...between a company that nickel-and-dimes their way through production (not to mention beta testing) and one that doesn't.

From The Internet Movie Database

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Cast (in credits order) 	Patrick Stewart	... 	Emperor Uriel Septim VII (voice)	Sean Bean	... 	Emperor Martin Septim (voice)	Terence Stamp	... 	Mankar Camoran (voice)	Lynda Carter	... 	Female Nords / Female Orcs (voice)	Jonathan Bryce	... 	Male Argonians / Male Khajiits / Male Nords / Male Orcs (voice)	Ralph Cosham	... 	Jauffre / Vincent Valtieri / Male Bretons (voice)	Catherine Flye	... 	Female Bretons / Female Imperials (voice)	Gayle Jessup	... 	Female Redguards (voice)	Wes Johnson	... 	Lucien Lachance / The Grey Fox / Pelinal Whitestrake / The Arena Announcer / Sheogorath - Shivering Isles / Dremora / Male Imperials (voice)	Linda Canyon	... 	Female Altmers / Female Bosmers / Female Dunmers (voice)	Michael Mack	... 	Baurus / Owyn / Male Redguards (voice)	Elisabeth Noone	... 	Female Argonians / Female Khajiits (voice)	Craig Sechler	... 	High Chancellor Ocato / Falcar / Alval Uvani / Faelian / The Adoring Fan / Male Dunmer / Male Altmer / Male Bosmers (voice)	Jeff Baker	... 	Haskill - Shivering Isles (voice)	Bari Biern	... 	Female Golden Saint - Shivering Isles (voice)	Betsy Ames	... 	Additional Voices - Shivering Isles (voice)	Emil Pagliarulo	... 	Additional Voices - Shivering Isles (voice)

