Ok, this question had kind of been already raised soon after HotS released, but because the game had not been in an active development after release, it died down. Now we have another installation of SC coming, this time to set things right.
Suggestion: replace the atrocious, hissing, unpleasant (and unzergish tbh) zerg advisor voice with Abathur. For clarification, advisor is the voice that you hear when you don't have enough minerals, must construct additional pylons, under attack, etc.
To be honest, I consider SC2's unit sound effects generally a step back from the first game. They are dull and don't pack any punch (with some pleasant exceptions like thors or colossi), but by far zerg advisor is the worst. These hissing, bitchy sounds are not even close to the overmind from the original SC that made zerg sound like an unstoppable power, they sound nothing like powerful or confident. I tried to keep content with that, but then after completing my first zerg evolution mission I heard Abathur say "Evolution complete" and I immediately realized that it was exactly what was needed.
Poll: Replace zerg advisor sounds with Abathur?
Yeah, replace totally without looking back (250)
70%
Make it an option (88)
25%
No, current advisor is fine (10)
3%
Couldn't care less (7)
2%
355 total votes
Your vote: Replace zerg advisor sounds with Abathur?
(Vote): Yeah, replace totally without looking back (Vote): Make it an option (Vote): Couldn't care less (Vote): No, current advisor is fine
I voted "Yeah, replace totally without looking back." But actually I think it would be great (from their perspective) to add it as a voice pack you can buy, and see how it goes.
But yeah, I've never liked the queen voice, and have wanted it to be Abathur for ages and ages.
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
It's actually this kind of thing that is the only way I can see Blizzard adding additional monetisation to the game. Skins etc don't seem as applicable to the RTS genre as they are to others
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
i meant because it's a female zerg. i think people have this idea that zergs have to have male voices to sound gritty or intimidating, as if scary bugs are a masculine thing and a female version "ruins" it. that's what i meant. the adjutant is just a servile computer, which fits better with a lot of people's stereotypes :p
regardless everyone has their own opinion, but i've never understood to any degree what's "annoying" about the zerg advisor. it's just... what a female personified zerg would sound like? i didnt consider that it might be seen as annoying until i heard a lot of people complain about it. i guess it takes all kinds. and in any case i think giving people the option would be great, but blizz has a habit of calling anything they don't want to do "confusing for new players" (i'm not normally a pitchforker, but seriously!)
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
i meant because it's a female zerg. i think people have this idea that zergs have to have male voices to sound gritty or intimidating, as if scary bugs are a masculine thing and a female version "ruins" it. that's what i meant. the adjutant is just a servile computer, which fits better with a lot of people's stereotypes :p
regardless everyone has their own opinion, but i've never understood to any degree what's "annoying" about the zerg advisor. it's just... what a female personified zerg would sound like? i didnt consider that it might be seen as annoying until i heard a lot of people complain about it. i guess it takes all kinds. and in any case i think giving people the option would be great, but blizz has a habit of calling anything they don't want to do "confusing for new players" (i'm not normally a pitchforker, but seriously!)
The Queen's voice would be less unpleasant if they lessened that annoying reverb-y sound effect she has going on. Metamorphosis Complete drives me up a wall. Also, wouldn't a Queen fit that stereotype just as well as more or less a servile Zerg? I dunno if I really buy the notion that people don't like the Queen's voice because of it not fitting people's gender stereotypes...
Abathur would make an amazing voice pack though, he was my favorite part of the HotS campaign and additional voice pack options would be incredible.
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
i meant because it's a female zerg. i think people have this idea that zergs have to have male voices to sound gritty or intimidating, as if scary bugs are a masculine thing and a female version "ruins" it. that's what i meant. the adjutant is just a servile computer, which fits better with a lot of people's stereotypes :p
regardless everyone has their own opinion, but i've never understood to any degree what's "annoying" about the zerg advisor. it's just... what a female personified zerg would sound like? i didnt consider that it might be seen as annoying until i heard a lot of people complain about it. i guess it takes all kinds. and in any case i think giving people the option would be great, but blizz has a habit of calling anything they don't want to do "confusing for new players" (i'm not normally a pitchforker, but seriously!)
