Genuine question: if New Vegas is set 200+ years after the great war, would the speech patterns of African Americans presently still exist? I don't want this to come off sounding...insensitive, but assuming the lore of the Fallout franchise, a lot of important African American cultural events didn't happen and there is no indication in the games of distinctions/prejudices among races after the war even though pre-war society was still centered around a 50's cultural identity.
I guess I'm trying to say that folks of all backgrounds who live in the region around Fallout 1,2, and Vegas would have pretty indistinct speech/inflection owing to the fact that American culture became highly nationalistic and uniformed judging by the posters and artwork of pre-war times. Am I missing something, or am I just being pedantic?
I understand where you're coming from and what you're saying. My focus was achieving three things.
First, making sure that the voice actor was better than the original voice actor.
Second, making sure that emotions were conveyed correctly.
Third, making sure that the character and the voice blended into the game.
For me, voice-acting and personality holds precedence. I get what you're saying but I care more about the voice-acting and whether the character can convey emotions and make you *feel* the way he *feels*. I care more about whether the acting is convincing. Also I disagree with you slightly because Tyrone in Fallout: New Vegas is a major exception. Dobson, Boxcars etc.
I had 57 actors who auditioned for the role of Astor and I was sold when I heard this voice-actor. You're right about what you mentioned but I do hope that Fallout: New Vegas players would prefer the new revoiced actors over the originals.
Thanks for the reply Dracomies! I agree with you that the new voice actor is much better and much more believable. Good points about Boxcars and Dobson, I hadn't considered their voice work when I wrote my comment, it was just an idea that popped into my head and I wanted to know your thoughts on it.
Excited for the next version of Redesigned! Keep it up
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Genuine question: if New Vegas is set 200+ years after the great war, would the speech patterns of African Americans presently still exist? I don't want this to come off sounding...insensitive, but assuming the lore of the Fallout franchise, a lot of important African American cultural events didn't happen and there is no indication in the games of distinctions/prejudices among races after the war even though pre-war society was still centered around a 50's cultural identity.
I guess I'm trying to say that folks of all backgrounds who live in the region around Fallout 1,2, and Vegas would have pretty indistinct speech/inflection owing to the fact that American culture became highly nationalistic and uniformed judging by the posters and artwork of pre-war times. Am I missing something, or am I just being pedantic?
I understand where you're coming from and what you're saying. My focus was achieving three things.
First, making sure that the voice actor was better than the original voice actor.
Second, making sure that emotions were conveyed correctly.
Third, making sure that the character and the voice blended into the game.
For me, voice-acting and personality holds precedence. I get what you're saying but I care more about the voice-acting and whether the character can convey emotions and make you *feel* the way he *feels*. I care more about whether the acting is convincing. Also I disagree with you slightly because Tyrone in Fallout: New Vegas is a major exception. Dobson, Boxcars etc.
I had 57 actors who auditioned for the role of Astor and I was sold when I heard this voice-actor. You're right about what you mentioned but I do hope that Fallout: New Vegas players would prefer the new revoiced actors over the originals.
Excited for the next version of Redesigned! Keep it up