I highly suggest we consider hiring a voice actor on UpWork or Fiverr.

They are very affordable and a well-reviewed one can do excellent work.

The new COSMO voice sounds like a bad AI rendering of the old COSMO. Like someone took clips of his old voice, threw it into an an AI voice machine, and kept whatever came out. It does not sound good.

In the current COSMO: - Sentences have inconsistant pacing. - Sentences have inconsistant pitch. - Words are pronounced incorrectly. (Tourretts vs. Turrets) - Sentences begin as exlaimations and end as statements and vice versa. - Sentences have the auduible wine notorious from AI generated voices and it sounds awful.

COSMO is the first voice new players hear. It sets a quality standard for the game. This seems superficial, but it provides the importance as to why Icarus exists. COSMO is the story teller.

Please consider hiring a new COSMO voice actor.

Edit: AI generated voices are fine. This new COSMO is a poorly done generation. I would personally remove the audio lines from the COSMO until a proper voice actor can create new ones. It sounds that bad.

Edit2: I understand DSP is not an English first game. This does not excuse using an AI generated voice during the 2nd go-around. Especially when the 1st COSMO was so excellently done.

Edit3: This rant is specific to the post Dark Fog Update. The lines have changed and so has the voice. You will NOT hear a change unless you launch a new Dark Fog game in a new system.

Suggestion: A female "Cortana" vibe would be really cool to listen to. HALO themes could fit DSP very well. It also would represent the "new" update and changes DSP has gone though.

TLDR:

The COSMO voice was replaced by an AI generated one. Whatever the reason, it does not fit the tone of the game and sounds poorly done. A new COSMO voice actor is needed.