Let's talk about the advisor voices.
Above is my personal ranking for them, and I'd like to hear from anyone who disagrees about why they might disagree.
If you want my reasoning, I put it in a spoiler for your convenience:
#20: Materialist. It sounds like if someone shoved a synthesizer down the throat of my nerd coworker, and it talks like him too. "cLoSe EnCoUnTeRs Of ThE tHiRd KiNd" shut up.
#19: Hive Mind. I can barely understand what it/they is/are saying, and it's like a jumpscare in audio form.
#18: Xenophobe. Moustache twirling, much? This dude sounds like he should be at the head of an evil galactic empire. That's my job. Sit down, evil robot.
#17: The Technocrat. This is what Materialist should be. Not the best, a little loud, a little hammy, but good. I've used it and enjoyed it, but I think it might be bugged.
#16: Spiritualist. Heretic this, heretic that, I can't take it seriously. Unless you're RPing an Evangelizing Zealot, this just doesn't fit. Also, this one puts me to sleep... which I guess isn't a bad thing.
#15: Lithoid. It's kinda got that Hive Mind thing going on where it's a little difficult to understand, but the voicelines are so hammy that it's gotta go higher.
#14: Militarist. If I knew this person in real life, they would probably a blast to hang out with, but they sound way too... sadistic? to be an assistant. Soldier does it better.
#13: Authoritarian. This does moustache-twirling right. This advisor voice sounds like a butler who is secretly the killer at the end of a crime drama. I like it, but I don't know if I'd want to listen to it for an entire game.
#12: Slick Corp. Not much to say. It works, and it works well, everything above it is just better.
#11: The Worker. It sounds like you're listening to a demonstrator half a block away over a loudspeaker. I like it, but it's a little hammy. Also, "Communization Vessel?" Come on, bro
#10: Soldier. The level-headed Militarist. I would probably assign this person to be my head of military, were I the leader of a fictional space empire.
#9: Xenophile. It's an exponentially more pleasant version of Materialist. Instead of being snobby and sounding like my coworker had a synth shoved down his throat, it sounds cheerful and excitable!
#8: Machine. Bro they put VIR underwater? Poor guy. At least it didn't stop him from doing what he loves.
#7: Diplomat. It sounds a little too... real, for an AI assistant. But it's nice on the ears, clear, concise.
#6: Egalitarian. This used to be my go-to. The muffled old-timey WW2 radio voice is so smooth on the ears.
#5: Ruthless Corp. I cannot take this dude seriously... and that's why I like it so much. The cheese is amazing.
#4: Aquatic. It's like Xenophobe mixed with Militarist, and infinitely better than both? I must be dreaming.
#3: VIR. It's hard to beat VIR. It's very close to the perfect computerized assistant voice. I want my Google Assistant, my Siri, my Alexa, my... Fire Stick... to speak like VIR.
#2: Pacifist. VIR's wife. Just as good, if not better, for all the same reasons.
#1: Necroid. I can't stop using this advisor voice. Even when Aquatics came out, I can't bring myself to turn it off. I love Necroids lady so much.
#19: Hive Mind. I can barely understand what it/they is/are saying, and it's like a jumpscare in audio form.
#18: Xenophobe. Moustache twirling, much? This dude sounds like he should be at the head of an evil galactic empire. That's my job. Sit down, evil robot.
#17: The Technocrat. This is what Materialist should be. Not the best, a little loud, a little hammy, but good. I've used it and enjoyed it, but I think it might be bugged.
#16: Spiritualist. Heretic this, heretic that, I can't take it seriously. Unless you're RPing an Evangelizing Zealot, this just doesn't fit. Also, this one puts me to sleep... which I guess isn't a bad thing.
#15: Lithoid. It's kinda got that Hive Mind thing going on where it's a little difficult to understand, but the voicelines are so hammy that it's gotta go higher.
#14: Militarist. If I knew this person in real life, they would probably a blast to hang out with, but they sound way too... sadistic? to be an assistant. Soldier does it better.
#13: Authoritarian. This does moustache-twirling right. This advisor voice sounds like a butler who is secretly the killer at the end of a crime drama. I like it, but I don't know if I'd want to listen to it for an entire game.
#12: Slick Corp. Not much to say. It works, and it works well, everything above it is just better.
#11: The Worker. It sounds like you're listening to a demonstrator half a block away over a loudspeaker. I like it, but it's a little hammy. Also, "Communization Vessel?" Come on, bro
#10: Soldier. The level-headed Militarist. I would probably assign this person to be my head of military, were I the leader of a fictional space empire.
#9: Xenophile. It's an exponentially more pleasant version of Materialist. Instead of being snobby and sounding like my coworker had a synth shoved down his throat, it sounds cheerful and excitable!
#8: Machine. Bro they put VIR underwater? Poor guy. At least it didn't stop him from doing what he loves.
#7: Diplomat. It sounds a little too... real, for an AI assistant. But it's nice on the ears, clear, concise.
#6: Egalitarian. This used to be my go-to. The muffled old-timey WW2 radio voice is so smooth on the ears.
#5: Ruthless Corp. I cannot take this dude seriously... and that's why I like it so much. The cheese is amazing.
#4: Aquatic. It's like Xenophobe mixed with Militarist, and infinitely better than both? I must be dreaming.
#3: VIR. It's hard to beat VIR. It's very close to the perfect computerized assistant voice. I want my Google Assistant, my Siri, my Alexa, my... Fire Stick... to speak like VIR.
#2: Pacifist. VIR's wife. Just as good, if not better, for all the same reasons.
#1: Necroid. I can't stop using this advisor voice. Even when Aquatics came out, I can't bring myself to turn it off. I love Necroids lady so much.
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