Why is it we can't get new Voice Overs unless it's during a VGU?

darkdill·Nov 20, 2016·2 votes·919 views

For instance, if Lux's backstory of being a child soldier gets retconned, her "With superior tactics!" and other lines won't make any sense! But Riot keeps claiming "It's not worth it!" when I say that's bullsh!t. You're making millions from eSports, so there's no way you can't afford those voice actors to re-record your roster.

Look at how much people love it when Blizzard makes constant updates to Overwatch's voice lines. It gives the game enormous personality, and the same sort of thing would apply to League if you did this.

So please, devote more people to Voice Over updates.

EDIT: Why the hell am I downvoted for something like this?

7 Comments

GreenLoreNov 20, 20165 votes

Its very likely that Blizzard already recorded VO interactions with Ana and Sombra a long time before.

I mean the first mention of Sombras name was during the pre-beta-release,meaning that at that point Blizzard was already developing Sombra(and likely Ana as well). So when they recorded the VOs of the starting roster they likely recorded their lines for Ana and Sombra already in advance and don't need to rehire the Voice actors every time again.

RalanrNov 20, 20165 votes

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Its very likely that Blizzard already recorded VO interactions with Ana and Sombra a long time before.

I mean the first mention of Sombras name was during the pre-beta-release,meaning that at that point Blizzard was already developing Sombra(and likely Ana as well). So when they recorded the VOs of the starting roster they likely recorded their lines for Ana and Sombra already in advance and don't need to rehire the Voice actors every time again.

It's not likely, it's exactly what they did. They do the same thing in Heroes of the Storm, though they can get away with that because they know who will be in the game but not when.

They probably have a similar plan with overwatch.

MiIf FortuneNov 21, 20161 votes

no one talks to sombra in game, neither does she in her voicelines that are datamined

GreenLoreNov 21, 20161 votes

I've read that some have taunts for her when they kill her. Eitherway the point still stands for Ana.

MiIf FortuneNov 21, 2016

yes they have taunts for killing, and she has taunts for killing back

im sure around open beta started they had a idea what ana was going to be and they had most of the voice actors back to do some more lines so yeah thats not odd

MiIf FortuneNov 21, 20161 votes

yes they have taunts for killing, and she has taunts for killing back

im sure around open beta started they had a idea what ana was going to be and they had most of the voice actors back to do some more lines so yeah thats not odd

FloRaider42Nov 20, 20162 votes

Because you are asking Riot to rehire old voice actors and waste time and effort on something they have no real gain from ? Also doing only one aspect of a champion is kinda counterproductive, which is why they usually update champions in bigger packages.

Overwatch was recently released (voice actor still around) and doesn't have a lot of characters in comparison so this isn't really a fair comparison.