My First Complaint : V - Skyrim

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:38 am

I am VERY excited about the new Elderscrolls Skyrim but....!
That voice for the intro movie is terrible.
He sounds like he's at least 80, a bit drunk and his false teeth are loose.
Also some of his slurred words are hard to understand.

exactly he is an old nord, so he should sound drunk and old

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:52 am

I am VERY excited about the new Elderscrolls Skyrim but....!
That voice for the intro movie is terrible.
He sounds like he's at least 80, a bit drunk and his false teeth are loose.
Also some of his slurred words are hard to understand.

I hope this guy's voice won't be used in the game.
I also hope they haven't wasted money on celebrity voices like they did with Oblivion. :sad:

Jinix...once you get out of high school, you will find that peoples' age becomes less and less of a factor.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:45 am

I am VERY excited about the new Elderscrolls Skyrim but....!
That voice for the intro movie is terrible.
He sounds like he's at least 80, a bit drunk and his false teeth are loose.
Also some of his slurred words are hard to understand.

I hope this guy's voice won't be used in the game.
I also hope they haven't wasted money on celebrity voices like they did with Oblivion. :sad:

WHAATTT???
Thats the coolest VOICE EVER for the role ... BEST CHOICE ; BEST TRAILER ; BEST SOUNDTRACK AND BEST GAME TO COME ::::

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:00 am

My problem with high profile hollywood actors is that it's not needed to make the game any better. If this was movie, then sure you need those people. In a video game, where game play is the priority, it doesn't matter if you pay a hollywood actor or local talent. Further more, Hollywood talent is much more expensive than local talent. It's insane to think you can pay Hollywood talent the same that you pay someone locally. The emporer in Oblivion could have been voice by any number of people, much cheaper than Patrick Stewart, and no one would have noticed or payed attention to it. The same with Terrence Stamp and the same with Sean Bean.

It's my opinion and my opinion only, paying hollywood actors to do voice over work in a video game is expensive and wasteful.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:02 am

The choice of Max von Sydow as not only the first trailer voice, but according to the GI updates this week will be the voice of a key followers in the game that helps teach you about the dragons - was masterful.

I consider this absolutely perfect casting, Bethesda is landing big name actors and actresses now and I think his voice is perfect! :goodjob:

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:35 am

at the people worried about Bethesda wasting money and/or a large chunk of the game's budget. You people realize just how wealthy ZeniMax has become, right? They aren't scraping the bottom of a barrel for cash.

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:01 pm

hearing his voice in the reveal was EPIC. I honestly didn't know there was anyone who disproved lol.

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:25 am

Jinix...once you get out of high school, you will find that peoples' age becomes less and less of a factor.

Amazing! I never thought this post would get as much attention as it has.

As a matter for the record I am 70 years old and feel uncomfortable recognizing the sound of false teeth in an fantasy role playing game.

I prefer unknown voices that don't remind me of some Hollywood idol.
However this is just MY opinion and no one needs to get so worked up over it. At least it's not an American accent!

Will a moderator please close this thread?

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:51 am

Hollywood actors are a waste of money. You can get 3 times as many voice actors and 3 times as much dialouge for the price of paying a hollywood actor to do voice over work. They aren't needed to make the game better.

Well when your a company running on such a large budget that it might as well be limitless, I think you can afford some hollywood actors...

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:01 pm

Max von Sydow is a great person, remember I met him at the streets of Paris a couple of years back. He played Knut Hamsun extremelly good many years ago.

I like that BS uses at least one "nord" in their game. Not that there is anything wrong with other ethnically, but as a Scandinavian I find it amusing.

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:41 pm

Little movies like Shutter Island and the latest Robin Hood. :dry:

I can't imagine voice acting for a videogame pays that well though, even for an "A-list" celebrity.
It's basically just one day recording, but I agree that lot's of people would probably do it for less or even for free.

It probably also has to do with status, Skyrim and the industry in general gets more attention when famous people are involved.
Just look how well that Brutal Legend sold, and everything about that game was horrible.

brutal legend was meant as a joke. a joke you obviously did not get

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:34 am

i thought he sounded great, like one of the last blades should sound....

