Ngl, Steve Blum would have been a good casting choice voicing Chief in the Halo TV series if they didn't have Chief take off his helmet evey second and just simply had a body actor like how Darth Vader was done in Star Wars.
@@felt7731 I can't remember where the first time you hear him, but at least at the end when Chief is struggling to climb onto the light bridge to confront the Didact aboard the Mantle's Approach and when he's about to activate the nuke
Interesting. It has been a while since I've completed the h4 campaign, i think right now it has been half way done for months. I might have to go play the last mission.
@Turututu-T makes me wonder why 343 didn't just admit, made it it's own separate continuity like Disney did with Star Wars, or just make s completely new IP?
@@Dano_116 contracting a sci Fi writer who never even played a Halo game to write a novel trilogy detailing the forerunners and their war with the flood while not having any oversight was a bad idea, basing the plot of your forerunner saga games around them is just pure idiocy. Changing Halo's gameplay to be COD because of sales numbers of MW2 is stupid as it only outsold Halo due to being multiplatform. 343 didn't even have a brain stem.
@tomtheconqerur Greg Bear is a great sci fi writer. And Eric Nylund didn't play the games either. At least not at the beginning. Both have written the best EU material in the franchise. It doesn't matter if they didn't play the games as long as they get the story/universe and have the writing talent to craft their own.
you mean to tell me that we could have gotten fucking Grunt and FemShep as the voices of Chief and Cortana? obviously changing the voice actors was a terrible decision that thankfully didn't happen, but at least they got some incredible voice actors
Honestly... I think Steve Blum and Jen Hale would've done a fantastic job as Chief and Cortana. I think if they really were going to replace Downes and Taylor, then they're the best actors for the job. Blum's and Hale's voices are so synonymous with excellent sci-fi voice roles that they would've fit right in with Halo in my opinion.
@@The_Punisher Yeah but you can tell that he's getting old and his voice is changing with age. Just compare the way he sounds in Halo Infinite to the way he sounds in Halo CE.
I've heard the in development VO before. It didn't occur to me that it was Blum and Hale. Super neat! I'm not very familiar with what happened behind the scenes, but if I had to wager a guess I'd bet that they were merely placeholder VA's and always meant to be replaced by Downes and Taylor. H4 was a far more emotionally driven story, in my opinion to the point of absurdity. I imagine they needed someone who could provide an emotive placeholder before recording the final lines.
One of the former 343 devs mentioned that they would be in the final game, but one of the designers made a good enough argument for why that was a bad idea, and the project leaders changed their minds.
Sounds fine, honestly. A recast wasn’t needed at the time though and as it didn’t happen anyway it’s a non issue. If and when Steve and Jen finally decide to retire or call it a day, I could see the other Steve and Jen featured in this clip being really good in the roles :)
Wow, when they say they "hired people who hate Halo to make Halo" they were NOT kidding, given they were considering dropping the voice actors that have played the characters from day one...
@@Espartanica Explain how, because I have seen the actual clip and within the full context of the video before and after it. And the meaning did not change, they literally did just hire people who hated Halo for "new ideas" and to fix flaws.
@@xx_amongus_xx6987 You have not, or you would have seen that the actual quote was about hiring people who hated certain things and wanted to fix them, people with a passion for the games. Not saying 343 didn't do wrong, but you guys act like they just blindly tried to destroy the IP for fun
@@Espartanica What you just said is what I mentioned earlier, just worded differently. That is exactly the problem we have with that quote; they hired people who hate halo to fix certain things. There isn't anything that Halo fans wanted "fixed", we didn't have any problems with the core of the game. They were people who have a passion for games, just not the ones Halo fans love. Did they do it for fun? No, obviously not. But they did it intentionally, knowing they were trying to change everything about Halo in order to make it their own. What 343 did was destroy the IP, multiple times now. At a certain point, it stops being an "accident", and many would argue that point happened with Halo 4 due to just how much they changed. You're a fool if you really believe it took 343 over 10 years to even half understand what made Halo so special. And they still don't have a full understanding.
@xx_amongus_xx6987 Exactly, we both said the same thing, that it's a strawman to act like they purposefully hired people wjo hate the IP when the quote is saying they hired people eitu a passion to fix things.
