So we all knew that at some point this year, people were going to get sick of Nolan North's starring-roles in Video Games. What I didn't realize is that it would be so early on in the year.
 
In this week's Totally Rad Show, while reviewing Dark Void, the hosts expressed an overall feeling of what can only be described as Nolan Fatigue (North Fatigue?)
 

"... Huge fan of the dialogue stylings of Nolan North, um, however, totally played out. It's actually a problem. It actually affects the game."

Not his fault that everyone casts him as Nathan Drake. Like i seriously imagine he gets called into a company for some voice work, and when he asks what kind of character they want him to play, they point at an Uncharted 2 game box.

I still haven't played a Nolan North game so I dunno. O_o I can see how people can get sick of him though.

@eroticfishcake said:

"I still haven't played a Nolan North game so I dunno. O_o I can see how people can get sick of him though. "

You have, you just don't know it yet.

" I still haven't played a Nolan North game so I dunno. O_o I can see how people can get sick of him though. "

" @Abyssfull: Well I forgot to mention the first Uncharted game which I have played. That aside, that's a terrifying thought... "

The guy is just a voice behind some digital characters. Seems like the only reason people are getting worn out on Nolan North is because every one keeps making referential jokes about the guy.

" Not his fault that everyone casts him as Nathan Drake. Like i seriously imagine he gets called into a company for some voice work, and when he asks what kind of character they want him to play, they point at an Uncharted 2 game box. "

"Unless he is in Dungeon Keeper, which was the last game I ever played since that's about as good as games are going to get, I haven't heard him in a game."

"While hardly noticable as part of the cast, he also voiced like 80% of the stilwater citizens ;P. ''Holy shit this car has a CD player?!?''  Put enough investigation into it, he probably played all 7 dwarves from the Snow White cartoon too =O "

 " For example, there's a place in my heart for any game with Kevin Michael Richardson (the voice of Sarevok and at least one character in every Bioware game through to Knights of the Old Republic, as well as a million other games/TV shows). "

" @eroticfishcake said:

" @Abyssfull: Well I forgot to mention the first Uncharted game which I have played. That aside, that's a terrifying thought... "

While hardly noticable as part of the cast, he also voiced like 80% of the stilwater citizens ;P. ''Holy shit this car has a CD player?!?''  Put enough investigation into it, he probably played all 7 dwarves from the Snow White cartoon too =O "

Most of the times it's the developers fault. Nolan North talked about it in an interview where he talked about working on the Prince of Persia reboot game where he went in to do the voice and the developers basically told him to do what he did on Uncharted. 

he'll never be as bad as cam clarke

" @AndrewB said:

 " For example, there's a place in my heart for any game with Kevin Michael Richardson (the voice of Sarevok and at least one character in every Bioware game through to Knights of the Old Republic, as well as a million other games/TV shows). "

i can't get enough of him and Raphael Sbarge (Carth Onasi Forever Baybee!). "

I'm fortunate enough not to have played a large amount of games with him in it, at least with him in it that's not recognisable. His voice for me, is still Nathan Drake. I wonder whether or not North knows of his recent backlash against him, and whether he'll finally make a stand to the developers to not do a Drake voice.

Although they've joked about it, at this point I feel like the GB staff should actually hold the Northies and give a Northy to the Nolan North character most Nolan North this year.

No, this is Nathan Drake fatigue.

People should stop this bullshit about Nolan Fatigue before it spreads through the internet and causes him to lose jobs. He is a great actor with huge variety of styles. He's obviously a great voice actor and I see no reason for people to complain, especially since he was in pretty much every game you've played before anyone knew who he was and people never complained then.

" People should stop this bullshit about Nolan Fatigue before it spreads through the internet and causes him to lose jobs. He is a great actor with huge variety of styles. He's obviously a great voice actor and I see no reason for people to complain, especially since he was in pretty much every game you've played before anyone knew who he was and people never complained then. "

" @LiquidPrince said:

" People should stop this bullshit about Nolan Fatigue before it spreads through the internet and causes him to lose jobs. He is a great actor with huge variety of styles. He's obviously a great voice actor and I see no reason for people to complain, especially since he was in pretty much every game you've played before anyone knew who he was and people never complained then. "

That still doesn't alleviate the fact that hearing his voice everywhere can affect the game it self.   If people have a problem with it, let them complain. If they don't complain and just deny that it can affect the game for them, then it just makes matters worse. Better to get it out now I say. "

I had to look pretty deep to find a game of his I have.  I didn't find that many and those I found, I think he was a small part in them: 
Madworld   Still actually haven't played it yet.  
 Halo Wars  Haven't played it enough to get to him I think. 
 Lost Odyssey  Haven't played it yet. 
 Assassin's Creed Still haven't played it. 
 Halo 3  Unless he was in the first 20 minutes before I got bored and stopped playing, then no. 
 World in Conflict  probably heard in that. 
Guild Wars: Nightfall   &Guild Wars: Factions  Only my kids played that.   
Gun   Never got around to playing it.  
 God of War  Another one I only played 20 minutes of. 
 
Holy crap, he is in a lot of games.  No idea what his voice sounds like though (all his stuff is my least played games), so I could hardly suffer fatigue from it.    I am guessing too many starring, high profile roles is the problem.  I am sure he will still get plenty of work no matter what, but some lead roles could be missed out on.

 I just got done playing the supreme commander 2 demo... and hes the main character!

I've only only played 3 North games, so I'm not really feeling fatigued. Though his voice is start to get more and more conspicuous. I can imagine it being a real problem when I start to recognize it so often and quickly that it breaks disbelief, but Nolan certainly isn't the only actor with whom I have this problem.
 
EDIT: Nolan North was in God of War?! Okay, so I'm not at that point yet. Good to know.

You know what? I looked through his Wikipedia page and I found that I haven't played a single game with him in it, nor have I watched any tv show that he's in.
 
What do I win?