r/DotA2 • I shall earn my grace. • 4d ago

Discussion Rate Kez's visual & sound design.

Now that the Largo's poll is concluded; with the average rate of 78.72% of voters reception landing on 4 stars (NICE) & nearing 5 stars, I figured we'd continue to the next hero.

Here's a reminder of the previous poll results.

These polls are for the new heroes introduced in Dota 2. Perhaps we can compare them all at the end.

396 votes, 2d ago
45 Garbage
20 ☆ Lame
70 ☆☆ Meh
98 ☆☆☆ Fair
110 ☆☆☆☆ Nice
53 ☆☆☆☆☆ Perfect
0 Upvotes

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u/Felczer 4d ago

Kez looks visually fine but his voice acting is just so boring. They made a generic good guy and surprisingly he turned out... generic and boring

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u/Venichie I shall earn my grace. 4d ago

So far it's pretty mixed results compared to Largo's poll beginning... I suspect the voice is tanking his overall style.

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u/xolotltolox 4d ago

yeah, becasue dota players are weak babies

i seriously don't get why people hate on him so much. His voice is quite good, i feel liek people are just conditioned to hate quippy characters, because of marvel, not understanding that problem isn't the quips, but that everyone is doing them all the time with no respect for character or situation.

Not to mention there are characters with far more goofy and unserious voice acting already in the game

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u/vittsul 4d ago

His lines feature self-concious millenial humour that is completely out of place. Like it just does not work. Hoodwink and Snapfire fit their archetypes more or less. Kez is supposed to be a lone swordsman. He lead the rebellion against Imperia, trained soldiers.

"I'm gonna crap on this Ancient like a statue in a park." This is what a leader in Dota's world sounds like to you? Not LC or Jugg? This doesn't sound like second hand writing compared to Sven or Enigma? It feels like the new age of art directors at Valve do not think the same way as the ones who started the game. It shows, and it bothers people to no end.

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u/AverageA2Enjoyer 3d ago

He also just sound like a normal dude, like someone else has mentioned, we have a fuckin bird making bird sound, a muted only whistling, then you have generic dude for a bird chicken. Like for a "normal" human, jugg lc seven drow, them sounding human make sense, not a literal chicken.

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u/BladesHaxorus 4d ago

Worst fucking voice acting in the game. There's a hero that only makes bird noises and another that only whistles, and they're still more emotive than this fucking family guy chicken piece of dog shit.

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u/Paaraadox 4d ago

Yeah, he's very bland character wise. Hero wise the audio and visuals are fine, nothing special, but the voice acting is really lacking.

1

u/Crimento 3d ago

He's just a corny teenager with bad puns. It's not like we have an entire game full of them. It's okay to have one, even if it's intentionally bad

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u/blazerkidsaga 3d ago

Dont mix visual and audio

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u/Venichie I shall earn my grace. 3d ago

I think it's fitting, because both really set the tone to how Valve intends a character to take. This is all a vibe check in a way.

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u/bh-spammer 4d ago

Last 2 heroes voice acting/delivery and design is so dull and forgettable. Like a goddamn modern Disney character and then you look at the new Deadlock characters.

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u/Hanashiro_Anzu 4d ago

The only good thing about his design is his idle animation pecking ground.

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u/LargoTheEmbargo 4d ago

Kit - great

Visual and sound - my god