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[Marlina]

Oh boy, here we go...

You know, we had this discussion like a couple of hours ago.

[biomag]

I always liked Meer as Shepard. Its just about personal preference.

[Tasker]

vokoca wrote...

Orkboy wrote...

Litos456 wrote...

Dude... your character can't just change voice.

You mean the same way your character can't just change his apearance or his profession?

He can if he gets revived from death...

That was my point. 

[Stanley Woo]

Mark Meer is a heck of a guy. I've done improv with him, and I've spoken with him on many occasions. He is about as big a geek as once can get, and from what I've heard, he enjoyed voicing Shepard (and several other characters in ME2). He is capable of much more expression than you can hear in the ME1 dialogue, but don't you think that if he was really as bad as some people claim that we would have kept him on? That the VO director wouldn't change his read during his recording sessions or give him directions to, in essence, "act better?"



Would it make you feel better to know that, for better or worse (depending on how you enjoyed the Shepard VO in ME1), Meer's and Hale's reads on ME2 are more similar while not diminishing either actor's awesomeness?

[Blue Ninja]

He sounded more than fine to me.

[Chaos-fusion]

I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have. He fit all my Sheperds, and some of it was great. Umm, can't think of examples at the minutes, but that's because I've been playing women exclusively for a while.

[Dinkamus_Littlelog]

Didnt he do the Hanar and a lot of Salarians as well?

Personally I think he did an awesome job, and ME would be poorer without him. I was just laughing the other day when he said that reporter khalisa al julani was "full of crap" to Hackett when playing ME1.

Modifié par Dinkamus_Littlelog, 20 janvier 2010 - 09:13 .

[Teknylanis]

Mark Meer has a history with Bioware, going all the way back to Baldur's Gate 2. Along with continuity, he's also one of their "go to" VA guys for any projects. As good as he is, I can't help but wonder how entertaining Adam Baldwin would be in his place. I mean, Jayne from Firefly as Shepard...what part of that wouldn't be cool? Can't wait to see how he did with Kal'Reegar.

[tommythetomcat]

The VO work was always ok, I'm much more excited about the "acting" in dialog scenes where it once was just static and robotic starring un-natural movements and the like. After seeing the Afterlife gameplay video i really got excited for the more natural way people carry themselves in conversations in ME2.

[Tasker]

Stanley Woo wrote...

...  That the VO director wouldn't change his read during his recording sessions or give him directions to, in essence, "act better?"

This is exactly what I said ages ago in the other forums...

Voice actors read their lines over and over again, untill they get the inflections and attitude that the director wants.

If people think that anyones voice acting was rubbish, then it's entirely down to the director as that was how he asked for it.

Teknylanis wrote...

 I mean, Jayne from Firefly as Shepard...what part of that wouldn't be cool?

I really wish it were possible to go back in time and make that a reality.  

Modifié par Orkboy, 20 janvier 2010 - 09:15 .

[SnowHeart1]

GmanFresh wrote...

i find that most male gamers here hate all the men in bioware games...ie carth/kaiden/probably jacob/alistair..... i think it is envy of some sort. leading male envy it is

Not sure how it's relevant but... yeah, actually, there seems to be some truth to that.  Maybe BW should put up a Marcus Fenix? 

Personally, while I thought Hale was a little better, I had/have no problem with Meer.  He did a fine job.

[Kane-Corr]

I see it this way... I honestly enjoyed Mark Meer....I don't see why other people didn't. I mean, I'm pretty sure most people sitting and watching a movie wouldn't say: "Oh, I don't like the main characters voice." That's just people being nitpicky. Also....look at it this way, he had to keep his voice sort of mainstreamed so to speak because of the fact that you can literally make your shep to look like anyone, whether it be



Ex: Asian, Black or White. I think he did a great job.



^ But thats just my personal view anyways.....



But I have a question.....In that trailer for the first game, the cinematic one with "Calistan" and Ash + Garrus....





Was that the original voice actor???

[Birdman117]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Mark Meer is a heck of a guy. I've done improv with him, and I've spoken with him on many occasions. He is about as big a geek as once can get, and from what I've heard, he enjoyed voicing Shepard (and several other characters in ME2). He is capable of much more expression than you can hear in the ME1 dialogue, but don't you think that if he was really as bad as some people claim that we would have kept him on? That the VO director wouldn't change his read during his recording sessions or give him directions to, in essence, "act better?"

