Hayter was never good and they should have replaced him sooner

Hayter was never good and they should have replaced him sooner

  1. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Mhm, that's why he is being brought back.
    We all know he was replaced because of Kojima's idiotic Hollywood celebrity worship, and for nothing else.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >and for nothing else.
      His performance in Peace Walker was abject dogshit, he forgot how to do a normal voice entirely. For half of the game he sounds like a fucking pirate, it's almost like he was deliberately trying to phone it in.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I genuinely don't care that you didn't like his performance in Piss Walker. He is still objectively good and is the voice of Snake in everyone's mind.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        How do you know this wasn't Kojima directing him to speak that way? He did say, after all, that PW was some of his worst work.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >Hayter (and only he) was instructed to act poorly on purpose
          C'mon. By MGS3 his growl was already becoming bad. On Peace Walker and MGS4 he sounds awful.

          I genuinely don't care that you didn't like his performance in Piss Walker. He is still objectively good and is the voice of Snake in everyone's mind.

          Go home, David. You're a washed out minor celebrity clinging onto a videogame role. It's pathetic.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >C'mon
            I notice you didn't actually give a reason just 'cmon'. Want to try that again champ?

            >MGS4
            He literally growled his voice to death. On Kojima's instruction. By the end he couldn't do the voice anymore. You're literally proving my point that Kojima is the cause of these awful performances because he's ESL

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              The idea that Kojima purposedly told David Hayter to act poorly but nobody else is so absurd that it doesn't even deserve a proper response. Why isn't Sutherland acting like a Saturday morning cartoon character then?
              >he was told by Kojima to growl to death
              He wouldn't have had to do that if he could fucking act to begin with. Snake's Japanese VA had no such issue.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >The idea that Kojima purposedly told David Hayter to act poorly but nobody else is so absurd
                I don't think it is. Kojima obviously has a big ego and very likely doesn't like hayter very much.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >The idea that Kojima purposedly told David Hayter to act poorly
                You don't know shit:
                https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/08/19/gc-2005-hideo-kojima-interview
                https://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=13843

                >in b4 listening to hayter himself
                He still knows more about how he was directed than you do, nameless shitposter on Ganker

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Hayter is incredibly self-serving and an egomaniac. He also has lots of people who stan him in gaming media. So he uses that. If he gets praised then he gleefully plays up the fact that he "is" Solid Snake, if he gets criticized, oh that was Kojimbo

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Of all the people that have played Snake only Hayter went full Saturday morning cartoon villain and only he was replaced. Neither Sutherland, nor the Japanese VA, nor any of the supporting roles sounded that poorly and none of them were replaced.

                Now the most logical conclusion is that David Hayter was not a good actor and was replaced. The fanboy mind might conclude that Kojima directed him to act poorly in order to fire him 10 years later.

                Now, bear in mind that all Kojima truly had to do to replace him in MGS3 was to say "I want a different voice for Naked Snake since he's a different person" or he could have replaced him just as easily in MGS4 by simply claiming that he wanted a man with an old-sounding voice. These are the very same reasons why Hayter doesn't voice Big Boss on MGS4 to begin with.

                Hayter is not a good voice actor. He is fandub-tier and has zero experience with acting or body scanning. It was only logical to fire him.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >he literally growled his voice to death
              No he didn't.
              >on Kojima's instruction
              No. He made the suggestion to make Snake sound old and fucked up. It wasn't Kojima. That's why no other Snake VA did it. It was all Hayter's idea.
              It also did fuck all to his voice as he's been VAing since MGS4 just fine but he just can't stop doing the Snake voice for some reason because his ego won't let him get off his high horse.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Kojima wanted to replace him all the way back in MGS3. Notice how he didn't replace Otacon, Campbell or Raiden. Only Hayter. Notice how he didn't replace Snake's Japanese VA. Only Hayter.

      Now why would that be? Why would he maintain talented actors and replace a fucking hack that thinks growling at the end of every line is acting? It must be a conspiracy.
      >friendly reminder that Big Boss is not voiced by Hayter in MGS4 either.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Kojima wanted to replace him all the way back in MGS3.
        Source: your ass.
        >Notice how he didn't replace Otacon, Campbell or Raiden.
        Noticed. Irrelevant. Everything you say is conjecture with no source to back it up.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          The source is Dacid Hayter himself whining that he and only he was requested to do another casting in MGS3 and 4 to keep the role.
          >noticed. Irrelevant
          Oh, so it's irrelevant that only a single actor, who just so happens to be the single worst VA in the entire series, was replaced? Fanboyism is one hell of a drug.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Yes, you read that right. None of that schizo rambling changes a single thing about what I said. All conjecture and no source to back it up.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Now why would that be?
        Probably because kojimbo heard about hayter talking shit about his scripts. Maybe a little jealousy too since hayter has actually done work in hollywood.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Hayter's work on Hollywood is so irrelevant and bad he makes Kojima look good by comparison.

          >Now why would that be?
          He wanted hollywood actors because he thinks he's a big hollywood star.

          >Kiefer Sutherland
          >>>>>big Hollywood star
          >>>>>>>>>>>>but kept Otacon and Miller as-is
          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>even gave them more prominent roles than Snake's
          David Hayter fanboys are fucking stupid lmao.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            nta but kiefer was kojima hitting the upper limit of konami's budget. Notice how when he got sony money he just went full hollywood.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              MGSV cost 5 million dollars more than MGS4. "Kojima was wasting too much money!" Was the PR excuse Konami gave when fans got mad because he was fired. In reality Konami changed CEO during the game's development and decided to pivot into mobile gaming and pachinko machines, even Yu-Gi-Oh! went to shit due to monetization.

