Darkest Dungeon is one of the best dungeon crawlers period, and a huge part of its appeal is the dour, gravely tones of a mysterious "ancestor" who narrates your every move. The man behind the musings, Wayne June, sadly died last year—and in the wake of news like this, a ghoulish question tends to arise: who, or what, could fill his shoes? Red Hook co-founder Chris Bourassa took to Reddit last week to clarify that it certainly won't be AI.
"In one of his last emails to me, Wayne gave us permission to train an AI on his voice, something he'd staunchly opposed prior to the end. We'd never asked to do it. I think he was trying to put the game/team/fans first—offer us a 'way forward,'" Bourassa wrote. "I declined, and we donated to his family anyway.
"I would never, ever erode his incredible and timeless performances by teaching a machine to sound like him. His voice and delivery was human, and I'm forever grateful I got to write for him."
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