PC Gamer: "Jennifer Hale has voiced characters in a huge number of games, including Metal Gear Solid, Planescape: Torment, Diablo III, and BioShock Infinite, though I know her best as Shepard in Mass Effect. Most recently, Hale shows up in The Long Dark, a survival game currently on Early Access in which she voices a playable character.
I recently had the opportunity to email Hale a few questions about her role in The Long Dark, her acting experience, and the kinds of game characters she hopes for more of."
In a recent episode of the podcast "My Perfectly Imperfect Voice Actor," Jennifer Hale opened up about her experience as a voice actress in the video game industry.
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Check the contract before signing anything. Research the company and its revenue/profit when it comes to games. Learn about the developer/producer that was/is known to make hit games that sell and how much voice actors were paid for their services. If you want more, ask.
I'd bet the Mario voice actor made bank during his time as the character, probably read the contract with his lawyer and made money on appearances.
It is rather low for what the game made. But she accepted the offer. Nothing else to be said.
Those were different times. And like the article says, they didn't know Metal Gear Solid would become a huge success.
Even so, the voice acting in MGS1 is one of the best out there.
But that was a time when dev costs and pay were low, especially with the game industry.
What was the average for salaries and wages back then?
Kinda odd that you accept the offer and complain later that the pay was low. That's on you.
I can only think that if games take 5 years or more to develop or ten in some cases the money you signed up for is simply not worth at much by the end of the project.
The Humble Survival Instinct Bundle just launched recently. It includes seven items including State of Decay 2, Chernobylite, The Long Dark, and more. As always, a percentage goes to charity.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "As the budgets get bigger and the scripts get taller, there’s greater demand to find the marquee talent for a story-driven title. When we split the lead & supporting performance categories for the 2021 awards, this was eminently clear with Halo: Infinite’s dual leads reaching the finale. While an indie title was able to make it onto last year’s list, 2022 is all about the heavy hitters. Everyone who made the shortlist starred in many of the most commercially and critically successful AAA games of the year."
Very talented person.
She will always be Shepard to me , i really thought fem shep was way better than male shep .
Naomi <3
Holy crap.
Just looked at her previous work on IMDB.
This lady has been busy!
Awesome voice actor, check out her interviews on youtube if you haven't already!