Do you remember first creating your Saint and choosing between the various voices? There were some interesting options. There were seven voices to choose from: Male 1-3, Female 1-3 and Zombie. However, we now know that there was originally an eighth voice included in the game before it shipped.
Volition’s senior audio designer Ariel Gross revealed this during a presentation at GDC. So what voice got cut? The eighth voice would have been a completely auto-tuned player (I assume something along the line of Zimos). Gross noticed that negative reaction from the attendees and replied with the following:
“It was a really painful cut, but it was the right decision in terms of scope”
If this had stayed in the game, would that have been the voice of choice for your Saint?
Sounding like T-Pain? Well, I agree it’s a painful cut, but I don’t think it’s worth having. The zombie voice was not that amusing either. Maybe they should have implemented four for the male and the female instead. The remaining two should have be a male with a Filipino Visayan accent and a female with an Irish accent. It’s just my opinion. The zombie voice is just terrible, really.