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David Hayter not reprising his role as Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5? Statement
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Fuck no.
No Hayter, no buy.
No Hayter, no buy.
slightconfuse
Banned
Hayter is snake .
Big boss Gould have a different VO
Big boss Gould have a different VO
AuthenticM
Member
I just tweeted Kiefer Sutherland, asking him if he's voicing Snake in the game.
Here's his Twitter account.
Here's his Twitter account.
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Deleted member 17706
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Just from that trailer, it definitely seems like they've taken their voice performance game to another level compared to past games. Maybe they just didn't feel Hayter would work for their new style?
The Elite
BOSS
So negative.
"Hey Hayter, you've played an important part in the series but the character of Big Boss is getting older and we need a new voice to separate him from Solid Snake."
I think changing up the voice work is needed in this franchise. It's a good decision but they shouldn't burn bridges with Hayter. Honestly, I don't think they have. Hayter is probably keeping something quiet.
Whoa bro.
Japanese voice actor of Snake is Ootuka Akio. He started his voice acting (nothing but voice acting) since 1988. He is one of the BEST voice actors in Japan, period.
Is hayter one of the best voice actors in America? I don't think so.
So let's not compare the two.
Don't get too caught up over semantics. And no he doesn't, it's Kojima's game and he should be thankful he let his declining performance be the voice of so many games. He is being an immature brat whining about it as though he knows better than Hideo.
Audioboxer
Member
I don't buy they wouldn't at least tell Hayter he's not on board. Kojima wouldn't simply ignore him. Don't believe the lies.
He's voicing a young Solid Snake, simply not doing Boss any more.
He's voicing a young Solid Snake, simply not doing Boss any more.
IdreamofHIME
Member
lol, don't get me wrong it's Metal Gear Solid Five, I just think there's a reason they're using a numeral instead of an actual number.
Millions are spent on marketing games and with the pantomime Kojima has put on for the last year over unveiling this game there just has to be a reason they're not calling it MGS5.
hell, maybe it's coz he originally wanted Peace Walker to be MGS5 and this way that's not completely lost. Kojima strikes me as the kind of guy who would do that.
Millions are spent on marketing games and with the pantomime Kojima has put on for the last year over unveiling this game there just has to be a reason they're not calling it MGS5.
hell, maybe it's coz he originally wanted Peace Walker to be MGS5 and this way that's not completely lost. Kojima strikes me as the kind of guy who would do that.
Japanese voice actor hasn't changed. And FFS he played an 80 year-old Snake in MGS4.
No, the fact is Hayter sucks and that's why he wasn't asked back.
Nobody is. But you'd imagine if they'd change up Snake's VA they'd make it a more unilateral change across versions.
If you want to drop Hayter, drop Snake too.
You can have a Metal Gear without a Snake in it, afterall.
Having a Snake without Hayter's voice is gross.
You can have a Metal Gear without a Snake in it, afterall.
Having a Snake without Hayter's voice is gross.
Yet they kept Raiden's abysmal voice actor for Rising?
TheChillyAcademic
Member
Yeah I hope this means he isn't playing BB but still Snake. David Hayter IS Snake and Snake IS MGS
Angry Fork
Member
Does not matter if he's good on a dramatic level, his voice is all that matters. Snake has never been convincing, his voice is comical and over the top, that's the entire point.
For OLD snake...
So did they get someone else to do Big Boss in MGS4 for the Japanese version?
Megalosaro
Banned
Seth Balmore
Member
As much as I love Hayter as Snake, I'd really enjoy to see (or rather hear) Richard Doyle finally under the spotlight.
I trust KojiPro know what they're doing.
I trust KojiPro know what they're doing.
They don't have to if one single voice actor's performance nose dived every new version. I have no ill feeling toward hayter personally. But he is just a bad voice actor now.
RoaringHawk
Member
Really hoping this is a troll of some kind. If not, this is just sad news.
Posted in other thread but, the transition away from Hayter was inevitable. Can't have Hayter talking to himself when Solid/Big Boss meet. i.e.
I do not think it was any sleight against Hayter. They just do not need him for this game...unless he wants to voice a 10 year old Solid.
edit:
In light of this, nevermind. Guess they just don't want him anymore lol.
