When I finally had the chance to go hands-on with Borderlands 3 last week, I didn?t expect that I?d be coming face-to-mustached-face (well, face-to-hologram-mustached-face) with Tales From the Borderlands? Rhys so soon. I thought that this character would end up being saved for later reveals, or maybe even the full game itself. As the main character of Telltale?s take on the Borderlands franchise, there?s a pretty strong fan base out there looking forward to seeing Rhys (and hopefully Fiona) finally enter the series proper. The slice of game that Gearbox allowed us to play did feature Rhys in a big way, but something wasn?t right about the company man turned, well, whatever he was by the end of Tales.
Now of course the first thing I noticed about Rhys was his changed voice. He?s no longer played by actor Troy Baker, replaced instead by Ray Chase. You might know Chase as Final Fantasy XV?s Noctis. Chase isn?t trying to mimic Baker, but wants to put his own spin on the character. The drama surrounding Baker?s replacement began when a mustached Rhys was spotted in the original Borderlands 3 reveal trailer. Baker was asked if he would be returning to voice the character and he indicated that he wasn?t even asked and wasn?t happy with how Gearbox was handling it.
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford retorted that they had asked Baker, but he had turned them down. Baker shot back that he had actually never been approached, and suggested that Pitchford ?fact-check before?tweet[ing] out ...