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Troy Baker Was Not Contacted to Reprise His Role in Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

Troy Baker, who played Yuri Lowell in the original release of Tales of Vesperia, was not contacted by Bandai Namco to reprise his role for additional recordings in the upcoming Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, the actor confirmed.

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Spurg2059d ago (Edited 2059d ago )

Voice acting in this game was stellar. Yuri was a great character.

babadivad2059d ago

The beat lead in a Tales game IMHO. And arguably ANY JRPG. He was SO different from the typical wide-eyed JRPG archetype.

King_Noctis2059d ago

You are right. Yuri is truely a bad ass character while also a compassionate one. He is much different from other goody go lucky jrpg characters.

FallenAngel19842059d ago

@ bab

I’d put Velvet over Yuri and every other Tales lead character for this scene alone

https://m.youtube.com/watch...

PhoenixUp2059d ago

This game is what put Troy Baker on the track to become an A-list voice actor and they didn’t even bother trying to contact him to reprise his role?

TekoIie2059d ago

That's more than likely the problem.

Yi-Long2059d ago

They probably CAN afford him, but perhaps they're not willing to spend that money on him.

I personally don't care though, but it seems many liked his performance, and if his replacement does a poor job, that will affect players' opinions and review scores, thus sales...

porkChop2059d ago

Maybe they didn't need to record more lines? I mean isn't it a remaster?

Reibooi2059d ago

The game is based on the PS3 version that never came out in the US and that version had full voice over for everything and added tons of new lines so there would be many new lines to record.

rainslacker2059d ago

Unless there is new voice work need3d, I doubt they would call him. At the time this game was made, he probably isn't even eligible for royalties in the rerelease.

Razmiran2059d ago (Edited 2059d ago )

There are new voiced parts, yes

rainslacker2059d ago (Edited 2059d ago )

For his part though? There have been other tales remasters, and places where they added in stuff often went involved. Just text was added

Razmiran2059d ago

The parts in the japanese version are spoken, I guess they could make them silent
But I think "Full voice acting" was one of the selling points of the "Complete" version

bluefox7552059d ago

Troy Baker's voice acting is top notch. Honestly, I don't mind that he gets so many roles.
More on topic though, this is the first I'm learning of the remaster, can't wait.

CrystalFantasy32059d ago

I'll buy this game when i have the time. It's more of an If not When though...

DivineAssault 2059d ago

Lets hope the new sections dont sound strange. I love this entry

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Xbox No Longer Has Its Head In The Game

Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 18h ago

They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move

PapaBop21h ago

Ever since that cringe Kinect reveal they've never been the same. They used to make some amazing games and do great deals with third parties Early on in the 360 era they had games like Chromehounds and Shadowrun, both well ahead of their time. Now instead of nurturing their studios, they'd rather gaslight gamers and throw billions on pre existing studios. Not sure how Spencer is still in a job, I wouldn't trust him to organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Father__Merrin21h ago

We've said all along Spencer needs to go. I wish xbox went back to xbox only with new gears fable forza halo releases lots of third party releases

Those early rainbow 6 Vegas days and phantasy star universe are gone forever

S2Killinit18h ago

MS has its head in the game but the game they are playing is something different from what console gamers expect from a platform. MS’s end game has always been to use the xbox as a trojan horse.

XiNatsuDragnel15h ago

Lol that's funny well this plan they have isn't working homie

343_Guilty_Spark1d 15h ago

Acquisitions always come with cuts

1Victor1d 14h ago

“Acquisitions always come with cuts”

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MICROSOFT DEFENSE FORCE IS A GO

Tacoboto1d 14h ago

Especially for Microsoft, when Booty pretty much said they didn't know how to handle that many studios.

Why even make the acquisition then.

-Foxtrot1d 13h ago

Didn’t they make the swipe for Bethesda when Sony wanted like 6 months exclusiveness for Starfield

It’s like…chill, you got Rise of the Tomb Raider for a year.

romulus231d 12h ago

Do they always come with senseless cuts becasue that's exactly what cutting Tango was, senseless.

H91d 14h ago

Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long

Nuclearmoon1d 13h ago

I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.

UltimateOwnage1d 9h ago

Steam / Valve are one of the few truly pro-consumer bright spots in gaming right now. Thankfully.

jwillj2k41d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”

1 hour later.

“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”

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Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider pours scorn on EA's AI dreams.

"They want you to believe the devs under them are super stoked to work generative AI into their processes," continued Gaider, "but I assure you what they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair not unlike the time that team was informed of their new 'really cool' live service mandate.".

LordoftheCritics2d ago

Publishers see gaming as another stock market.

isarai2d ago

I think anyone with some common sense knew this, im glad i don't support their games anymore, what a sh!t company.

Psychonaut851d 20h ago

Friends don’t let friends buy EA or Ubisoft.

Chocoburger1d 19h ago

I said this yesterday. AI isn't what we want when it comes to crafting artistry. Alas, these soulless corporate morons don't care about their work, only about cutting corners as much as possible.

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Modder Uses Raspberry Pi To Create "Game Gear Classic Edition"

One modder produced an unofficial, modern-day take on the Game Gear.

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