Don't count on it. The sound package is the sound package. They didn't change Storm or Shittybeast in X-Men...although some Pinsiders LIKE those voices...ugh lol...so I'm sure plenty of people will be OK with TWD's custom voices. Even Iron Man has Stern's "random redneck voice" and no one complains about it anymore.

Star Trek got Karl Urban because he's a pinball fan. Maybe someone from TWD is a pinhead?

If anything, the voice you hear so far will stay - and a few more will probably be added as code gets polished. Wouldn't be surprised if there's a female character voice added...and maybe another male voice. Tron had male & female computer voices. Star Trek had the computer (female), Klingon & Admiral Stevens.

Unfortunately some games just have bad voices, and they don't get changed to "boost sales".

Because it's a pinball game...sometimes pinball is better with a simple narrative. If any game were to work with a simple narrative, it's TWD.
-KILL ZOMBIES!
-SURVIVE!

It features scenarios (Well Walker, prison, fish tank, etc) and language from the show (calling the zombies "Walkers", for instance). Even if it's not 100% accurate to the show, the fact that it has "The Walking Dead" title on it means something...it will attract fans of the show to play it. Even non-fans will see "The Walking Dead" and instantly understand what to do - Kill zombies & survive as long as you can.

POTC didn't feature any voices or many storypoints from the movies. Yet it's one of Stern's all-time best selling games. People see it and say "Oh, Pirates, sweet!"...they look at it...the toys are obvious (sink the ship, open the chest)...they play it and have a good time.

I think voices from the license are usually important...for example, not having Peter Cullen as the custom Optimus Prime voice in Transformers was a huge blow to the game - but he's massively iconic to the license. Are any of the human characters THAT iconic to TWD? In this case, I don't think it's a gamekiller IMO.

LOL. Stern IS producing the game under the terms of the license. AMC are likely the ones who said "you can't use actor assets from the show" ....LOL ...you think they've been "wronged" and are going to "battle"!?!? Are you insane!?!?

It's called licensing.

Look at "Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean". Translite features Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, etc. None of them are in the game. Clearly featuring their character likenesses was part of the licensing, but using their voices was not.

Iron Man has Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson prominently featured....neither are even remotely featured in the gameplay AT ALL.

Avengers uses the actors' character likenesses. None of the movie voices are in the game.

This is nothing new. The Walking Dead Pinball LOOKS like The Walking Dead. It doesn't have to stuff the entire literal nature of every season of the show within the game to represent the license.

No, this is the same thing that happens with every game.

Title announced: HYPE FRENZY!

First shitty videos from a trade show or test location with rudimentary code: THIS GAME BLOWS!!!!

People actually play the game with (quasi) finished code: ACTUAL OPINIONS FORM!

Remember....the quick-to-judge hobbyists thought Iron Man sucked at first...they thought Tron sucked at first...they thought AC/DC sucked at first...

That's what everyone said about AC/DC, Ironman, etc.

Lyman lyman lyman lyman lyman lyman.

I think it'll be fine. In any case...no reason to get worked up over it. Wait till the game comes out, hopefully you can find one to play. Decide if you like it.

Maybe because of the theme. Red & white make sense. It's not WOZ...you don't need rainbows on TWD

Pro inserts are bulbs...you can change the color to whatever you want.

LE inserts will be boards...and has some color changers. If you don't like the whites, just put some colored gels over the LED board. That's what I did with my Metallica LE for the Fuel gauge inserts and a few others to color them nicely.

Colored inserts don't cost anything more than non colored inserts. The only Pro that's had color changing inserts is ST, and that only had the Starfleet inserts as color changers. Seems like an aesthetic decision that this Pro has so many white inserts. Seems like a Borg thing...Metallica & X-Men also had lots of white inserts.

Don't think there's a conspiracy here.

The part where you say "I'm sure" lol

...and the part where you say "I knew" lol