Best and Worst Voice Acting

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 18:14 PMMajorBloodnok

I regret I have to disagree with you on this one, Katitof.

I think it was easily possible for English speakers to become immersed with the Wehrmacht or PE in vCoH, bcs the lines the models spoke were amusing, and by no means a caricature, (though I am aware that some native German-speaking posters did disagree). In fact, if the lines were only pure caricature, I do not think they would have worked as well as they did. And the voice acting was of a very high standard (IMO).

When I consider the Ostheer/OKW on the other hand, the 'magic' seems to have evaporated to a degree. The Ostheer commander, for instance, seems far more harsh and therefore less empathetic, and less immersive. If you were going to argue 'parody', the Ostheer commander seems more prone to this criticism. The voice is harsh, it grates, and so lacks empathy, which (IMO) affects immersion. But that is my point of view, and it is highly subjective, I accept

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 18:14 PMMajorBloodnok

I regret I have to disagree with you on this one, Katitof.

I think it was easily possible for English speakers to become immersed with the Wehrmacht or PE in vCoH, bcs the lines the models spoke were amusing, and by no means a caricature, (though I am aware that some native German-speaking posters did disagree). In fact, if the lines were only pure caricature, I do not think they would have worked as well as they did. And the voice acting was of a very high standard (IMO).

When I consider the Ostheer/OKW on the other hand, the 'magic' seems to have evaporated to a degree. The Ostheer commander, for instance, seems far more harsh and therefore less empathetic, and less immersive. If you were going to argue 'parody', the Ostheer commander seems more prone to this criticism. The voice is harsh, it grates, and so lacks empathy, which (IMO) affects immersion. But that is my point of view, and it is highly subjective, I accept

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 19:15 PMNinjaWJ

I feel that is immersion breaking when they use all these corny lines with crappy accents. I am playing a war game, not a goofy arcade shooter. The campaign was quite cold and gloomy, so I think they should've matched that tone with more serious dialogue.

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 19:15 PMNinjaWJ

I feel that is immersion breaking when they use all these corny lines with crappy accents. I am playing a war game, not a goofy arcade shooter. The campaign was quite cold and gloomy, so I think they should've matched that tone with more serious dialogue.

Jump back to quoted post15 Oct 2014, 00:57 AMBulgakov

I'm glad I'm not the only one who cares about the voice acting. With all the work they put into CoH2, skimping on the voice acting is like throwing a huge classical concert but making the orchestra play on broken banjos.

Relic really chose a poor company to do it. The Soviets aren't voiced by English-speaking Russians and the Germans aren't voiced by English-speaking Germans.

It sounds cheap. It puts me off playing Soviets because they just sound so damn awful. It's a shame too because Russian voices can sound fantastic and add a lot to the atmosphere. Instead they feel like the game's dedicated comic relief. Designed to look crappy, fight crappy and sound crappy

The Germans don't sound much better but they at least have good core inf.


Relic, if anyone there is reading this - I work in game localisation in Russia, I can give you a shortlist of Russian sound studios that can provide Voice actors who work in Russian TV/Theatre. Please, for the love of God, find a company that can offer native-speakers for Russian and German sound files.

And I recommend hiring an actual translator to write texts with Russian language instead of google-translating. One glaring example is "Kholodnaya Ferma", not "Kholodnii Ferma".

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 22:47 PMVonIvan

"I love a trip to the countryside, but not this fucking country" - Jaegers(I miss their old G43s for every squad. Now they're meh at times, sadly.)

Jump back to quoted post15 Oct 2014, 14:13 PMsteel

"Nothing like a trip through the countryside. I just wish it wasn't this country"


Do I get a medal to throw into the pile for knowing the quote?

Jump back to quoted post15 Oct 2014, 00:57 AMBulgakov

I'm glad I'm not the only one who cares about the voice acting. With all the work they put into CoH2, skimping on the voice acting is like throwing a huge classical concert but making the orchestra play on broken banjos.

Relic really chose a poor company to do it. The Soviets aren't voiced by English-speaking Russians and the Germans aren't voiced by English-speaking Germans.

It sounds cheap. It puts me off playing Soviets because they just sound so damn awful. It's a shame too because Russian voices can sound fantastic and add a lot to the atmosphere. Instead they feel like the game's dedicated comic relief. Designed to look crappy, fight crappy and sound crappy

The Germans don't sound much better but they at least have good core inf.


Relic, if anyone there is reading this - I work in game localisation in Russia, I can give you a shortlist of Russian sound studios that can provide Voice actors who work in Russian TV/Theatre. Please, for the love of God, find a company that can offer native-speakers for Russian and German sound files.

And I recommend hiring an actual translator to write texts with Russian language instead of google-translating. One glaring example is "Kholodnaya Ferma", not "Kholodnii Ferma".

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 06:13 AMMr. Someguy

Pioneers also make references to the losses, they have a quote that goes something like "We've lost too armies many already, we can't possibly sustain these losses." And I once heard an Obers mocking Hitler (though they didn't use his name).

Jump back to quoted post24 Oct 2014, 17:20 PMSpielführer

Also i miss really some good quotes from CoH1. Like the Ostwind - i do not remember the exact quote but something like "Rain, a tank that is open - what a bullshit design"