SOE Add Voices to EQ2 NPCs

Sony Online Entertainment have announced that EverQuest II will be the first MMO to feature voiceover for in-game Non-Player Characters (NPCs). The voiceover will be comprised of more than 130 hours of dialog and approximately 1.5 million words.

SOE have cast more than 100 actors, including well-known Hollywood talent tp provide the voices for this new features which will include nearly 100,000 lines spoken by thousands of characters. After launch, SOE will continue to add new voiceover content whenever new quests are added to the game. Additionally, EverQuest II players will also the ability to choose whether or not they wish to hear the voiceovers. John Smedley, president, Sony Online Entertainment. added:

"Including voiceover for NPCs in EverQuest II is an incredibly ambitious project. Few publishers could even imagine undertaking such a huge project, but we're committed to taking EverQuest II to the next level. By giving our in-game characters voices for the first time in a massively multiplayer online environment, we are raising the bar for the genre as a whole, breaking down the boundaries between static, text-driven interface and meaningful, cinematic interaction."

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