              The reality is that Konami was not interested in big AAA games anymore. 100 million is not a big investment for big AAA titles, much less when it includes the development of a custom game engine.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >MGSV cost 5 million dollars more than MGS4.
                >"Kojima was wasting too much money!" Was the PR excuse
                You're kind of making the case that it was in fact wasting too much money.
                >but konami stopped making games!
                Because kojima drained them hard while larping as a movie director.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                It was Konami that requested another title after MGS4 which was designed as the franchise's finale. Development costs went up significantly between PS3 and PS4 eras so MGSV costing more was not really a surprise.

                As for the game itself, 90 million is not such a ridiculous amount and I'm not sure Kiefer was so expensive in comparison to Hayter who, by the way, was demanding considerably higher pay rates.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >Kiefer Sutherland
            >>>>>big Hollywood star
            Yes you fucking idiot, he just got done with one of his biggest roles ever when MGSV started doing casting calls.

            I wish people would stop pretending they're sentient humans and not contrarian flesh automatons on Ganker and start making their posts accordingly so I could filter subhumans like you.

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >biggest roles ever
              >broadcast television
              You weren't alive back then but this is where actors used to go to die

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                24 was one of those shows that legitimized "serious" TV, although it's nearly forgotten they (they tried to do a black reboot and it failed).

            • 4 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Anon, 24 ended ages ago, and while during the first seasons it was considered a good TV show the last seasons were a big flop and once to was cancelled Kiefer only did supporting roles and voice over works until the mid-2010s 24 special which was basically fanservice for old fans.

              After MGSV he went back to supporting roles and now does country music. By the time MGSV was being done Sutherland was only doing supporting roles on shitty FOX TV series. The idea that he somehow is a big Hollywood star that costs millions of dollars to have on set is preposterous. Of course he's light years ahead of Hayter in both acting ability and career achievements, but that's not hard to do.

              • 4 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                He made $40 million for the last 3 seasons of the show, which reset his market. As a lead in a high profile vidya I am sure he was commanding top of the market salary for Snake. I am sure it was millions of dollars yea.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >hayter has actually done work in hollywood
          That should've made Kojima suck his dick though

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Now why would that be?
        He wanted hollywood actors because he thinks he's a big hollywood star.

  2. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    He was fine in the other ones but distractingly bad in Peace Walker. Playing 3 and PW back to back recently was jarring.

  3. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    True

  4. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Putting Kiefer Southerland in MGSV was a waste of money, all he did was grunt. But I am also sick of this guy whining and acting all entitled like he should eternally have this part. Like get some new work, asshole.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >all he did was grunt
      That's Kojima's fault, he deleted many of already recorded lines just cause he got inspired by a movie.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Nothing substantial was deleted. Only generic grunt lines. Venom was always meant to talk less.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Didn't they record something like 6 hours of dialogue with him, and then threw out 90% of it because there wasn't enough time to actually script out the cutscenes that use it?

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Kojima wanted a "silent protagonist" like Goose from Drive or Mad Max

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Imagine how good MGS would be if Kojima actually had taste in movies.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Kojima's a poser
            The things he watches and takes inspiration from are fantastic, but he only draws on the most unremarkable or unimportant aspects of them.

          • 4 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            The problem isn't his taste. It's that he has no idea how screen writing works. This is why death stranding is derivative of random Japanese shit.

      • 4 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        well that sucks. I was playing through MGSV and just woondering why they paid this guy to grunt.

        • 4 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          He's making shit up. Do you really think 6 gorillion lines got cut? Fucking idiot. Don't listen to angry Hayter fanboys.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Kiefer was great as Venom Snake and I'm sick of pretending he wasn't.

      Didn't they record something like 6 hours of dialogue with him, and then threw out 90% of it because there wasn't enough time to actually script out the cutscenes that use it?

      A bunch of it was codec calls, too. Also the missing third act.

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Blame kojima. Most of the fucking VA work is in the fucking cassette tapes.
      He was a great fit since Hayter shat the bed a bit.

  5. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Amen to that.

  6. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    He's good for metal gear cause his voice is cartoonish and fits the silliness of kojima games.

  7. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    He's a one hit wonder who thinks he's God's gift to the earth. The way he LARPs as Snake is cringier than how YongYea LARPs as Kiryu.
    He also stopped being good after 4. Seriously what has this guy done outside of Metal Gear?

  8. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Hayter is great and he should be Snake's voice again for the inevitable Ghost Babel remake.

  9. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    you are just a hayter

  10. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Hayter as Snake was the best VA in the series.
    The problem is Hayter got egotistical over his role and the fact he played Big Boss in MGS3 and the PSP games meant he assumed he'd be irreplaceable even tho you never play Big Boss in MGS5.
    He should have just kept his mouth shut and discussed with Kojimbo to secretly voice Big Boss's lines with his IRL voice so that he could at least keep that option open.

  11. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    True. He was extra awful in Peace Walker. Almost killed the game for me.

  12. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      This is all that needs to be posted whenever the topic of Hayter is brought up. He's a whiny entitled cunt, and then man was washed up by MGS4.
      I hate actors so fucking much. Get a real job if you can't handle a career (that you voluntarily pursued) that's dependent on shifting trends and opportunities.

  13. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    they killed him for for the "kitty history" sketch

    • 4 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >killed himself via 2 shots to the back of his head

  14. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  15. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    trump lookin ass

  16. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  17. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    what has he ever done vydia related besides Snake and that guy in Bloodstained

  18. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >never good
    play mgs1 and say that again.

  19. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    because of the nostalgia when i think of snake i think of hayter but he's objectively a shit voice actor

  20. 4 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    He was bad in the Daymare games, Hayter stans. Are you going to blame the voice directors for those games as well?

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