Bring back ORIGINAL voice actor for James Sunderland - Guy Cihi !

[Plutonian Prime]

Did you guys learn NOTHING from the terrible Silent Hill HD Collection? No offence to the new guy, but Guy Cihi's delivery was so unique, and otherworldly, facilitated by him not being a voice actor, so his dialogue came off as having dream-like qualities: awkward, genuine and most importantly lacking self-awareness, which added vulnerability to the character but this new Troy Baker-lite sounds like he's a generic 'tough guy protagonist'.

Bloober Team claims they're huge fans of the original experience and wanted to recreate it. somehow this terrible creative decision makes me doubtful of their qualification (as does most of their gaming produce).

If you can't get the guy, at least have someone do a similar approach to the role, I know I'm not the only one that feels this way!

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by End_Him_Rightly:

The va for SH2 is its greatest weakness. Most of the time the actors just sound like they’re sitting in a booth with absolutely no direction or context for the scene. A convenient mistake for those calling it “dream-like” or “disturbed”.

Yeah indeed. There's nothing dream like, disturbed, or uncanny about the voice acting. The voice acting just sounds like people reading lines from a paper. That doesn't bring any kind of eerie feel to the game. Maybe to some people, but all Is that voice booth.

A good voice actor be directed to be awkward and they will pull it of convincingly. This isn't that.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Originally posted by End_Him_Rightly:

The va for SH2 is its greatest weakness. Most of the time the actors just sound like they’re sitting in a booth with absolutely no direction or context for the scene. A convenient mistake for those calling it “dream-like” or “disturbed”.

Yeah indeed. There's nothing dream like, disturbed, or uncanny about the voice acting. The voice acting just sounds like people reading lines from a paper. That doesn't bring any kind of eerie feel to the game. Maybe to some people, but all Is that voice booth.

A good voice actor be directed to be awkward and they will pull it of convincingly. This isn't that.

Yes, there's dream-like, disturbed and ambiguous quality about the voice acting. Unlike this generic, quavering 'overly emotional' bland acting.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Yeah indeed. There's nothing dream like, disturbed, or uncanny about the voice acting. The voice acting just sounds like people reading lines from a paper. That doesn't bring any kind of eerie feel to the game. Maybe to some people, but all Is that voice booth.

A good voice actor be directed to be awkward and they will pull it of convincingly. This isn't that.

Yes, there's dream-like, disturbed and ambiguous quality about the voice acting. Unlike this generic, quavering 'overly emotional' bland acting.

Yes and? Remake VA clips being bland don't make original SH2 voice acting good.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

Yes, there's dream-like, disturbed and ambiguous quality about the voice acting. Unlike this generic, quavering 'overly emotional' bland acting.

Yes and? Remake VA clips being bland don't make original SH2 voice acting good.

I never said the original VA was 'good" in the traditional sense? It's NOT good, but that's what makes it perfect, it sounds surreal, perfect for the tone of the game.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Yes and? Remake VA clips being bland don't make original SH2 voice acting good.

I never said the original VA was 'good" in the traditional sense? It's NOT good, but that's what makes it perfect, it sounds surreal, perfect for the tone of the game.

Sounding like someone is reading lines from a paper is pretty much the polar opposite of surreal to me.

[Barricade2]

no

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

I never said the original VA was 'good" in the traditional sense? It's NOT good, but that's what makes it perfect, it sounds surreal, perfect for the tone of the game.

Sounding like someone is reading lines from a paper is pretty much the polar opposite of surreal to me.

Guy Cihi's delivery lacks any self-awareness and 'ID' of most actors and performers, it's a really nuanced tell, when they try to puff themselves up and 'ACT', his performance is comes across as genuine, free of ego inhibitions, even if it's the result of lack of 'talent', it still creates a charming and memorable performance that's a perfect fit for Silent Hill 2.

[KripTed]

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

I never said the original VA was 'good" in the traditional sense? It's NOT good, but that's what makes it perfect, it sounds surreal, perfect for the tone of the game.

Sounding like someone is reading lines from a paper is pretty much the polar opposite of surreal to me.

That is Silent Hill 2’s original VA. It was kind of laughable. At least this new VA sets the tone in seriousness.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by KripTed:

Originally posted by ToveriJuri:

Sounding like someone is reading lines from a paper is pretty much the polar opposite of surreal to me.

That is Silent Hill 2’s original VA. It was kind of laughable. At least this new VA sets the tone in seriousness.

Missing the point entirely.

[VibeCheck]

Originally posted by Drakensson:

No thanks. I prefer proper voice-acting

Too bad you won't be getting it here.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by Delerium:

Originally posted by Drakensson:

No thanks. I prefer proper voice-acting

Too bad you won't be getting it here.

some ppl dont even know what franchise this is

[Cee]

If i remembered right Guy Cihi is 5G = Covid-19 theory guy now, probably don't want that on your game.

[Plutonian Prime]

Originally posted by Ceebcer:

If i remembered right Guy Cihi is 5G = Covid-19 theory guy now, probably don't want that on your game.

bloober's worse

[KripTed]

Originally posted by Vladdy Baddy:

Originally posted by KripTed:

That is Silent Hill 2’s original VA. It was kind of laughable. At least this new VA sets the tone in seriousness.

Missing the point entirely.

Yeah you think the cheesiness of the voice acting is what made it Silent Hill. But no, it didn't.

I think you're missing the point. The game is meant to be scary and have a serious type of tone. Using actors that sound like they're reading off a paper doesn't set that tone.

It's not the original game anymore, it's a remake. Does it need the original cast or voice actors? No. Learn to accept change. Just because you're stuck in 2001 doesn't mean it should include the original voice actors.

[Lilly]

Originally posted by Ceebcer:

If i remembered right Guy Cihi is 5G = Covid-19 theory guy now, probably don't want that on your game.

Well we now know that something's up with the vax, so maybe those people aren't so crazy after all. But more likely 5G is just giving us cancer.