TOTAL = 17 Voice Actors

Mass Effect

Cast (in credits order) 	Steven Barr	... 	Urdnot Wrex / Additional Roles (voice)	Kimberly Brooks	... 	Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams (voice)	Keith David	... 	Captain David Anderson (voice)	Seth Green	... 	Flight Lieutenant Jeff 'Joker' Moreau (voice)	Jennifer Hale	... 	Commander Shepard (Female) / May O'Connell / Additional Roles (voice)	Lance Henriksen	... 	Admiral Steven Hackett (voice)	Ali Hillis	... 	Dr. Liara T'Soni (voice)	Brandon Keener	... 	Garrus Vakarian (voice)	Mark Meer	... 	Commander Shepard (Male) / Additional Roles (voice)	Marina Sirtis	... 	Matriarch Benezia (voice)	Ash Sroka	... 	Tali'Zorah nar Rayya / Additional Roles (voice) (as Liz Sroka)	Raphael Sbarge	... 	Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko (voice)	Fred Tatasciore	... 	Saren Arterius / Balak / Additional Roles (voice)	Leigh Allyn Baker	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	April Banigan	... 	Khalisah Bint Sinan Al-Jilani / Mallene Calis / Additional Roles (voice)	Wendy Braun	... 	Gianna Parasini / Arcelia Silva Martinez (voice)	S. Scott Bullock	... 	Additional Roles (voice) (as Scott Bullock)	Andy Chanley	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Cam Clarke	... 	Private Fredricks / Additional Roles (voice)	Townsend Coleman	... 	Lord Darius / Rafael Vargas / Additional Roles (voice)	Tim Conlon	... 	Ian Newstead / Additional Roles (voice)	Marianne Copithorne	... 	Calantha Blake / Dr. Ross / Additional Roles (voice)	Belinda Cornish	... 	Rana Thanoptis / Additional Roles (voice)	Josh Dean	... 	Corporal Richard L. Jenkins / Schells / Additional Roles (voice)	Grey DeLisle	... 	Lieutenant Marie Durand / Nassana Dantius / Additional Roles (voice)	Charles Dennis	... 	Rear Admiral Mikhailovich / Admiral Tadius Ahern (Pinnacle Station) / Additional Roles (voice)	Robin Atkin Downes	... 	Sebastian Van Heerden / Salarian / Turian / Additional Roles (voice)	Alastair Duncan	... 	Nihlus Kryik / Turian Councilor / Additional Roles (voice)	Chris Edgerly	... 	Captain Ventralis / Cole / Powell / Additional Roles (voice)	Jeannie Elias	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Gideon Emery	... 	Chellick / Additional Roles (voice)	Dannah Feinglass	... 	Avina / Additional Roles (voice)	Brian George	... 	Rear Admiral Kahoku / Chairman Burns / Samesh Bhatia / Additional Roles (voice)	Kim Mai Guest	... 	Hana Murakami / Captain Maeko Matsuo / Additional Roles (voice)	Jeff Haslam	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Roger Jackson	... 	Engineer Adams / Harkin / Additional Roles (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)	Peter Jessop	... 	Sovereign / Lorik Qui'in / Additional Roles (voice)	John Kirkpatrick	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Lex Lang 	... 	Din Korlack / Yaroslev Tartakovsky / Additional Roles (voice)       	Matt Levin 	... 	Clerk Bosker / Additional Roles (voice) (as Matthew Levin)	David Ley	... 	Chorban / Additional Roles (voice)	Anndi McAfee	... 	Emily Wong / Additional Roles (voice)	Kim McCaw	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Gord Marriott	... 	Doran / Dr. Han Olar / Additional Roles (voice)	Erin Matthews	... 	Dr. Lizbeth Baynham / Additional Roles (voice)	Diane Michelle	... 	Mira / Dr. Warren / Additional Roles (voice)	Jeff Page 	... 	Conrad Verner / Additional Roles (voice)	Chris Postle	... 	Corporal Toombs / Jahleed / Manuel / Normandy Requisitions Officer / Additional Roles (voice)	Bill Ratner	... 	Ambassador Donnel Udina / Hollis Blake / Additional Roles (voice)	Neil Ross	... 	Codex Narrator (voice)	Dwight Schultz	... 	Navigator Pressly / Dr. Zev Cohen / Additional Roles (voice)	Carolyn Seymour	... 	Dr. Chakwas (voice)	David Shaughnessy	... 	Vigil / Additional Roles (voice)	Armin Shimerman	... 	Fai Dan / Salarian Councilor (voice)	Jane Singer	... 	Captain Hannah Shepard / Helena Blake / Additional Roles (voice)	Jan Alexandra Smith	... 	Dr. Chloe Michel / Asari Councilor / Additional Roles (voice)	Kath Soucie	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	Steve Staley	... 	Dr. Palon / Officer Eddie Lang / Additional Roles (voice)	Stephen Stanton	... 	Additional Roles (voice)	April Stewart	... 	Nelyna / Additional Roles (voice)	Cree Summer	... 	Macha Doyle / Additional Roles (voice)	Keith Szarabajka	... 	Lilihierax / Additional Roles (voice)	George Szilagyi	... 	Captain Kirrahe / Garoth / Tech Officer Ochren (Pinnacle Station) / Additional Roles (voice)	Mari Weiss	... 	Juliana Baynham / Additional Roles (voice)	Gary Anthony Williams	... 	Charles Saracino / Elanos Haliat / Background Turians / Additional Roles (voice)	Dave Wittenberg	... 	Lieutenant Girard / Additional Roles (voice) (as David Wittenberg)	Shanelle Workman	... 	Dr. Alestia Iallis / Additional Roles (voice)	John Wright	... 	Barla Von / Expat / Fist / Gavin Hossle / Additional Roles (voice)	Gwendoline Yeo	... 	Sha'ira / Shiala / Additional Roles (voice)	Rick Zieff	... 	Ethan Jeong / Additional Roles (voice)	Audrey Wasilewski	... 	Kate Bowman (voice)	Brian Bloom	... 	Simon Atwell / Additional Roles (voice)	Jason Singer	... 	Charn / Additional Roles (voice)rest of cast listed alphabetically:	Vanessa Marshall	... 	Saphyria / Additional Roles (voice) (uncredited)

