I mean, everybody agreed that Steven Ogg's GTA IV performance was memorable. Where is he now ?
Doing TV shows like The Walking Dead.
I mean, everybody agreed that Steven Ogg's GTA IV performance was memorable. Where is he now ?
For me it's Cam Clarke and DC Douglas.Of all the recurring VAs, I think Cam Clarke is still the one I enjoy hearing the most, even if it is just background parts.
and Better Call Saul, one of the most prestige TV shows in recent history
I kind of feel the opposite. Besides his Joel role, I feel like you can tell who Baker plays all the time.I totally get this complaint, but the only actor of the three whose voice I can sometimes find "annoying" is Nolan North's because he just sounds like Drake at times. (And even that's a little unfair - I'd played The Last of Us twice before I knew North played David)
Troy Baker tends to mix his voice up enough that he doesn't bother me. Joel in The Last of Us and Booker in BioShock Infinite sound nothing alike to me, and his Ocelot felt like a nice middle point between Josh Keaton and Patric Zimmerman.
To this day I don't know what Laura Bailey looks like and I've never encountered "samey voice" issues with anyone she's played.
This is the unfortunate but undeniable truth that applies not only to VO but work in general. If you deal with a huge project that have a very stick deadline or project's nature can change at any time you want to have a stable and flexible person, its a rare find which is why you get him/her/them over and over because with each time they prove themselves stable and easier to work on communication level. I would not be surprised if studios will hire same VO at a cost of higher pay just because they pay for quality. And again thats a problem which applies not only to VO.Ben Diskin explains why you hear so many of the same voice actors in animated media.
Nolan North has range at least. He was Sigmund in Ratchet & Clank ACiT
Are Nolan North and Troy Baker beefing right now? I got this impression by random comments I've heard some stuff indicating that they might be and I have no idea if it's just trolling or not. I know they stopped doing their youtube show together, but I assumed that's because of COVID.
They had a falling out. I don't think it has been announced over what though.
It's at least 30 now. Voice acting was common on the PC engine.Human performances in games have only been around about 25 years, give or take. If you look at Hollywood in the 40s and 50s, you will see the same thing you see with VG voice actors today. Give the medium some time to mature and develop some talent.
Creative differences. Troy put up a video explaining essentially that he just didn't want to do a structured "YouTube" show like that with the fluff and marketing and whatever. It came across a little pretentious to me (Troy's eccentric in that way) but at the same time I definitely understand why he would rather do his own thing free of structure.
Sean's yelling has always sounded sillyBen Diskin explains why you hear so many of the same voice actors in animated media.
Damn I really enjoyed them together in Retro Replay :(Creative differences. Troy put up a video explaining essentially that he just didn't want to do a structured "YouTube" show like that with the fluff and marketing and whatever. It came across a little pretentious to me (Troy's eccentric in that way) but at the same time I definitely understand why he would rather do his own thing free of structure.
Honestly, I find their prevalence sort of baffling. They can't be cheap to get, right? And it's not like a voice actor's name is going to sell copies of a game. Sure, they're absolutely great at their jobs, but I'm always confused why games, especially smaller games with smaller budgets, wouldn't try getting someone cheaper/less instantly identifiable instead. It would be better for the game (probably cheaper and it would help the game not fall into the sea of other games starring the same handful of people) and better for smaller voice actors who have trouble getting roles.
To be fair, in some ways, Square Enix feels like they're phoning it in with Avengers.North sounds like he's totally phoning it in as Iron Man tbh. I'm sick of hearing them too, especially Troy. It's to the point where it's immersion breaking for me. NN was PHENOMINAL as David in TLOU though, I'll give him that, and I couldn't imagine anyone but him as Drake. They're all great of course, but it's just overkill.
they replaced Nathan Fillion with Nolan North as Cayde in Destiny. I Weep
More like Marine #3, 7, 12, 18, 22, 26, 31, 33, 39, 42, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 64, 68, 74 and 83.
He's seriously the best part of the game, or at least the story. I hated how rude Aloy had to be to him.My favorite voice actor remains Lance Reddick. He is always popping up where you least expect him and immediately makes games good. Like when his voice popped up in Horizon Zero Dawn right when I was getting bored with the game. Made me push on.
Lol, yea I feel youThis is how I feel about Yuri Lowenthal. Fallout: NV is my personal hell