-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Peter Dinklage in Bungie's Destiny - That wizard came from the moon
- Thread starter Xplatformer
- Start date
LumpOfCole
Member
Can ANY actor deliver the line "That Wizard came from the Moon" in a serious fashion and it not sound terrible?
Muscle Wizard
Banned
Looking at his filmography, he hasn't had much history in voice work,
D
Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Easy. Morgan Freeman.
LurkerPrime
Member
No, I haven't heard any complaints or anything - it's been received just fine. That was just my take on it, sorry if I implied otherwise.
What I mean is, while different soundpacks sound cool the only way they could market it is by using a gimmick or celebrity to back it up, which would make it less desirable and good in my eyes.
You're about the 50th person to say this. While the line is shit, the fact is that it's called acting for a reason. A good actor is supposed to be able to take shitty lines and make them sound decent. Actors, guys, that's their job.
Tranqueris
Banned
I feel like this should be a video that pops up the first time you start the alpha, at least for Bungie to say, we're letting you play Destiny early, but here's what it's really going to be when it releases. Especially with all the people in here saying "you should put a filter on Dinklage bro!"
This is sort of like people seeing an unfinished version of the first Mass Effect and saying "what the fuck is this bullshit? This Wrex alien just sounds like a human with a deep voice grunting the name Shepard all the time, you're terrible Bioware, and your voice actor is terrible!"
indigo-cyclops
Member
Sounds like a guy reading a heavy dose of poor writing. That's about it.
Found it! "It's the hive!"
Majima Everywhere System
Member
Did someone put Marty O'Donnell in charge of directing the voice acting? Might explain things because of the reaction this is getting.
lmao
No, it's fine. I don't follow any games that actually use voice packs, so I really don't know how most people have reacted.
I understand where you're coming from. The optimistic part of me sees popular voice actors seeing more of the limelight, and hopes that it could give some less heard of actors a chance to get themselves out there. That's probably not likely, but I think it would be cool to see.
IISANDERII
Member
LurkerPrime
Member
You know what, I take back what I said about it reminding me of the Bastion Narrator. What it actually reminds me of is Warframe's Lotus character. (Cannot find a good example of it, unfortunately.)
Lotus directs and comments on your situation in missions constantly. Since she is a Human(?) character, the delivery of her lines works just fine. I actually like her delivery of the lines, too.
It is basic stuff, like at the beginning she summarises your mission, or she'll comment on when you're about to be ambushed, what enemies you're facing, or when you complete a mission or fail an objective.
TetraGenesis
Member
You can hear him reading. It's a shame because he really is a better actor than that.
All the voice acting has seemed rather apathetic. Which is, I mean, pretty much unacceptable for the highest budgeted game of all time.
Shoulda just got Troy Baker. If in doubt, throw a Baker at it.
All the voice acting has seemed rather apathetic. Which is, I mean, pretty much unacceptable for the highest budgeted game of all time.
Shoulda just got Troy Baker. If in doubt, throw a Baker at it.
Mr.Monitor
Member
Bad, but I'm not sure it's his fault. Seems like either poor direction, a lack of voice processing, or something else. Something tells me he was told to read his lines like that, so he did. I don't know too much about his skills as an actor, though. I don't think I've ever seen anything he's in.
The Lamonster
Member
Guys, I know this is really vague, but several months ago I was either reading an interview or watching an interview with either someone from Bungie or Dinklage himself talking about his VO work at Bungie and whoever it was, really had a shockingly nonchalant attitude about it.
Anybody know what I'm talking about? Maybe it was a Game of Thrones interview because I remember the Destiny question taking about 20 seconds total to talk about.
so yeah, my point is that it probably wasn't a huge deal for him.
Anybody know what I'm talking about? Maybe it was a Game of Thrones interview because I remember the Destiny question taking about 20 seconds total to talk about.
so yeah, my point is that it probably wasn't a huge deal for him.
TetraGenesis
Member
That doesn't solve it, sorry. It helps, but it only masks a very apathetic performance.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
The problem is we're arguing an objective but unknown quantity (intent) versus a subjective but known quantity (talent). Which basically means all arguments are going to boil down to "nuh uh" versus "uh huh."
