[FlaminSarge]

So I was sent this pack of voice lines to see if people preferred them over the original voice for Hale.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/je3qy4d19k...ton%20Hale.rar

Go ahead and give it an ear, and see whether you prefer it to the original voices or not.

The 'Don't care/neither' option should probably read 'either'.

Also feel free to post your opinions, though saying 'this one friggin sucks, trash it now' isn't quite an opinion that helps the discussion.

Powerlord, feel free to remove the VSH tag from the thread if you are planning on using the same pack that VSH uses for FF2.

People who run communities: talk to your members about the pack, too.

The new voice actor goes by the username of "Some Dude" on these forums; if you have any requests for him, address him in this thread.

[FlaminSarge]

IMO: I like the new lines in the new pack, but the old pack has that gritty feel about the voice that seems more like a Hale voice (plus it's slightly deeper and can sound more shouty without actually being shouty). They're about equal in my ears, as each has its strengths and weaknesses. The original pack is lacking lines and some of its lines are cut off or just strange, but many of the lines from the original are straight from TF2 comics, whereas I guess it seems like the new one has more variety.

I don't like TR - 002.mp3 in the new pack, and prefer the old "Sax-ton... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!" to the equivalent that TR - 002 provides, though the new VA was willing to give it a go with the pacing of the old one.

[MaloModo]

Sax-ton... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!

LOL sorry have that as join sound on my server.

[Research]

...sniper have bad phlegm

[snelvuur]

it refreshes saxton, they sound ok

[wasder]

Personally, I don't think that people will like the changes at once. It won't feel like the real Saxton for them. If that lines were in the original, then it would be very good. But since everyone got used to the old sounds (and lots of phrases they like to parody), I don't think the new ones are necessary. You can just offer this as an alternative voice pack (through a cvar, for example), so that server owners will decide which voice to use themselves.

To conclude: The new voice actor (btw, who is he?) is ok, but people get used to the old one in my opinion.

[x6herbius]

Killsniper05 made my day.

[wasder]

Also, maybe it would be better to ask the original voice actor to re-record all the lines? It will fix most and make them all in one sounding, unlike the old ones, which were not recordered at once and that's why they turned into a mess.

[x6herbius]

Originally Posted by wasder Also, maybe it would be better to ask the original voice actor to re-record all the line? It will fix most and make them all in one sounding, unlike the old ones, which were not recordered at once and that's why they turned into a mess.

I agree with this. Some of the new lines themselves are funnier than the older ones, but I do prefer the older voice actor.

[MasterOfTheXP]

Originally Posted by wasder Personally, I don't think that people will like the changes at once. It won't feel like the real Saxton for them. If that lines were in the original, then it would be very good. But since everyone got used to the old sounds (and lots of phrases they like to parody), I don't think the new ones are necessary. You can just offer this as an alternative voice pack (through a cvar, for example), so that server owners will decide which voice to use themselves.

Originally Posted by wasder Also, maybe it would be better to ask the original voice actor to re-record all the line? It will fix most and make them all in one sounding, unlike the old ones, which were not recordered at once and that's why they turned into a mess.

Exactly this. Also, "property damage" should be "PROPERTY DAMAAAAGE!"

EDIT: Not quite a re-record of all lines, of course! Just the few that are odd (for the rest of you, read on as I-) and to add those additional lines.