m76 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) There seems to be this new alarming trend of videogames being marketed around the personal cult of an actor or actress I have very mixed feelings about this, because while this might help to bring gaming closer to the mainstream, it is also at the cost of traditional voice actors, who can't get major roles if they all go to hollywood superstarts. Not to mention the budget implications of hiring people with multi million dollar salaries for games. In some cases it even has effects on the direction of the game, if rumours are true, cyberpunk 2077's story was completely rewritten to suit Keanu Reeves. Originally the character was very different, and only came into the story at a later stage. Which actually would've made much more sense to me. It was one of my complaints about the game that you don't have enough freedom to pursue what the game is actually supposed to be about, being a cyberpunk mercenary in an open world. But I digress, what do you think about replacing traditional voice actors with mainstream stars and using them to market games? Edited March 30, 2021 by m76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 21 hours ago, m76 said: it is also at the cost of traditional voice actors, who can't get major roles if they all go to hollywood superstarts Good point, lot of popular games characters didn't have real popular actors behind them, yet, everyone loved them! 21 hours ago, m76 said: But I digress, what do you think about replacing traditional voice actors with mainstream stars and using them to market games? hell no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
