In 2015, players from all over the world, not taking their eyes off the monitors, again plunged into the world of The Witcher, created by the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. CD Projekt RED gave the world a third of Geralt’s adventures from Rivia. We will talk about who voiced the Witcher, as well as some other characters in the game, in the article below.
Briefly about the game
Andrzej Sapkowski made a huge contribution to the culture of his country by writing works about The Witcher. Many fans of fantasy books put the work of a Polish writer, if not in the first place, then precisely determine the first three best books that they happened to read.
No less important contribution was made by the guys from the studio CD Projekt RED. In 2004, the founders of the company, Marcin Ivinsky and Mihav Kichinsky, visited the writer with a proposal to create a computer game based on his books. Andrzej Sapkowski gave his consent, but he did not put on this project.
To everyone’s surprise, the first game released by this company was a resounding success. And the writer received a considerable influx of readers who became interested in the fate of Geralt after meeting this character. The game unfolds events that occur after the story described by Sapkowski. Now CD Projekt RED is world famous for its games about the fearless monster killer.
Voice acting characters
The most sensational was the third part of a series of games about the Witcher. She was the most anticipated game of 2015 and fully met these expectations. After the release of the game, Internet users became interested in the question: "Who voiced the witcher and other characters of the game?" Many players and fans of Sapkovsky’s creativity were satisfied with the work done by Russian localizers and voice actors.
A big plus of Russian dubbing is the fact that the translation was carried out using the Polish plot (the original game was published in English), thereby preserving the fullness of the language, few will argue that English is somewhat dry. Plus, the kinship of languages played a positive role. Here is a great video that reveals this question in more detail:
Who voiced Geralt in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
Actors such as Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt and Will Smith viewers most often hear with the voice of Vsevolod Borisovich Kuznetsov. This Russian dubbing actor, dubbing director, and also the announcer has a huge filmography. In addition to the actors listed above, Vsevolod Kuznetsov voiced some works with the participation of Adam Sandler, Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, as well as his voice says Volan de Mort in the film adaptations of the works of Joana Rowling.
The full list of roles voiced by Vsevolod is too huge. If we take into account the fact that few can determine the similarity of the sound of these completely different actors on the screen, we can conclude that the Russian dubbing actor does an excellent job.
From the above it became clear who voiced the Witcher in Russian dubbing. Vsevolod Kuznetsov ’s work on The Witcher has generally received positive reviews. Many people like the game because of the charisma that Vsevolod introduced into the character. But there are also players who are unhappy with Geralt performed by Vsevolod. And they searched the Internet for the one who voiced the witcher in order to express their indignation about the work of the actor.
The main complaint is emotionality. In the original series of books, the character of Geralt is very restrained, and it is very difficult to push him to express emotions. The witcher speaks in a very cold, calm and even tone. But Vsevolod Kuznetsov during the dubbing often turned to scream and expressed too many emotions. This is not bad for an actor, it just doesn’t fit this character specifically.
Who voiced Ciri in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
A character named Cyril Fiona Helen Rhiannon in the Russian dubbing is voiced by actress Polina Chekan. The work of this actress, in general, was also warmly received. Although in comparison with her colleagues, in particular Joe Wyatt, who voiced the original version of the game, our actress is lagging behind. Polina coped well with the emotional scenes, and as for the others, for the most part they sound too dry and do not correspond to the facial expressions and gestures of the character.
Voice Yennifer
As for the other characters, Yennifer voiced by Tatyana Shitova. The work of this actress indulged the least criticism of the fans. Many appreciated the efforts of Tatiana one hundred percent. She coped well with both acting and matching the character's character. Its intonation is fully consistent with what is happening on the screen. Tatyana Shitova, according to those Russian players who played both the Russian and English versions of the game, is one of not many who are not behind the actors in the voice acting of the original game.
Other
Triss Merigold was voiced by Svetlana Oleshkovskaya. Unfortunately, the work of this actress is almost impossible to evaluate. Triss's replicas in the game are either greatly accelerated or very slow.
By the way, this is one of the biggest disadvantages of working with voice acting in the game as a whole. Here the discrepancy between the lengths of the phrases on the original and in the translation affected.
It is also interesting to know who voiced Buttercup in The Witcher. The Russian voice of the Witcher's best friend was Sergey Burunov. This dubbing actor is quite in demand. Leonardo di Caprio we hear in Russian thanks to Sergey. In the game, Buttercup was not allotted much time, but in general the actor coped with his work.
The cherry on the cake of the game is the song of Priscilla. Fans from around the world were pleased with the work on it. It sounds great in all languages, and Russian is no exception, and perhaps the best. Nona Vinogradova did an excellent job.