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[CHALET]

Now don't get me wrong here, I like Jennifer Hale as a voice actor. I loved her in KOTOR and other stuff, but to me I have to raise an eyebrow every time that I see a thread turn into nothing but six pages of people quoting each other going "oh my gawd jenifer hale is sooooooo amazin111!" usually people with FemShep avatars and followed by a slurry of hate towards "the lesser" Mark Meer. 

To be me Jennifer Hale tried too hard with FemShep. Yes, Meer sounded rather bored and monotone in Mass Effect 1, in the sequel they matched up pretty damn well but in Mass Effect 3 he overtook Hale in my personal opinion. When I hear FemShep I hear somebody desperately trying to look tough, straining their throat as much as possible to look like they're putting emotion into the character. It just doesn't fit. Compare the Trooper in the TORtanic to her as FemShep and you can see there is a noticable difference in quality; she does great as the Trooper because she isn't trying too hard to be a generic OTT tough girl half-shouting every line. 

If you read these forums you would think she had the voice of the angels themselves. I don't think Meer gets the respect he deserves frankly, especially considering how much he drastically improved between now and the original games. Maybe it's just female gamers trying to rally to "their" side I don't know.

Flame away.

[ImmortalAegis]

There be a ****storm ah brewing.

[bluewolv1970]

I agree OP - not to mention Meer voices the Vorcha AND Niftu Cal

[Wiggs Magee]

I enjoy Mark Meer but during emotional scenes such as romances i think Jennifer Hale is far better, an example is that for mass effect 2 and 3 during a romance scene the other characters would be emoting excellently and really ups the atmosphere but male shep will keep the same voice tone and sort of brings down to whole thing. Never had that problem with Jennifer

[matthewmi]

I agree OP not with everything you said but having played through all the games many times, Mark Meer does a better job in ME3. Hale sounds sarcastic many times in ME3 when she's trying to convey a different emotion. Yes in ME1 Hale is way better in ME2 they're much closer. In ME3 I think Meer takes the prize as Jacob would say.

[Menethra]

bluewolv1970 wrote...

I agree OP - not to mention Meer voices the Vorcha AND Niftu Cal

I love hearing the vorcha voice it's awesome

[AkiKishi]

In both cases it's down to having longer lines to deliver than sound bites. Hale is just a better VA she has years of experience and a very wide range.
Meers is a bit bland. But sometimes that's a good thing.

[mauro2222]

I like both ^^

[Tietj]

I agree to the extent that Meer is underrated. Hale is pretty good, and she was much better that he was in the first game, so much so that all of my Shepards until ME2 came out were female. But he redeemed himself in ME2 and in the third game I haven't even played through as a female yet.

[Edolix]

Agreed OP

[Electavire]

I used go like Hale more, but Mark Meer has really started to grow on me.

[Jaron Oberyn]

She's not overrated. She just has a lot of experience, she's done the most voice acting in video games than any one else alive. She also seems to be a nice and down to to earth person. Mark Meer as well.

-Polite

[mauro2222]

And yeah, sometimes Hale tries to be emotional (not saying she can't be), but fails really badly and instead of sounding happy or moved, she sounds bored. Like Garrus romance in ME2.

But I don't think this is a problem with either Meer or Hale. I mean both are really good, sometimes they sound like if they're being forced to sound dull and bored.

Modifié par mauro2222, 23 avril 2012 - 03:09 .

[stonbw1]

I've been a Hale supporter since ME1, but even I'll give Mark Meer big kudos for his ME3 VA. He really stepped it up and it showed significant improvement from ME2. I thought Hale did well too, but sometimes the tones were a bit over sold.

[AkiKishi]

mauro2222 wrote...

And yeah, sometimes Hale tries to be emotional (not saying she can't be), but fails really badly and instead of sounding happy or moved, she sounds bored. Like Garrus romance in ME2.

That happens when you are expecting a line to be delivered a certain way and then it's not. As I said Meers blandness works better in some respects for that very reason.

[Armass81]

I think theyre both good, Meer was a little dry in ME1 but he has improved alot.

[G00N3R7883]

I guess I'm quite rare because I really like them both. MaleShep has been my first playthrough of each game, FemShep has been my alternate (twice in ME1, twice in ME2, not yet in ME3) and I never had a problem with a single line from either of them. Only reason I've played FemShep more is to clearly differentiate her from "my" Shep.

Maybe I'm just easy to please

[dreamgazer]

Nah, she's not -- at all. I'll agree with you, though, that Meer has improved across the series.

[fchopin]

I like both and have no problem playing male or female.

[bluewolv1970]

matthewmi wrote...

I agree OP not with everything you said but having played through all the games many times, Mark Meer does a better job in ME3. Hale sounds sarcastic many times in ME3 when she's trying to convey a different emotion. Yes in ME1 Hale is way better in ME2 they're much closer. In ME3 I think Meer takes the prize as Jacob would say.

agreed

[CHALET]

Imperium Alpha wrote...

She does a better job with the trooper in TOR and other games than in Mass Effect. The main reason why I could not play as femshep is because of all the over the top she do when there nothing to go all out with. Just tick me off after less than 1 minute.

Meer performance in ME3 is unbelievable compare to ME1 and even 2.

Pretty much this. She was great as Niaomi in Metal Gear Solid and brilliant as Bastila. I think she is a great voice actor in most of her other wrk but in Mass Effect she just sounds like she's trying far too hard. 

[fdgvdddvdfdfbdfb]

I concur about her voice being a bit too put on. I don't think meer is really left out in the cold, we all love him. But the forums does seem to have a strong femshep bias as a whole.

[Harley_Dude]

I find Hale more suited to Paragon. I agree Meer has improved over the 3 games. However the voiced playable character no longer has the appeal it once did. It was unique in ME1 but now it just seems like watching reruns. My third character in ME3 I found myself spamming the skip dialog button and became really annoyed at how many cut scenes you are forced to watch.