Would it make you feel better to know that, for better or worse (depending on how you enjoyed the Shepard VO in ME1), Meer's and Hale's reads on ME2 are more similar while not diminishing either actor's awesomeness?

Win.

[Dinkamus_Littlelog]

Teknylanis wrote...

As good as he is, I can't help but wonder how entertaining Adam Baldwin would be in his place. I mean, Jayne from Firefly as Shepard...what part of that wouldn't be cool? Can't wait to see how he did with Kal'Reegar.

What part? Everything perhaps? Not everyone is a Firefly fan.

Chris Barrie has as much right to voice Shepard as that guy. Hes a guy from a sci-fi comedy I like. How about that instead?

[DarkHod]

He sounded fine to me. People need to keep in mind that his voicing a solder so there is always going to be a certain amount of control to his voice. The VO Director obviously had this vibe in mind when they were recording.



Maybe in your head he sounds more emotional or evil but you just gotta accept that the voice is one of the few things you cant customise with your Shep.

[Crackseed]

Meer and Hale are both awesome. There's no other way about it.



Nevermind for me Meer really sets the tone as a hardened, stoic marine.



I mean can you imagine Cam Clarke as Shepherd? xD [I love Cam, but just...no...for Shepherd]

[GmanFresh]

SnowHeart1 wrote...

GmanFresh wrote...

i find that most male gamers here hate all the men in bioware games...ie carth/kaiden/probably jacob/alistair..... i think it is envy of some sort. leading male envy it is

Not sure how it's relevant but... yeah, actually, there seems to be some truth to that.  Maybe BW should put up a Marcus Fenix? 

Personally, while I thought Hale was a little better, I had/have no problem with Meer.  He did a fine job.

its an odd phenomena

[Tasker]

Dinkamus_Littlelog wrote...

Teknylanis wrote...

As good as he is, I can't help but wonder how entertaining Adam Baldwin would be in his place. I mean, Jayne from Firefly as Shepard...what part of that wouldn't be cool? Can't wait to see how he did with Kal'Reegar.

What part? Everything perhaps? Not everyone is a Firefly fan.

Chris Barrie has as much right to voice Shepard as that guy. Hes a guy from a sci-fi comedy I like. How about that instead?

What has liking Firefly got to do with it?
 
He's talking about the actor not the prgram, he referenced the program so you knew who he meant.

[casedawgz]

SNAAAAKE! MY BROTHER!

[Mox Ruuga]

I don't know... I haven't heard anything in any of the vids that's shown improvement. On the contrary, there have been some really cringeworthy moments, though some of it is due to the surprisingly awkward dialogue ala "Let's spill some merc blood!" or the supremely wooden first meeting with Tali.

He always sounds like he's putting on an act. Like he's trying to come off as a "bad ass", but not pulling it off. Like a wanna-be, or something?

[GmanFresh]

vokoca wrote...

GmanFresh wrote...

i find that most male gamers here hate all the men in bioware games...ie carth/kaiden/probably jacob/alistair..... i think it is envy of some sort. leading male envy it is

I am male and in DA:O I played as female and romanced Aliszair, I think he's funny.

some exceptions i see^_^

[DarkHod]

i find that most male gamers here hate all the men in bioware games...ie carth/kaiden/probably jacob/alistair..... i think it is envy of some sort. leading male envy it is

I think you just hit the nail on the coffin. Most people want to imagine their own voice talking the way they wan't to talk. The majority of people who prefer Hale are probably male so they're more open to accept a female voice.

Modifié par DarkHod, 20 janvier 2010 - 09:22 .

[Dinkamus_Littlelog]

Orkboy wrote...

What has liking Firefly got to do with it?
 
He's talking about the actor not the prgram, he referenced the program so you knew who he meant.

Hes talking about the character. "Jayne from Firefly, how cool would that be". Its  "I think hes awesome in Firefly and would automatically be awesome as Shepard".

Hes already got a role like the guy pointed out, and I hope to god its not walking, talking firefly reference.

[AtreiyaN7]

I thought Hale & Meer were both good (female here btw). I just think their interpretations of the character were different. I liked both of them well enough. If I ever make a maleShep, I think Meer does a good enough job of it that I'll be fine with his delivery.