Best voice actor for specific characters?

Honestly, I think each voice fits the specific model it was used for...
For example if they used Ivy's SC2 VA on SC5 Ivy I don't think it would suit it.
 
SC2 Talim was perfect. Whoever took over the role in III and IV absolutely butchered her.

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I like Cassie's SCII voice. I find her SCIII/IV voice to be nasally and...I don't know, it just really irks me. She sounded more brash and abrasive in II, and I personally think it suited her personality better.

Also, god, Tira's voice in V is such an improvement. My ears bled every time I heard that blasted woman speak (well, at least Jolly) in IV.

Does anyone else think PS was incredibly cheap with the VA for IV? It was basically just the voices of III tossed in with a few extra added lines per character. Laaaazy. Please tell me I'm not the only one bothered by this?
 
That was pretty much the case with 4. Everybody whose VA wasn't new basically got a lot of their old attack and damage quotes recycled from 3. A similar thing happened in Japanese with SC3. Any dialogue that wasn't new or had a different inflection was recycled from 2. I don't mind though because almost all the delivery on the Japanese lines in 2 was sheer perfection. 3 was the last hurrah for the best seiyu in the series. A lot of these new voices are fucking terrible (Cervantes sounds like a generic old man, Maxi doesn't sound cool anymore, Ivy sounded like an grandmother in 4 and generic as hell in 5, etc.).

I'll put up a list of my favorite voice actors (English, Japanese, and both) soon.
 
Yeah, it was really too bad. Sheer laziness on PS's part. I wouldn't know about the Japanese voices since I use the English dubs, but from what I've heard the Japanese VA tends to be better. The voices are terrible! God, how did I forget Cervantes...? Haha, very true.
 
xXSoulCaliburXx said:
Talim: My thoughts exactly~ Imo Talim looked waaay to childish in SC4~ But then again thats just me...~SC2 Talim ftw

Cassandra: No, your not the only one~ I like Cassy's SC2 the best~ When she said, "You might die!" she sounded like she meant it C:
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With Talim in SC4--I know, right!? She sounded it, too. She's 15, not 10!!

And oh my god yes!! Someone who agrees with me. I love Cassandra in SCII. She's just perf.
 
SCII, everyone's voice was at their best. Except for maybe Maxi, I like how his voice changed in III and IV.

Paul Jennings is a MUCH better Raphael than Charles Clausenmeyer. Sjdihsjeisbs
 
Fearless_eyes said:
SC2 Talim was perfect. Whoever took over the role in III and IV absolutely butchered her.

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I like Cassie's SCII voice. I find her SCIII/IV voice to be nasally and...I don't know, it just really irks me. She sounded more brash and abrasive in II, and I personally think it suited her personality better.

Also, god, Tira's voice in V is such an improvement. My ears bled every time I heard that blasted woman speak (well, at least Jolly) in IV.

Does anyone else think PS was incredibly cheap with the VA for IV? It was basically just the voices of III tossed in with a few extra added lines per character. Laaaazy. Please tell me I'm not the only one bothered by this?
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Tira in IV sounded like Timmy Turner I swear. XD
 
Maedel said:
SCII, everyone's voice was at their best. Except for maybe Maxi, I like how his voice changed in III and IV.

Paul Jennings is a MUCH better Raphael than Charles Clausenmeyer. Sjdihsjeisbs
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My only complaint for SCII voices was Sophitia. According to the credits, it was still Diane Hombly, but god she sounded different. More...obnoxious. I liked her voice in III and IV better!

Also, unf, agreed with you on Paul Jennings. So much agreement!
 
THE LIST (Favorite VAs for each character)

All Guest Characters: Their English VAs
Algol: Jamieson Price (GIGANTIC TAGER and whatnot)
Amy/Viola: Heather Hogan-Watson (Hitomi Nabatame sounds too old for a 14/20-something year-old girl)
Astaroth: Michael McConnohie/Banjo Ginga (Ryuzaburo Otomo has only gotten worse over the years IMO)
Cassandra: Reiko Takagi (Debra Rogers hasn't been notably good since Cammy in the old Street Fighter animes)
Cervantes: Takashi Nagasako/Patrick Seitz (His other VAs have just been wrong to a degree)
Dampierre: Vic Mignogna (The magnificence of Le Bello can only truly be experienced in English)
Edge Master: Daisuke Gori/T.J. Storm
Elysium: Diane Holmby (I hate Sophitia's new JP VA, Holmby's performance is much better)
Hilde: Julie Ann Taylor (JP voice doesn't sound appealing enough)
Ivy: Yumi Toma/both English VAs (Yumi Toma just IS Ivy, her performance blows the others out of the water)
Kilik: Soichiro Hoshi/Grant George
Leixia: Lauren Landa (It's like I'm playing a young Litchi)
Maxi: Nobutoshi Canna (Just like Ivy, this guy WAS Maxi, hit every "WATAAAAH" spot on)
Mitsurugi: Toshiyuki Morikawa (English VAs sound too stereotypical)
Natsu: Kate Higgins (Hate the character, love the voice)
Nightmare: Fumihiko Tachiki/Charles Klausmeyer (Not counting Sieg!Nightmare as Nightmare)
Patroklos: Both (It's a choice between Ben 10 and Jaden Yuki, take your pick)
Pyrrha: Laura Bailey (If I have to hear one more apologetic, whiny bitch in Japanese I think I'll kill someone)
Raphael: Yasunori Masutani/Charles Klausmeyer
Rock: Toru Okawa
Seong Mi-na: Hoko Kuwashima/Erika Lenhart
Setsuka: Kari Wahlgren/Tara Platt (I always hated her Japanese voice)
Siegfried: ALL OF THEM
Sophitia: Michiko Neya (The original, and the best)
Taki: Fujiko Takimoto (Her new VA sounded too serious, never liked her at all in English)
Talim: Hynden Walch
Tira: Jennifer Hale (Japanese voice sounds too annoying in Jolly and too old in Gloomy)
Xianghua: Aya Hisakawa/Wendee Lee
Xiba: Johnny Yong Bosch (I'd much rather hear English Izaya than Japanese Mikado)
Yoshimitsu: Norio Wakamoto (Because let's face it, Yoshimitsu just wishes he were a bird with his flying antics and bird calls during spinny kicks)
Yun-seong: N/A (both are horrible at their job)
Zasalamel: Keith Silverstein (JP VA doesn't match the character well)
Z.W.E.I.: Matthew Mercer (Kenta Miyake does NOT fit this character)
 
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