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[MrCorvin]

Am I the only one that prefers the Male Shep Voice Acting to Femshep?

No offense to Jennifer Hale, but to me the Femshep voice doesn't fit right. To me it sounds like it's trying to be TOO manly.

To me the Maleshep voice flows right for all 3 Mass Effects.

Thoughts?

[Greed1914]

I'm indifferent, really. I think both did a great job, and as time progressed it seemed like Meer improved. Jennifer Hale started out awesome because she is so talented. I've heard her voice in many things and been following her career since 1998 with Metal Gear Solid, and she always impresses.

[MPSai]

I don't get when people say Femshep's voice is too "tough" or what have you. She's a soldier. What should she sound like?

I like Jennifer Hale better. She's very consistent in her deliveries and they always fit how you choose to respond. There's a clear distinction between a paragon and a renegade response with her. And she always sounds like she's in the scene. Mark Meer just sounds like he's doing a voice over with no thought to the context of the given scene to me. It's like ManShep never showed up for rehearsal and is constantly reading off cue cards over the other characters' shoulders. It yanks me right out of the game trying to play as him.

Modifié par MPSai, 16 mars 2012 - 08:12 .

[Grand Wazoo]

Everyone has their preferences. No offense to Mark Meer, he is a talented voice actor but I myself find Jennifer Hale's acting superior over Meer's acting, there's just something more compelling in her work.
I have been actively following Hale's career ever since I heard her beautiful lines in Planescape Torment, and have seriously ran out of praise words.

Modifié par Grand Wazoo, 16 mars 2012 - 08:14 .

[GnusmasTHX]

Meer needs to take deep breaths. Sounds like he's running on empty when he speaks sometimes.

[Aweus]

For me it is opposite. I think Hale did a great job, one of the most fitting VO in recent years. Maybe it also depends from how you play (my male is a paragon and fem a renegade so the "manly" voice fits better). Maybe it also depends from the visual apperance of your character. Not that I say MaleShep is bad. No, they are both great. Mass Effect in general has superb VO.

Modifié par Aweus, 16 mars 2012 - 08:15 .

[Quietness]

oh god, not this again. Both are amazing at what they do! that is all

[The Night Mammoth]

Both are very good.

I find Meer's better because he expresses far more emotion. Hale's is a tad too flat and monotone for me.

[MPSai]

The Night Mammoth wrote...

Both are very good.

I find Meer's better because he expresses far more emotion. Hale's is a tad too flat and monotone for me.

I feel the exact opposite about their performances. 

[Arppis]

I like Mark Meer better. Atleast as Paragon, his voice fits nicely with the character I created. For Hale, she's... like she has bag of ice in her pants. Really distant and cold and even bored.

I don't like it when characters don't seem to give a damn about what happens around them. So I'll stick with Meer.

The Night Mammoth wrote...

Both are very good.

I find Meer's better because he expresses far more emotion. Hale's is a tad too flat and monotone for me.

Aye, that might be the right word for it.

Modifié par Arppis, 16 mars 2012 - 08:17 .

[Rafe34]

Hale's VA is far and away superior to Meer's- which isn't putting Meer down, he did a fantastic job, and he does deliver a few lines better than Hale.

But Hale is simply on another level altogether. The ME3 trilogy with FemShep was the greatest VA job done, ever.

[Pepitobenito]

 I think they're both great, honestly, I just happen to think Jennifer Hale is extra great.  Mark Meers deserves more credit than he gets though; he's the iconic Shepard to most, myself included, and gets way too much flak only because he's stacked up against the VO legend that is Jennifer Hale.  If he was the voice of any other game, people would praise his accomplishments, but instead he's sort of measured up against an impossible yardstick.

Modifié par Pepitobenito, 16 mars 2012 - 08:17 .

[Akael_Bayn]

I love Hale in the ME series. I *wish* I sounded half as badass as she does. Speaking as a female gamer who is SO. F'ING. SICK. of female game characters being whinly little ****s that run around in high heels and wonderbras... Damn, but femShep is a breath of fresh air. Love it.

That said, it's all down to personal tastes. I remember someone commenting they liked Meer better because Hale always "sounded bored" and I was stunned - I'd spent all these years thinking MEER was the one who sounded bored. *shrug* "Wouldn't be enough haggis to go around," and all that!

[MrCorvin]

See MP, I don't get that. I always felt that Manshep sounded like he was in the scene. Femshep's voice sounds like she's trying to be a guy and depending on the modeling choice, it seems to throw everything off. to me.

A game example is Aria. She's tough. She sounds like a woman. In fact Aria scares the crap out of me.

[Keltikone]

I think Hale edges the other Canadian out.

[Rafe34]

MrCorvin wrote...

See MP, I don't get that. I always felt that Manshep sounded like he was in the scene. Femshep's voice sounds like she's trying to be a guy and depending on the modeling choice, it seems to throw everything off. to me.

A game example is Aria. She's tough. She sounds like a woman. In fact Aria scares the crap out of me.

Methinks you just have a problem with strong military ladies. Hale doesn't sound like a guy at all.

[darknessmyown]

I think they both did fine, but I really prefer Mark Meer's job on voice acting here. My reasons? They are my own.

[Hylndur]

sorry but when male shep yell's "STEEEEVE!" and after that casually asks "you sure?"

that killed it for me there

[FKA_Servo]

This thread again, eh?

Meer is fine. His performance amped up from ME to ME3. I prefer Hale because the thought of having a thematically consistent space opera with a female lead is appealing because it's so rare. She's Commander Shepard for me, always and forever.

She killed in ME3 though. Her best performance yet.

[AwesomeDudex64]

Meer has gotten better but I still prefer Hale's VA over his.

[flub3]

I prefer Meer. Hale's voice has always sounded too forced to me. Her voice sounds artificially deep.

[Flagta]

The Night Mammoth wrote...

Both are very good.

I find Meer's better because he expresses far more emotion. Hale's is a tad too flat and monotone for me.

This.

[Akael_Bayn]

MrCorvin wrote...

See MP, I don't get that. I always felt that Manshep sounded like he was in the scene. Femshep's voice sounds like she's trying to be a guy and depending on the modeling choice, it seems to throw everything off. to me.

A game example is Aria. She's tough. She sounds like a woman. In fact Aria scares the crap out of me.

Hmm, I hadn't even considered different appearances.  I play a no-nonsense, no-makeup, etc character when I'm playing femShep - I admit, I can't even imagine her voice being behind some painted hussy's face.

I've only really heard Meer's delivery through default and might-as-well-be-default manShep faces.

I'm OK with Aria, but I'd much rather sound like femShep if I had to pick one.

Modifié par Akael_Bayn, 16 mars 2012 - 08:22 .

[Unit-Alpha]

I prefer Meer, to be honest. Hale's good, but it does seem a bit forced sometimes.

[kalamity116]

Meer does really great, but Hale sounds like she herself is the character she's voicing for.

Edit: There are a FEW (enough to count on one hand) occasions in which Hale's VO sounds a bit forced.

Modifié par kalamity116, 16 mars 2012 - 08:22 .