HD Collection PS3 Exclusive (Hah! 360 too) /New VAs

[Darkmoon]

OK, I'm getting confused now. Am I reading this right? Rather than pay James' voice and mocap actor what they were meant to, they'd rather re-do the entire voice section AND the music, arguably one of the finest sound tracks to have ever come out of anything, ever? They'd rather pay five or six new people than pay what they owe to one guy?

..are they just hurling money into a big pit too? It would make as much sense - at least the big pit could be considered a sacrifice by a demonic being that will send them the gift of common sense?

Seriously, did Guy Cihi go to a Konami office party, sacrifice the CEO's virgin daughter to Capcom and piss in the punch or something? Either they agreed to pay him an ungodly sum or they're hurling away money for no sane reason.

[Scream]

Eh, I'll just wait for the release before commenting further... Don't know what they're doing to be honest..

[GuardhouseMusic]

Alright then, Konami can take their updated visuals and shove them up their asses. No original soundtrack, no go.

[Canas Renvall]

This... I... I'm so confused... I'll buy it solely for Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, but taking away the music? Are you for fucking real?

Unless I read that wrong and it means that she's the voice acting director and not actually in the game herself, in which case this is so far off my list now.

[Gradon]

Product Page from GameStop claims new soundtrack along with voice acting

Completely updated in-game voiceover directed by series vocalist Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and soundtrack score enhancing the storytelling and ambient music within each re-mastered game.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is still there... but taking away the music from the game is felony.

[Darkmoon]

I'll be honest - I'm not sure 'better' would do any good, for me. I'm so used to how James sounds, any change would like make my teeth itch. Better or worse, the voice would be wrong. But really, what's the point - it seems like Konami will end up paying almost as much or more to redo this stuff as it would cost to send the man his check. Send him the money and save yourself some effort. Seems a no brainer to me, unless someone knows why, exactly, Konami decided to stiff the original actor?

[Scream]

I'm sure it will be hacked and replaced with the original files some time or another.. I guess we can check out these new voices until then..Maybe they're better? Who knows! Is there a preview out yet?

[Darkmoon]

So...if they decide to dump the voices, they'll need to dump all the mocap for it to make any sense, and therefore need to redo all that as well, paying a new Mocap minion and voice actor...

Wouldn't it be more cost effective, Konami, to suck it up and admit you're wrong, then pay the fellow and not fuck around with an all time classic?

[MeanBob]

It's a real shame. IMO, Silent Hill 2 and 3's voice acting was great. It had its hiccups here and there, but the voices made those games what they are (besides Akira Yamaoka's music)

[Mr_Zombie]

I wonder what will they do about CGI; they can't rerender them too. And with different voice actors, lip-sync will be off.

[Rombie]

For SH2 at least, cutscene voice was recorded with motion capture at the same time. So yeah, it'll be interesting with them done separately unless for some odd reason Konami does both again.

[Smiley]

The games were synced to their performances too right? Doesn't that just make the new lineup "dub work"? Really sounds like mixed results here.

[BeefWellington]

The new voice over shit is just an outrage. The god of war collection didnt get new voices why the hell should silent hill?

[riderkid]

Seriously man... if you're gonna force someone to buy a game because he forgot to bring your games for Thanksgiving, you might wanna get that checked out.

ok, so i am supposed to forget that when i asked him to please look out for my games the bastards i lived with stole that he just stood by and let them sell them?

also i know this cause they were stupid enoguh to use my gamestop rewards card i left in the case ( i use the keychain card )

besides he offered to buy the game without me asking. I brought it up in conversation and he said he'll buy it to make up for the loss of both my silent hills and fatal frame...REALLY pissed about that. plus im gettign a ps3 in august for my Bday and really want that game for it.

[Canas Renvall]

Seriously man... if you're gonna force someone to buy a game because he forgot to bring your games for Thanksgiving, you might wanna get that checked out.