What should theAnnouncer(s) say?

[Stoned Rhyno]

Additional to my prefered UT Classic Announcer, GODLIKE schould be followed up by (the imo more potent word*) UNREAL (instead of UT3/4´s WICKED SICK).

*because:
godlike = something unimaginable powerful
unreal = something so powerful, that it not even exists

[Zoso Fan]

UT2004 type

[Stoned Rhyno]

Just to avoid missunderstandings:

I did´t mean the choice between different voicepacks with "UT3/4 Style". I think this feature will still be in UT7.

I meant that the announcer says WICKED, HOLY, LUDICROUS,... not being evil, stadium, female or aroused.

[MysTikal]

Wheres the "Completely New Ones" Option? :z

[Wail of Suicide]

Voted UT99 style, but I don't really mind if Epic adds new announcements, as long as they're serious. The joke-y announcements wear thin really fast. I'm crossing my fingers that we won't see 13yr-old internet pop culture references like, "1337!", "w00t!", and "OMFG H4X!" showing up in the game.

I think, at least for sprees, that it needs to be acknowledged that it's unlikely you're going to find a word that's connotatively/denotatively or phonetically more powerful than "Godlike!"

[Stoned Rhyno]

Wheres the "Completely New Ones" Option? :z

That would be: "Different announcements for different voicepacks", meaning e.g. the aroused voice says sth. like MONSTER ORGASM instead of MONSTER KILL or sth. completely different.

[StalwartUK]

Classic UT announcer is best. Really distinctive and to the point - excatly what an announcer should sound like. All the later announcers just sounded like that they were trying too hard.

If the UT classic announcer is in as an option I hope that it's complete. I remember that in UT2004 that you could select the UT classic announcer. Some of his announcments in that game were subsituted with some other male voice instead. It's pretty annoying selecting the classic announcer only to hear "Play!" done by some other voice when you start a game.

[Mastame]

Classic UT announcer is best. Really distinctive and to the point - excatly what an announcer should sound like. All the later announcers just sounded like that they were trying too hard.

If the UT classic announcer is in as an option I hope that it's complete. I remember that in UT2004 that you could select the UT classic announcer. Some of his announcments in that game were subsituted with some other male voice instead. It's pretty annoying selecting the classic announcer only to hear "Play!" done by some other voice when you start a game.
Exactly my thoughts.. Always thought it was a big shame the UT announcer package wasn't complete for UT2004, as that one sounded best hands-down.

[Selerox]

GODLIKE schould be followed up by (the imo more potent word*) UNREAL (instead of UT3/4´s WICKED SICK).

Agreed 100%. I still cringe whenever I hear that.

I've love to know who thought up that one though, if only so I know who to chase through the streets of Raleigh with a 9 Iron...

[BioHaZarD]

OWN Messages :) like usual im gonna make my own written ones
For the audio ones I hope they are gonna be cool (And new ones too ) just keep the Rampage :)

[iLL]

I like UT4's but a few new ones would be nice whether they are funny or boastful.

Just a few suggestions without too much thought about it:

Unf*cking Believable
Bannable
On Fire
Death Dealer
Massacre
AssMower
AssJockey

[Monster w/21 Faces]

I want a totally new announcer with the voice of Bruce Campbell.

[»madMar†y»]

UT2004 style. I´ve never played the previouse versions of Unreal so they could be better, but I´m already happy with the UT2004 style and don´t really have a problem with the Wicked sick and Ludicrous kill.

[Molgan]

Not really bothered about the subject, but just to add to the discussion: In the E3 movie you can clearly hear the announcer shout "DEVASTATION", so that's one of the new announcments.:)

[Tarball|UTzone]

Im going with UT99 Announcer,
What else do you need to be Happy :D
-I like new Announcers too for fun-
Devastation is sure fun :)

[AmericanWoman]

"Impressive!"
"You Look Great In Those Jeans!":D

[Monster w/21 Faces]

Not really bothered about the subject, but just to add to the discussion: In the E3 movie you can clearly hear the announcer shout "DEVASTATION", so that's one of the new announcments.:)

That could just be carried over as filler material from UC2 because it was in that.

[Kharn]

Nobody says "Headshot" like the UT announcer!

I also miss that noise you got in UT where someone hit each type of spree and everyone knew about it, not just the bit of text.

Holy sh*t isnt needed any more, i like Wicked Sick however! Is always fun in an instagib match to get your 16th Wicked Sick in a row :D

[StalwartUK]

Nobody says "Headshot" like the UT announcer!

Yeah, I loved that. I also liked the way he said "M M M M M M M M MONSTER KILL KILL KILL KILL".

Wasn't there also a female voice in the UT intro? Shame that wasn't made into an announcer.

[zeitgeber]

all of ut2kx plus something new. including options for ut99, ut2k3/4 and ut2k7 style voices in male female and sexy type

[9ades]

I'd like the announcer to say "OBLITERATED!" or "WASTED!".
:cool:

[Hanji]

"Devastation"

[Flak]

Nobody says "Headshot" like the UT announcer!

The classic announcer in 2K4 is good too, maybe even better. :)

[Monster w/21 Faces]

Heeeadhunter!

[Draco]

the best one yet was the "bukkake", they should really add that in there lol

[CounterZeus]

I actually liked the MK announcer in UC2, but I don't think he'll be available in UT2k7

[Boksha]

Voted UT99 classic.
Doublekill, Multikill, Ultrakill, Monsterkill.
Killing Spree, Rampage, Dominating, Unstoppable, Godlike.

Yeah. No Unreal, Wicked Sick, Ludicrous Kill, whatever. If you want extra announcements, let's use... say... "X is brutalising the competition!" somewhere inbetween Rampage and Godlike. :p

[SleightOfHand]

I think, at least for sprees, that it needs to be acknowledged that it's unlikely you're going to find a word that's connotatively/denotatively or phonetically more powerful than "Godlike!"

