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However, there is one big issue with Skyrim’s voice acting that does need to be avoided.

RELATED: Avowed Has One Big Disadvantage Because of The Elder Scrolls 6Īvowed should have a relatively limited number of voice actors in order to make the game more accessible to the modding community. Some mods have also been able to add a huge amount of additional NPCs into the game that completely fit in simply by recycling lines that the same voice actor recorded across multiple characters, and remixing them to give the new Skyrim NPCs their own unique personalities.

The time played between repeated lines makes line repetition no less noticeable than the reused voice actors to begin with. A unique line about disliking elves that was originally just meant for Sven’s disdain for his rival Faendal can be repurposed for a character with the same voice living in Windhelm, for example, and the line takes on an entirely new and immersive context due to the marginalized Dark Elf population in that city. However, by mixing and mashing these audio files, the Skyrim modding community has been able to massively expand the number of things the player character can ask NPCs and the responses they are able to give. Individuals like Sven also have lines which are specific to their characters and the quests the Dragonborn can activate speaking to them which are not available to other NPCs with the same voice. The limited number of voice actors in Skyrim gave the modding community huge flexibility when it came to expanding the amount of lines available in the game, not only for the NPCs, but for the players themselves.įor example, the voice used for Sven in Riverwood is also used for many of the male bards across Skyrim as well as other characters in the world.

However, there is one huge advantage to having such a limited number of voice actors and having recorded the lines primarily by personality type rather than by character for the vast majority of Skyrim’s NPCs. Skyrim, like Oblivion before it, has a relatively limited amount of voice actors for how many NPCs are in the game. Many of the lines were categorized by tone and personality, but as a result players who put more and more hours into Skyrim generally begin to see more and more repetition, which can make the game less immersive the more they play.