The voice actors here are actually Bruce Thomas as Chief and possibly Mackenzie Mason as Cortana, who also did mocap for the characters in the cutscenes, if you go and listen to dialogue from Russel Adler in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, you can tell this is Bruce Thomas and not Steve Blum, though they do definitely sound similar.
I don’t hate the acting or how it sounds but I woulda been so mad if this is what we got. If anything these voice actors should get their own characters and used in the story
She's legitimately a great voice actress, but immediately all the earned chemistry between Chief and her is gone without the voices who got them to that point. Like, even Cortana calling him "Master Chief" so formally makes her sound like she's only just gotten to know him and it's game 4. Also lol, I imagined her as a nurse who has been assigned to look after him, bringing in that corporate caretaker energy.
Steve Blum sounds pretty good, especially if you think about him as a younger Chief. That said, I still think Daniel Cudmore is the best Chief aside from Steve Downes. I’d be fine with either of them doing Chief, should the need arise.
@kuyans3889 Morons who think to change the VAs of probably the most iconic duo in gaming behind only Mario and Luigi should not have any part in Halo, or other games, ever. It is indicative of a failure of judgment or character.
It’s not uncommon for recasts to happen. They sound fine. Steve Downes is not gonna be doing it forever. Shadow the Hedgehog was recast a few times. Same with Sonic and Mario.
Here's my theory; this was October 2011 right? Steve Downes and Jen Taylor were probably brought in at a much later date to record their lines, and the lines used by Steve Blum (who previously voiced Brutes) and Jen Hale (who voices Palmer) were used simply as placeholders for the interim, until the real Steve and Jen could get to the studio and actually record all their lines.
This is kinda cool. It would have been terrible if they replaced Steve Downs and Jen Taylor, but I've always thought that if Downs could no longer voice Chief that Steve Blum would be a great Chief.
I immediately recognized Steve blums voice, I would really enjoy the two of them if replacements ever happened I'm literally playing the mass effect legendary edition with female Shepard right now
I had heard this for a long time, but I didn't realize they actually did recordings. Knowing that it was two huge voice actors makes it make more sense, especially to replace Downes. I like Jennifer Hale, but I dont know about her replacing Jen Taylor, that fells much less necessary.
@@banishedepsilon1802 Steve Blum and Jennifer Hale have both done extensive voicework for Star Wars properties - most notably as Zeb Orrelios and Bastila Shan respectively.
@@banishedepsilon1802Made it woke, ass cheeks, story deprived, short attention span garnering, non military sci fied, hire people who don’t like the game to make the game, expand the franchise but not the story for cash…. Need I go on or are you willfully this ignorant to what Star Wars -ified means after watching Star Wars become a pile of shit post George Lucas?
Steve Blum and Jennifer Hail are the next generation voice actors if Steve Downes and Jen Taylor retire. Or they can voice Chief and Cortana in the new halo remakes what do you guys think?
I’m really surprised it was these two. I always figured they considered recasting them for budget, but these are well known voice actors. I actually wouldn’t have hated this tbh
It's honestly hard to really nail the Master Chief voice quite like Steve Downes does it, it's very deep, very gravely, very Chief in essence. While Steve Blum did a pretty good job, you can still tell it's not quite Chief. We'll probably hit a point where Chief will either need to be retired as a character or recast before we'll have a need to replace Jen Taylor, the man's in his 70's I believe, though looking good for his age I do admit! Though, if every Halo game is gonna take 6+ years to release, by the 8th or 9th game we might have to do something about Chief. I wouldn't be opposed to Blum taking the voice, but honestly I'd almost rather Fred or Jerome be the new protag.
Did you ever get a copy of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta yet? The textures and lighting in it were much better than the final game and would make for an interesting comparison!
I'd say that if we ever got a halo reboot then I'm fine with those two taking the role as chief and cortana But the original halo with the og chief and cortana VA will always be the definition of halo
Don't get me wrong, Steve Downes and Jen Taylor are iconic in their roles as Master Chief and Cortana respectively and I love them forever for them; but honestly, Steve Blum (Dempsey) and Jennifer Hale (FemShep) fit the roles pretty well and I wouldn't be upset if they were the new voices for MC and Cortana for Halo 4; they're both a hand in glove fit for their roles.
