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Third Episode In Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga To Release Without Voice Acting

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited April 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imageThird Episode In Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga To Release Without Voice Acting

Episode 3 of Guild Wars 2's Icebrood Saga is set to ship without voice acting as the team cites COVID-19 as the driving factor.

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  • DeathleecherDeathleecher Member UncommonPosts: 89
    why not push the patch back.

    No voice acting, dont even wanna do this part. sad news.
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  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,108
    They're gonna go back and put the voice acting in the update when this situation ends, but I feel like they could just delay it's release a bit to get a better gauge of when that might be.
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  • IosevusIosevus Member UncommonPosts: 17
    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.
    Celcius
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485

    Panzerbeorne39 said:

    As someone whose done voice acting and is familiar with the process, I don’t think they’re being honest about it. It’s quite easy to get high quality audio. Probably just cutting costs and don’t want to admit it.


    They have their own sound production studio in their studio in Seattle and they strive for a particular quality in the recording. Could be that a few folks involved don't want to take the risk for one reason or another. I'm sure they could do placeholder VO, but why waste money on that if you are going to replace it eventually?
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.
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  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    edited May 2020
    Bullshit! Skyrim modders get it done in their basements. Yeti mics don't cost that much....but voice actors do. These people are pros. Are you saying they don't have their own studios / equipment? FFXIV is delaying it's content release.

    GW2 is done. Get your forks.
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  • DeathleecherDeathleecher Member UncommonPosts: 89

    Ancient_Exile said:

    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    Deathleecher said:

    Ancient_Exile said:

    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell

    I really got tired of fighting centaurs and bandits in the first zone.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    They could do the voice acting sitting at home, the quality might not be the best but it could stand in for now.
  • SplitStream13SplitStream13 Member UncommonPosts: 253
    edited May 2020

    Iosevus said:

    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.




    That's how usually voice acting goes, because you could always change the story during development. And it makes no sense to record lines you are never going to use.
    Ancient_Exile said:
    Deathleecher said:

    Ancient_Exile said:

    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell

    I really got tired of fighting centaurs and bandits in the first zone.
    Umm ... maybe go to the next zone? Usually the type of enemy changes with zone. Even race. Norns don't meet bandits and centaurs at all. I'm not playing the game actively either but that's just a bullshit excuse for internet points.
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    SplitStream13 said:

    Iosevus said:

    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.




    That's how usually voice acting goes, because you could always change the story during development. And it makes no sense to record lines you are never going to use.
    Ancient_Exile said:
    Deathleecher said:

    Ancient_Exile said:

    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell

    I really got tired of fighting centaurs and bandits in the first zone.
    Umm ... maybe go to the next zone? Usually the type of enemy changes with zone. Even race. Norns don't meet bandits and centaurs at all. I'm not playing the game actively either but that's just a bullshit excuse for internet points.

    No, it's not.  Maybe I got a little more tired of it because I started a different character after returning to the game.  (After a year or so?  I don't remember.)  And I didn't like the other races.  Anyway, why are you upset?  That's how I felt. 

    I did get to the next zone eventually.  And I think maybe the next zone after that.  But I didn't feel motivated to keep playing.  It wasn't exciting or interesting to me. 
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,938
    edited May 2020

    SplitStream13 said:



    Iosevus said:


    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.






    That's how usually voice acting goes, because you could always change the story during development. And it makes no sense to record lines you are never going to use.


    I think that's about right. I know for my own work I have changed lines over and over and stopped doing anything with the recording until the writing was set.
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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    edited May 2020
    Lol , do us a favor ,, thx you .. your voice acting fuggin blows ..
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  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    WOW - peeps. They are trying to deal with reality. It is not as bad as all that. I give A.Net credit, at least they are trying to move forward in these times. They are not soft pedaling, just saying they are trying to do the best they can.

    A.Net right now is damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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  • LydonLydon Member UncommonPosts: 2,938

    Valentina said:

    They're gonna go back and put the voice acting in the update when this situation ends, but I feel like they could just delay it's release a bit to get a better gauge of when that might be.



    Why would they delay release when so many folk are at home due to lockdown and they're likely to boost active usage by taking advantage of the opportunity to release new content during this time? No one's forcing folk to play through the new content before voice acting is included.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited May 2020

    Iosevus said:

    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.




    That's how usually voice acting goes, because you could always change the story during development. And it makes no sense to record lines you are never going to use.


    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell

    I really got tired of fighting centaurs and bandits in the first zone.
    Umm ... maybe go to the next zone? Usually the type of enemy changes with zone. Even race. Norns don't meet bandits and centaurs at all. I'm not playing the game actively either but that's just a bullshit excuse for internet points.

    No, it's not.  Maybe I got a little more tired of it because I started a different character after returning to the game.  (After a year or so?  I don't remember.)  And I didn't like the other races.  Anyway, why are you upset?  That's how I felt. 

    I did get to the next zone eventually.  And I think maybe the next zone after that.  But I didn't feel motivated to keep playing.  It wasn't exciting or interesting to me. 
    You do not have to play another race to play another race's starting zone. So yeah, it's still a bullshit excuse. The game offers multiple maps for each level range so that you can pick your own preferred progression path. Or you can even level in WvW or PvP without doing any PvE maps at all. It has an excellent leveling experience and does everything it can to be flexible for the player and accomodating of replays; it isn't the game's fault if you do not take advantage of that or if you still don't enjoy leveling.

