At least Arkantos is still voiced by the same voice actor. He came back to be recast for the remaster (Daniel Riordan) and had his lines finished between the beta and the full release. That's why Arkantos has identical voice inflections in the remaster now.
The characters just don’t seem like they are having a conversation. You can feel that they are voice actors just trying to execute the lines. Arkantos is an exception however. Gargarensis is too metaphorized with that voice
Plus, the death scene of Gargarensis in the end. He doesn’t make the death sound… It’s the details that make something great. The fact that we cannot ever recreate a video game nowdays just shows how much we have lost touch as a society.
Voice Ratings All Main + Supporting Cast Arkantos: Thank Heaven they fixed this, and damn the og voice actor absolutely killed it, I almost like this portrayal more since you can hear the age in his voice and it fits the more grizzled veteran feel to Arkantos, he’s no young fresh faced warrior he’s a seasoned general with a lot of experience under his belt and going off on his last adventure. 10/10 so happy with this. Athena: Whyyyyy this is so bad, Athena sounds like someone’s mom. Her old voice was ethereal and memorable, that “Arkantos, awaken” is a core memory, this is… half baked. Arachne is styling on this Athena hard. Easily the biggest downgrade in the game hands down. Krios: He’s not bad but why don’t he sound old? He old dude, y no sound old?? Kastor: Old Kastor wasn’t anything special but this feels even more milquetoast. Kamos: This new guy is pretty good, the old one was pretty snorty, I like this Kamos a lot with how the new VA changed it. Agamemnon: A bit mid, by no means the worst thing here, but the old Agamemnon sounded like an old foppish emperor, and he had a lot more emotional variance in his delivery. He’s much more flat sounding overall here. Ajax: This is 100% the biggest disappointment for me here. No shade on the new VA, it’s a hard role to live up to since Ajax was by far the supporting character with the most iconic voicelines to nail, his original iteration had so much damn character. This is just lifeless in comparison. This is a problem with all the new voice acting in general which leads me to believe this is a direction problem. Out of the whole crew Ajax is in the top three most important roles you gotta nail and this ain’t it chief. The “You might feel less like fighting after I pull off your head” here was just lackluster in comparison to the old one and most of his lines are like this. Odysseus: He’s very flat in comparison, and his overall vibe has entirely shifted from clever schemer to Mediterranean IT guy talking to you at the water cooler at work. Chiron: Pretty good, I think I prefer the OG but I don’t think this is bad, just not quite as good. Gargarensis: If there’s a top three characters you gotta get right besides the main character, it’s the villain. The new guy gives it a good try but again the issues with direction continue and he doesn’t have the gravitas of the original by any means. Kemsyt: Honestly the one performance I don’t have any issues with whatsoever. These feel roughly equivalent to me. There’s some moments I felt were better here and some I felt were worse but it balances out. Amanra: Ah fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this. So if besides Arkantos himself you need to nail Ajax, Gargarensis, and a third, that one is Amanra and I was so ready for this to be good but again despite a valiant effort and honestly a good voice for her, the new acting doesn’t have the right… I don’t know, fire to it. Amanra was always a badass and though there was some good stuff here (“Be quiet back there!”) her general feel and big moments like the Isis Hear My Plea speech just felt off. Setna: He’s pretty good, old Setna was the most forgettable character in the game tbh so I feel his changes here work fine. More in next post
Thank god they fixed Arkantos in time. I only hope they fix all the other voices. Gargarensis just doesn’t have the same character. And really, none of the other new VAs do. 36:29. Was the guy bored?
this..isn't played at 1.15x speed right? why does the dialogue feel so rushed? the graphic look great sure but the voicework is just....too gravitas. I mean old ajax sounded like some badass from the streets ready to throwdown. This new ajax sounds like a well spoken gentleman trying to sound tough.
40:39 Okay, I'm a little surprised that Kemsyt himself is playable. I know that in the original I always included "private" for myself so that the poor guy makes more "THAN ONE" appearance in a scenario level.
