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Best and worst recasts of voice actors playing the same character?
- Thread starter Lightning Count
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Heather Morris as Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3 was a great match for the character. Besides some rough moments, she sounds like a teenager, compared to the HD collection VA who's an adult woman trying to sound like a teenager.
Bonus vid because this line delivery is great:
Bonus vid because this line delivery is great:
My exception would be Merlwyb. The new one is fine, but the old one had a lot more authority in her voice. Urianger no longer being Balthier is a good thing, because it's kind of distracting. Gideon Emery didn't exactly make a big effort to give Urianger a unique voice. It's what I meant when I said the ARR dub comes off as rushed. Some really big names in there, but most of it sounds phoned in.
Sadly, this reminds me that Yugiri's original VA is no longer with us and the story behind that is absolutely awful.
Going to agree. Hayter is so over the top, that cartoonish gruff voice is too cringey.
Nobody will ever replace Alyson Court as Claire for me. The voice actress in RE2 Remake did a great job too, but Alyson was that character.
When I heard that Ashly Burch could not Voice Chloe in Life is Strange: Before the Storm I was really sad but then Rhianna DeVries absolutely nailed it. I was blown away. Can't even decide which one did the better job. Still, Ashly will always be the "canon" Chloe in my head. Which also means every game she's in is super confusing for me 😅
The guy who did Harry Flynn in Uncharted 4 & The Lost Legacy multiplayer, replacing from 2 & 3.
The new guy was jarringly different from the old, but I got used to him somewhat...
The new guy was jarringly different from the old, but I got used to him somewhat...
John DiMaggio doing Uka Uka in the Crash remakes, he was carried over from the modern Crash games that were released in the late 2000s. He's a great VA but he's awful as Uka.
Whoever did him in Twinsanity was a much better replacement for Clancy Brown.
Whoever did him in Twinsanity was a much better replacement for Clancy Brown.
Rhianna DeVries was great as younger Chloe in BTS, absolutely agree
Snake / Kiefer is a huge downgrade from David.
He might not be the best voice actor but he brought something to the character.
Kiefer was wasted, and I love Kiefer
He might not be the best voice actor but he brought something to the character.
Kiefer was wasted, and I love Kiefer
Exactly, original Chie sounds like a middle aged woman trying to voice a teen, whereas new Chie sounds age appropriate.
Also to chime in on MGS, Kiefer was fine as Snake, but I'll just never be able to accept anyone other than Hayter doing that voice.
Yo, Troy Baker as Joker is amazing too. His killing joke speech is the best and he have a good laugh
while we're talking about recasts here's a fun fact
Nolan North was almost the permanent replacement for Mickey Mouse after the passing of Wayne Allwine. He passed on it because he didn't like the schedule he would have had (basically it would have been just mickey and nothing else)
Nolan North was almost the permanent replacement for Mickey Mouse after the passing of Wayne Allwine. He passed on it because he didn't like the schedule he would have had (basically it would have been just mickey and nothing else)
I'll take age inappropriate with depth over age appropriate but shallow, which is what it became. No offense meant to her replacement (a good voice actress to be sure), but the original basically added new (albeit subtle) dimensions to Chie that I doubt the writers even intended. The new version sounds like a teenager, sure, but that's it. There's nothing more to her.
I hope this happens with the English cast in the next Puyo Puyo game. Most of the VAs in Puyo Puyo Tetris were an insult to an otherwise good script.
I don't hate either of these two, but I miss the original VAs of both Lady (voiced by the great Kari Wahlgren in DMC3 and OG DMC4) and Ansem (Billy Zane! Richard Epcar is a tremendously good VA, and iconic in his own right, but god damn was Billy Zane smooooth).
Scorching take: he was really good, actually. Especially in the context of V's more melancholy direction. Underutilized tho.
I'd rather have him than Roger Craig Smith. I miss Ryan Drummond.
I prefer Bill Farmer's dryer performance as Sam in Sam & Max Hit the Road to David Nowlin the Telltale games. Well, it's also fun to imagine Goofy saying the lines to "Muh-ax."
For the Max VAs, I guess it comes down to whether you like him as a wiseguy or a sociopath.
For the Max VAs, I guess it comes down to whether you like him as a wiseguy or a sociopath.
