2015 has been an incredible year for gamers. It’s the year we’ve seen great games like Dying Light, The Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, The Order 1886, some recently released, well-received twaddle about some half-blind sneaky twat in a box – and many more games that could easily grab many of those coveted Game of the year awards. And there’s still more to come.
The one I’m most excited about, of course, Is Fallout 4 – which I hope and pray will end up living up to the lofty expectations I have for it. One area where it does seem to be setting a standard is in voice dialogue.
According to Bethesda, the recording of voice work has been completed, and totals in at 111 thousand lines of dialogue. That’s a lot of words! This time around, your created protagonist actually speaks, saying goodbye to the ciphers of Fallout games past, so it’s easy to see why there’s more dialogue in Fallout 4 than in Fallout 3 and Skyrim combined.
Many years of #Fallout4 voice recording complete! Just over 111k lines. More than Fallout 3 and Skyrim combined. pic.twitter.com/hwNu2GNg5m
— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) September 3, 2015
Bethesda’s also said they’ve created twice as many assets for Fallout 4 than they did for the expansive Skyrim, so this is going to be a big, big game. Couple that with the fact that even the console versions of Fallout 4 will support mods, and you have the makings of a game that people will be playing for years. Years!
Fallout 4 is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November. It has over 111K lines of dialogue – which I hope wasn’t too taxing on the 4 people Bethesda use to voice the characters in their games.
Last Updated: September 4, 2015
Jac7
September 4, 2015 at 09:33
Girlfriend – more dialogue than Fallout 4, Skyrim, Fallout 3 combined.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:48
If you upgrade to wife 1.0 that problem does dissipate over time.
GTV DAD
September 4, 2015 at 10:21
I upgraded 15 YEARS LATER AND IT HAS NOT
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 11:04
well, your mileage may vary, of course.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:47
Ok. great. But some of the voice acting quality in Fallout 3, New Vegas and even the newer Skyrim was just terrible. Sometimes it sounded like they were “acting” or something which is not good. Must flow and be natural. Also, no dialogue that sounds forced. Cause more is not always better. Please, people, you ruined one or two emotional scenes, especially in fallout 3 / new Vegas, with poor spoken dialogue. I seem to recall no real trouble with the writing, in reading the sub titles.
Better is always better.
Geoffrey Tim
September 4, 2015 at 09:49
a million times this. Half of the dialogue in Beth games is just terrible. What does seem cool though, is they have really good voice actors for the player character – so I’m hopeful.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:50
Quality, like the lady that did the female Shepard, works all over, does loads of voice acting. You know, a professional. Yeah, thats the ticket. Hope they used pros all the way down and not just the top characters.
Geoffrey Tim
September 4, 2015 at 09:51
Ahh yes, Jennifer Hale; one of the best. Fem Shep is the best Shep.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:52
Fem Shep is the best Shep.
a million times this
Also, the only Shep from my own exp.
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 09:54
Bastila Shan!
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11114/111140132/4420520-4605688030-Basti.jpg
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:54
Same voice actor?
Bastilla was a very, very, well worked character, voice, actions, the lot.
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 09:55
Jip!
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 09:53
The PC has a voice? NIIIICE
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:02
I agree. Especially in New Vegas it seemed like they really took a dip.
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 10:06
Ah, but was that Obsidian or was the Bethesda?
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 09:52
One of my favourite scenes in W3 is where the 3 Witchers get sloshed at Kaer Morhan (don’t worry, this is not spoilers)
EEEEEEEEEEEESKEL….chop chop
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:55
Indeed, yes. It was great, seemed, somehow, sort of real.
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 09:56
Never have I ever…………
Brady miaau
September 4, 2015 at 09:58
played to be evil in a fallout game
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:17
lol yes! I loved that whole scene.
“It’s time… FOR VESEMIR!”
Admiral Chief Returns
September 4, 2015 at 10:18
HAH, that hat!
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 09:59
Wow, that’s like…twelve lines now 😉
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:19
You shut your whore mouth!
Captain JJ Fantasticus
September 4, 2015 at 10:46
At least my whore mouth uses a variety of insults!
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:49
You shut your whore mouth! 0_O
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:50
Yeah, must be all your EXPERIENCE AS A WHORE! teheheheheh 😉
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:19
Sweet Mother Mercy, we will have to listen in between the pew pews?!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 10:21
And you wonder why you’re #foreverSP
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:32
NO!
The Sten
September 4, 2015 at 10:35
What annoyed me more than the dialog in bethesda games was the half arsed facial animations that went along with it. Where once you initiate the conversation, you would zoom in on their face, and the npc would look like someone killed it, and turned their corpse into a bobble-head to put on their dashboard.
RinceThis
September 4, 2015 at 10:43
THIS^
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 11:10
Wait I know you!
I’m sworn to carry your burdens…
I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the Knee
I’m good hey less talky talky seems better
Also shame those poor 9 voice actors
But I can picture it now : “I used to be a explorer like you until I took a gatling laser to the knee”
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 4, 2015 at 11:41
Better than a pitchfork to the gut!
Corrie
September 4, 2015 at 12:17
I had a garden fork stab me by my heel, does that count.
Sigh the memories of running around a friends house and things like that occurred….
ZA Ludomusicologist
September 4, 2015 at 12:15
Just as well – the city guards in Skyrim were AWFULLY boring!