Poll: Battlefield Announcer - Like or Dislike?

[removeduser_28376423423]

Also, do you think it adds immersion, or the contrary?

I could've posted this on Medieval 2 Forum, but I'm particularly interested in the opinion of SSHIP players, as people probably relate immersion to realism here.

[j.a.luna]

what do you mean with that?

[removeduser_28376423423]

This guy.



The ones from Medieval 2, respectively, ofc. (Couldn't find a video quickly enough)

For example, personally, I don't like them very much, I dislike that the music (And the rest of the audio? Can't remember) get interrupted when he speaks, After the years I've come to a point when I like to play with no green markers, no floating flags, no minimap, sliding command buttons, and the clicking sfx with much lower volume, for immersion. Oh, it's a bit off topic, but for someone alike, I'd recommend trying to learn to play without unit cards: the banner carriers, army formation and unit spacing become a whole new level of important. I get that the announcers are a sort of a classic thing of the series though.

I think It'd be amazing if a random knight would ride off his formation towards the general and then trigger the voiceline, like the rest of the voices, just a bit louder, and then get back to his unit! Or better, a bodyguard, given that the general has view of the army or battle in that moment, or else it wouldn't trigger, etc.

In either case. I will left them in for my minimod, but I'll probably look up if I can stop the lowering of the volume, and include it as and option.

[Nemesis2345]

I loved Marcus or whatever his name was in RTW haha. Yeah i think he proves valuable info for begginers rly, but he just talks too much even on the lowest settings , and interrupts and pops up everytime which can become a nuisance for most.

[removeduser_28376423423]

I loved Marcus or whatever his name was in RTW haha. Yeah i think he proves valuable info for begginers rly, but he just talks too much even on the lowest settings , and interrupts and pops up everytime which can become a nuisance for most.

I don't mean the advisor, nor the narrator, but the one that tells, for example, that the enemy general has died, you've won the battle, etc.

[Gigantus]

'The gate has fallen!" - brings back memories of conquests past.

To disable that you need to edit the export_descr_sounds_units_battle_events file and then generate a new set of data\sounds\events files.

[Cyprian2]

Call me a stick in the mud, but I voted 'dislike.' Yes, it brings back memories of campaigns past. But I've been around long enough that I don't need someone stating the obvious all the time.

Still, I like the accented campaign-map voices even less. Those are just plain silly.

[kostic]

I like to play
without the green markers,
without the flags above the units,
without the marking of the borders on the battlefield,
without the radar ...
but I sometimes use the unit cards (F7) or the cards of their functions (F6) when the battlefield is very large and I have to control several fronts simultaneously.


The voice commenting on the events of the battle brings me a little immersion, even if it is sometimes redundant.

[Steward Denethor II]

I like the announcer but I wish he had a better grasp of when you are winning. It is very annoying when he says 'I pray the course of this battle changes because defeat seems almost certain' when you are doing fine. The opposite can also be annoying too. That is my only complaint with the announcer.

[Swarbs]

I like the announcer but I wish he had a better grasp of when you are winning. It is very annoying when he says 'I pray the course of this battle changes because defeat seems almost certain' when you are doing fine. The opposite can also be annoying too. That is my only complaint with the announcer.

Also "It is unwise to praise the day before sunset..." as your 2,000 knights and heavy infantry are butchering the last 100 militia in the plaza...

[King Athelstan]

I love the dude.