The Queen's voice would be less unpleasant if they lessened that annoying reverb-y sound effect she has going on. Metamorphosis Complete drives me up a wall. Also, wouldn't a Queen fit that stereotype just as well as more or less a servile Zerg? I dunno if I really buy the notion that people don't like the Queen's voice because of it not fitting people's gender stereotypes...
Abathur would make an amazing voice pack though, he was my favorite part of the HotS campaign and additional voice pack options would be incredible.
well naturally no one is going to come out and admit that that's the reason they don't like it. just a theory, doesn't really matter though. to me it's fine, i literally never even thought about it until i realized a lot of other people don't like her, so the explanation that she's "just annoying" is as crazy to me as my explanation is to you. i can't deny that the support for the abathur voice seems overwhelming, so it would be a cool move from blizzard to add him as an option or a purchasable.
the concept could go to cool places. reaching level 35 terran and unlocking the raynor advisor would be pretty awesome :D
I've always felt disappointed by the queen voice. It's grating, I also haven't played Zagara yet in HotS, partly for that reason. Abathur would better, though not as good as the original Overmind.
As to the male/female thing, I don't recall Dehaka getting rave reviews, although Day9's imitations were hilarious.
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
i meant because it's a female zerg. i think people have this idea that zergs have to have male voices to sound gritty or intimidating, as if scary bugs are a masculine thing and a female version "ruins" it. that's what i meant. the adjutant is just a servile computer, which fits better with a lot of people's stereotypes :p
regardless everyone has their own opinion, but i've never understood to any degree what's "annoying" about the zerg advisor. it's just... what a female personified zerg would sound like? i didnt consider that it might be seen as annoying until i heard a lot of people complain about it. i guess it takes all kinds. and in any case i think giving people the option would be great, but blizz has a habit of calling anything they don't want to do "confusing for new players" (i'm not normally a pitchforker, but seriously!)
The Queen's voice would be less unpleasant if they lessened that annoying reverb-y sound effect she has going on. Metamorphosis Complete drives me up a wall. Also, wouldn't a Queen fit that stereotype just as well as more or less a servile Zerg? I dunno if I really buy the notion that people don't like the Queen's voice because of it not fitting people's gender stereotypes...
Abathur would make an amazing voice pack though, he was my favorite part of the HotS campaign and additional voice pack options would be incredible.
well naturally no one is going to come out and admit that that's the reason they don't like it. just a theory, doesn't really matter though. to me it's fine, i literally never even thought about it until i realized a lot of other people don't like her, so the explanation that she's "just annoying" is as crazy to me as my explanation is to you. i can't deny that the support for the abathur voice seems overwhelming, so it would be a cool move from blizzard to add him as an option or a purchasable.
the concept could go to cool places. reaching level 35 terran and unlocking the raynor advisor would be pretty awesome :D
Tychus/Mengsk would probably actually get me to play Terran for once, and a Selendis voice would be amaaaazing.
Voice packs really do have an immense amount of potential
Abathur was by far the most zerg-y and interesting character in the HotS campaign. I replayed that campaign just to go through all the conversations with him again.
Would now be a good time to point out that Abathur and the overmind are both agender? Don't think it is related at all to the gender. I say never look back - I find myself muting the game when I play zerg. Agree with SmileZerg too - Abathur is one of the most brilliantly "zergy" characters Blizzard has ever made.
On April 08 2015 09:32 Wombat_NI wrote: I actually wouldn't mind more customisation in terms of voice packs etc, for those poor souls who don't like Abathur for whatever reason
i like abathur in the campaign but i think i would get tired of hearing his voice on ladder. the queen just feels appropriate for zerg to me. honestly i think people just dislike it because it's a female voice, which is silly. but yah customization would be great. probably "not a priority" for blizz though :/ or they'll come up with some reason to say it would "confuse people"
Never hear the Adjutant getting complaints. She's much more succinct with her commands and pleasant to listen to. :p
I also think having a queen as an advisor is slightly redundant considering we already use them as units.
Would totally pay money to listen to something else over the queen advisor. I'd even take the overmind back.
i meant because it's a female zerg. i think people have this idea that zergs have to have male voices to sound gritty or intimidating, as if scary bugs are a masculine thing and a female version "ruins" it.
yooooo... what the fuck are you talking about? LOL