If steve downes ever retired,i could see steve blum doing an ok job. I honestly don't know about Jeniffer Hale. I feel like at that point, if they do decide to continue halo (which I wouldn't mind,just end the cheif's story), they should just replace them with a new spartan/companion duo. Maybe something similar to rookie and the superintendent
No, the mocap actors were always meant to just be mocap actors. They performed so that the other mocap actors can more easily work off of them. Chief's mocap actor is Bruce Thomas, I don't remember who Cortana's was.
@@IndoorSitupCortana was played by Mackenzie Mason. She did Mocap and her likeness was used for Cortana model. Mocap actors usually do their own voice which is obviously necessarily to create a genuine performance. Their lines maybe used for internal references more than anything else. But Mackenzie didn't return for Infinite, where Cortana was played by Jen Taylor, while Bruce did play Chief.
Bruce Thomas, who did the Mocap for Chief in Halo 4, said in an interview with Dan Allen a few years back that the intention was originally for him, along with Mackenzie Mason as Cortana, to provide the full performance, and it was only because of fan demand that Steve Downes and Jen Taylor were brought back for the voiceovers.
Steve Blum isn’t a bad voice actor but god damn his voice is way too recognizable from SO many other games that he couldn’t possibly work as master chief
Halo 4 Cortana with Jennifer Hale's voice would have been too much for my teenage hormones. Jennifer Hale and Grey DeLisle Griffin voiced my childhood crushes.
I admit - I don't hate Blum's Chief voice. But he's no Steve Downes that's for sure. It's just hilarious though. Imagine being 343 and being like "Hmmm... We need a voice for the master Chief...who should we cast.... **looks at Halo 3 this one and only time during development** let's bring in that guy who did some Brute voices."
As much as I defend Halo 4 for its emotional story and the potential it had as a story arc spanning multiple games, even *I* would have been colossally skeptical about changing voice actors completely. That would have been worse than a slap on the face to the fandom, especially when Steve Downes could still very much his work. With all of that said, yeah. Steve Blum *did* do a pretty good job as John-117, and... sadly, with Steve Downes' age, I am still of the belief it would be better to recast John-117 should Mr. Downes pass away. I love both the actor and the character, but I do not believe removing the character entirely from the lore would go well with the fandom.
I always felt like 343 wanted to tell the world the Halo we knew was no more and their vision would be replacing what was established while canonically being the same thing, so they could leave their mark and set their identity. This video reinforces that theory of mine.
Strange, they were almost replaced by voice actors who share the same first names as each other.
Steve Downes, Steve Blum. Jen Taylor, Jen Hale.
Really weird
@@The_Punisher Kind of makes me wonder if it was intentional or was just a complete coincidence
That’s Steve blum?
343 is so incompetent I wouldn't be surprised if they just sent the mail to the wrong names.
@@CHYAC lol
"who was supposed to do the green guy's lines?"
"some steve guy"
Ngl, Steve Blum would have been a good casting choice voicing Chief in the Halo TV series if they didn't have Chief take off his helmet evey second and just simply had a body actor like how Darth Vader was done in Star Wars.
Blum should be Chief in his 20s or 30s, not as old and experienced
it's good you're not lying
In that case, why not just get Steve Downes?
Still can't get over the stupid TV show and how they slaughtered such a good story Halo has.
I also enjoyed Pablo's voice for Chief
You can still hear Steve Blum grunting as Master Chief couple of times even in the final Halo 4 build
I have heard that, never sounded like Steve Downes
Oh wow is there a clip showing this?
@@felt7731 I can't remember where the first time you hear him, but at least at the end when Chief is struggling to climb onto the light bridge to confront the Didact aboard the Mantle's Approach and when he's about to activate the nuke
Interesting. It has been a while since I've completed the h4 campaign, i think right now it has been half way done for months. I might have to go play the last mission.
Makes me think Halo 4 was originally meant to be a complete reboot of the franchise. Explains the lore, art direction, tone, and gameplay changes.
Would make sense
It literally was a soft reboot
@@TheFakeBriskeh hard reboot I'd say.
