Battleborn has a wide range of 25 playable characters and Gearbox will be adding even more heroes as free downloadable content. All these characters have a huge amount of dialogue because of the character-specific interactions with each other. Some heroes are friends and others are not so, your hero will say and react differently to all these individual characters. Another thing that ups the amount of dialogue is the variation of lines delivered in the Story Missions. As the events in the game stay the same the way things are being said are different and also can change because of the hero you are currently playing. The script in Battleborn has a good humor to it and the large amount of variations possible makes playing the same mission over and over again less repetitive. I think most of us have played a game and died halfway through the mission which results in going back to that checkpoint and listening to the same dialogue over and over again that you know when the game triggers certain events. These kinds of things can get a bit annoying, but with Battleborn I’m having the opposite reaction. Because some lines are so funny and delivered excellently you want to experience that part again. But your next playthrough could possibly deliver one of the many other options, which has led to me playing the mission over and over again.
Besides telling you about the wide variety of dialogue I also would like to tell you who is behind these performances. I have been seeing people ask: “Who did the Voice of Rath?”, “Rath sounds like Vegeta (Dragonball Z)”, and Oscar Mike reminds me of the Dahl respawn station from Borderlands”. Yes, Gearbox Software did hire some of the same voice actors that they also work with them on Borderlands. Some are more obvious and others you would not expect.
The Cast of Battleborn Voice Actors
Battleborn | Voice Actor | Additional Info |
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Alani | Jill Harris | |
Ambra | Lydia Mackay | Also did the voice for Athena, Maliwan & Harchek in the Borderlands franchise. |
Attikus | Christopher R Sabat | Also did the voice over for Geoff, Rath, S1. Chronical, S1. Huntsman, S1. Wolf. |
Beatrix | ||
Benedict | Sonny Strait | Also did the voice over for Rocko in the Borderlands franchise and Krillin in the Dragonball Z series. |
Boldur | Todd Haberkorn | Also did the voice for Wilhelm in Borderlands 2. |
Caldarius | Phil Parsons | Also did the voice for Nappa in the Dragonball z franchise. |
Deande | Jennifer Green | Also did the voice for Angel in Borderlands. |
El Dragón | Jim Johnson | |
Ernest | Scott Frerichs | |
Galilea | Colleen Clinkenbeard | Also did the voice for Nova in Battleborn and Lilith, Tannis & Captain Scarlett in the Borderlands franchise. |
Ghalt | Major Attaway | Also did the voice over for Navel in the Dragon Ball XenoVerse game |
ISIC | Jim Foronda | Also did the voice for Branford, ISIC, LLC Interviewer, MINREC, UPR Recruiter & Oscar Mike in Battleborn and the voice for Dahl & Kai in the Borderlands franchise. |
Kelvin | J. Michael Tatum | Who also did the voice of Pendkes in Battleborn and Sir Hammerlock in Borderland 2. |
Kid Ultra | ||
Kleese | Bob Reed | |
Marquis | Jack Calabrisi | |
Mellka | Brina Palencia | Also did the voice for Miss Moxxi in the Borderlands franchise. |
Miko | Julie Mayfield | |
Montana | Ian Sinclair | Also did the voice-over for Baron Flynt & Jimbo Hodunk in the Borderlands franchise. |
Orendi | Ashly Burch | Also did the voice over for Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2. |
Oscar Mike | Jim Foronda | Also did the voice for Branford, ISIC, LLC Interviewer, MINREC, UPR Recruiter & Oscar Mike in Battleborn and the voice for Dahl & Kai in the Borderlands franchise. |
Pendles | J. Michael Tatum | Who also did the voice of Kelvin in Battleborn and Sir Hammerlock in Borderland 2. |
Phoebe | Elizabeth Maxwell | |
Rath | Christopher R Sabat | This performance from Christopher R Sabat sounds a lot like he also did Vegeta for the Dragonball Z series. |
Rendain | Chris Rager | Who also voiced Mr. Torgue in Borderlands. |
Reyna | Kenneisha Thompson | Also did the voice over for Aurelia Hammerlock in the Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. |
Shane & Aurox | Shayne: Kara Edwards Aurox: Christopher Guerrero | Kara Edwards also did Sister Aria. |
Thaddeus Wishingbone | Mikey Neumann | also the voice of Scooter in Borderlands. |
Thorn | Caitlin Glass | Also did the voice for Court Magun & LLC Anchorman in Battleborn. |
Toby | Clifford Chapin | |
Whiskey Foxtrot | Jim Foronda | Also did the voice for Branford, ISIC, LLC Interviewer, MINREC, UPR Recruiter & Oscar Mike in Battleborn and the voice for Dahl & Kai in the Borderlands franchise. |