I know there was a lot of discussion pre-release about the changes to the voice acting in the OG campaigns. But the Chinese campaign makes even the worst bits of the re-recorded Ajax & Agammemnon look positively Oscar-worthy.
Did they just get random people off the street who happen to speak with a Chinese accent? Were there no qualified Chinese voice actors fluent in English available?
Maybe that’s because I play the game in German, but I’m experiencing consistent quality voiceacting.
Basegame campaigns and DLC campaigns cause the same amount of earbleed with the same level of cringe voicework.
Because of this, I’ll just assume this is the best modern day Microsoft is capable of.
The Chinese civ and its campaign was largely made by Virtuos, by their Chinese team.
Their lead designer posted on reddit with some articles on their process to make it: https://old.reddit.com/r/AgeofMythology/comments/1ln3qjl/forging_legends_into_immortal_pillars_creating/
As a Chinese person, I can say with certainty that the Chinese voice acting in Age of Mythology: Retold is absolutely terrible. It doesn’t even come close to the Taiwanese voice acting from back in the day—not even a fraction as good.
It is probably some sort of AI.
i found it totally fine. i think the campaign had other issues than voiceacting which is just a cherry on top for me personally.