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Anyone else find Nolan North in Arkham City INSANELY distracting?
- Thread starter AgentOtaku
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NathanMcMahon
Banned
I have no idea what Nolan's voice sounds like except for Uncharted. Otherwise, no, he's indistinguishable.
RobotMafia
Banned
Honestly if you recognize Nolan North or Drake or whatever you are paying far too much attention to the terrible games you are playing.
RedAssedApe
Banned
errr...no. didnt even know he was in the game until i saw this thread.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
He's awesome.
Until I played Spec Ops, I was getting really bored of his Drake voice. He really shines in that game.
As a fellow Englishman, I also thought it was iffy, but I've heard much, much worse.
I only knew he played The Penguin because I read about it. And I didn't realize he was the Black Mask.
So no, I'm going to have to disagree with the OP. There are some voice actors that don't have much range and are in way too many games where they just use the same stupid voice over and over and over again. Nolan North is not really one of them.
Killing_Joke
Member
During the story no. But his voiced was used in every damn challenge. Got so annoying i did most of it on mute.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Of course not. Hell, no one even knows Nolan North is in the game.
So I'm FINALLY making my way through Arkham City and didn't anyone think that this was a bit of a problem when putting this game together? It's fucking insane and incredibly distracting.
see here and here
...oh and here
Not to mention you CONSTANTLY here his voice throughout the game via random thug's radio chatter, only with slight variations of a semi-New Yorker and what not.
I also feel like Troy Baker is getting dangerously close of going full North as well.
I had no idea he voiced anyone in the game but the Penguin.
If there is any one instance where his voice would annoy you, it would be this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LzwK6LmVK5o#t=189s
Agreed, Penguin was the most impressive vocal performance of his that I know.
Those are all Nolan North? The only one that sounds like him is the first one. And even then I didn't realize it was him. So no. And seriously massive props to him for his work as Penguin, it sounds nothing at all like him, and his performance was spot on for Penguin. Stop hatin', OP.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
you do know he voiced THIS GUY RIGHT
EDIT: LATE
EDIT: LATE
If you want to hear Nathan Drake go insane, Spec Ops: The Line is pretty cool.
Wtf that was him? o.0
the distracting thing about Arkham City's dialogue is every one calling Catwoman a variation of BITCH every 2 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOk3K_lo-Y
Dini had issues with Rocksteady when it came to that, he didnt wanna do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADOk3K_lo-Y
Dini had issues with Rocksteady when it came to that, he didnt wanna do it
truestatic
Member
Every thread is a Spec Ops thread when you're antitrop.
Incendiary
Banned
I didn't even realize Nolan North voiced anyone in Arkham City and I finished the whole game. Huh.
Ya, pretty much.
But this is a thread specifically about the voice actor of the main character of the game.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
I definitely recognised him as one of the thug voices but I didn't know he was the Penguin. That was a good performance but his English accent was a bit Dick Van Dyke.
Lysander91
Banned
The only time Nolan North is distracting is when he does the Nathan Drake voice in a game that isn't Uncharted. Unfortunately that's most of the games that he does. The only thing more distracting is Steve Blum. If only it were possible to pay him money to not voice anything that isn't Spike Spiegel.
Uhh, please
Nolan North's best roles were obviously as N. Gin in the last 3 Crash Bandicoot games
you plebs would know that if anyone had actually played em :V
Nolan North's best roles were obviously as N. Gin in the last 3 Crash Bandicoot games
you plebs would know that if anyone had actually played em :V
there is really no way to get his actually good lines from CTTR, but the commentary gets less boring at that point. Mostly because of Lex Lang, though
I didn't even realize he's Penguin until someone pointed it out in here, IIRC.
So no, he doesn't bother me much. His role is quite miniscule too.
I actually tried hard to recognize Drake's voice in Spec Ops after I saw his name but after a while, I realized that it's quite different so I stopped trying to find any similarities.
So no, he doesn't bother me much. His role is quite miniscule too.
I actually tried hard to recognize Drake's voice in Spec Ops after I saw his name but after a while, I realized that it's quite different so I stopped trying to find any similarities.
Although I did notice it, I never found it distracting and didn't really think about it as I progressed through the game.
As others have said, I think North has great range and I really enjoy him as the current voice of Deadpool
http://youtu.be/1WuNY6qViYQ
As others have said, I think North has great range and I really enjoy him as the current voice of Deadpool
http://youtu.be/1WuNY6qViYQ
Calling her a bitch so much is just lazy writing, but all the implied rape comments are shameful.
Makes perfect sense to me. What else are degenerate thugs going to say about when a woman in skin tight leather is running around?
But yeah, the bitch stuff was really annoying.
Doctor Decimate
Member
i don't get distracted just because i read his name in the credits.
McBradders
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Wow you just described every single console gamer this gen. Goo job.
graywolf323
Member
holy crap that's Nolan North doing N. Gin? I really can't tell
shinobi602
Member
I didn't even know he was in the game until the thread.
I only know his Drake voice. Him voicing Penguin is insane to me.
I only know his Drake voice. Him voicing Penguin is insane to me.
Yes, it is. I believe that's a Peter Lorre impression he's doing.
How is it distracting if it's intentional?
You're supposed to be thinking about Nolan North and Nathan Drake while you're playing it, that's the point.
You were playing a third-person cover shooter with a protagonist voiced by Nolan North that was meant to be a deconstruction and criticism of the narrative dissonance found in Uncharted among many other modern shooters and you thought that the voices being too similar was distracting? Distracting from what, exactly?
CaptainGyro
Banned
Yeah..going by those youtubes I can't say that I can tell what the big problem is. How is this "insanely distracting?". It's like you're complaining just to complain
NullPointer
Member
I'll take "Not Even Fucking Slightly" for $200, Alex.
If anything, I was distracted by Wolverine and Baird being everywhere. Guards, hooligans, you name it.
If it wasn't for GAF I never would have known Nolan was in it, much less the character he played. Just goes to show the range the man has on offer.
If anything, I was distracted by Wolverine and Baird being everywhere. Guards, hooligans, you name it.
If it wasn't for GAF I never would have known Nolan was in it, much less the character he played. Just goes to show the range the man has on offer.
shinobi602
Member
You are? Yager wanted him to sound like Drake so people can think of Uncharted?