Comment on Man, seems like Jim Cummings is to classic CRPGs as Jeffrey Combs is to Star Trek.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
That clip of Jim Cummings talking to a fan and telling them “please remind Larian that I exist” still breaks my heart. I guess Matt Mercer is a cheap PR move or something to boost sales but I wish Jim got to come back to do Minsc.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The worse casting choice was who they replaced
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Sarevok
with.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 23 hours ago
Also who replaces ::: spoiler spoiler Viconia :::
Studios like Remedy and Sandfall have shown you can have mocap done by an actor other than the voice actor and still end up with a great product. Stuff like this is just one of the many little things that make me feel like Larian had very little regard for the original games, and only used the IP for brand recognition and marketing. Which makes me sad.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I never encountered Viconia in my playthroughs of 1 and 2, so I couldn’t say. Sarevok was fine, and I’d say Larian showed a ton of reverence for those original games throughout. The entire format of the game is one BioWare made famous via Baldur’s Gate II, after all.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 21 hours ago
I never really got the feeling of reverence for the originals personally, down to the references made feeling like lip service created by someone browsing a wiki who has never played them in the first place.
Choosing to set the game a 100 years later (so that they wouldn’t have to incorporate much of the original cast or story) but still shoehorning in two fan favourite characters never sat right with me either.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Having a old man in a rocking chair who tells crazy tells of his adventuring years voiced by Jim would be peak. Could listen to him for hours.