Rumor: Karen Strassman

[Pandonetho]

Right. And need I remind you that all this takes place in a universe where guys smoke cigars inside spacesuits for hours on end;

First of all, I doubt a cigar even lasts an hour long.
Second of all, so what? They'll smoke cigars if they want, it's certainly possible to do so.

Unlike the guided evolution of Kerrigan, the overmind must have been smoking pot when he evolved her.

[Aldrius]

Or he's just a perverted man somewhere... deep down... even though that makes no sense.

But er... what's wrong with the high heels? They're just claws on the back of her feet. Plenty of animals have them... though, they're... not usually that long.

[Romla]

Strassman's voice is so much over the top in this clip. It sounds too cheap for me. She surely can be better but for now Talken is SO MUCH better.
And the main thing: Talken's voice is Kerrigan's voice, Strassman always will be only substitute.

[LXM]

Strassman's fine as well imo, she reminds me of a voice from Diablo I :/

[Bobo]

"NO, you are NOT Kerrigan, Queen of blades...."
(my first thought)

Karen may act even better then Glynnis (wich I doubt), but she will never be Kerrigan for me. You cant change voice actor for main caracters. Just can't.
Enough said.

[Zero]

My vote's for Glynnis. As with other comments, Strassman's voice-acting on that was too over the top. She sounded like she was trying way too hard to sound like Kerrigan, even sounding a little snaky in her delivery. Kerrigan is cool, collected, a bad-ass and she knows it. She doesn't need to sound like she's acting tough, because she is tough. Strassman sounds like she's trying to be tough, and failing at it in my honest opinion.

[Blazur]

You all know how Blizzard like's surprises and easter eggs. It's entirely possible they've planned to reprieve her voice all along, and that all of this is an elaborate ruse to mislead people about the direction they're taking. They've coordinated efforts with Glynnis about her official statement on returning, and even crafted an audio track of Kerrigan for Karen to mislead others and give them the impression she's been chosen for Kerrigan (when instead she's doing a few other voices in the game).

This wouldn't be surprising now, especially after so many people have expressed their interest in Glynnis as the voice actor. Wouldn't it be great if we were all pleasantly surprised on release day when her voice magically surfaces in the campaign?

[Santrega]

There can be only one Kerrigan. This voice sounds too forced and artificial.

lmfao, just when you think this argument can't possibly be used on something else...

The new voice actor did a better job using emotion and expressing it in the clip.

Glynnis sounded bored and unemotional, and honestly in comparison I would much rather listen to someone with emotion when they speak, such as Karen Strassman, compared to someone like a female version of Ben Stein.

[LXM]

Everyone here just likes the old voice too much to be objective towards Strassman's voice. I think she's a good replacement. Sure I'd like to have Glynnis back, but I honestly think Strassman is doing it just as good.

[auroch]

There's a lot of emotional weight to someone who hasn't been human in the better part of a decade, who hasn't spoken to a human (that we know) in four years. I felt that Stassman's performance had none of that, but depending on Kerrigan's arc through the new games, a 'fresh start' may be just what they're looking for.