Oblivion Appeals to The Deaf!

[Romanian_Dude2005]

Tony Jay has one of the best voices I've ever heard in any form of media. I liked his work so much that I even felt sad when he passed away last year, he's the only person in the game industry to ever make me feel sad. Great voice and talent!

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

he's the only person in the game industry to ever make me feel sad.

Todd?

 

[JarlFrank]

Sean Bean was crap. All his lines were delivered in a terrible, bored, utterly flat monotone that just screamed "paycheck plz i knead hookurs".

After hours of listening to the same crap NPCs which all have the same crap voiceactors, it was quite refreshing to hear a voice that was at least halfways talented. Maybe that's why I remember to like his voice.

 

[Kingston]

Bloodlines had pretty good voice acting imo. In fact, most games have better voice acting than Oblivion. But then again, you can't blame the actors... Who could really deliver "I saw a mudcrab the other day" with sheer passion?

 

[psycojester]

I think Wonder Woman did the worst job. Every time a female orc spoke it was like a nail studded blackboard being jammed into my colon

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Sean Bean was crap. All his lines were delivered in a terrible, bored, utterly flat monotone that just screamed "paycheck plz i knead hookurs".

Indeed, he's much better in the morrisons advertisements....

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

Sean Bean was crap. All his lines were delivered in a terrible, bored, utterly flat monotone that just screamed "paycheck plz i knead hookurs".

Indeed, he's much better in the morrisons advertisements....

I don't think that's really him, he doesn't die in them.

 

[Fez]

He didn't die in Sharpe either.

 

[cutterjohn]

Sean Bean was crap. All his lines were delivered in a terrible, bored, utterly flat monotone that just screamed "paycheck plz i knead hookurs".

That's probably because even though Bethesda wasted most of their "acting" budget on Stewart and Bean, the amount was so low that it was a phone in one-shot, no re-takes sort of job. Then adding in the puacity of generic voice "actors" to the myriad of dysfunctional design decisions and Oblivious is what you end up with...

 

[Fez]

They'd have been better off getting many good professional voice actors than blowing the budget on name dropping.

 

[JarlFrank]

They'd have been better off getting many good professional voice actors than blowing the budget on name dropping.

No wai! "We have Captain Picard, Boromir and Wonder Woman as voice actors!!!" sells a lot more copies than "We have very talented voice actors who can deliver a very deep athmosphere!"

 

[Drakron]

Wonder women is married to the boss you know ...

 

[psycojester]

So following that logic..... Todd Howard is Captain Picards Bitch!

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

Wonder women is married to the boss you know ...

I wonder if she makes him wear the outfit.

 

[Solomon Doone]

I hate bashing reviewers, but I just couldn't help it.

This reviewer from GEEK.COM must be deaf or really fucking stupid when referring to NPC conversations in Oblivion:

"The voice acting is unmatched. Not only are there venerable actors such as Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean, but there are also hundreds to possibly thousands of extras. There may be some overlaps in terms of what they'll talk about with you, but isn't that also a reflection on real life? More surprising, perhaps, is that there are third-party conversations. The townsfolk will chat with one another about places to find the best deals as well as other gossip."

Unmatched voice acting?
Hundreds to possibly thousands of extras???

Amazing.

"Tens and possibly even in the low twenties" would have been a bit closer to the mark.

Can't deny that some of the voice acting is exceptional though.

 

[Relayer71]

I probably wouldn't have minded the limited amount of voices if they kept them limited to 1 voice per NPC type instead of having 5 different voices dependant on responses.

This was VERY lame, lazy work. They can't blame this on budget or schedule restraints, lower profile games have done more with less.

I'm currently playing KOTOR 2 and am amazed with how much spoken dialogue there is. Sure, the # of characters/NPCs is smaller than in Oblivion but still there's a lot of dialogue (and choices) and it was made in a lot less time than Oblivion.

What baffles me the most is, what the fuck was Bethesda thinking????
A beggar that sounds elderly one second, regal the next, then surly, then...