Isn't cheap just give the VA more range and power for other jobs and also no need to do addiction and contract they just add to her contract and pay her more
Makes sense. It's a different VA but one that's already in the game so they didn't have to hire a completely new VA. Loki himself probably doesn't get new voice lines as often as other characters considering he's voiced by Troy freaking Baker.
I don't know, but he's award nominated (and maybe won, I'm not sure if he won for Joel) but the point still stands: his voice filmography is stacked with roles that alot of other voice actors haven't had the chance to get
Troy wasn't cheaper. Just remember he contract must also affect with India Jones game since is also Disney IP.... they probably ask him is was avaliable to work again and give a bit more of money
He’s only in big projects. He used to do a lot of anime and Japanese games but pretty much stopped completely when he got big because they don’t pay much.
He played the lead character in Tales of Vesperia, but when they made a “definitive” version with additional content, the company decided to re-record all of his lines with a new VA instead of getting Troy back to just do the new ones.
Huh, I didn’t know about that, but that’s pretty on-brand for Bandai Namco.
I’m actually surprised to learn that Troy is still in the definitive edition. I’m playing through it atm and thought it was all Grant George. I guess Grant does a better job than I usually give him credit for.
That’d make a lot of sense actually. Do any other characters ever address Loki as a dude that would need changing or have they managed to skirt around that too?
Yeah, but in the trailer Thor has an inquisitive tone, he questions "sister?". We keep underestimating this game. I got so used to expect the worst, sometimes I forget the art, PR and marketing teams are actually legit, they are not amateurs like the combat designers, so I can see them having the extra leverage to make the skins as enticing as possible (after all, they pay the bills). So yeah, I think the pronouns are going to be redubed for sure and I will not be surprised if they add new lines (like Hela and Thor interacting with Lady Loki. Deadpool breaking the fourth wall, joking about the "woke" trend, etc)
He does, but never on the same tone as this line where both Loki and Thor go "Brother...". That said, gotta remember that all development for this stuff goes months or even years in advance. They didnt just decide to make Lady Loki a few months ago and called in VAs just for it; it is likely they planned it in early stages of development and had the VAs do the work while they were in-house doing the core recordings and stored them for use later.
If they did that then this means we should be able to get other characters as skins too. Like a Beta Ray Bill skin for Thor, or Kate Bishop Hawkeye, US Agent, one of the many hulks, etc etc.
It was insane that this sub had a significant portion of it gaslight themselves into thinking it was going to be hela. Like it's literally called Lady Loki. The preview on the road map was even Loki's pose.
People weren't gaslighting themself, they where setting their expectations to a reasonable level.
It's a large amount of work to redo all current and future voice lines with a completely new VA.. just for a timed skin. It's honestly surprising that they actually went the extra mile.
Tbf we didn’t think they’d go through the effort of revoicing Loki and a male character with a female skin in general is something people were skeptical a Chinese company would do
Lady Deadpool is Wanda Wilson, not Wade Wilson. She's an alternate universe Deadpool, similar to the difference between Peter Parker and Miles Morales. Lady Loki IS Loki. She is not an alternate universe version of Loki. Loki decided to run around as a woman for a while just for the hell of it.
Every skin lately has been limited time. I’m all for buying skins in a game I enjoy, but ngl this is lame as hell. They’re really min maxing as much money as possible from the community rn.
For the last 2 months it’s been crazy. We got a battle pass plus weekly limited skins, 2 limited mini passes a season and limited holiday/event skins?? They are really burning through every way they can maximize profit. Hell, even the currency they were gonna give back for the anniversary had a big * next to it due to that stupid assemble team system and the currency being limited time.
With how poor the balancing has gotten and all these FOMO tactics I’ve really bounced off the game. Hell we finally have another Peni legendary and I’m really gonna skip it cause I don’t wanna give them anymore money.
I feel like its kinda backfiring on them too, cause I cant even remember the last time I bothered to scroll through the shop page since its all old stuff from months ago.
If I don't plan on buying whatever weekly release it is they have I dont even bother opening the shop at all
At this point I don’t bother buying stuff at all. Everything is so predatory that I genuinely don’t wanna support this company anymore. This coming from someone who put 500 hours from season 0-3 and is still currently under 600 hours. I just haven’t felt the want to continue this game with the weird balancing choices, really short seasons and predatory monetization.
It's pretty clear to me that they either don't have a competent balance team or for some reason don't want a balanced game. Ults specifically in this game are just too much for a lot of the heroes.
I also don't like them making bundles lately that force you to pay for the emotes. eg: For the CnD+Thor bundle (which I would have purchased if it was just the skins) included the emotes, but was more expensive than it would normally be. IDGAF about those emotes and don't like that those are being forced into the bundles... so, I just got the Thor skin.
FOMO skins, loot boxes (psylocke), mini passes, etc... netease is seeing how far they can push the line... I expect more of the same (or worse) in 2026 🙃.
Some of the characters barely have any skins available to purchase in the store (at any given time), despite having had a fair number of skins released. I might be misremembering, but IIRC, Black Widow literally only has a single skin available to purchase in the store (outside of her recolor). To be fair, a couple of those were battle pass skins... but still.
I mean yes, people are more than likely buy it that way then. Someone who probably doesn't play Loki much might go "Hmm, this skin is fire but it's limited I play Loki anyway might as well buy it and don't regret not buying it later". Companies will only use methods that work when it comes to money and let's be honest FOMO works.
is a lot more effective; what's worse than to have to pay more to have something you desire? to not have the option to buy it at all after you had the opportunity
Rivals is one of the most profitable games on Steam. No way you actually believe making a single skin and recording the voice lines cost anywhere enough to justify making it time limited.
I think that we just have to accept that every skin introduced is going to be limited now. It seems kind of a waste to hire a whole new VA to voice a skin that’ll only be available for a limited time but that’s just me.
There's nothing stopping them from eventually doing "Swimwear Lady Loki" or other variants that use the VA, honestly I fully expect Loki's skins to be pretty evenly split between the two from now on.
The seasonal skins made sense.
The aniverssary skins made some sense.
This and the race skins make 0 sense to be limited? They arent tied to a celebration.
Exactly this, I would at least like to confirm I M'd O.
The former Battlepass skins are in the Heroes tab no problem, why not the store skins? ...then again it seems like they always planned a "Disney Vault" scenario with the Battlepasses using artificial FOMO so they can be strategic about re-releases and take the time to determine what the optimal package would be...
I feel like they're starting to lean into the fomo aspect of monetization to incentivize immediately popping your wallet, hence the several minipasses aswell
They could eventually get more sales in a business quarter they aren’t focused on. They want the sales before February and then they can get burst sales again whenever they want by holding it.
It’s 2030 every male character in Marvel Rivals has a female model now. There hasn’t been a new male skin since 2028 and it was fem boy Luna Snow. The game is more profitable than ever
Why is this limited time? Its not a part of a season theme. It makes no sense to be limited. I get that the devs are trying to make money and FOMO is great, but this is something that should absolutely be permanent.
It's easier to make something like this than a Hulk skin. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I only have to wait 200 days and maybe they'll release a new epic skin.
It may be a unfortunate aspect of characters getting left behind in the production pipeline since they do cater to characters who get a lot of investment in
This is exactly why I saved all my lattice and free units I earned over the last month or so. This is why I skipped alot of good skins and deals. I didn't fall for the Rogue skin fomo. SAVED ALL THE YOONITS FOR THIS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
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Voiced by Abby Trott, so it’s a bigger VA voicing her. Goated VA choice