hl2 overwatch city broadcast voice

[timjones066]

This voice made those opening HL2 scenes so much more intense.

[Fetchdafish]

The Telescreen announcer from 1984 the movie is what inspired this voice, I believe.

[skrivbok]

I would be petrified if hearing a computer voice like this one 24/7 together with darn aggressive cops in my community

[camydoger]

get a job at a train station, play this over the PA system

watch puzzled and scared faces

[LeonardoWander1]

Ellen McLain is gonna DISTROY TEH WORLD with her voice LOLOLOLOL

[NOLFGirl]

I guess I'll sound rather weird by saying this...but I wish this were longer. I just love to listen her voice. lol

[BWIENS789]

In the future of our world, broadcasts like these will probably be regular everyday. If we were like this now, the crime level in the United States would be very low. But this is also anarchy at its worst with martial law.

[malisa71]

Ellen McLain

[Timblesink]

The train station at my university has a voiceover just like this, all the time... it creeps me the fuck out

[Herufaia]

I seriously love this thing. It's exactly what I'd expect form a dystopian government.

[pricture]

I like how she says "Attention, pleeaase", to try and sound friendly

[phillipjfry6]

I was playing on an old map, and the overwatch voice said "capital prosecution," and everyone thought it said "capital prostitution." :\

[Herufaia]

@phillipjfry6 That'd be hilarious.

Capital prostitution is discretionary.

[Donciu89]

Attention Protection Team : Security officer operating in sector A04 is requesting additional non-mechanical fast-food. Pizza with salami and/or double-chesse is proposed. Order , Deliver , Consume.

[ThinksWithPortals]

Ellen is everywhere...

good.

[Fellerssk8]

You are charged with, anticivil activity level one. Protection unit prosecution code duty, four, operate.

[idejRetsam]

Attention all ground protection teams, autonomous judgment is now in effect. Sentencing is now discretionary. Code; pop, lock, drop-it.

[donkeygoeslive]

what scares me most is that in the UK they're starting to install cameras that are fitted with speakers so that the operators can tell people off for being, and i quote, "anti-social" no lies. The NWO is comming

[OkurkaBinLadin]

@donkeygoeslive That´s nothing. In Japan factory/office workers are already monitored nonstop. You get actually scolded from speakers, if you walk (WALK!) too slow in job.

[donkeygoeslive]

Treat a man like a dog for long enough and eventualy he'll bite you. The red day is comming. Soon, very soon.

[thehumor]

there is also another voice actor in episode 1 isnt it

[Herufaia]

@thehumor It's basically some of these ones but looped in such a way that the AI sounds like it's "broken" since the citadel is basically blowing itself to pieces.

If I remember one of them was, Inteernaal...staabilizzaationn teeams, deploy.....sterilizers......de­ploy.....

[HardcoreFlea]

You are now convicted of multiple anti-civil violations.

[Mirinovic]

do you have Black mesa announce system voice?

[Barnaby13]

Arghh all these GLaDOS comments piss me off.

GLaDOS = American Accent

Overwatch = English RP Accent

Yes its the same voice actress but the voices are markedly different. Incidentally, if you're ever in Britain, take the train somewhere and you will hear an automated PA system with a voice VERY similar to this, with the obvious difference that she (sometimes he) only talks about trains, not "permanent off-world relocation".

[ToxicMadn3ss]

Personally this is awesome. Creepy in one way, but awesome in another. When your a citizen and hear her voice, your fucked.

[donkeygoeslive]

theres one in manchester picadilly station that sounds very similar to this and it talks about "security services" etc it was horrible, there was also a massive sign in the town center which had messages on it saying "anti social behaviour will not be tolerated" it reminded me of HL2 SO much

[NoPetrol]

Wow. England is becoming such a third-world hellhole.

