The game's default Shepard is a buff, buzz-cut male. Players can customize the look and gender of their Shepard avatar, with Mark Meer reprising the voice of the male Shepard and Jennifer Hale again speaking for the female Shepard. “Mass Effect 3” wraps up the saga of Commander Shepard, a hardened space marine who teams up with an elite force of soldiers to take back the Earth and save the galaxy from the evil alien Reapers. The actors have compelling enough material. “Everybody has realized for the past several years that if you have a bad voice actor, it takes you completely out of the game.” “As a whole, (for) voice acting it's becoming a bigger focus,” Gonzales says.
So it's only natural, if not necessary, that voice actors step their game up and deliver more than dry line readings. Gonzales says best-selling game franchises like “Mass Effect” already boast musical scores that rival Hollywood films and elaborate game engines that make the action look as smooth as a big-budget film. “It is about having the same performance that actor would have onscreen, but putting that into the game.” “It's not just reading the lines,” says Oscar Gonzales, editor-in-chief of in San Antonio. "Call of Duty" - Kiefer Sutherland and Gary Oldman lent their voices to "Call of Duty: World at War," while Ice Cube, Ed Harris and Sam Worthington starred in "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and Timothy Olyphant and Idris Elba starred in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3." See More Collapse "The Elder Scrolls" - Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, Lynda Carter, Max von Sydow and Joan Allen starred in "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim," while Patrick Stewart, Sean Bean and Terence Stamp starred in "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion." "Fallout" - Matthew Perry, Danny Trejo, Kris Kristofferson and Wayne Newton starred in "Fallout: New Vegas," while Liam Neeson and Malcolm McDowell offered voice work for "Fallout 3." Perlman has narrated several games in the franchise. "Halo" - Keith David, Ron Perlman and Terrence Stamp have lent their voices to "Halo 3," while Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk had a quasi-"Firefly" reunion with their voice work in "Halo 3: ODST."
Here are some other playable sagas with all-star casts. "Mass Effect" isn't the only videogame franchise to use famous faces for their voices.
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