Board 8 > omfg. Mordin just sang in Mass Effect 2.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Male Sheps VA is way better. I actually enjoy listening to him and he has more than one tone.

But anyway, I'm watching the Garrus romance on youtube, finally. The last conversation you have with him where he says he'll do some research, he's like "okay that sounded bad" and turns away. I would have died if he said "back to my calibrations" or something like that.

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Garrus wouldn't have any problems banging femShep if he had moves like this.



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Jennifer Hale is also damn talented. How many people can voice Samus Aran, Cinderella, Commander Shepard, Naomi Hunter, and Emma Emmerich?

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Anyone with a female voice.

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And any male VA could be as dull and boring as Mark Meer.

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #209
Because Jennifer Hale does an outstanding job. I don't care if I get flak for this, but at this point, I'd take her over either David Hayter or Cam Clarke as the best VA in the bis. The VA who does male Shep doesn't speak with nearly the emotional range. Every line delivery I've heard from him sounds the same.

Really Yo?

Really?

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Actually, I'd have to say Roger Craig Smith is moving up my lists of favorite VAs.

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Yes, really. Hale's resume is just too strong and varied.

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From: TheRock1525 | #055
And any male VA could be as dull and boring as Mark Meer.

I don't understand this because male Shep has more than one tone of voice. FemShep is the dull and boring one.

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You're mistaken, Halo. Mark Meer is literally incapable of inflection, whereas Jennifer Hale is an actual voice actress.

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I don't know how that's possible. I play as male Shep all the time and he's quite capable of inflection while femShep constantly sounded bored with everything she said, which made her boring herself.

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #258
Yes, really. Hale's resume is just too strong and varied.

No she's great >_>

I was being incredulous about mentioning Hayter as one of the best VAs. He has one role (at least so far as anybody cares) and never emotes or shows any range. But mainly it's really unfair to say somebody is the best based on one role.

I mean, if we do that, then I declare Christopher Lee to be the best voice actor in all of gaming.

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If we're going by one role, then David Kaye should win.

I don't know how that's possible. I play as male Shep all the time and he's quite capable of inflection while femShep constantly sounded bored with everything she said, which made her boring herself.

Mark Meer has really one tone. Hale will actually more her voice up and down octaves necessary to show different emotions. When she needs to threaten, she sounds threatening. When she's trying to comfort someone, it sounds like she's comforting someone.

The best way to put it might be this:
Mark Meer might actually sound like a soldier.
Jennifer Hale sounds like a human being.

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Oh, and I hope we all recognize that there's only one VA god, and that's Frank Welker.

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Holy crap, I had no idea Grunt said so much. Didn't expect him to be so funny lol

"Battlemaster, I have everything. Clan, kin, and enemies to fight."

I take it that's the end of his convo wheel?

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I mean, Peter Cullen could have "that one iconic role" and I love me some Optimus Prime.

But Beast Wars Megatron was boss.

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From: TheRock1525 | #304
Oh, and I hope we all recognize that there's only one VA god, and that's Frank Welker.

I will accept this if we also put Tara Strong up as the VA goddess.

Seriously, that woman has absolutely insane range, has done literally hundreds and hundreds of roles, and I swear, not a one sounds the same.

But the thing about both Welker and Strong is that in addition to doing lots of great acting, they both do performances in multiple languages, which is a feat in itself. Welker especially does foreign language dubs of his own characters sometimes, which is brilliant.

Mind you, if we keep it to games, Welker hasn't done that much relatively speaking.

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Strong is a solid choice. She's got excellent range, though she does move towards the more higher-pitched voices.

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I think Mark Meer reminds me of Joe Buck.

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^That's going a little bit too far. No VA should be compared to Joe.

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Yeah, you're probably right.

Just trying to think of people who don't do a good job showing a wide range of emotions.

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Don't really get the Mark Meer hate, but whatever. TheRock is either blatantly exaggerating for effect or he's listened to maybe 10 Mark Meer lines if he really thinks the things he's saying about him.

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I'm not exaggerating in the sense that I find his voice bland and he doesn't inflect enough for me. Especially when compared to Jennifer Hale.

I played through the entirety of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 as a MaleShep. I've heard enough to make a proper judgment of him.

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So... blow up the whole base or listen to Illusive Man?

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Blow up the base. Set up epic Illusive Man confrontation in ME3.

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That's what I've usually done before, for that reason.

Ya know, I love this game, but this last boss is so stupid looking.

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Well, if you've never saved the base, might as well save it to cover all your bases (LOL pun intended) for an ME3 playthrough.

I think in my three ME2 playthroughs, I covered just about every decision you could make (except for killing Samara in favor of recruiting Morinth because Morinth sucks).

Also couldn't kill off Wrex in the ME1 interactive comic thing either. He's just too awesome.

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I have one, but it isn't perfect. This is my most perfect file, with every single main/side quest completed in both games. It'll be the last time I play ME1/2 in a loooooong while.

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I usually play Renegade and the Renegade option is to save the base. So I've done that more often.

I always save Wrex too though. I did kill him once to see what his replacement would be like. It was terrible. I missed Wrex so much.

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Hey yo, what system do you have it for?

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Both on 360, which I assume is the popular option around here. Leon is the only Board 8er who I've heard has it on PS3.

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No, I of course have it on the PS3 because lol Xbox.

Although I had it on the PC first.

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Well, the good news is that there's some good save editors out there for the 360 version. Even with the ability to edit decisions in ME1! So if you want to experiment with ME3 storylines without having to go back to ME1 and ME2, you can check that out.

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The worst thing about the PS3 version is that Conrad Verner is always dead, no matter what.

I'll just have to wait for Commander Shepard is Yet Again a Jerk videos, I guess.

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PS3 version makes me sad :(

(Glorious PC master race reporting in)

But the PS3 version is the only one I would say to actually avoid if possible, and it doesn't look like this will change from ME3 (PC/360 version exclusive DLC, ME1 choices becoming important, etc.).

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ME1 choices becoming important? lol.

The Rachni Queen decision was pretty much pointless now. Either way it won't affect much in ME3.

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For a relative value of "important". You still miss out on stuff.

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Not really. I mean I have ME1 and 2 on the PC, but my laptop can't run it as well as my PS3. So I'm gonna be getting ME3 for the PS3 first. I may get it for the PC at some point if I see a reason to.

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Also, unless you pick the default Shep, it's REALLY hard to make a decent looking MaleShep.

They all have that Uncanny Valley "bioware face" going on, sadly. And yeah, femShep's VA is way better than maleShep, even if I do love how he voices some of those amazing renegade options.

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Oh God, nothing scarier than when he smiles.

Why is it in Dragon Age that I can make a good looking male character but Mass Effect they're all creepy as hell?

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the best part is the awkward turn and silence before you choose the next conversation choice afterwards.

also, I feel like Bioware is a big fan of having random parts like that



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