TOTAL = 74 Voice Actors

Mass Effect 2

Cast (in credits order) 	Shohreh Aghdashloo	... 	Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay (voice)	Maggie Baird	... 	Samara (voice)	Adam Baldwin	... 	Kal'Reegar (voice)	Michael Beattie	... 	Mordin Solus / Additional Voices (voice)	Claudia Black	... 	Admiral Daro'Xen vas Moreh / Matriarch Aethyta / Rachni Envoy (voice)	Steve Blum	... 	Grunt / Wilson / Additional Voices (voice)	Keith David	... 	David Anderson (voice)	D.C. Douglas	... 	Legion / Additional Voices (voice) (as DC Douglas)	Keythe Farley	... 	Thane Krios / Fortack / Additional Voices (voice)	Seth Green	... 	Jeff 'Joker' Moreau (voice)	Jennifer Hale	... 	Commander Shepard - Female (voice)	Tricia Helfer	... 	EDI (voice)	Michael Hogan	... 	Captain Bailey (voice)	Brandon Keener	... 	Garrus Vakarian (voice)	Adam Lazarre-White	... 	Jacob Taylor / Additional Voices (voice)	Mark Meer	... 	Commander Shepard - Male / Additional Voices (voice)	Carrie-Anne Moss	... 	Aria T'Loak (voice)	Martin Sheen	... 	Illusive Man (voice)	Ash Sroka	... 	Tali'Zorah vas Neema (voice) (as Liz Sroka)	Yvonne Strahovski	... 	Miranda Lawson (voice)	Courtenay Taylor	... 	Jack / Kalara Tomi (voice)	Simon Templeman	... 	Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema / Dr. Gavin Archer (voice)	Jocelyn Ahlf	... 	Lanteia / Nyxeris / Additional Voices (voice)	April Banigan	... 	Khalisah Bint Sinan Al-Jilani / Seryna / Additional Voices (voice)	Ashley Jill Barlow	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Steven Barr	... 	Urdnot Wrex (voice)	Shannon Blanchet	... 	Captain Enyala / Crewman Goldstein / Moirall / Tana / Waera / Jarrahe Station VI / Additional Voices (voice)	Brian Bloom	... 	Keiji Okuda (voice)	Jessica Anne Bogart	... 	Tela Vasir / Additional Voices (voice)	Wes Borg	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Wendy Braun	... 	Gianna Parasini (voice)	Kimberly Brooks	... 	Operations Chief Ashley Williams (voice)	Lora Brovold	... 	Careena / Galactic News Broadcaster / Additional Voices (voice)	Natalia Cigliuti	... 	Morinth (voice)	Belinda Cornish	... 	Rana Thanoptis / Additional Voices (voice)	Jim Cummings	... 	Patriarch / Urdnot Wreav / Additional Voices (voice)	Jon Curry	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Josh Dean	... 	Horftin / Jonn Whitson / Additional Voices (voice)	Casey Defranco	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Grey DeLisle	... 	Nassana Dantius (voice)	Michael Dorn	... 	Gatatog Uvenk (voice)	Collin Doyle	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Alastair Duncan	... 	Turian Councilor / Additional Voices (voice)	Chris Edgerly	... 	Etarn Tiron / Additional Voices (voice)	Jeannie Elias	... 	Crewman Patel / MSV Hugo Gernsback Survivor (voice)	Gideon Emery	... 	Kenn / Officer Tammert / Captain Gavorn / Additional Voices (voice)	Dannah Feinglass	... 	Engineer Gabriella Daniels / Avina / Additional Voices (voice)	Dave Fennoy	... 	Warlord Okeer / Ronald Taylor / Additional Voices (voice) (as Dave Fenoy)	Keith Ferguson	... 	Niket / Additional Voices (voice)	Quinton Flynn	... 	Kolyat Krios / Presidium Groundskeeper / Turian Bartender / Additional Voices (voice)	Peter Giles	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Jesse Gervais	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Zach Hanks	... 	Florit / Batarian Merc Recruiter / MSV Hugo Gernsback VI General Distress Signal (voice)	Ali Hillis	... 	Dr. Liara T'Soni (voice)	Roger Jackson	... 	Harkin / Additional Voices (voice)	Martin Jarvis	... 	Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib (voice)	Peter Jessop	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Phil LaMarr	... 	Mouse / Rukar / Additional Voices (voice)	Lex Lang	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Yuri Lowenthal	... 	Daniel / Prisoner 780 / Additional Voices (voice)	Stefan Marks	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Vanessa Marshall	... 	Nef / Ereba / Additional Voices (voice)	Anndi McAfee	... 	Emily Wong / Hermia / Hallia / Additional Voices (voice)	Naomi Mercer	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Jeff Page	... 	Conrad Verner / Additional Voices (voice)	Cara Pifko	... 	Kelly Chambers / Additional Voices (voice)	Chris Postle	... 	Pitne For / Additional Voices (voice)	Francesco Quinn	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Bill Ratner	... 	Donnel Udina / Mess Sergeant Rupert Gardner (voice)	Cindy Robinson	... 	Detective Anaya / Diana / Jentha / Additional Voices (voice)	John Rubinow	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	William Salyers	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Raphael Sbarge	... 	Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko (voice)	Dwight Schultz	... 	Navigator Pressly / Additional Voices (voice)	Carolyn Seymour	... 	Dr. Chakwas (voice)	Armin Shimerman	... 	Salarian Councilor (voice)	Jane Singer	... 	Erinya / Helena Blake / Additional Voices (voice)	Jason Singer	... 	Sidonis / Sergeant Cathka / Batarian Victim / Additional Voices (voice)	Jan Alexandra Smith	... 	Asari Councilor / Additional Voices (voice)	Keith Szarabajka	... 	Harbinger / Delan / Elias Kelham / Additional Voices (voice)	George Szilagyi	... 	Ish / Additional Voices (voice)	Fred Tatasciore	... 	Warden Kuril / Additional Voices (voice)	John Ullyatt	... 	Veetor'Nara / Engineer Kenneth Donnelly / Donovan Hock / Additional Voices (voice)	Mick Wingert	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Stephanie Wolfe	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	John Wright	... 	Fist / Edwin / Additional Voices (voice)	Gwendoline Yeo	... 	Shiala / Captain Wasea / Additional Voices (voice)	Frederick Zbryski	... 	Additional Voices (voice)	Robin Sachs	... 	Zaeed Massani (voice)	Kym Hoy		... 	Kasumi Goto (voice)	Richard Green	... 	Vido Santiago (voice)	H. Richard Greene	... 	Additional Voices - Zaeed: The Price of Revenge (voice)	Stelio Savante	... 	Additional Voices - Kasumi: Stolen Memory (voice)	Victoria Gay	... 	Dr. Amanda Kenson - Arrival (voice)