49:03 Oh, they even gave Setna another chance to be part of a scenario level. Funnily enough, I did the same for myself, in Vanilla.^^ Edit: 1:14:42 And the same here, but with Odysseus.^^
ye I'm just not fan of the new Voice acting ..... it sounds like what an American expects a Greek person to sound Like old athena sounded misterious, mighty and unknowable ...new one sounds like she's gonna give me a lecture for not washing the dishes
They should re record: Athena she needs to sound ethereal with a wisdom voice. Not like a lady selling on a market.... Gargarensis is ok but fails when he gives the punch lines, example "do you question me ke...?" The og had that... other than that the rest is good
@@jayc342009 I miss Gargarensis VA, which made him sound cunning and sly, which is atypical for a cyclops, which made him feel threatening as a villain.
Watched only the beginning half of this clip and I gotta say the voice acting isn't like the original. Hell even the non-essential characters (The NPC soldiers) had more character in their lines than what you hear now. Honestly, they would have been better off just keeping the original voices during the remaster.
You would think the new engine would be able to handle waaaay more units on screen but everything is the same ,this was basically a retexture pack like a mod y’all paid 40 dollars for a texture pack mod 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My sister is one of the new VA, though it's hard to tell unless I squint my ears! Proud to heck of her.
Man nothing beats the old Voice acting, no offence to the new guys, that was golden.
They sound like ai
Yes offence to the new guys, they sound like amateurs or half assing it, there's no emotion in their voices.
Even in the latin American dub is so lame, so soulless, noting like the old Spanish one
true they do sound like ai
At least Arkantos is still voiced by the same voice actor. He came back to be recast for the remaster (Daniel Riordan) and had his lines finished between the beta and the full release. That's why Arkantos has identical voice inflections in the remaster now.
AOM was peak RTS gaming back in its day, and I'm immensely happy that it's finally getting some love after all this time 😊
Took long enough
Nothing beats the original Ajax. Rest in peace Charles Rocket
This whole plot is actually pretty cool.
ye but the VA in the original is far better
@@PeoplecallmeLucifer there's already a mod that restores the old VAs
@@matthewbritt7485 thank god for modders .... nut I ain't buying this game just because of the voice acting
Better than God of War
1:18:08 That effect of the Poseidon statue breaking apart with damage is so cool and smooth.
just wished the cinematic statue kept the battle damage.
god the voice of kamos feels like a acting rough n tuff guy chewing something and talking at the same time lmao.
New Gargarensis sounds like he's 35-ish and finally exiting the basement, wearing a cape and yelling "Mom, I'm out to destroy the world!"
The characters just don’t seem like they are having a conversation. You can feel that they are voice actors just trying to execute the lines.
Arkantos is an exception however. Gargarensis is too metaphorized with that voice
Plus, the death scene of Gargarensis in the end. He doesn’t make the death sound…
It’s the details that make something great. The fact that we cannot ever recreate a video game nowdays just shows how much we have lost touch as a society.
Voice Ratings All Main + Supporting Cast
Arkantos: Thank Heaven they fixed this, and damn the og voice actor absolutely killed it, I almost like this portrayal more since you can hear the age in his voice and it fits the more grizzled veteran feel to Arkantos, he’s no young fresh faced warrior he’s a seasoned general with a lot of experience under his belt and going off on his last adventure. 10/10 so happy with this.
Athena: Whyyyyy this is so bad, Athena sounds like someone’s mom. Her old voice was ethereal and memorable, that “Arkantos, awaken” is a core memory, this is… half baked. Arachne is styling on this Athena hard. Easily the biggest downgrade in the game hands down.
Krios: He’s not bad but why don’t he sound old? He old dude, y no sound old??
Kastor: Old Kastor wasn’t anything special but this feels even more milquetoast.
Kamos: This new guy is pretty good, the old one was pretty snorty, I like this Kamos a lot with how the new VA changed it.
Agamemnon: A bit mid, by no means the worst thing here, but the old Agamemnon sounded like an old foppish emperor, and he had a lot more emotional variance in his delivery. He’s much more flat sounding overall here.
