Silent hill, as you know, is getting an HD makeover, so now people can play the game that me (if you know me) and Yahtzee and more are always talking about.
I've just watched a comparison video between the old voices and the new voices. Despite some of the (somewhat just) uproar, they actually sound pretty good, tell me if you agree.
A little more *raises hand* ACCCTTIINNG!, dont you agree? I dont like pizzaboys voice and the wifes voice doesnt fit at all, but others dont sound too bad.....maybe. Im looking forward to it, while others are not, as you can see in the video.
Silent hill has always been plagued with some pretty bad voice acting, which is actually part of the charm, it seems. Of course, the difference between a game with charming faults and bad game is that the other parts are really good. The defects usually become part of the characters. From what you gather in the way Harry talks in Silent Hill 1, it seems its not just hes very brave hes just.......too stupid to stop? "look, we are evil, and were TRYING TO KILL YOU FOREVER!" "Look, i dont know what youre saying, im just looking for my daughter" to paraphrase....
And one of my favorite catchphrases of all time...
Huh.
Radio.
Whats going on with that radio?
That just barely comes second to "WHAT IS A MAN?" from Castlevania.
Thankfully, thats not going to be remade. I put my foot down on that one.
The thing is, it does cross the line between "thats just how that character sounds" to "....thats pretty bad but i just have to ignore to play this really good game". The dialogue isnt the only thing to silent hill, nor would some people say the most important part. Not like theres 60 hours of cutscenes. But the ones that are in there....are pretty important. James from SH2 sounds whiny, which hes SUPPOSED to be, and there was a couple of parts me and my friends actually LAUGHED OUT LOUD at his acting....which pretty much settles it right there, probably. So im looking for this, but still a little sad. If you watch a TV show and they replace a characters actor, they ARE going to seem like a new person, better actor or not. But is that the same? Seems like we gather more about the personality from the town ITSELF and what its turned into, rather then their voices.
I also noticed that they didnt show Silent Hill 3, which has probably the best voice acting in the series, from Heather herself. But, probably gonna fall in love with the new voice, despite my complaining.
Plus, going to bring in a whole new generation of Silent Hill fans to GAGA over the series again, perhaps inspiring better sequels with the interest!
What do you guys think? IS the acting actually BETTER then the whole acting? By all accounts, they actually only redid it to not pay the old actors, lol. (Edit) Im still not actually sure. James's wife sounds a bit...off, as well.
(caption Rialigh James....whoa)
I've just watched a comparison video between the old voices and the new voices. Despite some of the (somewhat just) uproar, they actually sound pretty good, tell me if you agree.
A little more *raises hand* ACCCTTIINNG!, dont you agree? I dont like pizzaboys voice and the wifes voice doesnt fit at all, but others dont sound too bad.....maybe. Im looking forward to it, while others are not, as you can see in the video.
Silent hill has always been plagued with some pretty bad voice acting, which is actually part of the charm, it seems. Of course, the difference between a game with charming faults and bad game is that the other parts are really good. The defects usually become part of the characters. From what you gather in the way Harry talks in Silent Hill 1, it seems its not just hes very brave hes just.......too stupid to stop? "look, we are evil, and were TRYING TO KILL YOU FOREVER!" "Look, i dont know what youre saying, im just looking for my daughter" to paraphrase....
And one of my favorite catchphrases of all time...
Huh.
Radio.
Whats going on with that radio?
That just barely comes second to "WHAT IS A MAN?" from Castlevania.
Thankfully, thats not going to be remade. I put my foot down on that one.
The thing is, it does cross the line between "thats just how that character sounds" to "....thats pretty bad but i just have to ignore to play this really good game". The dialogue isnt the only thing to silent hill, nor would some people say the most important part. Not like theres 60 hours of cutscenes. But the ones that are in there....are pretty important. James from SH2 sounds whiny, which hes SUPPOSED to be, and there was a couple of parts me and my friends actually LAUGHED OUT LOUD at his acting....which pretty much settles it right there, probably. So im looking for this, but still a little sad. If you watch a TV show and they replace a characters actor, they ARE going to seem like a new person, better actor or not. But is that the same? Seems like we gather more about the personality from the town ITSELF and what its turned into, rather then their voices.
I also noticed that they didnt show Silent Hill 3, which has probably the best voice acting in the series, from Heather herself. But, probably gonna fall in love with the new voice, despite my complaining.
Plus, going to bring in a whole new generation of Silent Hill fans to GAGA over the series again, perhaps inspiring better sequels with the interest!
What do you guys think? IS the acting actually BETTER then the whole acting? By all accounts, they actually only redid it to not pay the old actors, lol. (Edit) Im still not actually sure. James's wife sounds a bit...off, as well.
(caption Rialigh James....whoa)