Halo 4 is practically a reboot since it changes everything from the originals.
@Turututu-T makes me wonder why 343 didn't just admit, made it it's own separate continuity like Disney did with Star Wars, or just make s completely new IP?
They couldn’t have seriously been of sound mind thinking about replacing the voice actors.
The fact they wanted to at all is obvious, they wanted a halo that didn't exist
Having Steve Blum wouldn't have been an L. Steve Blum is probably one of the greatest voices of all time
They were never of sound mind.
@@Dano_116 contracting a sci Fi writer who never even played a Halo game to write a novel trilogy detailing the forerunners and their war with the flood while not having any oversight was a bad idea, basing the plot of your forerunner saga games around them is just pure idiocy. Changing Halo's gameplay to be COD because of sales numbers of MW2 is stupid as it only outsold Halo due to being multiplatform. 343 didn't even have a brain stem.
@tomtheconqerur Greg Bear is a great sci fi writer. And Eric Nylund didn't play the games either. At least not at the beginning. Both have written the best EU material in the franchise. It doesn't matter if they didn't play the games as long as they get the story/universe and have the writing talent to craft their own.
you mean to tell me that we could have gotten fucking Grunt and FemShep as the voices of Chief and Cortana?
obviously changing the voice actors was a terrible decision that thankfully didn't happen, but at least they got some incredible voice actors
Honestly... I think Steve Blum and Jen Hale would've done a fantastic job as Chief and Cortana. I think if they really were going to replace Downes and Taylor, then they're the best actors for the job. Blum's and Hale's voices are so synonymous with excellent sci-fi voice roles that they would've fit right in with Halo in my opinion.
My man I thought I would never know how they've sounded in the early build.
Thx for your work.
Cheers all.
Steve Downes is getting kind of old so whenever he decides to retire I can easily see Steve Blum filling in that role in the future.
He'll retire when he retires
@@The_Punisher Yeah but you can tell that he's getting old and his voice is changing with age. Just compare the way he sounds in Halo Infinite to the way he sounds in Halo CE.
Steve Blum is 64 lol
@@Justin-cw7rg Yeah, he's 10 years younger than Steve Downes.
@IndoorSitup yeah, and in infinites timeline, CE was years ago so yeah I mean kinda makes sense he would sound older and a bit different...
So they replaced Steve and Jen with Steve and Jen
Welp he said it as I sent it. Keepin my L up
And beta testers still couldn't recognize them?
Honestly would like Steve Blum to voice a new protagonist in Halo
He sounds like the main character from Bulletstorm
He has done many video games.
Steve Blum
He IS
both of them are lol steve blum AND jen hale voice the lead characters from bulletstorm
You’re not gonna believe me
I've heard the in development VO before. It didn't occur to me that it was Blum and Hale. Super neat!
I'm not very familiar with what happened behind the scenes, but if I had to wager a guess I'd bet that they were merely placeholder VA's and always meant to be replaced by Downes and Taylor.
H4 was a far more emotionally driven story, in my opinion to the point of absurdity. I imagine they needed someone who could provide an emotive placeholder before recording the final lines.
One of the former 343 devs mentioned that they would be in the final game, but one of the designers made a good enough argument for why that was a bad idea, and the project leaders changed their minds.
Sounds fine, honestly. A recast wasn’t needed at the time though and as it didn’t happen anyway it’s a non issue. If and when Steve and Jen finally decide to retire or call it a day, I could see the other Steve and Jen featured in this clip being really good in the roles :)
"Steve and Jen quit? Fine! Let's put Steve and Jen in instead!"
I mean they do sound pretty decent but why replace one Steve for another
Probably so the Arbiter could say his iconic line "We trade one Steve for another".
They could have recast Weapon in Infinite while maintaining Jen Taylor as Cortana as her swan song. I would've been okay with that.
Those voice actors are everywhere, I cant hear their voices without thinking about their other roles.
Wow, when they say they "hired people who hate Halo to make Halo" they were NOT kidding, given they were considering dropping the voice actors that have played the characters from day one...
Incomplete quote, long running strawman.
@@Espartanica Explain how, because I have seen the actual clip and within the full context of the video before and after it. And the meaning did not change, they literally did just hire people who hated Halo for "new ideas" and to fix flaws.
@@xx_amongus_xx6987 You have not, or you would have seen that the actual quote was about hiring people who hated certain things and wanted to fix them, people with a passion for the games. Not saying 343 didn't do wrong, but you guys act like they just blindly tried to destroy the IP for fun
@@Espartanica What you just said is what I mentioned earlier, just worded differently. That is exactly the problem we have with that quote; they hired people who hate halo to fix certain things. There isn't anything that Halo fans wanted "fixed", we didn't have any problems with the core of the game. They were people who have a passion for games, just not the ones Halo fans love.
Did they do it for fun? No, obviously not. But they did it intentionally, knowing they were trying to change everything about Halo in order to make it their own. What 343 did was destroy the IP, multiple times now. At a certain point, it stops being an "accident", and many would argue that point happened with Halo 4 due to just how much they changed. You're a fool if you really believe it took 343 over 10 years to even half understand what made Halo so special. And they still don't have a full understanding.
@xx_amongus_xx6987 Exactly, we both said the same thing, that it's a strawman to act like they purposefully hired people wjo hate the IP when the quote is saying they hired people eitu a passion to fix things.
Cortana: "I'm reading a warthog south of our position."
Chief: Goes west.
Yeah, good thing they're gone.
Halo the series aahh conversation
Nobody can replace master chief and cortana's voices I don't care if they're popular famous voice actors
The voice actors here are actually Bruce Thomas as Chief and possibly Mackenzie Mason as Cortana, who also did mocap for the characters in the cutscenes, if you go and listen to dialogue from Russel Adler in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, you can tell this is Bruce Thomas and not Steve Blum, though they do definitely sound similar.
I don’t hate the acting or how it sounds but I woulda been so mad if this is what we got. If anything these voice actors should get their own characters and used in the story
I’m starting to think that 343i were too ignorant to know who “Steve and Jen” were
She's legitimately a great voice actress, but immediately all the earned chemistry between Chief and her is gone without the voices who got them to that point. Like, even Cortana calling him "Master Chief" so formally makes her sound like she's only just gotten to know him and it's game 4. Also lol, I imagined her as a nurse who has been assigned to look after him, bringing in that corporate caretaker energy.
Steve Blum sounds pretty good, especially if you think about him as a younger Chief. That said, I still think Daniel Cudmore is the best Chief aside from Steve Downes.
I’d be fine with either of them doing Chief, should the need arise.
The lost sequel to Intruder for Tom/Toonami
Incredible , not only is this a massive red flag this is the kind of thing that should end someone's career on the spot and follow them in perpetuity.
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@kuyans3889 Morons who think to change the VAs of probably the most iconic duo in gaming behind only Mario and Luigi should not have any part in Halo, or other games, ever. It is indicative of a failure of judgment or character.
@@Connor8609 ok small dog
@@kuyans3889 smol dogg :3 so kawaii
It’s not uncommon for recasts to happen. They sound fine. Steve Downes is not gonna be doing it forever. Shadow the Hedgehog was recast a few times. Same with Sonic and Mario.
well for halo 4 its a different story. its not like steve was as old as he is now in 2024
I love Steve Blum and Jennifer Hale but Steve Downes and Jen Taylor have always been Chief and Cortana
Steve Blum as Master Chief goes crazy lmao, I MAY have been ok with that
Thank god they came to their senses and kept Jen and Steve.
Steve Blum was Unforgettable in Ace Combat 5
Here's my theory; this was October 2011 right? Steve Downes and Jen Taylor were probably brought in at a much later date to record their lines, and the lines used by Steve Blum (who previously voiced Brutes) and Jen Hale (who voices Palmer) were used simply as placeholders for the interim, until the real Steve and Jen could get to the studio and actually record all their lines.
There's a voice option in Halo Infinite's multiplayer, I think it's DF09, it sounds just like Blum
This is kinda cool. It would have been terrible if they replaced Steve Downs and Jen Taylor, but I've always thought that if Downs could no longer voice Chief that Steve Blum would be a great Chief.
Jen Hale can voice literally anyone; I really hope they keep her as Samus for Prime 4 and even give her a couple of voice lines.
I immediately recognized Steve blums voice, I would really enjoy the two of them if replacements ever happened I'm literally playing the mass effect legendary edition with female Shepard right now
Ah, Steve Blum. The original Troy Baker.
that og intro goes hard
Spike Spiegel as Master Chief? Wild
Ngl It's actually really good
Bro that’s the toonami guy
Ah yes. The halo 4 drama. Brings back memories
I don’t know why developers even consider this. They did the same with Max Payne 3 initially.
I feel Steve Blum would play a good younger chief like if we got a prequel game for the mains series
I had heard this for a long time, but I didn't realize they actually did recordings. Knowing that it was two huge voice actors makes it make more sense, especially to replace Downes. I like Jennifer Hale, but I dont know about her replacing Jen Taylor, that fells much less necessary.
Honestly these guys sound pretty good tbh!
The chief has, Bloomed.
They Star Wars-ified Halo
What exactly makes it Star Wars-ified?
@@banishedepsilon1802 Steve Blum and Jennifer Hale have both done extensive voicework for Star Wars properties - most notably as Zeb Orrelios and Bastila Shan respectively.
@@banishedepsilon1802Made it woke, ass cheeks, story deprived, short attention span garnering, non military sci fied, hire people who don’t like the game to make the game, expand the franchise but not the story for cash…. Need I go on or are you willfully this ignorant to what Star Wars -ified means after watching Star Wars become a pile of shit post George Lucas?
No. They didn't.
@@leonardosantuario3346 Sir it is a joke about them using two voice actors with prominent roles in Star Wars.
Honestly tho, a prestory or younger master cheif era stories Blum would be perfect.
Steve Blum and Jennifer Hail are the next generation voice actors if Steve Downes and Jen Taylor retire. Or they can voice Chief and Cortana in the new halo remakes what do you guys think?
I would have to hear higher quality voice lines to get my own opinion on whether they'd be good replacements.
You should share the rest of the replacement voice actor lines.
So, it is what I thought.
They should be another Spartan AI pair alongside chief.
I’m really surprised it was these two. I always figured they considered recasting them for budget, but these are well known voice actors. I actually wouldn’t have hated this tbh
Halo would've 100% died if they did that lmao, chief has to be Steve downes
It's honestly hard to really nail the Master Chief voice quite like Steve Downes does it, it's very deep, very gravely, very Chief in essence. While Steve Blum did a pretty good job, you can still tell it's not quite Chief.
We'll probably hit a point where Chief will either need to be retired as a character or recast before we'll have a need to replace Jen Taylor, the man's in his 70's I believe, though looking good for his age I do admit!
Though, if every Halo game is gonna take 6+ years to release, by the 8th or 9th game we might have to do something about Chief. I wouldn't be opposed to Blum taking the voice, but honestly I'd almost rather Fred or Jerome be the new protag.
Steve Blum is actually really awesome, we would make a great odst or marine
Did you ever get a copy of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta yet? The textures and lighting in it were much better than the final game and would make for an interesting comparison!
I'd say that if we ever got a halo reboot then I'm fine with those two taking the role as chief and cortana
But the original halo with the og chief and cortana VA will always be the definition of halo
Steve Blum could work really well actually if master chief decides to resign
Don't get me wrong, Steve Downes and Jen Taylor are iconic in their roles as Master Chief and Cortana respectively and I love them forever for them; but honestly, Steve Blum (Dempsey) and Jennifer Hale (FemShep) fit the roles pretty well and I wouldn't be upset if they were the new voices for MC and Cortana for Halo 4; they're both a hand in glove fit for their roles.
like theyd be good for a younger chief
Halo 4: Space Cowboys
Always thought steve blum would be a great choice for chief if Steve downes ever retired
Sounds like robot chicken chief 😂
Wouldnt mind if Steve Blum and Jen Hale replaced Steve Downes and Jen Taylor in the newer Halo using the Unreal engine.
Wow that build looks awesome
It honestly looks better than current Halo 4 art direction wise
If steve downes ever retired,i could see steve blum doing an ok job. I honestly don't know about Jeniffer Hale. I feel like at that point, if they do decide to continue halo (which I wouldn't mind,just end the cheif's story), they should just replace them with a new spartan/companion duo. Maybe something similar to rookie and the superintendent
Spike Spiegal as Master Chief is cool by me if we HAD to replace Steve Downes, which we don't. David Hayter would be cool too.
I actually wouldn’t mind the Master Chief sounding like Tank Dempsey.
Zabuza from Naruto also lol
Weren't these just the mocap actors? I remember seeing them in the Halo 4 vidocs.
No, the mocap actors were always meant to just be mocap actors. They performed so that the other mocap actors can more easily work off of them.
Chief's mocap actor is Bruce Thomas, I don't remember who Cortana's was.
@@IndoorSitupCortana was played by Mackenzie Mason. She did Mocap and her likeness was used for Cortana model.
Mocap actors usually do their own voice which is obviously necessarily to create a genuine performance. Their lines maybe used for internal references more than anything else.
But Mackenzie didn't return for Infinite, where Cortana was played by Jen Taylor, while Bruce did play Chief.
Bruce Thomas, who did the Mocap for Chief in Halo 4, said in an interview with Dan Allen a few years back that the intention was originally for him, along with Mackenzie Mason as Cortana, to provide the full performance, and it was only because of fan demand that Steve Downes and Jen Taylor were brought back for the voiceovers.
343 trying to get rid of two of the most iconic voices in the series is pretty on brand actually
Well you do have to Admit, Steve Blum isn’t a bad choice
Steve Blum isn’t a bad voice actor but god damn his voice is way too recognizable from SO many other games that he couldn’t possibly work as master chief
Honestly Jen Hale and Steve Blum aren't bad choices
STEVE BLUM!? I’ll accept it
Man 343 / Microsoft really wanted to change everything about halo
Halo 4 Cortana with Jennifer Hale's voice would have been too much for my teenage hormones. Jennifer Hale and Grey DeLisle Griffin voiced my childhood crushes.
All I hear is Wolverine
Steve Blum/Dempsey/Mugen!
For future reference, it's pronounced "Steve Bloom"
I admit - I don't hate Blum's Chief voice. But he's no Steve Downes that's for sure.
It's just hilarious though. Imagine being 343 and being like "Hmmm... We need a voice for the master Chief...who should we cast.... **looks at Halo 3 this one and only time during development** let's bring in that guy who did some Brute voices."
Did the Digsite team make these development builds available?
Its literally steve blum and sara from TOONAMI lol wouldent mind that as a AI pack in infinite at all but steve and jen are irreplaceable
Not bad but I wouldn't be able to shake the fact I know the voice from other places.
Steve Blum and Jen Hale aren't bad at all but Steve Downes and Jen Taylor's voices are way too iconic to just replace like that.
Steve Blum would make a good master chief in the halo reboot
Not even bad.
Vilgax as master chief
Honestly. This voice would've been sick for a young version of the chief. Not cortana though....
steve blum could have played a great Young Chief imho.
just more proof that Bonnie Ross and Kiki Wolfkill hate Halo.
As much as I defend Halo 4 for its emotional story and the potential it had as a story arc spanning multiple games, even *I* would have been colossally skeptical about changing voice actors completely. That would have been worse than a slap on the face to the fandom, especially when Steve Downes could still very much his work.
With all of that said, yeah. Steve Blum *did* do a pretty good job as John-117, and... sadly, with Steve Downes' age, I am still of the belief it would be better to recast John-117 should Mr. Downes pass away. I love both the actor and the character, but I do not believe removing the character entirely from the lore would go well with the fandom.
Yeah tbh the new actors sound good for MC and Cortana
They aren't that bad actually, but I still like the classic cast of course.
I always felt like 343 wanted to tell the world the Halo we knew was no more and their vision would be replacing what was established while canonically being the same thing, so they could leave their mark and set their identity. This video reinforces that theory of mine.
Honestly, Steve Blum isn't a terrible choice for Chief at all. That being said, Downes is still Chief and always will be.
Jen Taylor and Jennifer Hale or both awesome...
Repost this on April 1st, but with completely awful VAs. Or ones that just sound like other characters.
I'll be waiting.