hollow knight lover now has someone else sorry to play the game again. An ambitious group of fans has finally completed an impressive project: Hallownest Vocalized, a mod that features voice acting for the game. It is freely available for PC players and can be installed using Scarab Mod Launcher.
This mod is absolutely huge in scope. Now not only the main characters have voice acting but also bosses, souls, corpses (lol) and multiple item descriptions – including lore tablets, spells and all descriptions and notes of Hunter Magazine. According to the YouTube video description, over a hundred voice actors dedicated their talents to this project. In the trailer, you can preview a few voices, such as those of Hornet, Quirrel, Snail Shaman, Markoth, Uumuu, etc.
hollow knight there was a sort of voice narration before this mod, but it was a buggy language nonsense. I, like many die-hard fans of the game, am deeply attached to these early appellations. Salesman Iselda greets you with resignation [sigh] bapanadadefender Dung shouted DOMA DOMA DOMA before hurling a giant, spherical lump of earth at you, and the Manicurist greets you with a gruff voice. ronjo-stenja.
But the idea of a community project that puts voice acting into the actual text on display is incredibly compelling, both as an example of what a fanbase can create, and as a artistic perspective. While hollow knight somewhat controversial lore – I may have watched too much moss bag video — there is a consensus that the bug inhabitants of Hallownest have been given the gift (or curse) of sentience. Voice acting adds even more credibility to that idea by bringing their voices to life. It also increases accessibility for visually impaired people who have difficulty reading small text.
It should be pointed out that over 40 different people have voiced the larva, which suggests that each larva has a distinct voice. Color I’m curious! (Though, on the other hand, mod downloaders will have to accept the fact that Zote can speak.)
It’s a fun way to stay busy because we’re all waiting for the release silk song, hollow knightThe highly anticipated sequel.
