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Hideo Kojima explains why few Japanese actors appear in his games | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Is it because he's a westaboo?

"We record with other actors in a studio in Los Angeles, so it’s a bit of a problem if they don’t have native-level English skills", he said.

Yep.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Remember when he got rid of David Hayter, the iconic long-time voice actor of Snake, main character of his most popular series, just so he could replace him with some Hollywood actor doing a generic gruff guy impression? Then said actor ended up being so expensive that there was barely any dialogue... in a Metal Gear game?

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would buy it if the excuse was they wanted an actor that could do voice as well as motion capture, and maybe David Hayter wasn’t cut to do both at the same time. In some promo it sounded like they wanted someone who could do both. In the age of motion capture, it’s going to be jarring to record voice lines in a booth separately. Particularly if multiple actors interact with each other in a scene.

But no. There was barely any interesting acting at all from Snake. Most of the acting was carried by the other characters, while Snake was just grunting doing nothing in particular.

I’d rather take MGS4 Snake any day.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The motion capture excuse would also hold more water if they didn't go for an actor only two years younger than David Hayter.

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