 Lords of Shadow features voiced dialogue by a professional cast recorded in London , an aspect which has been acclaimed by the gaming press . The cast includes Robert Carlyle and Patrick Stewart . The part of Gabriel was originally going to be offered to Gerard Butler , but he was not available . The cast would make their own contributions to the characters during the recordings . David Cox mentioned that " What could have been an ' in and out ' voiceover job for them [ the voice actors ] wasn 't . Instead , their love of the script and praise saw them developing their characters and working through the motivations for them " . 
