Within many games it is a popular concept to provide not only voices but character profiles; to provide a backstory for your character and their reactions to circumstances. The following will help to guide the player to find how their character died and how it will effect their future reactions. Imagine your character has lost their memory of the event and now has a desire to find the answer to that question, but it prove to bring more questions to light that may not have answers in themselves.
1- [u][b]WHO[/b] are you?[/u] - [i]what is your name?[/i]
2- [u][b]WHAT[/b] are you?[/u] - [i]are you human, Awoken, or Exo and what gender are you?[/i]
3- [u][b]WHERE[/b] are you from?[/u] - [i]Human[/i][spoiler][b]EARTH[/b] : Frontier, City, or Refugee?[/spoiler], [i]Awoken[/i][spoiler][b]EARTH[/b] : Frontier? [b]REEF[/b] Defector or Loyalist?[/spoiler], or [i]Exo[/i]?[spoiler]EARTH : City? REEF : Loyalist? FLEET : Loyalist?[/spoiler]
4- [u][b]WHY[/b] are you at the Cosmodrome?[/u] - [i]You were a[/i] ([u]Human[/u][spoiler]Survivor, Soldier, or Apprentice[/spoiler] [u]Awoken[/u][spoiler]Scavenger, Guard, or Scribe[/spoiler] [u]Exo[/u][spoiler]Salvage, Security, Analyst crewmate) in search of resources when you can underfire from the fallen.[/spoiler]
5- [u][b]HOW[/b] did you die?[/u] - [i]Did you [u]Advance[/u] the Fallen? [u]Fall back[/u] to a better position? Take [u]Cover[/u] assess the situation?[/i] [spoiler]Humans are always cut down by a Vandal, Awoken are always shot by a Sniper, and Exo's are always blown up by a grenade.[/spoiler]
All of these would determine your characters basic or general mannerism, regardless of your choices the characters will treat the same, mainly for developmental simplicity, but also because none of these selected would grant preferential treatment anyway. After these are selected, you are given a choice between any of the following within the game menu to help provide better dialogue outside the cutscenes:
- Strong & Silent - "[i]..........[/i]" = default; barely any dialogue.
- Stoic - "[i]This looks like a Job for a Guardian![/i]" = 1920's to 1950's heroic or super hero voice.
- Space Cowboy - "[i]howdy folks[/i]" - Country Accent
- Steam Punk - "[i]Cheers mates[/i]" - British Accent
- North Wind - "[i]In the cosmodrome, the bear eat you[/i]" = Russian Accent
- Tango Down - "[i]Hola! Como estas my amigo's!? How's it goin' man?[/i]" = Hispanic Accent
- Dark Humor - "[i]Haha hah hahahahaah![/i]" = Joker from batman...cause you know...reasons....
- Highlander - "[i]There' can be only' one![/i]" = Scottish Accent
- City Slick - "[i]Hey! I'm walkin' here man! Common dawg it's too earlah to be doin' stuff like this[/i]" = Urban Common Accent
- Sparkling Disposition - "[i]Sparkles for everyone! Except you....your shoes are barf....[/i]" = Californian Accent
- Cold Frontier - "[i]Know what's bout to happen Eh?[/i]" = Canadian Accent
- Tropical Topical - "[i]Jah Man...We need some heat man, we need some heat.[/i]" = Jamaican accent.
- Stern Scolding - "[i]I'm not Impressed...[/i]" = Older, wiser, and more experienced.
With this concept also comes exclusive phrases for the use and acquirement of gear and the use of said gear the environment; you pick up a engram, push a button, switch weapons, use an emote, or just stand and do nothing for awhile and your character speaks. Certain exotic gear would also have unique dialogue, related to their name or the intent of use; ATS/8 Arachnid = "And along came a spider...", Thorn = "You have been a thorn in my side far too long", Super Good Advice = "Want some super good advice? Stay down...", etc.
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I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain
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I was an enemy robot from the mass effect universe. But Shepard found me and led me to the Light. During a critical battle it appeared I was swallowed in a massive explosion. Shepard thought I was destroyed, but nay. my Ai soul fell through a rip in space time and I awoke in a new body, an exo body, that commands space magic. I now have a new purpose in my heart to serve those in need and help save the universe with my fellow gaurdians. Who knew I would find and serve the Light in a new universe.
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I dont have time to explain...
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Dat Fifth Element reference tho
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Anyone?
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Edited by Samcara Tree: 7/17/2015 7:51:32 PMNow with 3 new voice types, might try to change them out or rename them.
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I love the idea! but the voices to choose... Not so much, i don't wanna sound flamboyant if i choose Californian accent. But ohh well i do like most of the rest.
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Master cheif, Commander Shepard, Dragon quest and a great deal more games give you a backround for the players character have backrounds and cutscene that tell you where you come from and who you are. I for one wish to know my history it helps me shap perspect on what Guardian I should make. A subclass that fights the personality of my Guardian.
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To give people an Idea of how this works: 1. [b]WHO[/b] : Kamikirimusi Kusanagi 2. [b]WHAT[/b] : Human, Female 3. [b]WHERE[/b] : Frontier, Earth 4. [b]WHY[/b] : I was Survivor, in search of resources. 5. [b]HOW[/b] : Cut down as I fell back to a better firing position. *[b]Voice Profile[/b] : Strong & Silent *[i]For this character I chose to be a Hunter, her first name comes from a character from Soul caliber 4 and her last comes from the Major of ghost in the shell; call her Kami for short.[/i]
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Edited by Samcara Tree: 7/15/2015 4:42:10 AMTo give people an Idea of how this works: 1. [b]WHO[/b] : Max Steinhauer 2. [b]WHAT[/b] : Awoken, Female 3. [b]WHERE[/b] : Frontier, Earth 4. [b]WHY[/b] : I was Scavenger, in search of resources. 5. [b]HOW[/b] : Shot in the back as I fell back to a better firing position. *[b]Voice Profile[/b] : North Wind *[i]For this character I chose to be a Titan, her name comes from a German racer from a series called Quantum Redshift on the Xbox Original and PlayStation 2 I believe.[/i]
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We were forged in light it says it in the story
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You remember that first scene when the ghost revives you? That is when you became a guardian. It is all spelled out for you at the beginning. And it is one of the only parts in the game that actually tells some sort of story.
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where the Canadian accent xD I'de love to be an exo and walk around saying Eh and aboot (i know its spelt about)