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0nighthawk0 wrote: Or...like Kojima himself said, he wanted an actor who could portrait the character through more then just voice but through facial expressions as well. Kiefer is far better in facial emotion then David is (if you ever saw Guyver: Dark Hero you'll see why) Hayter is just a voice actor, he most likely wouldn't be able to create that facial expression that tells the emotions without voicing them, something Kiefer can do.

Not to mention how straining the voice must be. It's hard to imagine being able to maintain that kind of grizzled voice (especially when you compare how much calmer and lighter Hayter normally sounds) while actually trying to emote. That said, I don't mind the change as beyond the need of an actual mocap actor for the face, it's essentially the same case as John Cygan's Solidus in MGS2 only this time it's a lead character. And with Big Boss being a different character from Solid Snake, distancing him from the image of "Snake" helps in the transition into his persona as "Big Boss", and a new voice is a welcome change that I wouldn't mind myself.