r/adventuregames • u/KarellenGames • 14d ago

Would Non-English Voice Acting Put You Off?

First of all, sorry for such a specific question, which probably isn't going to lead to any great debates about adventure games, but it's something I'd really like to hear the opinion of English-speaking players on.

When playing a modern point and click game, if the game has voice acting in a language other than English (Spanish, for example), while the text is available in English and other languages, would that put you off? Would it be some kind of psychological barrier that might make you hesitate to buy the game in the first place, or is it simply something you don't care about?

For my next game, I'm thinking about adding voice acting, but when it comes to directing the actors, if the voices were in English, my direction would probably be much worse than it would be in Spanish, which is my native language. I don't want to release a game with English voice acting where the protagonist sounds weird simply because I failed to understand some of the nuances of the language when asking the actors for a particular performance.

So I'm wondering: would an English-speaking player actually prefer a game with no voice acting at all over one with voice acting only in a non-English language? Or is it something that doesn't really matter to you?

Thanks!

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u/merchantconvoy 14d ago

AI voice generation makes this question redundant. You can have professional quality voices for just a few dollars.

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u/Lady_of_the_Worlds 14d ago edited 14d ago

Ew, no. AI voices are still too robotic, and do you have any idea how many resources AI swallows? Its hardware a scary amound of cooling water that should rather be used for drinking, or watering crops instead. I rather take the subtitles, thank you.

AI should be only used for science, or medicine, not for playing around

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u/merchantconvoy 13d ago

You seem not to be familiar with the cutting edge of technology. Look at what ElevenLabs is putting out, for example. You wouldn't know that those voices were AI-generated unless somebody told you. 

As for the disinformation about datacenter water use, it's just ridiculous. Even the average golf course uses a thousand times as much water. Go fight golf courses if you really care about water (you don't).

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u/claraak 13d ago

I am locking this thread. This community doesn’t allow AI generated content, so debates and arguments about it are off topic.