Re: Melodic Voice is Broken

It appears that the original VA left some time last year: Melodic Voice is Broken | EA Forums - 12322390

I think some of the new VA's voice lines might have been in Businesses & Hobbies prior to the July 1 update.

 EDIT: this was posted on a different thread before it was merged here

It was clear to me from the beginning that it was the same voice actress and God I hate it, now don't get me wrong, a couple new voices in the game is something I've wishing for for a long time but to be added, not to replace the ones we know and love, more importantly, this new recordings are indeed way more scratchy than melodic. Please Maxis, leave this new voice in the game but as a separate option and give us back the lovely Melodic voice.

Iamoz96 mentioned it's the same voice actress and I had that feeling too. However, it sounds so different that you hardly can tell.
So, I guess they decided to redo all phrases, little by little? Ah, it will take a while for me to cope with it 😄. Probably also because the voice acting is so important for this game and honestly, I love it. Particularly the voice actors did a fantastic job. 

What I was always wondering: Over all these years, plenty of new DLCs came out and most of them got new phrases. I mean, most of them are based on DLCs from earlier Sims games, so it was kinda clear what's going to come, or at least what *could* come. So, how much voice acting have they done in advance to use it in later packs?

Not a bug, a "feature". They've (arbitrarily) replaced the lines (for IMO, no good reason). #BringMelodicVoiceBack #JusticeForFemaleVoice3

I joke but I'm actually pretty sad with this change. It's like they took away a bunch of my 10+ year old beloved characters overnight :(

Is this a bug of some sort? This sim has the same Melodic voice option. But for some reason after the update came out, it sounds different. Every other voice sounds the same.

Did something happen (bug?) to the melodic voice? It's changed.

It Would be a different story if the voice actress had died. because then that would likely Require a new voice when adding new dialogues...but that itself is a risky thing because as you say, that is changing a Voice we have known for TEN Plus Years

YES! I HATE IT! Please EA, revert it back! Completely unnecessary, none of the other voices were changed, why on earth did they "need" to change this, no one asked for it. I wish I knew this had happened before updating. I would have never updated my game again, it completely ruins a third of my female population, as now every 30 seconds they turn into a completely different person. It's bad.

Like iamoz96​ said, I'm completely fine with them adding new lines, it is obviously necessary as the game is still in development. I get it, no one minds that. But to change voice lines we've grown used and have been using for 10 years, especially when it's so different, is a terrible decision. It may seem trivial to them, but it really is not, this kind of stuff completely puts me off from wanting to play the game.

Interesting. Wish I could add more, but I haven't updated my game to the latest patch yet (probably won't until critical issues get fixed), and there don't appear to be any clips of the updated voice lines either... for now.

Yes, they did re-do the melodic voice with the same voice actor. Honestly not a fan of it since it does sound scratchy and irritating to listen to like you said. I'm okay with them adding new phrases but not replacing all of the original voice acting after 10 years of this game. 

(I'm on PC)