Yup, old and manly! ^_^ I like it... as long as its unique to that one character and not used for 50% of the population!

» Fri May 13, 2011 9:03 am

I think Max's casting is superb and am really looking forward to his character`s interactions with the pc. He sounds like a grizzled veteran.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:32 am

Amazing! I never thought this post would get as much attention as it has.

As a matter for the record I am 70 years old and feel uncomfortable recognizing the sound of false teeth in an fantasy role playing game.

I prefer unknown voices that don't remind me of some Hollywood idol.
However this is just MY opinion and no one needs to get so worked up over it. At least it's not an American accent!

Will a moderator please close this thread?

I Know ur not 70 but nice try ,still ur not making a valid point at all.

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:05 am

Liking/disliking Max Von Sydow's voice is ultimately a matter of personal preference. I, among many others love his voice and am glad to see him in Skyrim.

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:46 am

What are you talking about? That guy sounded like a hardy old nord guy. He was awesome.

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:39 am

I Know ur not 70 but nice try ,still ur not making a valid point at all.

My opinion is my opinion and I am 70.
And what's so unbelievable about being 70??? People DO live this long.
http://www.zixiz.com

» Fri May 13, 2011 12:46 pm

Although I have a different opinion than Jinix on this subject, I can't help myself noticing how many people jumped at insulting the OP for a damn personal OPINION.
as in OPINION, TASTE, SUBJECTIVITY, can you read me?
Jinix has been made idiot, brainless, immature, liar, troll and many others that I don't remember in just a few pages just because he dislikes a voice for Christ's sake.

On the subject: I didn't understand all the words in the first play either, I had no idea who the man was, then I understood what he's saying and now I know who the man is. I think his voice is excellent for the kind of role he was given. I think the accent is a plus, now that I know how culture-based Skyrim is going to be.

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:13 pm

Honestly, when I clicked on this thread, I thought it was going to be a complaint about the new spell system (Dragon shouts, aka Thu'um, "the voice") in the game.

The voice in the intro trailer sounds amazing. It fits very well for a Nord. Get your ears checked, IMO.

» Fri May 13, 2011 7:42 am

You must be joking, the man is an amazing actor and his voice fits the part amazingly, his voice has a lot of character to it, it should be great.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:18 pm

Money won't be an issue for BGS as their in a much different situation then they were in 2006. Skyrim will be fine voice wise, heck who knows Max Von Sydow might not even be the biggest voice actor star in the game. Bethesda might have a card up their sleeve and drop a nuke at E3 or some other event saying certain person is in the game and we all go ape crazy. :celebration:

You mean like . . . Oprah? Britney Spears singing the Lusty Argonian Maid? W as a feckless Blade? What exactly are you imagining as a "certain person" that would constitute a "nuke" that would cause us all to go ape crazy?

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:44 pm

I am VERY excited about the new Elderscrolls Skyrim but....!
That voice for the intro movie is terrible.
He sounds like he's at least 80, a bit drunk and his false teeth are loose.
Also some of his slurred words are hard to understand.

I hope this guy's voice won't be used in the game.
I also hope they haven't wasted money on celebrity voices like they did with Oblivion. :sad:

So um... What makes you think the character he is voicing isn't about 80, a bit drunk, with loose false teeth? We hardly know anything about the actual character yet other than his name and that he is one of the last of the blades.

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:04 pm

So um... What makes you think the character he is voicing isn't about 80, a bit drunk, with loose false teeth? We hardly know anything about the actual character yet other than his name and that he is one of the last of the blades.

You are right, I never thought of that . how clever - I guess I'm hoisted by my own petard.
I submit.

oh and thank you Jim Hawkins for your post.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:22 pm

He is supposed to be old. He's an elder wise man, which is one way to put it.

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:42 am

Really? I though it was excellent, that was Max Von Sydow by the way. He is voicing Esbern, a old Blade, and your mentor, so you will be seeing (or hearing:P) alot of him