    I do not like the Sylvari starting map (actually, I don't like the Maguuma jungle in general). I play a lot of Sylvari. I just go to the human or norn starting maps that I do like. 
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  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    Aeander said:
    Ancient_Exile said:
    SplitStream13 said:

    Iosevus said:

    Sounds like they waited till the last min to do the voice part, probably would have been delayed even without house arrest.




    That's how usually voice acting goes, because you could always change the story during development. And it makes no sense to record lines you are never going to use.
    Ancient_Exile said:
    Deathleecher said:

    Ancient_Exile said:

    I don't know how anyone manages to get past level 20 or so in this game without getting bored.  Oh, well.  Different strokes for different folks I guess.



    Iguess "normal" people used the boost :P Agree, one of the worst mmorpgs to level in. Grinding mobs is even more fun and that is boring as hell

    I really got tired of fighting centaurs and bandits in the first zone.
    Umm ... maybe go to the next zone? Usually the type of enemy changes with zone. Even race. Norns don't meet bandits and centaurs at all. I'm not playing the game actively either but that's just a bullshit excuse for internet points.

    No, it's not.  Maybe I got a little more tired of it because I started a different character after returning to the game.  (After a year or so?  I don't remember.)  And I didn't like the other races.  Anyway, why are you upset?  That's how I felt. 

    I did get to the next zone eventually.  And I think maybe the next zone after that.  But I didn't feel motivated to keep playing.  It wasn't exciting or interesting to me. 
    You do not have to play another race to play another race's starting zone. So yeah, it's still a bullshit excuse. The game offers multiple maps for each level range so that you can pick your own preferred progression path. Or you can even level in WvW or PvP without doing any PvE maps at all. 

    I do not like the Sylvari starting map (actually, I don't like the Maguuma jungle in general). I play a lot of Sylvari. I just go to the human or norn starting maps that I do like. 
    The Sylvari story really ties into GW1 with the Ventari Tablet, etc. I just wish Trahearne wasn't a sylvari.


  • azarhalazarhal Member RarePosts: 1,402

    Scot said:

    They could do the voice acting sitting at home, the quality might not be the best but it could stand in for now.



    Not all voice actors have the material to do voice recording at home.

    And I don't think any video game company wants to double their VO budget either, as they would have to pay the cast twice (VO work is paid per block of 4 hours).
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    azarhal said:

    Scot said:

    They could do the voice acting sitting at home, the quality might not be the best but it could stand in for now.



    Not all voice actors have the material to do voice recording at home.

    And I don't think any video game company wants to double their VO budget either, as they would have to pay the cast twice (VO work is paid per block of 4 hours).
    Right. And it's also substantially harder to issue proper voice direction in this environment. I'd rather have no voice acting than have them waste money on bad voice acting.
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  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Lmao at all the idiotic armchair developers here with zero common sense. This is absolutely the most sensible thing for them to do right now.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    Aeander said:
    azarhal said:

    Scot said:

    They could do the voice acting sitting at home, the quality might not be the best but it could stand in for now.



    Not all voice actors have the material to do voice recording at home.

    And I don't think any video game company wants to double their VO budget either, as they would have to pay the cast twice (VO work is paid per block of 4 hours).
    Right. And it's also substantially harder to issue proper voice direction in this environment. I'd rather have no voice acting than have them waste money on bad voice acting.
    Well push it back then for how long two months? MMOs do that all the time, hardly a big deal.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited May 2020
    Scot said:
    Aeander said:
    azarhal said:

    Scot said:

    They could do the voice acting sitting at home, the quality might not be the best but it could stand in for now.



    Not all voice actors have the material to do voice recording at home.

    And I don't think any video game company wants to double their VO budget either, as they would have to pay the cast twice (VO work is paid per block of 4 hours).
    Right. And it's also substantially harder to issue proper voice direction in this environment. I'd rather have no voice acting than have them waste money on bad voice acting.
    Well push it back then for how long two months? MMOs do that all the time, hardly a big deal.
    If they did that, the same ass-munchers on these forums would be calling the content delay yet another sign of post-layoff weakness. They are in a lose-lose position here.
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  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    Aeander said:
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    If they did that, the same ass-munchers on these forums would be calling the content delay yet another sign of post-layoff weakness. They are in a lose-lose position here.
    And why do you suppose that is?
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  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    edited May 2020
    GeezerGamer said:
    Aeander said:
    deleted stuff
    If they did that, the same ass-munchers on these forums would be calling the content delay yet another sign of post-layoff weakness. They are in a lose-lose position here.
    And why do you suppose that is?
    Because they are arm chair developers and think they know how to develop games. Just like arm chair quarterbacking. All nonsense.

    As I said before - Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited May 2020
    Aeander said:
    deleted stuff
    If they did that, the same ass-munchers on these forums would be calling the content delay yet another sign of post-layoff weakness. They are in a lose-lose position here.
    And why do you suppose that is?
    Because this site is populated primarily by angry boomers who desperately miss the good ol' days of UO and SWG, and they've arbitrarily picked this game as their hate-bandwagon instead of the many, MANY WoW clones that actually oversaturated the genre and caused the MMO bubble to burst. 

    Good enough explanation?
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