DEVS: Don't waste time with voice acting.

[Catapult]

Your concern is misplaced.

Adding resources into voice-acting does not immediately mean taking resources away from from somewhere else. Different people at Square Enix work on different things and so giving the audio-team work to do would not be making things any harder for say, the user interface team.

Financially, we're paying now, so there is an income stream.

And if you don't like the character voices, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to turn them off in your audio configuration settings - in fact I think the option is already there.

[Elexia]

Your concern is misplaced.

Adding resources into voice-acting does not immediately mean taking resources away from from somewhere else. Different people at Square Enix work on different things and so giving the audio-team work to do would not be making things any harder for say, the user interface team.

Financially, we're paying now, so there is an income stream.

And if you don't like the character voices, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to turn them off in your audio configuration settings - in fact I think the option is already there.

If you knew how much voice actors cost for QUALITY voice acting of any kind, and how much people expect...you'd understand the concern quite clearly.

Why do you think new gen games suffer in some depart? You don't have unlimited funds to go around to everything lol. This is why Skyrim is ugly as sin even on ultra, the design themselves are low quality because they spent a lot of money on other stuff.

[Coglin]

If you knew how much voice actors cost for QUALITY voice acting of any kind, and how much people expect...you'd understand the concern quite clearly.

Do you know? If your going to use the comment to emply you do and he does not, as you did, you best explain it to A) to support your point. B) to prove your not just talking out your backside and misrepresenting facts about voice acting.

[Elexia]

Do you know? If your going to use the comment to emply you do and he does not, as you did, you best explain it to A) to support your point. B) to prove your not just talking out your backside and misrepresenting facts about voice acting.

I do actually, it varies from company to company but if you're hiring people for long time work (Anime/Cartoon/MMORPG/Video Game) and not hiring small time people, you're going to be spending quite a few millions on VA alone if you not employing fresh out of school VAs or using internal VAs.

Even short time work (animated commercials) could be quite the commission. It's common knowledge anyone could obtain.

[Coglin]

I do actually, it varies from company to company but if you're hiring people for long time work (Anime/Cartoon/MMORPG/Video Game) and not hiring small time people, you're going to be spending quite a few millions on VA alone if you not employing fresh out of school VAs or using internal VAs.

Even short time work (animated commercials) could be quite the commission. It's common knowledge anyone could obtain.

Alot of things are common knowledge anyone could obtain, but I asked you. So out of curiosity. What would be the average comission for say 10 different 2 minute cut scenes?

[Jynx]

I do actually, it varies from company to company but if you're hiring people for long time work (Anime/Cartoon/MMORPG/Video Game) and not hiring small time people, you're going to be spending quite a few millions on VA alone if you not employing fresh out of school VAs or using internal VAs.

Square Enix does do alot of Anime work as well, I'm sure that finding the VA's on payroll is a issue, more or less the time it takes to do it properly.

[SnickleWhiskers]

If you knew how much voice actors cost for QUALITY voice acting of any kind, and how much people expect...you'd understand the concern quite clearly.

Why do you think new gen games suffer in some depart? You don't have unlimited funds to go around to everything lol. This is why Skyrim is ugly as sin even on ultra, the design themselves are low quality because they spent a lot of money on other stuff.

Yes doesn't he know the already over used and terribly made landscaping 14 has doesn't need to take a hit?

[Rhianu]

If you knew how much voice actors cost for QUALITY voice acting of any kind, and how much people expect...you'd understand the concern quite clearly.

Why do you think new gen games suffer in some depart? You don't have unlimited funds to go around to everything lol. This is why Skyrim is ugly as sin even on ultra, the design themselves are low quality because they spent a lot of money on other stuff.

Skyrim isn't ugly. >_>

[Nahaara]

If you knew how much voice actors cost for QUALITY voice acting of any kind, and how much people expect...you'd understand the concern quite clearly.

Why do you think new gen games suffer in some depart? You don't have unlimited funds to go around to everything lol. This is why Skyrim is ugly as sin even on ultra, the design themselves are low quality because they spent a lot of money on other stuff.

Sorry, what?

[Jennestia]

Skyrim has nice texture work but ugly design -- Bethesda is pretty known for their grimey look they give their games, which usually fits with the genericness of their titles, but in terms of actual design, it's not the best looking around.