Supporting Egosoft

[ThommoHawk]

Well i just paid for the Albion Prelude war pack online from the Egosoft Shop, even though I already had it from steam for free as I already had the superbox. It was a bit over $30.00 au. I did this to support Egosofts work in progress, but also with ulterior, selfish motives too.

I really really hope that my miniscule contribution will help in someway to go toward making XR an excellent experience. Especially if the English Language ship computer voice is improved with decent sound engineering (I know I keep harping on about it but can't help it as everytime I play X3 TC or AP it grinds on me... 'My ship is a Zerg Hive Queen on valium' ).

[EmperorJon]

Cool, you can find someone to gift it to and feel doubly awesome.

[Vechs]

Especially if the English Language ship computer voice is improved with decent sound engineering (I

I don't like you. >: (

I am very attached to the ship computer voice in X3 and TC. It's part of what makes the game... what it is. It's part of the personality.

If they change the voice I would actually consider not buying Rebirth.

Thankfully, they seem to have the same voice actress (actually the wife of one of the devs I think?) because she is in the official trailer at the end.

[A5PECT]

I am very attached to the ship computer voice in X3 and TC. It's part of what makes the game... what it is. It's part of the personality.

I'd argue that X Rebirth is a new game, so it needs a new personality.

Betty's voice is in the reveal trailer, so it's likely that she's in Rebirth. But it seems like either her actress' voice has changed or the sound artists are mixing her voice differently (or both). That'll do, too.

I think that's more what ThommoHawk is talking about.

[ThommoHawk]

Especially if the English Language ship computer voice is improved with decent sound engineering (I

I don't like you. >: (

I am very attached to the ship computer voice in X3 and TC. It's part of what makes the game... what it is. It's part of the personality.

If they change the voice I would actually consider not buying Rebirth.

Thankfully, they seem to have the same voice actress (actually the wife of one of the devs I think?) because she is in the official trailer at the end.

Vechs: if you don't like me, your loss - not mine, but let me clarify

to be clear: I like Bettys voice. But over time her original voice has lost the smooth and professional sound engineering treatment giving to it during X2 The Threat. This is because of later additions giving it a patched-together feel.

In X2 the ship voice was consistent in volume, sound quality, tone, and inflexions and, this included a slight 'layering', or 'doubling', or 'thickening' effect dialled into it with effects at the recording studio wherever it was. I know a bit about these things, and can spot it a mile away.

My point is: since that time, the voice has been added to, with new sector names, ship names, stations, etc. Each time an new line had to be added, the sound quality of the voice is totally mismatched to the original tone, ie: fly to to montellar and select the east gate and the ship voice goes "Gate (normall tone), **avarice**(Zerg Hive Queen tone)". At other times the voice sounds slow and lethargic ie when it is giving a long winded description of new ship info. other times it has too heavy thickening effects dialled in. This inconsistency annoys me. This is sound engineering that needs attention here, not Bettys voice.

I am hoping that the treatment of bettys voice in XR will be better.

[CBJ]

Um, you do realise that the main reason the voices are "mismatched" is that there are two different voice actors involved? It simply wasn't practical to re-record thousands of lines of dialog when the original actor wasn't available to add new lines for a new game.

[ThommoHawk]

Um, you do realise that the main reason the voices are "mismatched" is that there are two different voice actors involved? It simply wasn't practical to re-record thousands of lines of dialog when the original actor wasn't available to add new lines for a new game.

I figured it was something like that, which of course i do accept as necessary and preferable to no voice at all for those instances. Just breaks my immersion from time to time... which I can live with, fine. I can still spot the 'layering' effect being a bit too heavy sometimes though, and was simply concerned that Egosoft may not be paying as much attention to the English version as to its homegrown language...

but other than that, I am

Really really looking forward to .... X REBIRTH ....

[ollobrains]

egosoft forgot about x rebirth and instead they are gunna update albion prelue for the next 2 years and pretend like rebirth isnt happening its about the same as the see no info, say no info pretend no info we have currently

[ThommoHawk]

egosoft forgot about x rebirth and instead they are gunna update albion prelue for the next 2 years and pretend like rebirth isnt happening its about the same as the see no info, say no info pretend no info we have currently

I will be happy for X REBIRTH to come out at around Xmas this year, as that is my personal prediction... I don't expect it to be later than that, but that's up to egosoft anyhow as far as game development finalisation goes... In the meantime there are all the other X-Universe games to keep me busy. A game is not necessarily released immediately once it has been completed - there is strategic timing to consider for a release date too, which is not determined by egosoft, but the publisher as far as I know ... so formally the info is 2012 (sometime) is when the NBT finally sees daylight. I'm cool with that.

[you_rebel_scum]

Hope its out before the Mayan calender ends

[darkest_majick]

Hope its out before the Mayan calender ends

Me too! I've got a good feeling about X Rebirth; the more I find out about it the more it sounds like the best thing since X-BTF.

[Drewgamer]

Hope its out before the Mayan calender ends

Me too! I've got a good feeling about X Rebirth; the more I find out about it the more it sounds like the best thing since X-BTF.

That's because it WILL be the best thing since X-BTF