Celebrity Voice Actors
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Dwight Schultz is a funny example of a celebrity voice actor.
He's been in quite a few games, but in the roles I've heard him in, he sounds nothing like Murdoch (The A-Team) or Barclay (Star Trek TNG).
He is a good example of a voice actor who is a celebrity, but is hired more for his good voice acting skills rather than for reprising his famous roles (unlike Michael Dorn who sounds like Worf in every role he does).
Celebrity voice actors aren't necessary, but can certainly enhance a game.
My favourite example of this is Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior. I found the game quite boring, but I played through it to hear all the lines from Brian Blessed, Tom Baker, Sean Pertwee and Burt Kwouk.
I also like it when I recognise minor celebrities in films or TV shows because of their roles in games.
I noticed this when watching an episode of Stargate: SG-1. In one episode (S8E8 Convenant) there's a character (Alec Colson) played by Charles Shaughnessy who also did the voice work for the English male voice in Saint's Row 2.
Apparently he is quite a well known TV star in America, he's been is Days of Our Lives and Saint's and Sinners to name but a few, but I've never seen him in anything and solely recognised his voice from Saint's Row 2 (I kept half expecting him to say something really dark and obnoxious).
He's been in quite a few games, but in the roles I've heard him in, he sounds nothing like Murdoch (The A-Team) or Barclay (Star Trek TNG).
He is a good example of a voice actor who is a celebrity, but is hired more for his good voice acting skills rather than for reprising his famous roles (unlike Michael Dorn who sounds like Worf in every role he does).
Celebrity voice actors aren't necessary, but can certainly enhance a game.
My favourite example of this is Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior. I found the game quite boring, but I played through it to hear all the lines from Brian Blessed, Tom Baker, Sean Pertwee and Burt Kwouk.
I also like it when I recognise minor celebrities in films or TV shows because of their roles in games.
I noticed this when watching an episode of Stargate: SG-1. In one episode (S8E8 Convenant) there's a character (Alec Colson) played by Charles Shaughnessy who also did the voice work for the English male voice in Saint's Row 2.
Apparently he is quite a well known TV star in America, he's been is Days of Our Lives and Saint's and Sinners to name but a few, but I've never seen him in anything and solely recognised his voice from Saint's Row 2 (I kept half expecting him to say something really dark and obnoxious).
It encourages sales, but doesn't always increase them. I don't mind having a couple on board yet it doesn't make me immediately want to buy a game. However Liam Neeson made me buy Fallout 3.
He really, really does.lava_lamp said:
Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, and Alan Tudyk are all soldiers in Halo 3. Yay, 'Firefly' reunion.
I can imagine the following.lava_lamp said:
Narration: When I saw Mario Bros for the first time, I wasn't sure about him. All he did was getting high with mushrooms, flowers and something that takes the pain away. Yep, Mario was a drug addict.
I never thought that he would suprise me by saving the number one hooker in the mushroom kingdom.
Valid point. Although fame usually is accompanied by talent, talent isn't necessarily accompanied by fame. To get good voice acting a gaming company doesn't have to pay an arm and a leg, although if they are paying good money for a big name they should get one who is talented. I believe Bethesda has done that so far with Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson.D_987 said:
The only actual celebrity I remember hearing is Samuel L. Jackson in GTA and Liam Neeson in Fallout.
The Riddick games have had good voice acting, with Ron Perlman in Butcher Bay and of course Vin Diesel. To be honest, though, I don't care who voices the characters, as long as they're good - Assault on Dark Athena had the best voice acting I've ever heard (Beating HL2E2), although it would have been good to have had Malcolm McDowell voicing Morgan Everett in Deus Ex.
I don't care about celebrity voice acting. In games like GTA, it's more comical and I do enjoy it, but take out all of the famous names, and it would still be a game I would play. I think some companies tend to put too much stock into the names they can attatch to the box rather than the gameplay.
Making a claim has to do with something subjective. Megan Fox IS attractive, therefore there is nothing subjective about it. You are right about her acting ability though.D_987 said:
Megan Fox's attractiveness is VERY subjective. I find her features too harsh and angular and her tattoos absolutely vile. I prefer very soft-featured sandy blondes, preferably from Slavic or Baltic countries---hard to figure a way that Megan Fox could be less of my type.paypuh said:
If Sir Ian Mckellen ever voice acted in a game I'd be all over it. He or Christopher Lee, powerful brooding voices.
Celebrities are Celebrities for a reason, beacause either they are good at their job or in some cases, they nicked from their parents who were good at their job. (A certain Disney singer comes to mind.)