Ajax: This is 100% the biggest disappointment for me here. No shade on the new VA, it’s a hard role to live up to since Ajax was by far the supporting character with the most iconic voicelines to nail, his original iteration had so much damn character. This is just lifeless in comparison. This is a problem with all the new voice acting in general which leads me to believe this is a direction problem. Out of the whole crew Ajax is in the top three most important roles you gotta nail and this ain’t it chief. The “You might feel less like fighting after I pull off your head” here was just lackluster in comparison to the old one and most of his lines are like this.
Odysseus: He’s very flat in comparison, and his overall vibe has entirely shifted from clever schemer to Mediterranean IT guy talking to you at the water cooler at work.
Chiron: Pretty good, I think I prefer the OG but I don’t think this is bad, just not quite as good.
Gargarensis: If there’s a top three characters you gotta get right besides the main character, it’s the villain. The new guy gives it a good try but again the issues with direction continue and he doesn’t have the gravitas of the original by any means.
Kemsyt: Honestly the one performance I don’t have any issues with whatsoever. These feel roughly equivalent to me. There’s some moments I felt were better here and some I felt were worse but it balances out.
Amanra: Ah fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this. So if besides Arkantos himself you need to nail Ajax, Gargarensis, and a third, that one is Amanra and I was so ready for this to be good but again despite a valiant effort and honestly a good voice for her, the new acting doesn’t have the right… I don’t know, fire to it. Amanra was always a badass and though there was some good stuff here (“Be quiet back there!”) her general feel and big moments like the Isis Hear My Plea speech just felt off.
Setna: He’s pretty good, old Setna was the most forgettable character in the game tbh so I feel his changes here work fine.
More in next post
They definitely need to do Gargarensis better.
Athena sounds so bad the old one was awesome
This video is great, thanks for doing this!
17:33 ajax special move is missing 😢😢
Where he throws enemy towards sky 😂😂
Thank god they fixed Arkantos in time. I only hope they fix all the other voices. Gargarensis just doesn’t have the same character. And really, none of the other new VAs do. 36:29. Was the guy bored?
Never played the original but I probably would have if I had known it was basically going to be AOE does Warcraft 3
Believe me, as someone who's played the original, it was a good chunk of my childhood. It's very iconic, plus the myth units are great
I will be honest: Age of Mythology Retold is much better than Warcraft 3 Reforged. I recently started playing Retold, and I'm enjoying it a lot.
Arkantos my friend hes BACK childhood times
Thank you
this..isn't played at 1.15x speed right? why does the dialogue feel so rushed? the graphic look great sure but the voicework is just....too gravitas.
I mean old ajax sounded like some badass from the streets ready to throwdown. This new ajax sounds like a well spoken gentleman trying to sound tough.
Arkantos: You must escape while you can!
Krios: Way ahead of you
40:39
Okay, I'm a little surprised that Kemsyt himself is playable. I know that in the original I always included "private" for myself so that the poor guy makes more "THAN ONE" appearance in a scenario level.
49:03
Oh, they even gave Setna another chance to be part of a scenario level. Funnily enough, I did the same for myself, in Vanilla.^^
Edit:
1:14:42
And the same here, but with Odysseus.^^
Fun fact: this is my first game in my entire life since i was born on this planet Earth
Ok
You were blessed then
mine too ! I had no internet at home back then and I was constantly playing AoM xdd. my friend gave the CD to me at second year of primary school haha
You found a good one to start with then.
No please, bring back old Gargarensis. This is so bad!
ye I'm just not fan of the new Voice acting .....
it sounds like what an American expects a Greek person to sound
Like old athena sounded misterious, mighty and unknowable ...new one sounds like she's gonna give me a lecture for not washing the dishes
Given that most of the VAs are retired or dead... we're lucky to have new voices at all.
You know theres literally a mod for the old voices... right?
Unfortunately, the old VA I think has passed away, and Hades has a strict "no-return" policy.
You can change it by a mod
Great that they blew new life into this game. But why did they re-record the voices? They originals were awesome
The yells kind of sound like the "best cry ever."
Did they need to do new voice acting? I swear this is the exact same script they used in the original
Prostagma?