MGS4 Epilogue
edit:
In light of this, nevermind. Guess they just don't want him anymore lol.
nelsonroyale
Member
I think it is a pity they didnt ask him back. His voice work as snake has become a facette of the character to me.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Could it be that instead of Hayter being the voice of Big Boss, he is given the secret task to voice Solid Snake? Now although Snake is pretty young even after the nine year coma, perhaps the storyline jumps ahead to the point, where we can see him as a young adult.
I mean, yeah Richard Doyle did voice Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4 and I think people associate Hayter's voice with Snake.
Besides, wouldn't it be really weird if we had both Solid Snake and Big Boss in the same scene, talking in the exact same voice?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I've always enjoyed Hayter as Snake, but he would have ruined this game. His voice is a comical gravel, not the kind of serious fucking business gravel that someone like Sutherland or Doyle can bring to Big Boss' later years and PTSD episodes. No "gggrrggrgrgrgr whaaaat get in the box, HUH" here.
He's also being a totally unprofessional d-bag by Twitter warring this shit on announcement day.
He's also being a totally unprofessional d-bag by Twitter warring this shit on announcement day.
Meh, I'm not going to jump on the "Hayter is bad" bandwagon. Snake in MGS4 was an old man who was aging rapidly and, effectively, dying, Hayter's voice sounded appropriate I thought.
Pretty much. Big Boss already had a different VA, so, this isn't too sacrilegious. I'd expect Hayter to return if Solid Snake is somewhere in the future.
I think there went substantial work into making Snake's voice deteriorate through 4, and I think it was great. It really portrayed an old man falling apart. I don't think that's all Hayter can do, and I don't see how anyone can come to that conclusion.
Fucking shame loosing Hayter. He IS snake. I think I'll feel majorly detached from the main character if it's not Hayer, and it'll have me seriously considering actually playing the game.
Sure he did in MGS2 and 4, if that's what we're all referring to? But Hayter as Big Boss in MGS3 should be pretty indicative of why this Snake should be Hayter. He's not that old, yet.
That's what I thought as well.
Although like I said before the voice of Big Boss in the stage demo was not Richard Doyle. Seems like a stock voice over, maybe they'll add another voice later on. Also Hayter was Big Boss for MGS3, MPO, MGS: PW. Big Boss hasn't aged that much, why change the voice?
The Japanese voice actor is the same, the GZ trailer had Akio Ōtsuka as Snake, he's always been Snake.
Seth Balmore
Member
After a 9 year coma his muscles would be messed up due to atrophy, couldn't something happen to his vocal chords as well after so many years of inactivity plus intubation? Bear with me, I have zero medical knowledge. Just a thought that could justify a change in his voice.
I love how running a stupid twitter poll and saying "I had a good run" equals "immature brat whining about it like he knows better than Kojima". Youre making it sound like hes throwing a hissy fit when none of that is actually going on.
This could be but there would have to be more retconning or time skips for that to happen. Not impossible though.
radios shipping overview
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Hayter was good in MGS1, but as the series went on he lacked more and more the ability to express what his Japanese counterpart was able to. Hayter's two modes in later games were gruff-and-serious and gruff-and-goofy, and by the end he was doing a caricature of Snake. Yeah, he defined Snake in the US, but this represents a good opportunity to move to an actor who can do more with the character.
I dunno, I don't have strong feelings either way. I can see the need to differentiate more between Big Boss and Solid Snake more as their stories progress and it's not the first time Big Boss has been voiced by someone other than Hayter. Besides, Kojima has been hinting that Solid Snake's story will be revisited in the future so I'm fairly confident they'll ask him to reprise his role there. If someone else ends up voicing Snake then I will be shocked and dismayed.
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
Sucks that Hayter won't be doing the VA, but seriously there are those who wouldn't play this game because he's not in it? Come onnnnn, you know you'll still get it.
That actually makes sense, I also don't have any knowledge in field. Maybe someone else can explain.
Maybe as the game progresses he warms his vocal chords up (he was smoking in the trailer) and then David Hayter reprises his role towards the end of the game. I'm such a genius, I know I know.
synce
Member
+1
Hayter sounded more and more artificial as the series went on. I think this change is for the better