[fizz142020]

@Barnaby13 You may be surpised if you didn't know- even though the voice talent of GLaDOS, Ellem McClain, is American, for Portal, she speaks to the microphone in an English accent, but when they change it to sound like GLaDOS's AI voice, the accent is gone, so since shes so good at an English accent, Valve probably had her speak like that in Half- Life 2, and if you ask me, it sounds awesome:)

[fizz142020]

@fizz142020 I meant Ellen, spelled it wrong the first time

[majordbag2]

@Barnaby13 The overwatch voice has an English RP accent, are you sure?

I thought she sounded like an uptight American woman who's on a steady supply of valium.

[OverwatchSoldier04]

@Barnaby13 Both glados and overwatch voices are played by Ellen McLain

[dimvoly]

HAI GUISE ISN"T THIS THE SAME VOICE ACTOR DUR

sick of such comments

[coolsnape]

ermm sounds like glados from portal and the anounser from tf2 weird

[Slench101]

that's because it's the same voice-actor

the only person that voiced in all of the games in the orange box

Ellen McLain

[TheArchmage44]

The overwatch voice added so much to this game. It's just so totally cold and clinical. Reminds me of 1984.

[RudojiLape]

Almost sounds like Newspeak at times.

[chocofaceify]

@TheArchmage44 so is the radio broadcast

[zolpidemic]

i dont play HL but this is horrifying

[donkeygoeslive]

your opinion has been noted and you shall be contacted by your local civil protection team for political re-education

[Thetyanet]

Citizen reminder, Inaction is conspiracy. Report counter - behavior to a civil protection team immediately.

Basically means that if you don't tell them about about people 'breaking the law' then you are just as 'bad' as them and will be prosecuted for it.

[d0de12346]

Protection team alert, evidence of anticivil

activity in this community. Code assemble plan contained.

[river6ixx]

dude ellen plays some voices in every orange box game kewl

[nhvfx]

ITS UNCOMPUTERIZED GLaDOS

[Romaniacgroup]

NWO

[DastardProduction]

Ongoing sector sweep. Biotics confirmed. Continue surface sector sweep. Remote compliance. Exterminate. Seek passive signature imprint. Mandate sub-level restrictions.

[badboyforlife10195]

citizen reminder. An action is conspiracy report counter behavior to a civil protection team immediately. Attention all ground protection team judgement waver is now in effect, Capital prosicution is descretionary.

[donkeygoeslive]

i think its inaction

[badboyforlife10195]

yes i know i forgot what does inaction mean anyway

[donkeygoeslive]

i think its like apathy, not taking action. in this case probly like ignoring people doing things the combine would deem arrestable

[ZOMGKITTY]

It means not doing anything. Not reporting sightings of enemies on purpose.

[TheBeddu]

INaction is conspiracy

also prosEcution

[OGLoc92]

I downloaded the audio from this and reversed it it sounds really creepy making a vid of it.

[badboyforlife10195]

pm me when you do

[aatusha]

the combine reminds me of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[AnotherStupidGamer]

The world will soon turn into this

[donkeygoeslive]

totaly agree, say hello to the new world order and your new police/military comming to enforce your rights upon you. ever seen any alex jones?

[esykillll]

New World Order is still a theory and that isn't cleared yet. Only way to make it official is hearing from profession peoples. Listening to people like you who probably doesn't have profession in jobs or something are labeled as crazy.

[donkeygoeslive]

are u actually saying that opinions are only valid if they're expressed by someone of the upper class?! u fucking arse

[esykillll]

Then who will actually listen to you? Gaining powers (not richness) and saying your opinion is the only way.

[donkeygoeslive]

you can use word of mouth. friends and family will listen to you regardless of power. and so on with them

[esykillll]

Admit it, nobody will listen to you.

[donkeygoeslive]

lmao people do listen ot me, its the believing that i struggle with

[esykillll]

Only a fool believe in you. We don't know how your mind works because you haven't yet shown how you got this information and what got you to it.