Bulome
Proseze
etimus
Ishboli
Means order in ancient Greek.
46:05 i didn't like that change, it looked more sick when the army were the hoplitas
Que recuerdos me trae cuando juega en pc con los soldados de ades
They should re record: Athena she needs to sound ethereal with a wisdom voice. Not like a lady selling on a market.... Gargarensis is ok but fails when he gives the punch lines, example "do you question me ke...?" The og had that... other than that the rest is good
Is it just me, or does Agamemnon's portrait look like it was modeled after the Mask of Agamemnon?
I’m only here because I missed the Osiris cutscene. It looks so good now
I rather the old voice acting, was far better and nostalgic, i hope they make a patch so we can choose both.
Yeah Im Defin gonna need a mod for the old voice lines and ost
Athena's voice!!! Noooo!😭 We need a mod to restores the original voicelines.
54:05!!! Wolf acrobat!!
Improved graphics and good voice acting OK im sold!
Centaur upgrade should be full face helm not old guy with moustache. I hate when they change that.
Athena's accent has become like of a russian 😂.
Why do they make everyone sound Arabic
What happened to Athena's voice, I hate it lol
You forgot to activate the old voices mod
Thank goodness someone made that a mod.
They should have done this for Age of Empires 3 with the story and cutscenes.
Silly question but, how you rotate the camera 😅
In the og game, hold down the right mouse button and move the cursor.
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Orrendo, tutto posticcio. Ajax come nome la posto di Aiace non si può sentire!
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So it’s literally same game in 3d
original game was 3d as well
The way they say kamos name is not right to me
35:30
I miss Gargarensis' original VA.
The new Gargarensis voice is.....just no...
Old VA is mostly better, but damn the Kamos VA kicked ass. Also whoever edited the voice lines messed up how long a pause a period should denote..
The voice acting doesn't really hit as well as before.
Even Athena doesn't sound as divine or distant.
At least Arkantos sounds decent.
Arkantos is the same voice actor.
@@njmfff I think they must reworked it again after the outcry. they had the retold version of arkantos also changed before if i am not mistaken...
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The original voices were so much better, the new ones in this game make me cringe so hard lol
Arkantos is voiced by his original VA
@amoose3582 yea I know, I'm on about kamos, gargarensis, kastors new voice is awful too.
@@jayc342009
I miss Gargarensis VA, which made him sound cunning and sly, which is atypical for a cyclops, which made him feel threatening as a villain.
31:50 I can see an example of cringe here 😂😅
@@amoose3582 agreed !
This new Athena sounds like a bad tinder date ... Ugh.
Watched only the beginning half of this clip and I gotta say the voice acting isn't like the original. Hell even the non-essential characters (The NPC soldiers) had more character in their lines than what you hear now.
Honestly, they would have been better off just keeping the original voices during the remaster.
There is no way voice acting isn't ai, this is so bad
Couldn't they just keep the old voices? they sounded 100 times better than these ones.
swords look like they are made out of cardboard lmao
Noticed you censored Isis, you know... the god of magic and wisdom? weird of you to do that.
Perhaps you have heard of the YT algorithm and its misinterpreting of words that are flagged in other contexts?
On YT AOM Isis is known as the “patron goddess” out of fear of demonitization 😂
Yeah TH-cam doesn’t really care about context .
Retold is the Gay version of the game
They kinda butchered Athena, she sounds like a greek woman from a village instead of a goddess 🤣
The old VA was worlds better, even and especially for the minor and placeholder characters. Why couldn’t they just reuse the VA?
Age of Mythology Retold >> Warcraft 3: _Reforged_
New voice acting especily gargarensis is so bad.
nooooooooo
no please
What have you done to the voice acting?!
What have you done with the graphism ?
It's clash of clans now ...
This feels like the good time where activist thought dudes where being childish for playing games and not voting for gay rights
You would think the new engine would be able to handle waaaay more units on screen but everything is the same ,this was basically a retexture pack like a mod y’all paid 40 dollars for a texture pack mod 😂😂😂😂😂😂