Voted UT99 classic.
Doublekill, Multikill, Ultrakill, Monsterkill.
Killing Spree, Rampage, Dominating, Unstoppable, Godlike.

Yeah. No Unreal, Wicked Sick, Ludicrous Kill, whatever. If you want extra announcements, let's use... say... "X is brutalising the competition!" somewhere inbetween Rampage and Godlike. :p
QFT. I like Boksha's idea. If they think up some other cool ones, than that's fine too.

(the imo more potent word*) UNREAL (instead of UT3/4´s WICKED SICK).
*because:
godlike = something unimaginable powerful
unreal = something so powerful, that it not even exists
How can something that doesn't exist be powerful? It doesn't exist, so it has no attributes, including power. Godlike, on the other hand, can mean like a god from mythology, stories, the Almighty God, whatever. However you slice it, Godlike is above everything else.

[Sero]

Hmm, the announcer is the thing I miss the most from ut99, I could just get the chills from some of it, but in ut2k4 I use another because I don't like a second voice filling in the blanks.

On the sprees/multi's: I don't mind the ludicrous kill or the mega for that matter, but in no way does "wicked sick" do the same for me as "godlike" (heck, with the exception of perhaps killing spree, it all sounds better than wicked suck), and the same for holy **** vs monsterkill..

Hearing several monsterkills in a row/interupting eachother beats holyholyholy any day.

Just my 2 eurocents ^^

[RogueLeader]

I think ludacriskill, wicketsick and so on should stay, nothing wrong with them. If they got some new also no prob cause hey, its Epic. They will know how to make it sound cool:cool:. In UT2k4 I use the Male Announcer for the awards (sounds a bit nicer to me somehow than classic) and sexy-style as statusannouncer.

[Boksha]

If they keep Ludicrous Kill and Wicked Sick, they should be placed before Monsterkill and Godlike IMO.

[Scylla]

Two of the options are the same :p.

I think that they should have the announcer like 2004, but instead of "WICKED SICK!" they should say "UNREAL!".

[da ghost]

I think, at least for sprees, that it needs to be acknowledged that it's unlikely you're going to find a word that's connotatively/denotatively or phonetically more powerful than "Godlike!"

I am glad that you acknowledge that they screwed up big time in UT99. they should have made it unstoppable-wicked sick. then in Ut2k3 they would have made it wicked sick-godlike-unreal

[Boksha]

I am glad that you acknowledge that they screwed up big time in UT99. they should have made it unstoppable-wicked sick. then in Ut2k3 they would have made it wicked sick-godlike-unreal Heh. :D

...no.

As for the whole "Unreal is better than godlike" thing... it most certainly doesn't sound like it belongs anywhere past godlike. It still beats "Wicked sick" though.

[EntropicLqd]

Wicked Sick and Ludicrous Kill just plain suck. I despise them.

There is nothing better than getting the repeated M M M M M from a M M M Monster Kill.

Unreal would be OK, but is inferior to God Like in my opinion.

My own personal preference would be a return to the UT announcements for sprees and multi-kills, with additional "weapon specific kill" announcements (flak monkey, head hunter etc).

[Boksha]

Aye, the weapon specific remarks were a great idea.
Their downside is that if you play a long game you're likely to hear each of them once, and it's impossible to hear them more than once a match.
IMO it'd be a better idea if you got a weapon specific announcement if, for example, you make a kill with a weapon while 6 out of 9 of your previous kills were already with that weapon. It could be upgraded a bit even; if you make another kill with it while 13 out of 19 of your previous kills were made with it, the announcer could berate you even more for being a one trick pony. :p

[Tenspeed]

I'm gonna have to go with the classics, I suppose it just grew on me but I love the classic announcer.

[GuntiNDDS]

i dont care aslong as i dont have to stick with the german translations :/
in ut2004 it sais "Spiel!" when the match starts, which is a direct-translation and makes no sense in that context.

And thats just one example of the bad localizations. Not only are they translated very badly, they also sound terrible.

In 2k3 you could switch the language tho. Not sure if that also worked with 2k4 since i imported that from the us.

I just wish they'd realize that noone in germany wants a german translation.

[9ades]

I went on a mindless rant in a BuF thread and mentioned "Genocidal Carnage"...
:cool:

[A_Spec]

Keep them all, and add "UNREAL!" after "Wicked Sick"

[FireCrack]

Il iked the orginal UT's "Congratulations, you're the Winner"

[DrDoomed]

UT99 , with 2kx, with brand new

[Stoned Rhyno]

How can something that doesn't exist be powerful? It doesn't exist, so it has no attributes, including power. Godlike, on the other hand, can mean like a god from mythology, stories, the Almighty God, whatever. However you slice it, Godlike is above everything else.

How about: The Game UNREAL if far more than GODLIKE? :)

[Ward]

More like UT99. I think that in UT2003/4 the announcer just said too damn much. Having that guy yelling continously "Red flag dropped!" "Red flag returned!" became really irritating at a point. Sometimes he said things that just didn't make sense (such as "Play!" in the beginning of the match. What the ****? I'm trying to get myself immersed into a fictive, original world when playing a game, and that announcement just about destroys every single bit of that experience).

I much rather have him kick in rarely, just to announce that you're on a killing spree. It's also much more rewarding that way, because, when the announcer comes in, he just comes in to reward you, not to give some stupid commentary that we, in fact, really don't need in order to be able to play the game.

Also, I thought the comments like "wicked sick" and everything above "monster kill" was just over the top and cheesy.

[Lert]

UT2004 type. Selectable announcers. More weapon-specific announcements. (Like TAM's bukkake)