[donkeygoeslive]

ur talking to me sound like some kind of preaching fanatic, to be honest i left that comment in a joking kind of way although i do believe it and i get this information by looking aournd me and watching the news

[ShitTalkinDandylions]

wait wait i didn mean to thumbs down you i meant to thumbs up you

[donkeygoeslive]

lolol dont worry

[animelubbor432]

When you think about it, North Korea is almost like Combine Occupied Earth

[Patriot314]

(also there are countries somewhat run worst then this on earth unfortunatly)

Sorry for double post :(

[Patriot314]

Ishaw, please read George Orwell's 1984 :)

[luked1983]

I think it won't be long till Britain is like this.

[lshaw17]

Read it.

[lshaw17]

I hope no nation becomes as authoritarian as Combine Occupied Earth. The sound of a dispatcher robotically telling you are no longer a citizen and informing police that judgement is at their own discretion would be terrifying

[badboyforlife10195]

it would be cool yet scary

[TheKaiserW]

you need to read more dude

[lshaw17]

You need to stop going on the internet and making comments to make yourself feel superior to everyone else. I was making a general comment, i read quite a lot. I've read 1984, Brave New World, Atlas Shrugged, all sorts of dystopian fiction.

[Guyect]

1:39

I fear announcements like this will one day be all to common

[FFShinra]

Overwatch versus Gurlukovich CO would be fun to listen to...

Then again, Gurlukovich soldiers versus Combine would be funny in and of itself...

[elljayusmaximus]

I love the medical terminology.

[Lustified]

Apparently Ellen Mclean does this voice work... and GLadOs too

[badboyforlife10195]

and the team fortress lady to

[Faint867]

sounds a little like GLADOS

[Keitel87]

The same woman voices this, GLaDOS, and the announcer in TF and TF2

[ccacocc]

any one got the hlf2ep2 voce?

[J0kerine]

I'd been looking for this for ages! Thank you! I used them in a techno remix ;)

And I will always say that it's "Prostitution code". That's way funnier than "Prosecution code," in my humble opinion.

[PumaB9]

@J0kerine what is he saying after Prosecution code?

[Taurenslaya]

@PumaB9 He?

[PumaB9]

@Taurenslaya what he? at 0:18 shes saying Prosecution code, but now i figued out the 3 word after it... its duty, sword, operate

[Phoenix258]

I had all these in wav format, but cant remember the location, or how i did it. How did you do it?

[Multrox]

:18 .... "Prostitution code"?

[arksolo2]

Prosecution code.

[ExhibitMan]

Nice voice!

[L4s4gn3]

7:13 I wake up with that sound every morning ^^

[Thedutchjelle]

with priority alerts? <_<?

[Thedutchjelle]

Priority alert: Failure to comply will result in permanent offworld assignment.

[badboyforlife10195]

*relocation*

[Sniffer194]

Is there the complete version of the Ep.2 Broadcast Voice? It's better ther, thought. Deeper.

[Torchmark]

Representation of the voice of Totalitarianism.

[Borin81]

and what a wonderful voice it is.

[privateworldofwarft]

lol

[FeralRush]

I want this on my ipod, can you send it to me pleese!?!?!?

[emmthreejonny]

Attention Pleeeassse...

[pinholh]

Theres a mod team making a 7-hour war mod

[MegaSean45]

So there is ppl making a 7 hr war mod, that has nothing to do with this.

[R3unbreakable]

same voice of gladdos

[Norky100]

Same person, i think the voice is very different though. Glados sounds more, robotic.

[SparkyMonololak]

Yeah, the voice sounds different in HL2 and Episode 1, but in Episode 2 the voice changes and it sounds almost identical to GLaDOS

[Zaxras3000]

so true. it's always Ellen Mclane who makes the overwatch and GLaDOS voice, as well as the tf2 announcer voice. in ep 1-2 it's soo similar to GLaDOS.

although i prefer GLaDOS. I WILL HAVE MY CAKE SOMEDAY!!

[morrid]

It doesn't at all....This is British whereas GLaDOS is American. It only sounds similar because the voice has had effects added to it to make it sound more "computerised". The alteration of the Episode 2 voice is most likely because the Citadel was destroyed so the voice is operating from portable, less high quality devices, as someone below said.