[And before I get shit for saying intent is an objective quantity, I realize I'm using the term loosely. But since it is theoretically possible to determine a level of intent (assuming one could question Dinklage and get a 100% honest answer from him, he could tell us if he tried his absolute best or didn't give two shits), it raises it somewhat above the opinion-based realm of subjectivity.]
The Lamonster
Member
No, definitely not. Good find, though! I think it was around the time of PAX East when it was already obvious because you could hear him in the gameplay demo.
TetraGenesis
Member
Hahaha, he's kind of a dick in that.
Yeah, it is so strange how awful the voice acting is that I can't even rave on how awesome this game is.
I should be raving on: openworld exploration, great uses of MMO model: weapon longevity, and skill tree, tight gunplay, and easy to understand UI.
However, literally 90% of my Destiny posts are how awful the voice acting is. I just can't get over it.
How did Bungie screw up something like this for a 300MILLIONS budgeted series?
How is that possible?
molnizzle
Member
It really is mind blowing. This would likely have been my game of the year/forever, but it'll be hard to keep a high opinion of it when I'm cringing and rolling my eyes every time the narrator says something. Simply unbelievable.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
The intonation and delivery is that of someone who has recieved no direction whatsoever and has no clue what his character is or where it is or what the story is or who he is addressing.
Comes across like that part in the Simpson's where Krusty walks in and says the lines for his action figure in 10 seconds and then leaves.
Comes across like that part in the Simpson's where Krusty walks in and says the lines for his action figure in 10 seconds and then leaves.
Muscle Wizard
Banned
All I can say is make sure you voice these opinions to Bungie.
The voiceover felt off against the epic theme of the game. I doubt Dinklage's Destiny performance is due to him not putting an effort, they would have quickly let him go if that was the case. This likely was a conscious creative direction decision.
U WOT M8?
U WOT M8?
Windom Earle
Banned
I guess this proves that not every actor is also a good voice actor... And no, you can't just put this on the director or the script. A good voice actor will always deliver a certain amount of quality.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Oh.... Why!? Can't unhear.
He obviously has some sort of personality due to the content of the lines. The problem is that he sounds like himself and that he's bored. Super bad pick and whoever was the voice actor director needs to be shamed. None of the VA work is super impressive. They just picked famous people and had them read lines.
Worst VA work I've seen in a AAA game in a long long time.
Also to the people saying he's supposed to sound robotic, who the fuck cares? It's clear that he sounds like a human and he sounds bored. Unless there is some sort of meta joke where he says all of this to piss you off, it's clear somebody fucked up.
Worst VA work I've seen in a AAA game in a long long time.
Also to the people saying he's supposed to sound robotic, who the fuck cares? It's clear that he sounds like a human and he sounds bored. Unless there is some sort of meta joke where he says all of this to piss you off, it's clear somebody fucked up.
Mechanized
Member
I get that some people may feel that way, but I love the contrast it provides. You're fighting aliens from the moon for christ sakes. He's just my AI bud, coming along with me on an adventure. Not everything has to be so damn deathly serious. I love the direction they're taking and I really hope it is too late to change anything because I think its great. Hearing the filter they put over the voice in the E3 trailer makes it even better.
Muscle Wizard
Banned
He pulls people legs a lot, apparently. I remember one person who met him said to him that they were a big fan of his since the Station Agent and his response was "so you hated me before?".
JasonUresti
Member
John De Lancie is Quantum Conundrum is a good example of a guy who clearly wasn't given much direction and didn't really know what he was reading, but still was able to push through at least a little bit of charm and character despite it all.
Xplatformer
Member
Hell yes. Wife in my other life. Love that woman ever since Farscape. Her voice sounds so good in games.
Psychoward
Banned
Bad. They hired a famous personality but made him sound monotone. They didn't even bother to add any filters to it. One or the other. Like, on one hand it's distinct enough where I can recognize it and it takes me out of the game a bit, but it's not exciting enough to where I actually enjoy it.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
With the filter added, above average.