In a recent press release, EA revealed a list of celebrity voices that will be heard in the upcoming BioWare RPG, Mass Effect 2. The list, after the jump, is comprised of many actors and actresses who have been in video games before, but there are a few standouts as well. Although BioWare remains quiet about who will be voicing characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic, this announcement does express how high profile video game voice acting has become during this console generation.
With BioWare and LucasArts adding VO fore very character in The Old Republic, we will certainly be hearing voices from a multitude of sources. Some have contended that celebrities' familiar voices break immersion, but when done right their acting experience can add greatly to a game's environment. Who wouldn't want to hear a high quality actor like Patrick Stewart voice a Jedi Master or Christopher Lee voice a Sith Lord? In the end, we'll just have to wait and see if BioWare's celebrity cast will bleed over into their other titles.
The game features Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Martin Sheen ("The West Wing", "Apocalypse Now"), 2009 Emmy Award-winner Shohreh Aghdashloo ("House of Saddam"), comedic actor Seth Green ("Austin Powers"), "Chuck" stars Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, Keith David("Crash") and sci-fi favorites Michael Dorn ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), Tricia Helfer("Battlestar Galactica"), Michael Hogan("Battlestar Galactica") and Carrie-Anne Moss ("The Matrix").
With BioWare and LucasArts adding VO fore very character in The Old Republic, we will certainly be hearing voices from a multitude of sources. Some have contended that celebrities' familiar voices break immersion, but when done right their acting experience can add greatly to a game's environment. Who wouldn't want to hear a high quality actor like Patrick Stewart voice a Jedi Master or Christopher Lee voice a Sith Lord? In the end, we'll just have to wait and see if BioWare's celebrity cast will bleed over into their other titles.
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Apparently quality of e-games will go up and up to the heights I'd never expected.
I am in the middle of another ME 1 run and I can't get over how awesome Jennifer Hale is as the female Shepard. She has literally been in all of my favorite games. Metal Gear, KOTOR, Socom, countless other star wars games. If she is an option for a voice of a female character in TOR, I might actually role one. Her Wikipedia page is amazing in how many amazing games she's voiced.
"You, You...I've got my eyes on you."
Of course, I'm completely joking here. :)
Seriously, that guy might not always look the part, but his voices are spot on.
In any event, Mass Effect 2 will prove to be very interesting. Learned alot about how Bioware deals with story from Dragon Age, and this one will also prove an interesting comparison for what will await us in TOR. Not just voice acting but everything counts aswell.
Hopefully we will be able to customize our own character's voice. I'm thinking mine with a british accent similar to Sean Connery :D
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