[rasz]

that just sounds like LA LAX

[ShitTalkinDandylions]

that would be so scary to hear its just creepy

[ng74life]

i love the combine and the over wotch

[ShitTalkinDandylions]

make a movie about the 7 hour war being as gordon was not there then it would be 7 hours long going from start to beginning

[wimpie25]

Maybe a tv show, like 24. Featuring 14 episodes, Every episode covering half an hour.

[MegaSean45]

(Last commant was stupid)

How about the EP1 and EP2 Overwatch voices.

[spacehelmetforacow]

megasean, she is heard in episode 1 (although shes VERY broken, just like the rest of the citadel) and she isnt in episode 2 because her mainframe was in the citadel, and it was destroyed at the end of Episode 1.

[AlteredTomorrow]

Actually, she IS heard in Episode 2. The first time is when you first contact White Forest, a Hunter chopper interrupts and you can hear Overwatch.

[Advancedgod]

Yeah she is in Ep 2. Although she sounds veeery different. She doesn't take time to make sentences anymore either. "EXPUNGE. CAUTERIZE AND EXPUNGE."

[wimpie25]

Probably since she has limited software, or they recieved a new package from microsoft since they still had the waranty from their previous purchase. Lol

[arksolo2]

Combine soldier working Overwatch voice: FREAKING WINDOWS 98!

[HypotheDragon]

lol

[Aranica]

Maybe they're sending the overwatch dispatch broadcasts from a different citadel...?

[Norky100]

I seem to think there is more than one Citadel, i played through Ep1 again today and i found some evidence for it but i cant remember what it was now :S

[Aranica]

Kliener's broadcast, when you're in the city ;)

[Norky100]

That isnt from a Citadel, its from White Forest lol.

[Aranica]

You mean, like some sort of Nova Proskept-style base in White Forest or something?

[Anarchemitis]

She sounds different in E2 maybe because the Citadel was destroyed and she's operating on a portable device, or something.

[Norky100]

She sounds different in ep2

[MegaSean45]

What would happen if she said, "All units, order pizza for me!"

[Rebelli0nUK]

i'm not sure there are any functioning pizza outlets in post combine occupied earth.

so probably nothing

[WaterJay]

Could anyone tell me where can I download these audio files? THanks in advance

[noodle976]

if you download gcfscape you can look through your game cache files and listen to them...

[WaterJay]

can I make them into mp3 or other audio files?

[noodle976]

They are already mp3...

They're just packaged in the .gcf file...

[WaterJay]

thank you

[simmerj12]

Anti-civil activities will result in permanent off world relocation.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

[BDNproductions]

Yes that's when they send you to other Combine-enslaved planets to work.

[simmerj12]

they need to make a Half Life 1.5 The Seven Hour War.

[fairley117]

indeed

[ZOMGKITTY]

Opening: COMBINE INVASION!

*player marches along with other soldiers, tanks, APCs, etc. when suddenly 500 striders appear and kill them all effortlessly.*

The End.

[simmerj12]

then they get sucked up in the superportal

[Advancedgod]

Oooh! Could you make a new one with the episode 2 Overwatch? Ellen McLain sounds so much more badass in that one!

[simmerj12]

well i bet the Citadel is also badass in that episode.

[Advancedgod]

Well, yeah. It turned into a superportal.

[STOKEYRODGE07]

How do you make the combine or civil protection voice?? i really want to know could i use goldwave and do something?.

PLEASE tell me how to make the combine/Civil protection voice

[Aranica]

Well, if you hire Ellen McLain, and whoever edited the people who played around with her voice and stuff.

Seriously, just try yourself. It sounds so indistinct, anyway, you could just use the sounds from the game.

[pam366]

i gues thats because since the Citidels been destroid her voice changes

[pam366]

GlaDOS is actualy in ep2 and Portal, They take Place in the Same universe but not in the same time peroid, Portal is a few Years before hl2.

[pro707]

acctually part of portal is during the combine takeover because she tells you "im the only thing protecting us from them".

