpg?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

If this is a huge success as dos 1, then next we will see swen's dream rpg.

Looking at it, divinity original sin 2 is a safe decision for them. There arent that much invention compared to the jump from beyond divinity to eco draconis to original sin.

Granted, they are perfecting and expanding the formula, but it is a safe game still.

I think next release will be a successor to Dragon Knight Saga in style. probably involving Damien and the Divine etc. Which I'd be totally cool with . Has he made some mention of a dream RPG before, or are you theorising?

 

[HoboForEternity]

If this is a huge success as dos 1, then next we will see swen's dream rpg.

Looking at it, divinity original sin 2 is a safe decision for them. There arent that much invention compared to the jump from beyond divinity to eco draconis to original sin.

Granted, they are perfecting and expanding the formula, but it is a safe game still.

I think next release will be a successor to Dragon Knight Saga in style. probably involving Damien and the Divine etc. Which I'd be totally cool with . Has he made some mention of a dream RPG before, or are you theorising?

yes, it was on an onterview somewhere around the first original sin released. Swen said he has this dream game planned, but their current budger wouldn't allow it or something.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Ooh i got it
http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

From the man's blog itself and i quote:

To ensure our next games will be better, we’re increasing our team size so we can avoid having to make certain development compromises, and we’re building on top of what we have already to prevent the pitfalls of having to start from scratch again. Because we want the foundations to be rock solid, we’re spending a lot of effort on improving the first game in what hopefully becomes a series of games that will lead us to the RPG I’ve been dreaming of, you know, the very big RPG that will dwarf them all.

which there is link that lead to this entry:

http://www.lar.net/2012/08/08/seeking-the-golden-path/

In the comments you can see familiar people, beloved to the codex like Daniel vavra and some.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

you know, the very big RPG that will dwarf them all.

What a great line!

Thanks very much for hunting those entries down, I hadn't seen them