Commanders voice change with ep4 ?

[Titanium Pig.1462]

Is it just me or has the commanders voice changed with episode 4 ? (playing Norn warrior).

Loving this episode btw!

[Danikat.8537]

Is your norn male or female? And what language is the dialogue in?

There's 40 voice actors for the Commander - one for each race/gender combination in English, French, German and Spanish. It's unlikely they'e changed all 8 norn voice actors, and without knowing which one you're hearing it's hard to say if it sounds different or not.

[Titanium Pig.1462]

Good point. Male, Norn, English.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Actually, Spanish is text-only; no voice actors.

[Genesis.8572]

@Titanium Pig.1462 said:Good point. Male, Norn, English.It's apparently Matt Mercer.

[Randulf.7614]

@Titanium Pig.1462 said:Good point. Male, Norn, English.

No change

[Eve Eschenbacher.4201]

Male norn PC is still voiced by Matthew Mercer. There hasn't been a change. :)

[Ariurotl.3718]

Ahh, feels nice.

[Aeon.4583]

There was a quite few years pasted since Character Creation, compared to latest story. When character is created, it's just young male\female. Years pass, voice changes :)

[Ashgar.3024]

AFAIK There was no voice actor changes to the Commander outside of the Male Charr one from season 3 onwards.

[Dami.5046]

I thought my Human female sounded different as well and also taimi as well and we know she hasn't changed. Really odd.

[brando.7320]

What about charr male? it seemed different from the personal story

[Tanner Blackfeather.6509]

@brando.7320 said:What about charr male? it seemed different from the personal story

Just a few posts above you, actually:

@Griever.8150 said:AFAIK There was no voice actor changes to the Commander outside of the Male Charr one from season 3 onwards.(My emphasis)

The male Charr PC got a new voice actor between HoT and LS3.

[Michram.6853]

Matt Mercer even showed up on the Behind the Scenes vid (one month ago), so nope.

[Ashantara.8731]

@Titanium Pig.1462 said:Is it just me or has the commanders voice changed with episode 4 ? (playing Norn warrior).

No, but they finally stopped making the actors for Charr and Norn speak in such low registers that it sounded completely unnatural and somewhat creepy. ;) I definitely prefer these normal voices. :+1:

Also, obviously, the voice director no longer advises the actors to. Speeeak. Innn. Slowww. Mo-. -Tionnn. =)

I love these changes! <3

[Briareos.1865]

@Dami.5046 said:I thought my Human female sounded different as well and also taimi as well and we know she hasn't changed. Really odd.

Maybe they adjusted it slightly to show she has aged a little? Her hairstyle has changed too. She's no longer using ribbons. She's a young adult now.

[Orion Templar.4589]

Matthew Mercer does a great job - glad he is still around! Of all the commander voices I have a few favorites, and male norn is one of them.

[CharterforGw.3149]

@Aeon.4583 said:There was a quite few years pasted since Character Creation, compared to latest story. When character is created, it's just young male\female. Years pass, voice changes :)I don't think 6 years makes your voice change that drastically, unless the voice actors were still in there teenage years.Besides, the small changes that may happen will not really be noticeably if you play the game chronologically, since you are most likely used to the most current voice.

Maybe there has been a change in the sound files, different way it's being stored, resulting in a different quality?

[Aeon.4583]

@CharterforGw.3149 said:I don't think 6 years makes your voice change that drastically6 years of non-stop fighting, traveling and all kind of crap, can do that easily =)

[kito.1827]

the human ear differs speach not only but also by the slightest nuances of sound.keeping this in mind even a change of setup (recording microphone e.g.) or a different audio codec (since its digitalised) may already appear to one like another voice actor

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

This affected all the characters, including the PC. Basically, they dropped their policy of trying to keep the emotional atmosphere neutral, a common criticism since PoF+LS4, and instead seem to have started adding personality into the characters.

What you are hearing is more realistic voice acting like the VA's are more used to from other works.

[ReV.6097]

Could also be change of equipment. Voice editing and sound techniques.

[Dami.5046]

Shame, I liked how my Ranger sounded, it suited her obnoxious 'can do' attitude. Ahhhhh learn to say no, woman! :3
But in all fairness they all sounded completely different, apart from the male Characters.

[Rhyse.8179]

I wonder how much of it is differences in sound mixing/studio management. Actors age of course, and they don't always get their characterization nailed when they come back to a role after a long delay, but the sound techs change as well. Every detail from microphone placement to eqaulizer balance and many others changes the sound of a recorded voice a lot.

@"Hannelore.8153" said:This affected all the characters, including the PC. Basically, they dropped their policy of trying to keep the emotional atmosphere neutral, a common criticism since PoF+LS4, and instead seem to have started adding personality into the characters.

What you are hearing is more realistic voice acting like the VA's are more used to from other works.

Just to be fair, this has been a criticism since release. Why anyone would spend the money to hire skilled voice actors and then tell them "Hey, you know that whole 'acting' thing you do with your voice, don't do that." I will never understand.