TOTAL = 94 Voice Actors

And if you still doubt they nickel-and-dimed their way through the production of Oblivion...according to PC Gamer
And two level designers with cookie cutters at that.

:rolleyes:

Yeah, damn bethesda, those corporate bastards!
THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES!
DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have trolls to kill.

Who played the Planet Scan voice? She was awesome. I got to spend hours with her... :brokencomputer:

Lot more than the one night stand with what's her face.

BenM69, it appears the only reason you joined this forum is to bash Bethesda and start arguments. Can you please post this kind of stuff elsewhere, it is getting irritating and no one cares.

Thank you

Can you enlighten us more? I'd like to know who voiced the words with no voice acting in Daggerfall. Was it the player?

Well you apparently cared enough to reply to it. LOL. Sorry. It is a bitter pill indeed, but it is what it is...the truth. And I won't be sugarcoating that for anyone, yourself included. I am glad though to see that you do recognize their cheapness as something 'bad' as opposed to them just 'looking out for themselves'.

I'm only caring about this because it's an unfair comparison. For one, Bethesda and Bioware make different types of games. Bioware makes less open ended ones, while Bethesda makes more open ended ones. By open ended, I mean exploration of the environment. You're doing nothing of use simply posting numbers. Post review scores without picking out the bad ones for the game you aren't rooting for rather than being fair. Post something more than just telling us how many voice actors voice NCPs.

Bethesda is a different company. They have their flaws, and so does Bioware. You're welcome to voice whatever you want to say about Oblivion or whatever on here, but back it up with more than just a quote from a magazine.

Oblivion 17 voice actors.
Skyrim 70 voice actors.
So you can see BGS is taking a step in the right direction.
Rather than simply saying,"The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the greatest game in the history of the universe.," why don't you hop over to the Skyrim forums and give suggestions to BGS what they could make better and how.

I haven't played the Mass Effect series myself, but how open world and free to explore is Mass Effect's gameplay? As open and free as a TES game?

You act like they are billionaires hoarding wealth inside their bunker when it is obvious they are passionate and work hard on their games. Oblivion was probably their trickiest project and they did a heckuva job. Mass Effect came years after and it was just as unpolished maybe even more. The Citadel looking like a trip to the largest public restroom on the planet all white and only small details when you could actually see them after they popped in. lol Then Bioware joined up with EA because they couldn't handle the heat. They just wanted to make formula games and dress them up with voice acting. Now you see Skyrim is gonna be leading the field again. Bioware might as well give up. They are probably crapping their pants and trying to hire bigger actors to make cameos now. lol