Anyone else likes the voice command confirmations?

**Orda Khan** · 08-27-2004, 23:54

Originally Posted by Spino

I don't care for them. If there must be a confirmation sound file for each unit I would sooner have them respond with a simply, "Sir!" instead of the silliness that exists right now. The worst part is that most of the voiceovers for these confirmations are terrible. The RTS games CA has obviously copied to bring RTW to the masses have superior unit confirmation voices than these. The barbarian units sound like grumpy axe wielding dwarves found in virtually every fantasy RTS and rpg game ever made... blech

See my sig for further evidence of my displeasure...

Yeh that's the worst of them all

......Orda

**King Azzole** · 08-28-2004, 00:24

I enjoy them all, except for the "were under atttaccckkkk" which is just downright annoying... No Shit genius! I thought those 30000 romans were here to give us flowers?

**Mr. Juice** · 08-28-2004, 01:23

I really, really, don't like the identification voiceovers. I also wish that the troops spoke in their native tounge. The "We're under attack!" is terrible as well. My response to this is, "no shit."

**Sjakihata** · 08-28-2004, 01:30

the best one would be 'General!'

**Colovion** · 08-28-2004, 04:47

Here's a tip for any aspiring Game Developers:

1) Don't make any pointless sound bits - "Sir!" will do for all units.

2) Use the saved time from #1 to figure out the real accents for said units and use that for all of the sound bits for that faction. Simpe, concise responses are all that are needed. "Charge!" "Halt!" and so on.

3) Don't use a French guy for the commander of the armies of Carthage.

RE: Barbarian Merc troops

The only thing I can understand about this is that they are mrecenaries and the Romans would have called them Barbarians, so they're Barbarian Merc troops..... but yea I agree that it's really flaky.

**Quokka** · 08-28-2004, 06:43

I like the fact that the unit that you choose calls out its type, ie Peoni Spearmen etc. Lets me know for sure who I am ordering about.
I don't know how many times I have tried to pick a unit in combat and had another unit intermingled get picked instead and then the flank of my shield wall collapses as the wrong unit tries to retreat...

I know the icon gets highlighted down the bottom but sometimes in the thick of it I miss that fact.

**Papewaio** · 08-28-2004, 11:31

Originally Posted by King Azzole

I enjoy them all, except for the "were under atttaccckkkk" which is just downright annoying... No Shit genius! I thought those 30000 romans were here to give us flowers?

Thats why he is a 'dumb' trooper and you get to be the genius General... what could be worse is you get to play the 1Hp sprite and having the 'Dances with Moonbeams' heir being the general.

**Lucius Lucullus** · 08-28-2004, 17:49

Originally Posted by King Azzole

I enjoy them all, except for the "were under atttaccckkkk" which is just downright annoying... No Shit genius! I thought those 30000 romans were here to give us flowers?

Im kinda annoyed more by the "Orders completed great lord" WTF ? Is this Warcraft and one of my peons have just completed a barrack or what?

**Simovek** · 08-28-2004, 18:50

Yeah the english voices just suck. I liked the different languages in MTW. Even though they were in a different language eventually you knew what was happening when they said what.

The Orders complete is just queer. I did like how the men respond to the command when they get an order.

**Steppe Merc** · 08-28-2004, 19:11

Is it really that hard to record "Sir" in a couple of languages? I don't need every single dialect, but come on. Romans don't speak English. Carthigianians don't speak English. Gauls don't speak English. Shall I go on?

**Colovion** · 08-28-2004, 19:48

No one spoke Enlglish back then (which you know) but I think I'd be able to accept the ROmans speaking English because they are the center of the game - but then again it would make it a much more appealing game to non-English-speakers if all the languages were their native tongue = no english unless you as for it.

**A.Saturnus** · 08-28-2004, 20:18

German peasants from the year 1200 didn´t speak latin. And certainly not with English accent. So MTW is just as inaccurate. Let all of them speak English makes even more sense. I just wish they hadn´t used the silly accents and better speakers. In general confirming orders and give reports is a good thing.