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There's no Escaping Nolan North

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"Nolan North, better known as Nathan Drake, is a talented guy, and apparently very busy. While I haven't confirmed this with the voice talent list of Stormrise, tonight's review on X-Play included snippets of what sounds like his dulcet tones. Immediately following Stormrise was a bit on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which North definitely voices Deadpool."
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Published: 247 days 20 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Gaming
 
 

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GiantEnemyCrab - 247 days 21 hours ago
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He even voiced the lead in Halo Wars. Funny though, he will always be Nathan Drake to me. Hearing him in PoP and Halo Wars all I could think of is Nathan. Great voice talent and one of the best imo.
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meepmoopmeep - 247 days 21 hours ago
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yeah, he's an awesome voice actor.

and i agree, it's hard not to think of Drake when hearing him voice other games.
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terrandragon - 247 days 20 hours ago
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It is hard to hear if you have never heard of, seen, or have played Uncharted. Like me, who has never played Uncharted, I have no idea that they were all voiced by the same actor.
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meepmoopmeep - 247 days 20 hours ago
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i wonder, so is Drake is first shot at Game Voicing?

anyway, it's good he's getting alot of offers for voicing
but Drake has become a big icon for PS3 so it will be hard to shake that.

it's like hearing David Hayter using Snake's voice in another non-related game.

kajeeebiez!
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PirateThom - 247 days 20 hours ago
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Not even close, the guy gets around.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

God of War, Halo 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XII, Assassin's Creed. He's been involved in some of the biggest games this gen (and last). I think Uncharted was his first BIG role though, or at least the one he's now known for.
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LeShin - 247 days 14 hours ago
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Though I agree that he's a great voice actor, I think (for me at least) him being in so many games can be a double edged sword. Like i said , he's good, but his voice was the main reason I couldn't get into Prince of Persia as I kept hearing Drake so I never accepted the Prince persona and stopped playing only after a few hours and gave it away.
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Incognegro - 247 days 10 hours ago
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1.6 - lol what?
wow...you quit a game because of a good voice actor was better known for another title? ha... that's a new one on me.
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Freakwave003 - 247 days 19 hours ago
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In every one of his roles to come, there should always be an "Aww crap" line.
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Catastrophe - 247 days 19 hours ago
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Thanks for musing on North's myriad appearances with me, guys!

Those of you that have watched the Stormrise review - does that sound like North to you, too? (You first hear him say "So this is our great hope? man, we're screwed")

Like I said in the article, his work is so extensive odds are he's somewhere in the game!
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devilhunterx - 247 days 14 hours ago
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My favourite VA!
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xabmol - 247 days 13 hours ago
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5 - KEEP RUNNING!!!
He's right behind us, man.

I told you there's no escaping Nolan North.

He's gaining on us.

Oh shi...

xD

But yeah hearing Drake's voice in every game is not good IMO. I remember playin PoP and being like, "WTF?!" Kinda threw me off a bit. Maybe if he changed the tone for each character or something like that. Maybe learn some accents or something. I dunno...
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Adamalicious - 247 days 7 hours ago
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I feel the same way about PoP. I don't think it's a problem to have the same voice actor, but in PoP it seemed like they told him to "do the Drake" voice or something - it's like Nathan Drake is playing the Prince of Persia and that's a little distracting - puts me off.
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Red_Eye - 247 days 13 hours ago
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That's what was familiar! I was always listening to Desmond in Assassin's Creed thnking that his voice was familiar, and now I know he was Nolan North. Which is strange cos I was playing Assassin's Creed at the same time as my first run through with Uncharted.
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L-a-i-n - 247 days 11 hours ago
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He is one of the greats in English Voice Acting. Uncharted would not have been the same with him. I was happy as hell he did PoP too.
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-x.Red.x- - 247 days 10 hours ago
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8 - he's really a good VA
my top three are
1.david hayter
2.jennifer hale
3.nolan north
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hankmoody - 247 days 9 hours ago
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9 - Prince of Persia
His voice acting on this game made it even better. I think anyone else wouldn't have been able to keep the Prince's quips from being annoying.
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bigboss911 - 247 days 9 hours ago
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10 - Holy black on a Popo..
He as been in some of the greatest games of all time and a lot of them at that. That IMDB list was huge.I havent played Uncharted, just the demo... Am I missing out on somthing awesome? I played the demo a while back, it was ok, I really am behind. Im broke all the time cause of college, so my game buying as been cut back for quite some time. Unlike the ps2 days where i would get a new game every month.:(
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Adamalicious - 247 days 7 hours ago
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To answer your question: Yes. It's one of the best games this generation.
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