I think the new voice actor did a good job recreating the lines. It could just be nostalgia, but the older lines had this *edge* to them that made Kael seem a bit unhinged. That quality is missing a bit from the new ones.
If these allegations are true, then I will condemn him for his crimes and say Blizz made the right call.If the allegations are false, then I'm gonna condemn Blizzard for removing the voice lines with these new ones.
I get doing thisHonestly if this stuff is true its beyond reprehensibleBut uhThe new voice actor needs a lot of work.....Especially with the old stuff weve heard for over a decade. Normally you dont wanna have voice actors lean into impressions but at least for this they shouldHe needs to bring it closer to how hes always soundedId define the old kael sounding Passionate. He sounds like hes always holding court for a grand speechThe new voice actor by comparison sounds almost...bored. it needs work.
Removed
So, Allegation? Like he is being researched and looked at for the possibility or is there hard proof? Because I'm kinda getting tired of our new guilty until proven innocent look on everyone in part of these "me too" movements.I'm all for accountability and making sure people who do wrong things take the consequences. Yet there has been a lot of allegation these past few years and yes a good chunk of people who deserve getting caught are now tossed away but others who had allegations against them were found out to not have done what they were accused of and their lives have already been ruined by it. One example is Johnny Depp. I'm not saying this as a way to petition or fight for the original voice actor, the new guy is not bad, closest I bet they could find to the original voice actor. I am just tired of all of this Guilty until proven Innocent nonsense today.
Its just a voice. Who cares what the actor did or didn't do. 99% of players will never know nor care. More self-righteous virtue signaling from the multinational corporation who threw Blitzchung and Hong Kong under the bus for Chinese profit motives. Blizzard is circling the toilet faster and faster every day. They fix things that don't need fixing and ignore things that have need to be fixed for a decade. Within 5 years, all this studio is going to be is a mobile games studio pushing formerly popular IP skins that milk microtransactions from the remaining mindless sycophants. The core playerbase of Blizzard games is evaporating. The good faith has been spent and has been replaced with mistrust. The brain drain of talented devs are leaving for Riot, Dreamhaven, Secret Door, Second Dinner and Bonfire. I can't wait to see what those studios put out. Hopefully its before Blizzard turns into a complete dumpster fire.
Whoa Whoa Whoa WhoaWhy am I just now learning that Kael'thas and Axel shared a voice actor?
The new ones sound better to me anyways.
They guys sounds like a withered hungry for mana ... For me he lacks character. Someone make an addon that symulates the old voice please.
How much you wanna bet the new voice actor has some skeles in his closet too. Everyone does, instead of just writing work off(that has nothing to do with the voice actor) blizz just scrutinizes their staff better?
If WoW players are leaving at the pace commenters say they are, then Blizzard must be bussing in tons of new ones to replace them seeing as we've been at WotLK numbers for a while now.
Some of the old ones were better imo but I guess these are similar enough it makes little difference to me