Comment on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Will Have a Character Voiced by Text-to-Speech at Launch - IGN
CharlesReed@kbin.social 5 months ago
I feel like if this was truly an accident because the character was overlooked, then wouldn't they just not have any voice at all? Even copy/pasting dialogue into some software and then inserting it into the game takes some effort.
chloyster@beehaw.org 5 months ago
The article says that often during development they’ll put in simple text to speech stuff for characters as a placeholder. I’d imagine to make sure certain audio hooks work and sound isnt broken
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 months ago
A bad voice probably also just feels much better and complete than having no voice at all. At least based on the observations I’ve made when adding sound effects to my games as a hobbyist. A silent game just feels bad.