Max's Voice Actor?
Sorry if its been asked, (had a quick scan incase it cropped up from the gametap release) but has the VA of Max changed for Situation: Comedy? Seems a little odd to me if it is the case.
Preferred the one from Culture Shock really. Thats kinda strange though, its odd having to get used to new VA's all the time, drove me mad in Xenosaga!!
Preferred the one from Culture Shock really. Thats kinda strange though, its odd having to get used to new VA's all the time, drove me mad in Xenosaga!!
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Edit: I have to say that his delivery on the answering machine messages is hilarious, and spot on. Maybe he could just use a bit more of a New Yorkish accent.
And yeah, I'm already getting used to the voice. I guess it was just that the 'repeated' lines from culture shock were re-recorded, which gave away that it was a different guy, because they're delivered a bit differently.
That's going to be tough to get used to, if Andrew comes back for episode 4.
Heh, Telltale never seem to get a break from us guys about voices :P
/doesn't help that i'm an audio tech student and obsessed with language and accents
EDIT: Final note to any TTG staff, pass my best wishes to Andrew Chaikin in wish a speedy recovery.
The new guy is good, but Andrew's just had that extra special something.
My favorite line of his was this:
Sam: "What happened to the rest of the noose collection, Max?"
MAX: "IT'S A SURPRISE!"
Also, have I noticed a slight change in Sam as well, or am I going crazy? Sounds like it's either:
a) It's another actor (don't think so), or
b) It's different takes of the same lines of dialogue, to better match up with the new Max
?
Did the guy also do the lines of dialoges that styed the same in the office?
When i clicked the noose collection for my favorite Max comment, i was a bit let down by how the new voice actor delivers it by saying "It's a surprise...". Max should be energetic ALL the time, just as Andrew did it. That said, i think the new voice actor for Max does an overall superb job. It's only the noose collection bit i found a bit un-maxed.
Get well Andrew...
I was kinda shocked during the dialogue with hugh bliss, for instance, where max seems interested and more or less gives up the jokes... but that's also due to the writing, and that's not much of a problem though ^^
Haha, yeah, i love that one!
Sam's VA has also become more well-rounded and emotive in ep 2. I find myself enjoying the re-recorded (and arguably improved) lines from Culture Shock. Both VA's are nailing the sort of inflections I had in my mind when hearing certain conversations the first time.
Of course, big props to Andrew Chaikin for setting the energetic standard for the new Max VA to follow. All the best for a speedy recovery.
Same here. I could tell that you guys either got a new Max or Chaikin has been practicing since I was quite suprised that Max is more sinister like he was in hit the road. True, New Mx, doesn't sound like the guy from Lost, but the way he delivers his lines is similar, giving us "evil" max as oppose to "high on sugar Max." I think Nuroticat said it well when he compared the two since I simply find new va max evil like hit the road max, played by that one guy on Lost. What I mean is that Chaikin and tv cartoon Max protrays him as a rabbit who makes witty jokes and is childish while Hit the road and New Va Max has this evil feel to him like you know the stuff he says he is really going to do. For example, I would imagine tv/Chaikin Max to say something like "Hey Sam, wanna go to the fat camp near by and pass out hamburgers to the kids over there? On the way there, can we grab a piece of cheese. You can't get enough of cheese" while I imagine Hit the road/new Max to say "Hey Sam, let's find some random thug off the streets so I can bash his head with this crowbar." I think he nailed it in Max's personality imo.
Just the way he delieved the line "Why don't you die!" reminds me so much of the trailer in that it had the same sort of personality from the lucas arts va. Speaking of that line, was that a direct reference to the cancelled game since everything that Max said is accurate to the game trailer cept he said he used a parking meter instead of stomping on him.
Sam has improved as well. Either I got used to him or he is less monotone and seems to have energy.
Even though I prefer new Max, I think Chaikin's version is a dead ringer to the one in the cartoon in voice and personality. So if you guys plan to do that one thing you were trying to do with the cancelled sam and max game, I suggest hiring Chaikin, once he gets better. I hope he gets better since he did an awsome job on Phoney bone.
I missed Max's personality from hit the road and really thought this protrayal of Max as a raging pyschopath was lost forever because of the cartoon (I thought Max's fate was the same of Fred Jones and how he was temporary turned into an idiot because of the non-canonical spin off Scooby cartoon called "A pup named Scooby Doo."; this also inspired the live action movies, which in turn inspired the early 2000's animated scooby movies), writting and voice acting. I was wrong, which is a good thing.
David Nowlin also has a unique and a clear voice, which is good, but B.Farmer had a voice that completely fit the character. It was just perfect.
Personally I find the new voice of putting and, for me from what I have played of ep2 so far, isn't as good as Andrew's. Have to see how it carrys on over the ep and in ep3.
As far as I know none of the lines that are shared across episodes were rerecorded again between eps2 and 3.
To me it just sounds like Max #2 is more skilfull in delivering the lines. He doesn't just use the same cartoonish, high-energy voice on every line like Max #1 did, so now Max seems rather more like a real person.
Also I obviously forgot the voice actors' names.
where do u think Max keeps his mobile........?
Oddly, that's one of the lines that I really miss. Used to be one of my favorites, now it's not. I guess you can't please everyone, but I do think all the new lines in episode 2 are excellent.
It's unfortunate that Andrew Chaikin had to leave I did enjoy his voice for Phoney Bone but he just wasn't Max...
Now finishing all three it is definite that Max’s voice is getting better…
Epsiode 2 The Good:Talking to Max while he’s a judge in embarrassing idols of Situation Comedy sounds somewhat reminiscent of his old voice.
The Bad: The one fault for his voice on episode 2 was Max trying to sing twinkle little star for the director chair gag… that definitely wasn’t max…
Yeah, I was wondering that to? I also hope he is back in Bone act 3. He was great as max and phoney.
Now please tell me about your finger-person avatar, JK1985. =P
Sure.
In such Adventures you have to do "the clicking till the finger or the mouse button breaks", it's a urge.
Well, i noticed a slightly change in the voice, but without reading this thread i couldn't say that the voice actor had changed, because a voice is not really a static thing.