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Drastic Voiceover Updates

NoMetaWorldPeace·7/16/2015, 11:43:08 PM·4 votes·1,200 views

So, several of the more recently released champions were unique to the history of champion voiceovers in that they either didn't speak any human language (Bard, Rek'Sai) or spoke unintelligibly (Gnar). This decision has given each of these champions unique character and more individualism than if they had been given regular human dialect. I was wondering, with riot's creative process for champion development always evolving, does riot ever wish that they had designed older champions in a similar style? For instance, if Blitzcrank's voice sounded more like his laugh animation where his voice sounds like a machine using it's body to mimic human sounds instead of sounding like a man doing a robot impression in the 80's (think less futuristic WALL-E style of dialect). Or what if most champions from the void (Kog'Maw, Kha'Zix) had entirely inhuman dialect since they come from an inhuman place. Since these champions have been around for so long, would riot ever risk 'killing' the champions that fans have come to love by reinventing them with drastic voiceover changes to better fit riot's modern champion designs?

4 Comments

TheFancySkeleton7/17/2015, 7:50:38 AM3 votes

I'd think Kha talking would be nice still. Kog having odd void noises would work better. People will be happy aslong as they keep his joke. Which he could keep. And the Blitz idea is wonderful!

Teenbus7/17/2015, 8:22:57 AM3 votes

I love this idea, with a caveat for void champions. I like the idea, lore-wise, of these creatures coming to Valoran and incompletely learning the language, mimicking human speech to the best of their abilities (with Vel'Koz being the exception, learning perfect speech in his quest for knowledge).

NoMetaWorldPeace7/25/2015, 10:43:51 PM2 votes

I'm not all too familiar with Sona's lore regarding how players can hear her voice when playing her but I've always thought she would be a more interesting character if players only heard her through Etwahl, similar to her joke, laugh and taunt. Not sure how others feel about this.