@The_Rabbit:

Or maybe Hermes in Futurama. You gotta love that man ... :D

Nightsearch

Phil Lamar has done some interesting stuff, most notably Samurai Jack.

The_Rabbit

HAHA! will phil be singing chocolate rain over the closing credits?

declanmacmanus

That's awesome. I've always dreamed of being a voice actor.

But is it just me or does it seem like games have to throw in bad language now-a-days to try and appeal more to the teenage audience. Sometimes it's necessary, but Condemned, from what I remember, didn't need it at all.

theJON

keith david is indeed the voice of the arbiter and is also a VA in saints row.

D3Anon

@photoboy:

because of the personality change due to ethan thomas.

D3Anon

@NPlace: Every time I hear Keith David'svoice I think the same thing.

I_Hate_This_Place

i love these behind-the-scenes clips. like the ones from halo and command and conquer... i wish every game had these voice-over vignettes.

TiberianViper

@chimlee: He's did some VO work for Marvel Ultimate Alliance as well.

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jago.kot

Whenever the Arbiter of David Anderson speak, I picture Keith David. Maybe I'm just weird?

mind in rewind

the change of the main voice actor is stupid, to have continuity they should have stayed with the original one, it just feels like a show where they replaced the original actor with someone that looks like him or sounds like him but isn't.

Mr.DuckSauce

holy crap its colonel campbell.

Mr.DuckSauce

Seeing as how the first game was so god damned amazing, I can't get enough of Condemned 2 media. Although some other people feared that the removal of Greg Grunberg for a more 'darker' Voice Actor would just translate to more F-Bombs seems to be coming true. Nevertheless I've had Bloodshot pre-ordered since it was first announced because I loved the first one so dearly. Here's hoping they dont fuck it up and that it doesn't go the way of Lost with more plot holes than answers.

Ramstein

@Hauler: you sir, i a god dammed liar and clearly have never seen Futurama.

Im sad thay cop from heroes isnt coming back to do the voice on this one. Now the main character is all EXTREME in this on and lame. I'll still play the shit out of this game though, as Condemned is one of my favorite (and first) forrays into survival horror and just a good game in general

ArmyofJuan

Was the first game good? This seemed alright to me.

AcerBandit

@Mansteak: And Handy Smurf, too! Er...

Yeah, Phil LaMarr is using his Green Lantern voice for this game. He used a similar voice in Mercenaries.

ManekiNeko

I can't help but think Raziel is moonlighting as the Magic Man... Oh, Michael Bell! You'll always be the soul-sucking son of Kain to me!

Mansteak

LaMarr's work as the Green Lantern on the Justice League cartoons leads me to believe that he has only one voice for the angry and powerful sounding, yet cool black character in all types of media. However, his voice work in Futurama seems more natural for him, as he is a comedic driven actor, and he's more relaxed when not being made to scare the crap out of five year olds with his voice. But yeah it looks fun and demanding to be a voice actor.

Mricci424

@I_Hate_This_Place: Correct! Whenever I heard Anderson talk, I was like "WTF would you have your Arbiter do?"

NPlace

That's funny - the guy who plays Colonel Campbell looks like him too. Who'd have thought?

ca$h

They really need to get a better director, no wonder game VOs suck. I can tell these actors have potential but it's just being suppressed.

sisedi

I first saw Phil LaMarr in Pulp Fiction. Then I heard him in Futurama. He is magnificent. And beeing a swedish voice-actor I honestly can tell you two things:

1. Phil has been a great source of inspiration for me.

2. You think it looks cool doing voice over sessions? Well, it's a looot of hard work, but it's fun as hell! :D

Nightsearch

@NPlace: Keith David
Halo= Arbiter
Mass Effect=captian David Anderson

I_Hate_This_Place

Still bummed Grunberg's out but this game is looking better and better. I should be able to play it, beat it, get the achievements, and be sick of it just about the time GTA IV comes out...

thebetamax

@photoboy:

They didn't feel Grunberg could deliver the dark performance they wanted for Ethan in this game. Condemned 2: Warrior Within!

Seriously though, the new guy doesn't sound all that dark either. It's been so long since I played the first one I doubt I'll even really notice the difference.

skullivan

You mean Phil La Marr of Metal Gear Solid fame?

And, yes, to echo everyone else, Paul Eiding is the freaking man. Hearing this voice actors in different games is kind of a treat--lots of the MGS actors pop up in other games. Paul Eiding also played Stone in the first PSP Syphon Filter game, and Jennifer Hale (Naomi Hunter and Emma Emmerich from MGS) is in every game, ever.

And for (unrelated) bonus points, what actor appears in both Halo and Mass Effect, and as who?

NPlace

@chimlee: Which Tenth has already pointed out. D'Oh!

chimlee

@Gladman: Not sure, but I also heard Colonel Roy Cambell in the viddy as well.

chimlee

@Tenth: What?

Hauler

@Hauler: Because Paul Eiding doesn't sound at all like Roy Campbell (from MGS, or "Grampa" from Ben 10).

Tenth

The first game was great! I'm really excited for this one. I thougth that most of the voice acting was pretty good.

phunky420

@Bluecell:
Stole exactly what I was going to say. That man is a god of voice acting.

Archaotic

Eiding is awesome.
I love these types of things and LaMarr is totally doing his Futurama voices.

JoDi

Paul Eiding has such a cool voice.

ShirtGuyDom

Male voice 1 sounds like he's been doing this for awhile, good stuff.

Male voice 2 sounds pretty forced and suffers from Overacting.

Female voice was merly okay but she said very little so I couldnt decide from what was shown

Is this a good game? i never got around to playing it (the first one)

BryanGuitarDude

@chimlee: Does he do the voice of the Mammoth tank in C&C3 too!?

Gladman

Phil Lamarr is the king of voice work.

Bluecell

Nice video.
Paul Eiding (Colonel from the mgs series) was in there aswell.

Santar

The guy they've replaced Greg Grunberg with is rubbish. Why'd they change the actor?

photoboy

LaMarr does the voice of Vamp, from the MGS series, as well.

chimlee

Maybe it's just because I'm seeing this out of context, but holy shit that's some bad voice acting. The voices are cheesy as hell and sound really forced. Then again maybe that's what they're going for I've never played the first game. Also, I don't know how you wouldn't know that that is Phil LaMarr. The guy can barely change his voice and all of his voice over work sounds pretty much the same.

Hauler

I thought Phil LaMarr was mauled to death by a pack of rabid giraffes. Good to know this was heresay.

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