Different Voice Actor for Max in PN2?
As I was playing Poker Night 2 tonight, I noticed Max sounded a little different. Of course I thought he still sounded like Max (from the rest of the Telltale Sam & Max games), so I just figured it was something like William Kasten hadn't done the voice for a while.
But when I checked the credits I noticed that Max isn't voiced by William Kasten (his regular voice actor for the Telltale games) in PN2. He's voiced by someone named Dave Boat.
While it's admittedly rather impressive that I didn't realize it was a different voice actor until I checked (props to Mr. Boat there) it makes me wonder why Max is voiced by someone else, while Sam is still voiced by David Nowlin.
So why isn't Mr. Kasten voicing Max in PN2?
But when I checked the credits I noticed that Max isn't voiced by William Kasten (his regular voice actor for the Telltale games) in PN2. He's voiced by someone named Dave Boat.
While it's admittedly rather impressive that I didn't realize it was a different voice actor until I checked (props to Mr. Boat there) it makes me wonder why Max is voiced by someone else, while Sam is still voiced by David Nowlin.
So why isn't Mr. Kasten voicing Max in PN2?
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Or his contract expired.
Pretty cool they were able to find a Max voice like that.
We demand answers.
Seriously though. Staff, can we get a little insight on this? I know you're all watching. We can wait til monday.
I do hope this is just temporary, since I've grown fond of the Nowlin/Kasten team as though they were Sam & Max themselves ): But if it is what it is, then Boat is still really good!
This is after coming fresh off a Sam and Max marathon, so if they had to get a new voice, I don't think they could've found a better sound-alike.
I didn't even notice...
So there have now been 3 Telltale Max's, 1 for Lucasarts and one for the Cartoon...
This Max is pretty good though sounds just like the Max I'm used to
Yeah, Max isn't bad at all.
Although that may be because there's two different guys voicing him?
They have both David Boat credited along with William Kasten as Max. So either they're both doing dialogue at some point, or one of those is a working name?
Now, I have to disagree with you on Ash.
This "Danny Webber" guy is a poor stand-in. Not even an attempt to impersonate Bruce. Really grates on my nerves, so...happy that (so far) he's been one of the first out of the hands I've played.
That's what I thought. Or, William Kasten did most of the voice, but wasn't available for retakes. Not sure if that's legal though, so I'm gonna go with the working name theory.
Yep. They don't care at aaaallll. That is totally why they went the extra mile to get the best look a like possible and gave sam a role in this game. To get $5 out of us. CLEARRLLY that is why. :rolleyes:
I think Ash sounds fine too. I keep comparing him to Bruce's voice on Burn Notice and honestly I think Danny Webber just sounds like a younger and slightly deeper Sam Axe. For a game with some wonky casting, Telltale definitely turned out good results.
Hint: Wait for the conversation about Sam's choice in weapons.
If they got the best LOOK a like then I really want to see a pic of the VA.
Dave Boat is the same guy that played the antiques dealer in Monkey Island 2, special edition. And whenever I heard that guy speak, I thought "oh, must be William Kasten, sounds exactly the same as Max." I literally couldn't listen to his dialogue without a mental image of Max acting out the lines. Then when I checked the credits, and saw he was credited as "Dave Boat" I thought "Oh, great, I guess Telltale have a great second option if something ever happens to William Kasten."
Then this happens. Good job telltale. Unless "Dave Boat" is an alternate name for William Kasten, in which case it all makes sense now, you couldn't have played this one better.
You can't honestly tell me that this is a serious post.
If anything, the changes to the characters indicate a new season more than anything else.
How would THAT indicate a new season?
If they have new models and voice actors you would expect that it would be just for a poker game...
Like how they made models (presumably from scratch) and/or got voice actors for Brock, Ash, and previously, Tycho?
If that's the logic we're using, updating Sam & Max's models would have been a walk in the park in comparison. Don't get me wrong, I want a S&M Season 4 just as much as everyone else around here, but let's not count our chickens before they hatch.
Yes but they didn't have to update their character models and could have easily used their old models...
If nothing else they are giving a bit of love and care to Sam and Max
Did Max or Strong Bad get new Character models for PN1?
I'm pretty sure PN1 Max was taken straight from Season 3, and Strong Bad from his Telltale game series (which I forget the name of right now). Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Tycho's model was the only one that got a lot of work done on it.
And it's true enough that they didn't have to update Sam's and Max's models - though I have to wonder if Sam would have looked a tad dated next to Ash and Claptrap, it probably would've worked well enough. I'm glad they did, though. I love Sam's new model (even if I do miss Max's pink nose :c).
I m going to keep being optimistic until Sam and Max is moved into classics...
Dave Boat IS William Kasten. He's in loads of things and I could always hear Max, Jurgen etc in his voice. I guess it's just some kind of stage name he always used for Max but has dropped it here.
Check his "animation reel" on his website:
http://www.daveboat.com/index1.html
That's our Max, no doubt about it.
Also, there's always been a strange thing about Kasten: he doesn't seem to exist before his work on Telltale's Sam & Max Seasons. Check it out:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4016867/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Funny thing n°2: we've never seen Kasten doing voice over, but we've seen plenty of David Nowlin for Sam (videos, facebook albums of Bay Area Sound...).
And whichever game Kasten is in, Boat isn't.
Does this mean...?
Or at all.
Are there lines where he sounds closer?
There's been some thought that it's actually the same guy under an alias, but it's been a few years and I wouldn't be surprised if he's forgotten what exact pitch he uses when he voices Max.
Sam's voice is still spot on despite the length between performances though, kind of makes me wonder if that's his normal speaking voice.
If I wrongly assume they are different people, I'll look like an idiot by noting their similarities.
If I wrongly assume they are the same person, I'll look like an idiot by noting their differences.
Could you trouble us an official comment, Telltale?