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[TheLoneStorm]

Hale screwed it up in ME3, Meer does a better job.

ME1 - Hale (Manshep was boring)
ME2 - Meer/Hale (They both did a great job)
ME3 - Meer (See above)

[AkiKishi]

CHALET wrote...

Brian.V3 wrote...

Forget Hale, forget Meer... Blum FTW!!!!

Blum just does the same voice for every role. It's an awesome manly voice but it is still the same voice. Every. Time.

He's the Sean Connery of voice acting.

[Ericus]

I've always enjoyed Mark Meer's performance as Shepard, but it's also true that he's been getting even better as the series goes. Jennifer Hale is fine, but I think KOTOR is her best work.

[bennyjammin79]

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Modifié par bennyjammin79, 24 avril 2012 - 01:12 .

[Docmeff22]

Jennifer Hale is the reason why I played a Femshep.  MUCH better voice acting than maleshep.

She's Canadian and didn't quite capture the southern accent in Gears of War 3, but that's fine.  Most non-southern actors fail at a good southern accent.

[Alright-Television]

Meer always sounds like he's reading from a script to me. Like he's still auditioning for the role. His delivery doesn't sound natural and he often "reads the punctuation." He's great in other acting parts but Commander Shepard is not for him, or he's just getting extremely poor direction.

[Aweus]

For me Hale is much better. Meer is also good but on that scale Hale is phenomenal. For me 75% of Femshep's appeal is her voice. And no, I shall not engage in any discussion with "arguments" becouse by default any arguments are moot in this case. This is purely subjective opinion and you can't define what is good and what is bad.

[SwiftRevenant]

Another vote for Hale when I am immersed in the story thats how I picture my sheph speaking the lines. Meer is too monotone, too quick in his lines, and doesn't convey the emotion/sarcasm/despair that Hale does. Just my opinion.

[sevach]

I agree, i see horrible overacting on every single femshep video on youtube.
Makes me think "that's the awesome Jennifer Hale they talk so much about? really?".

Meer was awesome on 2 and 3.

[turian councilor Knockout]

She tries way too hard and that makes it sound just plain bad.

[happy_daiz]

I prefer Hale to Meer, but it goes without saying that it's just my MY opinion. I've been playing as femShep for years, so to me, that's the norm. That's Shepard. I don't know who that "guy" is.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 24 avril 2012 - 02:34 .

[InTheZone]

Hale sounds too sexy. Your argument is weak.

[estebanus]

personally, I think Meer does a better role voicing the side characters than Shepard, but that's just my opinion.
Both are great voice actors in their own right, I just think that Hale delivers most of her lines just a little better than Meer!
Again, that's just my opinion

[Daniel_N7]

Jennifer Hale is great, I loved my femshep playthrough. The only section I didn't like was the romancing dialogs for femshep in ME2, wich were a bit cheesy, but that was a script problem.

I also want to express that I agree with everyone who says that Mark Meer is underrated. He might sound less emotional sometimes, but he did a great job in ME3 and revealed greater dimension of character for Sheploo.

[Tonymac]

Personally, I hate femshep. I tried to play one in ME2, and found her to be a total hobag within minutes of beginning the game. The options/choices she had with Jacob alone made me shut her down and delete the character. Sorry, I just cannot play a total skank ho prostitute. But thats just me, and not voice acting - I am explaining why I never did my own runthrough hearing all of Hale's work.

From what I have heard of her work, its was pretty decent, but at times flat, monotone, and nasally. It just doesn't do anything for me.

Yet, I hear that MANY people say the same thing about Meer's work! I think to myself - wait - that cannot be. Everything I hate about Hales voice people hear in Meer's voice? Interesting! I am beginning to think that it has something to do with how we hear our own voices in our head.

[Unknown_Warrior]

Totally agree OP.

I used to think they were both quite good. But the rabidness of Femshep fanboys/fangirls made me actively hate Femshep (and by extension, but not nearly as much, Jennifer Hale). To the point that I can't bring myself to look at any art, video or stories starring her. Even a while back, someone recommended Jennifer Hale should work on the next DA in the DA forums, and I just felt a sensational fury boil within me.

Just hearing Femshep's voice makes me angry these days.

[chevyguy87]

Who the hell cares?

[Sdrol117]

 She's terrible, and a horrible shepard. 

[Favourite store on the CitadeI]

I think she's good. A little butch and manly sounded at times. But good.

[Artemis_Entrari]

I loved her as Bastila Shan. I rarely play as FemShep, so I don't really get to hear her work in the Mass Effect series.

[Sadsiren]

I'll toss in my two cents...

1) I will have to respectfully disagree, as I enjoy her performance as FemShep and prefer it.

2) Jennifer Hale is well liked for a reason, so while you may not like her work, she must be doing something right if so many people do like her.  Just sayin'.

3) It does seem like people tend to like whomever they started with, or whomever they feel fits their idea of what Shepard should sound like.  Thankfully we were given some options instead of just one choice.

4) I will add that I think Mark Meer has gotten better over time in the series.

[Ice Cold J]

ImmortalAegis wrote...

There be a ****storm ah brewing.

This...

And I feel as though Mark Meer's performances improved exponentially over the trilogy while Jennifer's stayed about the same.

They are both good, but I feel like Meer is more talented in his range and vocal ability.

[Eain]

CHALET wrote...

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.

Nothing to do with female gamers. I'm male and I always praise Hale's work.

Do I think that she has her cringeworthy moments? Of course she does. It stands to reason that no actor is always good. I really hated how my Shepard said some of her lines in the conversation with Gavin Archer in ME3 for example. Every angry sentence was really overacted.

But those are few and far between. The fact of the matter for me is simply this:

1) I don't like Mark Meer's voice. He could be the best actor to have ever lived and that would still not change. I just don't like how his voice sounds.

2) I don't believe Male Shepard. He feels like an acted character. FemShep feels real. I don't really know how to describe it differently. I just don't feel BroShep. He doesn't convince me.

[Han Shot First]

Jennifer Hale is one of the best voice actors in gaming, but I also think she is highly overrated by her fans when it comes to Mass Effect. She was good as Commander Shepard, but Mark Meer was great.

His voice acting for the most part has been right on the money. So much so that his take on Commander Shepard has often reminded me of Staff NCOs and Mustangs (officers that are prior enlisted), that I knew while I served in the Marine Corps. When a line requires some emotion he is much more subtle than Hale generally, which makes his version of Commander Shepard feel more authentic as a combat leader. Male Shep feels like a stoic career military man, whereas Fem Shep emotes too much.

[brainless78]

Han Shot First wrote...

Jennifer Hale is one of the best voice actors in gaming, but I also think she is highly overrated by her fans when it comes to Mass Effect. She was good as Commander Shepard, but Mark Meer was great.

His voice acting for the most part has been right on the money. So much so that his take on Commander Shepard has often reminded me of Staff NCOs and Mustangs (officers that are prior enlisted), that I knew while I served in the Marine Corps. When a line requires some emotion he is much more subtle than Hale generally, which makes his version of Commander Shepard feel more authentic as a combat leader. Male Shep feels like a stoic career military man, whereas Fem Shep emotes too much.

^This. She emotes too much, and on top of that it feels forced when she tries to sound badass. I've seen officers acting like this (i.e. forcing their voice to try and sound "badass"), and I can assure you everyone was rolling their eyes in the ranks, and this has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman.