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Skull Face really doesn't sound how I imagined he would. I kind of hoped they'd make his voice match his appearance a bit more.

Kiefer Snake was a bit surprising. We heard him deliver a line in the E3 trailer ("Kaz, I'm already a demon") and it sounded great, like a nice middle ground between Hayter Snake and Doyle Boss. Some of the lines were okay and I don't think any were poorly acted (except for the 'kept you waiting' line which sounded like he was reading it for the first time) but it's far more jarring than I was expecting. I'm sure I'll get used to it and I'm certainly not going to hold off on purchasing it, but in this video at least I kept thinking Kaz's lines were Snake's simply because his voice sounds ever so slightly more fitting. All that said, I respect Kojima's decision, and I understand why he did it. He had no say in the original English casting, no Japanese studios had a say in English dubs back then, and now the most recognised representation of his key character is one chosen by someone else. The transition to sharing face capture and VA (and in the future mocap) to one person is also sound reasoning. The few times I've seen Hayter give onscreen performances haven't been stellar to say the least. Hopefully if they ever do feature Big Boss and Solid Snake in the same game again, it'll be Kiefer as one and Hayter as the other.