I want to follow this up with Urianger's voice change from Gideon Emery to Tim Watson. While Watson sounds fine, I actually really did like Emery's performance (who also did the voice of Balthier in FFXII) and I'll admit that I still can't help but read Urianger's unvoiced lines with Emery's voice in my head.
I totally agree with you about Merlwyb though, she had one of the best performances in ARR and what we got after just doesn't come close.
Silen Hill HD Collection recasting the original actors of SH2 and SH3.
Thank God they got an agreement with the actors after and added the original voices.
Thank God they got an agreement with the actors after and added the original voices.
Shenmue 3 had some less than perfect recast for older characters. Particularly the people cast to play Nazomi, Tom, and Joy. Some of them just didn't match with the characters at all.
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Opposite of this for me. Peter Dinklage has a unique quality to his voice, and his performance to me felt right for an AI character.
Nolan North's Ghost sounds like a slightly less camp C3PO.
Really disliked the new voice for Chie in P4G, she sounds way more over-the-top than vanilla P4 Chie, I liked how her voice in P4 gave her the girl next door vibe.
So basically he got the part, and didn't really replace anyone.
Billy Zane being replaced by Richard Epcar for Ansem, Seeker of Darkness is the most jarring recasting. Billy just has that tone of authority and evil for the character while Richard just sounds monotone in comparison.
You reminded me of another one in KH - Master Xehanort was originally voiced by Leonard Nimoy but had to be replaced in KH3 due to his unfortunate passing. I mean, nothing SE could really do on that one, but I just really miss Nimoy's voice for Xehanort so much.
Xehanort's an obvious one. RIP Nimoy.
Also I don't really like most of the recasts in FE Heroes compared to their original VAs from their home games if they had one. It's understandable why it happens, but still. Probably the only exception is Alexis Tipton as Lucina, because her voicework there is almost indistinguishable from Laura Bailey's.
Also I don't really like most of the recasts in FE Heroes compared to their original VAs from their home games if they had one. It's understandable why it happens, but still. Probably the only exception is Alexis Tipton as Lucina, because her voicework there is almost indistinguishable from Laura Bailey's.
Tails' voice actor change for Sonic Heroes broke me as a child. I get that he's 8 but he was so shrill it was painful.
The best would be the FFXIV changes, yeah. I wish they'd spend the money to go back and re-record all of ARR (I assume that's what they're doing for NG+)
The FFVII Remake replacements are also stellar. I have nostalgia for the old guys, but the new direction seems to actually nail their personalities for once. Only one that I might be down on is Quinton Flynn no longer being Reno.
The best would be the FFXIV changes, yeah. I wish they'd spend the money to go back and re-record all of ARR (I assume that's what they're doing for NG+)
The FFVII Remake replacements are also stellar. I have nostalgia for the old guys, but the new direction seems to actually nail their personalities for once. Only one that I might be down on is Quinton Flynn no longer being Reno.
Aerith is definitely a bad one. Mandy Moore is amazing, she could use her Rapunzel voice and I'd be fine with it. Mena Suvari was not good, sadly.
Xehanort in KHIII was also disappointing. I hate to rag on these guys, but yeah, it wasn't good. Nemoy is obviously a hard thing to mimic but like Aerith, the delivery was very dead, lacked power and drive.
Troy Baker's Ocelot wasn't very good either. Just sounded like Troy Baker and didn't measure up to old Ocelot. Troy has range, so it's a shame, really.
On the other hand, Sephiroth has changed a few times and I like the all, Lance Bass included. My favourite is probably the Superman- err the JL one, I guess (since a couple Superman actors have now played Sephiroth!).
Xehanort in KHIII was also disappointing. I hate to rag on these guys, but yeah, it wasn't good. Nemoy is obviously a hard thing to mimic but like Aerith, the delivery was very dead, lacked power and drive.
Troy Baker's Ocelot wasn't very good either. Just sounded like Troy Baker and didn't measure up to old Ocelot. Troy has range, so it's a shame, really.
On the other hand, Sephiroth has changed a few times and I like the all, Lance Bass included. My favourite is probably the Superman- err the JL one, I guess (since a couple Superman actors have now played Sephiroth!).