Polish Viconia/Fall-From-Grace VA has died

[MicoSelva]

Gabriela Kownacka, actress responsible for voices of Viconia and Fall-From-Grace in Polish versions of Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment, has died today after a six-year long fight with breast cancer, at age of 58.

Her seductive voice was responsible for wet dreams of many a Polish RPGamer from 1998 onward. Being theatrical, television and movie actress, she brought a large dose of professionalism and quality to the largely amateurish cast of first BG (it was the first game of this scale localised for Polish market), setting a standard for future releases.
She shall be remembered every time we hear 'Usstan zha dost'. Respect.

edit: 'Fall' not 'Fallen' indeed.

 

[attackfighter]

I hate how polish womyn have gigantic heads

 

[MicoSelva]

It's because the heads are not just decorative. They also need to contain the brains.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

She played Viconia pretty badly. In English version Viconia sounds like a mean bitch and not seductively at all.

 

[space odyssey]

In English version Viconia sounds like a mean bitch and not seductively at all.

Bullshit, I bet you don't even like getting your balls stepped on you fag

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

In English version Viconia sounds like a mean bitch and not seductively at all.

Bullshit, I bet you don't even like getting your balls stepped on you fag

 

[Black]

No more Rodzina Zastepcza? No more bad voice acting?

Yes, yes, I know, an actress was killed, for god's sake etc

 

[Exmit]

Polish version of Baldurs Gate is one of the few games that has good voice acting , and IMO even better than the original English version. It's a big incline.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNaOjak20M

Fronczewski beats the shit out of the crappy english narrator


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaxQFUEXw

Polish Sarevok has alot more deeper , evil voice than the english one.


Irenicus in PL sounds just superb, when i played the english one i was WTF what is this sound of a choking near-dead man and not a powerfull , intelligent mage in prime of his years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFygutweNbE

 

[MicoSelva]

Polish version of Baldurs Gate is one of the few games that has good voice acting , and IMO even better than the original English version.

Well, to be honest, not all voices are better - result of very small pool of voice actors in Poland back then. For example, Polish Minsc sucks balls (voice alone is okay-ish, but the actor is incompetent). Also, Thunder Hammer with his boyish lisp is laughable at best.
Most of the casting mistakes were corrected for BG2, though.

 

[Turisas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNaOjak20M

Fronczewski beats the shit out of the crappy english narrator

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaxQFUEXw

Polish Sarevok has alot more deeper , evil voice than the english one.

Nope.

Irenicus in PL sounds just superb, when i played the english one i was WTF what is this sound of a choking near-dead man and not a powerfull , intelligent mage in prime of his years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFygutweNbE

Hahahah, oh wow!

 

[pipka]

Irenicus in PL sounds just superb, when i played the english one i was WTF what is this sound of a choking near-dead man and not a powerfull , intelligent mage in prime of his years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFygutweNbE

He sounds like a fag. On more serious note, his voice lacks certain melancholia and nihilism.

P.S. Playing translated and dubbed games ==

 

[DwarvenFood]

Like english Witcher

 

[Humanophage]

Precisely, DwarvenFood. I played The Witcher with the original Polish voices, and Gothic with the German voices.

 

[Malakal]

I dont even know who she was and I live in this country all my life...

 

[Black]

Pollacks being delusional again, superior voice acting? Gotta be shitting me.
I've already seen morons claim that the VA in Polish Torment is better than the original. And then when you ask them if they've heard the original they go "well, no, but...".

 

[Darth Roxor]

 

[DraQ]

I demand the title change from "Polish Viconia..." to "Polish FFG..."!

It's because the heads are not just decorative. They also need to contain the brains.

 

[Gosling]

Polish version of Baldurs Gate is one of the few games that has good voice acting , and IMO even better than the original English version. It's a big incline.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNaOjak20M

Fronczewski beats the shit out of the crappy english narrator


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZaxQFUEXw

Polish Sarevok has alot more deeper , evil voice than the english one.


Irenicus in PL sounds just superb, when i played the english one i was WTF what is this sound of a choking near-dead man and not a powerfull , intelligent mage in prime of his years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFygutweNbE

Nope, all three examples sound shittier, especially Irenicus. Please take your nostalgia glasses off.

 

[MicoSelva]

I demand the title change from "Polish Viconia..." to "Polish FFG..."!

Changed to a compromise, of sorts.

 

[Black]

nostalgia glasses

What the fuck does that have to do with nostalgia?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

She played Viconia pretty badly. In English version Viconia sounds like a mean bitch and not seductively at all.

I thought girl drows were supposed to be mean bitches, specially to males.

edit:

That was his point, that the polack played it seductively and not mean bitchy.

CK cannot into reading

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

Better than David Warner? Good god...

 

[Exmit]

You shitty Englishtards have no idea of the true superior Polak VA .

And i played english version before playing Polish one.

 

[space odyssey]

She played Viconia pretty badly. In English version Viconia sounds like a mean bitch and not seductively at all.

I thought girl drows were supposed to be mean bitches, specially to males.

That was his point, that the polack played it seductively and not mean bitchy.

 

[space odyssey]

You shitty Englishtards have no idea of the true superior Polak VA .

And i played english version before playing Polish one.

You are suffering from hysterical pregnancy.