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Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
September 09 2010 08:59 GMT
#61
I might be a bit bias here as zeratul was my favorite character but zeratul's voice in sc1 just gave me the chill whenever he spoke, and as people pointed out before in sc2 his voice sounds weaker.

On a more objective note, the scripts in sc2 are just horrible. -.-
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iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4405 Posts
September 09 2010 09:47 GMT
#62
On September 09 2010 10:23 Aeo wrote:
He is older now—between the stylistic change from BW to Wings of Liberty, the new voice actor, and the fact that four years have passed since then—wherein Zeratul has certainly been active with the strife between the castes on Shakuras, and hunting down Hybrids—I think his new voice is rather fitting. I enjoyed the B-dub voice more, but I think it would be incorrect to try to portray him the same way. He's grown in wisdom and power, and maybe in the burdens he carries psychologically. To me he sounds like he's less the physical presence of his B-dub self—the overriding assassin-figure—and more of an ethereal warrior; living in the present only in part.

protoss live for hundreds even thousands of years
four years is nothing in lore terms to them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
Aeo
Profile Joined August 2010
United States113 Posts
September 09 2010 10:09 GMT
#63
On September 09 2010 18:47 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2010 10:23 Aeo wrote:
He is older now—between the stylistic change from BW to Wings of Liberty, the new voice actor, and the fact that four years have passed since then—wherein Zeratul has certainly been active with the strife between the castes on Shakuras, and hunting down Hybrids—I think his new voice is rather fitting. I enjoyed the B-dub voice more, but I think it would be incorrect to try to portray him the same way. He's grown in wisdom and power, and maybe in the burdens he carries psychologically. To me he sounds like he's less the physical presence of his B-dub self—the overriding assassin-figure—and more of an ethereal warrior; living in the present only in part.

protoss live for hundreds even thousands of years
four years is nothing in lore terms to them

Eh, four years of travelling alone to remote worlds to hunt hybrids and knowledge of the Xel'Naga might. Before the events of Brood War, I'd assume he spent most of his time on Shakuras with his people, maybe arbitrating small disputes, maybe not.
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
September 09 2010 10:51 GMT
#64
i honestly dont see much of a difference.
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aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
September 09 2010 10:57 GMT
#65
this is a pretty simple question .. but the answer is a little off topic ..

its not the voice .. but its the script .. DAMNED LAME SCRIPT .. Zeratul =/= Yoda .. zzzz
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Aeo
Profile Joined August 2010
United States113 Posts
September 09 2010 11:14 GMT
#66
Entirely agreed; better writing would make everyone more comfortable.
"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!"
Maginor
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway505 Posts
September 09 2010 12:59 GMT
#67
Actually according to the story told in the Dark Templar trilogy, Zeratul spent the four years since BW alone on a remote planet moping because he felt guilty for Aiur's destruction and for having had to kill Razhagal.
psychopat
Profile Joined October 2009
Canada417 Posts
September 09 2010 13:39 GMT
#68
I didn't even realize it was a different voice actor until I saw this thread... and now I refuse to watch all the videos to do a side by side comparison just to avoid possibly ruining my perception of either performance for myself.
[-]Ocelot[-]
Profile Joined February 2006
United States256 Posts
September 09 2010 13:56 GMT
#69
To anyone worried about the quality in the first post, a few posts down has side by side videos for easily hearing both.

SC1 was brilliant. SC2 = ???

Don't vote SC2 only because OP chose probably the lowest quality audio file he could find.

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OnFire
Profile Joined July 2010
324 Posts
September 09 2010 16:38 GMT
#70
I like both.
In SC1 he sounds more badass and like a kickass assassin.
In SC2 he sounds like a very wise prelate.
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Humga
Profile Joined March 2008
Australia43 Posts
September 09 2010 16:53 GMT
#71
Man i can't believe you guys are complaining about Zeratul. His sc2 voice is fine.

Yall should complain about bloody Kerrigan, now she is a GREAT dissapointment. Her voice, her look,
everything about her is nerfed.
Bibdy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3481 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 16:55:26
September 09 2010 16:54 GMT
#72
On September 09 2010 19:09 Aeo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2010 18:47 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
On September 09 2010 10:23 Aeo wrote:
He is older now—between the stylistic change from BW to Wings of Liberty, the new voice actor, and the fact that four years have passed since then—wherein Zeratul has certainly been active with the strife between the castes on Shakuras, and hunting down Hybrids—I think his new voice is rather fitting. I enjoyed the B-dub voice more, but I think it would be incorrect to try to portray him the same way. He's grown in wisdom and power, and maybe in the burdens he carries psychologically. To me he sounds like he's less the physical presence of his B-dub self—the overriding assassin-figure—and more of an ethereal warrior; living in the present only in part.

protoss live for hundreds even thousands of years
four years is nothing in lore terms to them

Eh, four years of travelling alone to remote worlds to hunt hybrids and knowledge of the Xel'Naga might. Before the events of Brood War, I'd assume he spent most of his time on Shakuras with his people, maybe arbitrating small disputes, maybe not.


So, if you went hiking in the himalayas, you'd expect to return home with a new voice?

Zeratul just sounds like an old codger in SC2. In SC1 he sounded like a true badass.
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4342 Posts
September 09 2010 17:04 GMT
#73
FRIEND RAYNOR!

I cringed EVERY time he said that. The voice isn't as good as SC1 but I liked it until he started sounding like a retarded caveman trying to reach out to the guy from outerspace. Who WROTE the script for most of his lines? FRIEND THIS! FRIEND THAT! FRIEND!!!!! WE ARE FRIENDS! FRIEND RAYNOR!
So wait? I'm bad? =(
leomon
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada169 Posts
September 09 2010 19:35 GMT
#74
SC1 zeratul for sure.

It's mainly a mix of nostalgic and the fact that SC2's script isn't written as well as SC1 was.
Radians
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9222 Posts
September 09 2010 19:54 GMT
#75
Isn't it the exact same voice. At least that's what it sounds.
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Sqq
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway2023 Posts
September 09 2010 20:37 GMT
#76
"its nostalgic therefor its better" -__
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Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
September 09 2010 20:45 GMT
#77
On September 10 2010 05:37 Sqq wrote:
"its nostalgic therefor its better" -__

Selective reading ftw. If you actually read the thread, most of the post are directed at the crappy script that zeratul in sc2 has.
Lee Young Ho fighting! KT P are just CHINTOSSTIC.
Gedrah
Profile Joined February 2010
465 Posts
September 09 2010 21:01 GMT
#78
It's the Tauren Chieftan or perhaps Cairne Bloodhoof. He sounds too old and wise, he's Zeratul, not Grandfather Zeratul. :[
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Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
September 09 2010 23:13 GMT
#79
God you idiots blinded by your "nostalgia therefore you say sc1 voice is better lolololol"

you're no better than people blindly saying sc1 zeratul > sc2 zeratul beacuse of nostalgia.

on topic -
it's about split even for me, even though he sounded like a complete badass in sc1, I wouldn't like it if he sounded like that in sc2. wouldn't fit after what happened to him in bw anda ll.

and dialogue was bad, I think most people can agree to this.
Champi
Profile Joined March 2010
1422 Posts
September 09 2010 23:50 GMT
#80
The original is always the best, thats the way the brain works, we get attatched to the original and its hard to come to terms with change alot of the time, i think the new guy is doing anok job, it could deffinitely be aot worse, but he needs a bit more 'grunt' as was stated earlier. RIP to the original actor too
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