would love this with a radio squelch at the beginning and end of each voiceline. i know it'd be a ton of work, but i think it would elevate things quite a bit.
I am working on the females currently! Thinking on making voice 3 just a grunt filter and 1 more of a soldier type unit, but i havnt seen any female combine units so im kinda experimenting and seeing what i like.
EDIT: The combine assassin and female grunt for voice 1 and 3 are up if youd like to check em out now :)
Oh s#*!, this is nice. A lot better than my ones. Been trying to get that rough sound for the Ordinal. Think the female Ordinal should be easy, since the VA for the HL:A ordinal is a woman, Rajia Baroudi. Can't wait for the complete set. Always a treat to see more Half-Life themed mods for this game.
Your ones are still really good mate! :) I like this one but I prefer your one because it doesn't change up the voices too much, we still get that same voice but muffled and with a tougher sounding voice.
Thank you! I found a video tutorial on youtube by TSGPreston and it was so accurate i had to. And yes the ordinal is a woman VA but they DUMP the pitch to make it so it kinda turns more to a male regardless. For the females im thinking grunt voice for 1 and then im currently just hard staring at the combine assassin and thinking how shed sound. Im liking the idea of a female unit being not really deep in pitch but still the same lvl of distortedness the vocoders give. Kinda like the APF heavy units i guess but i hate how they sound personally lol so its a battle.
Yeah, I think its mainly how the voicelines are done in this game. The enthusiasm they have surprisingly adds a barrier in trying to make them sound menacing lol. They're too patriotic and happy. Then again, thats part of the charm. I think at that point, its better to just live with it and hope for the best when making the edits. Besides there's a certain charm to hearing a very cheery combine when killing Bugs, Bots, or Aliens.
YES! The enthusiasm and emotion in the divers voices is definitely a perma obstacle for this kind of mod. The combine are very cold and monotone which is what gives them their real shock and uneasiness feelings. I eventually sucked it up when i heard every unit in alyx has some number of laughing audio tracks and "friend-game" callouts to make em seem friendly. So this is just very friendly combine that are excited to kill things.
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EDIT: The combine assassin and female grunt for voice 1 and 3 are up if youd like to check em out now :)
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Think the female Ordinal should be easy, since the VA for the HL:A ordinal is a woman, Rajia Baroudi. Can't wait for the complete set.
Always a treat to see more Half-Life themed mods for this game.
I like this one but I prefer your one because it doesn't change up the voices too much, we still get that same voice but muffled and with a tougher sounding voice.
I think at that point, its better to just live with it and hope for the best when making the edits. Besides there's a certain charm to hearing a very cheery combine when killing Bugs, Bots, or Aliens.