He refused to return in Wrath due to ‘‘embarrassingly low amount’’ of money offered for it, so… That’s why they changed him. I kinda like the newer Arthas (Patrick Seitz) over the old one… more anger.
She does have a new voice actress, yes. OG one from WC3 don’t voice her anymore. She sounds a bit too girly (as in, she sounds like a small girl over an adult) imo…
I checked and confirmed this - my mistake. Laura is an exceptional VA and singer so I am very happy with the casting there (and most of the VA casting in general)
But Kerrigan’s original voice actress, Glynnis Campbell, was better. Moreover, Blizzard ditched her for no reason. Not even a token “pay dispute” - they just didn’t take her back when she offered to come back, because… well, Helfer was “more recognizable to new players”, apparently?
Why did they change Sylvanas WC3 voice actress? I mean, the OG one was far superior than the ones after WC3, but they changed her for no reason there too…
'Tis a shame. I even prefered the OG voices for the Nathrezim, but they were changed too.
From various interviews, Blizzard has apparantly been very difficult towards their OG voice actors. Several of the old Wc3 ones when you google, the most prominent being wc3 Arthas, has spoken out that they have either just flat out declined them work again, or for laughably low payment. The general attitude seem to be that unless it’s a “famous” VA, they don’t really care much and will either offer them next to nothing and/or treat them extremly poorly.
Only VA that I’ve heard off that they didn’t keep for an actual reason was Terenas because he died around the time wc3 was released.
They kept the OG Archimonde, David Lodge. Though he did a better voice in WC3 than in WoW. The OG Mannoroth returned for Cataclysm, but he wasn’t the VA for WoD.