[tsunaxakari]

yeah

[ultratog1028]

she isn't in ep2. but she might b n ep3.

[wimpie25]

Actually she is in EP2

[ultratog1028]

(curiously) really, where?

[wimpie25]

Well, when you leave the mines after Alyx was revived and you see all the combine troops marching over that big bridge. She makes a few other "appearences", for example when the combine invades the farm after the advisor flees the place. She says very basic things and her voice sounds really robotic and artificial. Probably because the citadel exploded and overwatch is working on itself.

[Feralbreed]

Actually I think it's not sure. But I believe so! I hope Valve will really let it go and we'll see Chell Johnson as well the portal gun in EP3!

[erscssni]

In ep2 her voice is more human like :O

[Sniffer194]

For me in Ep.2 it sound more "synthesides" cus I think they were generating it from the computer. The Citadel have fallen and there were no more speakers, you know.

[tails900]

Every Orange box game has someone unknown or computerized talking in the background somewhere... I like it. =)

[simmerj12]

and they all happen to be the same voice and person.

[Sniffer194]

Sapmin8r, i have wotched movie and readed the book, and do you too see, that City 17 is very similar to London from "1984". Especially - the overwatch womens woice and telescreens with Dr. Breen's face. And why those Combine Units are named "Civil Protection"? Is it propaganda, because they aren't protecting anyone. I love Half Life, I get it from my parents yesterday.

[spamin8r]

Ya it is. Keep workin at your English, though :)

[Sniffer194]

Sorry, I'm polish...

[stolenpantsproductio]

wow

[bibi222222]

in EP 2 She's more menacing

[crapisgood]

"SURFACE-SECTOR-SWEEP. BI-OTICS CONFIRMED. CONTINUE SURFACESECTOR SWEEP. EXTER-MIN-ATE. EXPUNGE." shows the medical and disjointed side of overwatch. The words put together is intentional.

[spamin8r]

Ya, the combine soldiers use the same lingo: "Infection"(when Gordon is sighted) "Contain"(order to kill Gordon) "Outbreak outbreak outbreak" (When Gordon pwns combine).

Any1 ever see the movie 1984?....or read the book(Orwell)?

[Norky100]

To me is sounds more like BREAKOFF than OUTBREAK.

[mechabarney]

There is a new overwatch voice in Episode 2. Its similar but different enough to notice immediately. I seem to remember the original voice failing and going slightly insane as the Citadel came apart towards the end of the game so it makes sense that a new voice would be used. Maybe its a plot thing or maybe they just didn't renew the voice actor's contract...

[morrid]

Well Ellen Mclain does the voice in PORTAL too, so I find it unlikely that contracts would be the reason...how is it different? Male? American accent? Maybe its just her altered to reflect the further deterioration of the Combine's infastructure.

[Cheshirecat55]

Its a lighter voice, very differnt from Mclain's.

[morrid]

Odd...she is still credited.

[crapisgood]

it is still mclain. they needed a different one for the areas which overwatch cannot connect to. most probobly from APCs. She does sound different from overwatch and GLaDOS by a huge margin in team fortress 2.

[TheRedNationStates]

"You've failed!" *Sigh* Even when she tells me I'm a loser I love it.

[mechabarney]

It is still Mclain. It seems they have electronically modified it differently from HL2. It sounds a bit more like the voice she uses in Portal. If you listen to the Portal comentary and hear how she can change her voice to that of GlaDOS without much modification the similarities become apparent.

[Cheshirecat55]

Yeah, I was thinking that, thanks for clearing that up.

[morrid]

I always thought this added so much atmosphere to the game. The clinical language is creepy, reminds me very much of 1984! Credit to the guy/gal that wrote all these lines.

The English accent just completes it =] is she in episode 2 at all? (I know she's in Ep 1 but it seemed to come from the Citadel and now its not there so...)

[Khyron56]

You hear her giving local Combine troopers their orders, mainly, to restrict surface access, elminate intruders, and retrive the data packet.