FINAL FANTASY XVI - Interview with David Menkin

[@orga8211]

Damn, he's even commented on the people unhappy with voices cast. They're clown takes, the voice acting in this game is amazing, very well-directed and well-performed. Thanks for these interviews.

[@lukelmaooooo]

idk some of those Barnabas soliloquies and monologues gave me flashbacks to the "Get on with it!" scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail, but that's not really Menkin's fault. More of a writing/direction issue. I think if they gave Barney more scenes to flesh out his character and true intentions **without** it being immediately before or after a climactic battle with Clive, he wouldn't have had to establish so much in those scenes where he **was** confronting Clive, because when he does it kind of grinds the flow of the scene to a halt.

[@WMNova_XVI]

He is the same voice actor that voiced Malos in Xenoblade Chronicles 2! I love him ❤

[@charlessegale6493]

*INDEED!*

[@Ferodra]

INDEED

[@jaybee4288]

He was really good. Kinda a shame Barnabas was not the main antagonist. He is one of the better FF villains.

[@SlayerSeraph]

2:51 This is funny how it's in sync with Barnabas lip movements: The mighty King of Waloed, Warden of Ash, Dominant of Odin - is worried he wasn't a good enough Gamer!

[@velvetimpulse]

I hope you get to interview the actress behind Jill Warrick! She did such a phenomenal job

[@arof7605]

Ran into a level 14 Barnabas Tharmr in FF14 yesterday in a guildhest. Clearly the character has some fans. Hoping that guy gets a last hit on the fate some day.

[@timothymoore6341]

Barnabas and Dion are my top favorite characters from FFXVI! All the voice actors did an amazing job bringing these characters to life!

[@lumpcrittergravy]

Favorite Antagonists in Final Fantasy are Rufus from 7, and Barnabas from 16. Good job David.

[@ooze1982]

Good cast of voice actors

[@sam.246]

Fantastic performance, and as a long-time fan, XVs Odin ended up being my favorite incarnation of the summon. Menacing and scary.

[@farflungtraveler]

It’s crazy to believe that Barnabus’s voice actor also voiced (of all characters), Porter, an American tank engine from Thomas.

[@CetteSara]

Thank you for sharing! Awesome voice cast! Wonderful game!

[@timbahr1792]

Waiting for that DLC for a Barnabus Tharmr backstory

[@tdotran]

Volume seems kinda low but other than that, loving the content!

[@puppetMattster]

That's so cool! They got an actual Scandinavian to play Odin! 😄

[@aurronius1243]

Damn that person who told him XVI is gonna be his first Final Fantasy is a legend! I got goosebumps when he said it because I realized it really doesn’t matter which one is your first one, because every single one is going to invite you into this imaginary world filled with Aeons, chocobos, Mogrys, emotional characters and stories, characters named Cid/Watts/Biggs as well as exceptional music :) that’s the Final Fantasy spirit! Btw FF7/FF8 are the best❤️🤣(and now FF16 Ofcourse!)

[@BigMujK]

I’m a gamer too, can confirm they rot your brain

[@notthatthenamematters6163]

Hes a great voice actor indeed

[@yellowsoy2475]

Phenomenal voice acting when your regular talking voice sounds nothing like your character XD

[@DodderingOldMan]

With the advent of FFXVI and BG3 in a very small space of time, we've had what I would rank as the best and second best voice acting in gaming history. It's remarkable. And it seems that game devs are really making an effort to promote their voice actors as the stars of the game they truly are.

[@kaganp99]

He was great in 14 and 16 both!

[@jamespaguip5913]

David menkin is the perfect voice for aptom for Guyver biobooster.

[@Musthavetrav]

I need someone to contact me immediately. I had two online orders I went to pickup tonight at my local GameStop. When I arrived the manager told me he just initiated a return on both of them an hour prior because the new pickup policy is 3 days. My email specifically says I have 7 days to pickup. Also why would he cancel on day 6 if the new policy is 3 days? And no one from the store called me or emailed me. Then he wouldn’t sell the games to me at the sale price I’d paid. Terrible experience all around.

[@muhanifrafiahmadi1146]

valorant player : "off your feet"

[@madjoe8622]

He would make a good Biff if there was a Back To The Future remake.

[@grapes9h5]

Meeeeeethos!!!!!!

[@bondansyamsu901]

Guys who did he voice in XIV?

[@coreydemoss4781]

He was Magnus, a character involved in two main scenario quests in Shadowbringers.

[@bondansyamsu901]

@@coreydemoss4781 oh him LOL. He was great as the character yea but that particular storyline was definitely not the best of Shadowbringers. But it's great they kept him in mind

[@coreydemoss4781]

@@bondansyamsu901 Haha, yeah agreed.

[@AceManMello]

LES GOOOOOOOO

[@coolrocksounds]

Barbabus.

[@CaWalrusJr]

my gay daddy!

[@havic1306]

GME to the moon!!!

[@Jessev741]

This is not the way. Engage with the content. This was a really insightful interview!

[@jaroslawratajkowski3901]

GME forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!