Man, seems like Jim Cummings is to classic CRPGs as Jeffrey Combs is to Star Trek.

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Apeman42@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

I’ve been replaying a lot of the classics recently, and just like with Combs when I rewatch a Star Trek series, I keep finding myself saying “fuck, that’s him too?”

Playing Fallout, there’s Jim as the main voice of The Master.

Playing the original Baldur’s Gate trilogy, there’s Jim as Minsc, Gorion, Mulahey, and a bunch of other people.

Taking a break to test out some character builds in Icewind Dale? Fuck me, there’s Jim as Hrothgar.

Like I know he’s one of the most prolific voice actors, especially of that era, but I didn’t realize how entwined he was with that specific genre.

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Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That clip of Jim Cummings talking to a fan and telling them “please remind Larian that I exist” still breaks my heart. I guess Matt Mercer is a cheap PR move or something to boost sales but I wish Jim got to come back to do Minsc.

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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The worse casting choice was who they replaced
  
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  Sarevok
  
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  - Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Also who replaces ::: spoiler spoiler Viconia :::
    
    Studios like Remedy and Sandfall have shown you can have mocap done by an actor other than the voice actor and still end up with a great product. Stuff like this is just one of the many little things that make me feel like Larian had very little regard for the original games, and only used the IP for brand recognition and marketing. Which makes me sad.
    
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  - Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Having a old man in a rocking chair who tells crazy tells of his adventuring years voiced by Jim would be peak. Could listen to him for hours.
    
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Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I mean the dude is/was Winnie the Pooh, so…

He’s also Kaa the snake in Jungle Book, which is kinda weird because it’s pretty much the exact same voice.

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Ashtear@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Jeffrey Combs was also in DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, and that series’s cast was a fun synthesis of video game voice actor luminaries plus Star Trek alumni (Michael Dorn, John de Lancie, Anson Mount, Andrew Robinson and more).

But yeah, really that whole late 90’s/early 2000’s gaming era had some genuinely performances from actors of different media. I still think about David Warner in Baldur’s Gate 2 from time to time.

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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There was some military strategy game which was voiced by Will Wheaton. I remember you had to control the characters with voice command, and that was a very new and novel idea and went playing online people forgot that that meant that you could hear what orders they were giving their units.
  
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Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Just gonna:
https://www.mobygames.com/person/3725/jim-cummings/credits/

He is quite prolific

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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah, this isn’t him getting cast in a bunch of CRPGs; it’s him getting cast in a bunch of everything.
  
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DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s like Steve Blum with 2000s generic action hero characters in video games. He was everywhere

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