I’ve been playing BB since like week 2 or 3, and I’m still finding totally new voice work I’ve never heard before. It’s just amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much iterative work put into making the same missions sound different each time.
Last night, on a whim, I soloed Advanced Renegade with Phoebe. There’s a whole little dialog section between Pheebs and Cal where she basically goes total fangirl on his mech armor and makes a pass at him. She asks (in a very naughty tone of voice) what Cal is doing after they save his life. He immediately responds that he’s going to go kill Rendain as messily as possibly. Pheebs sounds totally crestfallen as she says, “Oh… oh-kay…”
I have no doubt I’ll find even more stuff like this as I play with more characters (I only have two L15s so far, Miko and Reyna). Seriously, no snark here, my hat is totally off to Gearbox and the talented voice staff they chose for Battleborn. As someone who’s done voice training myself, I can really appreciate the effort on display. This is good stuff!
Phoebe has some good dialog. Her interactions with ISIC are better than Ghalt’s. I just wish they would settle on one accent. At times it drifts into vaguely British. Love her Spin to Win lines, though, especially her humming.
Oscar Mike is still my favorite. He has that clownish buffoon thing going for him while still posing as a badass.
One i stumbled upon is Whiskey Foxtrot revealing to Wolf Unit that he and Deande are dating.
Oh my Divine Dog, I have totally got to hear that. Are we sure they’re actually dating though? I’m kind of thinking that might be some really wishful thinking on Whiskey’s part. Unless Deande just goes in for bad boys, which is obviously quite possible.
Gaming forums are like car dealerships in my experience (and I’ve sold cars for a living). The people who like their cars just put gas in 'em and go. They don’t drive back into the car dealership, walk into the sales manager’s office, and gush about how much they love their car. They just drive it.
People who have problems and complaints, however? Dozen a day (and that’s a light day).
So yeah, there’s a lot of negativity (Reddit is way, way worse than here), but I don’t let it get me down. I play on PS4 and love the community there. Pretty much everyone I’ve met is nice and helpful. I enjoy playing supports and keeping a team alive*, and everyone seems to really appreciate it.
= The fact that playing a support allows me to hide my lack of skill at twitchy FPSs is, of course, totally incidental. Totally.
I am uncomfortable, yet somehow… intrigued? I remember the quote Whiskey tells Wolf though. And that Montana wants to “hit on Thorn”. Montana and Thorn isn’t nearly as weird though.
I want to know who Reyna has ops for. She acts like it’s Ghalt, but I’m thinking that’s a front. Could obviously be wrong, they are both Captains and they’ve obviously known each other for quite some time. Her battle quotes for Ghalt are absolutely merciless after a kill, though (which may just be Reyna being Reyna).
it was pretty cool since Aussies dont get alot of VA’s down here, maybe one or two a year
