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Voice Acting in Games

Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited October 2008 in Games and Technology
We've reached a point in games where voice acting is more common then simple text in games. Now that there are a veritable shit ton of games with voice acting in it I propose this question...

What single character in a game do you think has the absolute worst voice acting? It can be because of tone or shoddy acting skills, or whatever.

For me, it's Marumaro from Blue Dragon. Everytime he opens his mouth in the game I want to punch him. His voice is grating and loud and obnoxious and on top of all that he always is spouting out useless stupid shit.


I actually miss entirely text based dialogue. Voice acting has gotten much better now then when it first started but there were many times I would mute the voices and read the subtitles just to save myself from horrible acting.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Chaos Wars

    Because this video being in this thread is inevitable.

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  • BushmaoriBushmaori Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Dirty wrote: »
    Chaos Wars

    Because this video being in this thread is inevitable.

    Came to see this, was not disappointed.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    For me, it's Marumaro from Blue Dragon. Everytime he opens his mouth in the game I want to punch him. His voice is grating and loud and obnoxious and on top of all that he always is spouting out useless stupid shit.

    Actually, I think Marumaro's voice acting is fine. The character is supposed to sound loud and obnoxious and the voice acting reflects that quite well.

    I was going to mention Chaos War, but I was beaten to the punch. Um, the voice at the beginning of Super Metroid was pretty awful.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    For me, it's Marumaro from Blue Dragon. Everytime he opens his mouth in the game I want to punch him. His voice is grating and loud and obnoxious and on top of all that he always is spouting out useless stupid shit.

    Actually, I think Marumaro's voice acting is fine. The character is supposed to sound loud and obnoxious and the voice acting reflects that quite well.

    I was going to mention Chaos War, but I was beaten to the punch. Um, the voice at the beginning of Super Metroid was pretty awful.

    It's the worst voice I've ever heard in my life and everytime he speaks I want to stab my own ears with a pencil.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Boosh

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Raging Raven from Metal Gear Solid 4 makes me want to beat small children, now that I think of it I'd like to beat Sunny too.

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  • CohsaeCohsae Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    That Chaos Wars vid is fucking classic. Karen is so fuckin' hiiiiiiiiiggghhhhh yoooouuu guyyyyyyssssss.
    "Wow. I really can't move my body."
    Boredom is not an emotion that goes with those words.

    Quick somebody find some clips of Resident Evil. Also Baten Kaitos had some pretty atrocious VA.

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  • InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Hey guys.

    Dynasty Warriors.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Six wrote: »
    Boosh

    BOOSH

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Star Ocean 3 - Farleen.

    I tried to find something on youtube, but nothing substantial came up. Seriously, though, she has the most grating voice. I actually chose the skip her comments because it annoyed me so bad. I hope she never said anything important.

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  • PemulisPemulis Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Where's that megaman clip where the girl dies?

    Edit: Found it!


    WHAT AM I FIGHTING FORRRRRAARRR

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Fill your soul with LIIIAIIAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Most of the voice acting in Baten Kaitos was terrible, but I don't think an individual character tops any of these.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Pemulis wrote: »
    Where's that megaman clip where the girl dies?

    Edit: Found it!

    WHATYOUTHINKYOUDOING?!!?!

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  • PemulisPemulis Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Another classic:

    HA HA HA!
    Cue the people saying that it's supposed to sound forced, etc. etc. :P

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  • SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    God I love those videos.

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    For me, it's Marumaro from Blue Dragon. Everytime he opens his mouth in the game I want to punch him. His voice is grating and loud and obnoxious and on top of all that he always is spouting out useless stupid shit.

    I saw the topic and was going to post this exact thing. Never before have I so hated a character and their voice actor.
    So much hate.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I cannot.

    I cannot click any of the links in here.

    My brain would start bleeding, I can feel it.

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    Fill your soul with LIIIAIIAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

    how did they ever think that sounded good? his voice fucking cracks.

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  • RohanRohan Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Peas wrote: »

    What the hell is that...

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    In games with full voice acting, silent protagonists are even more silly than in games with text dialogue. When I played Metroid Prime 3, it felt odd that Samus never spoke.

    Also, it's pretty well done that the most horrible voice acting ever is the first response.

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  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Gyral wrote: »
    Star Ocean 3 - Farleen.

    I tried to find something on youtube, but nothing substantial came up. Seriously, though, she has the most grating voice. I actually chose the skip her comments because it annoyed me so bad. I hope she never said anything important.

    My God this. Everyone else in that game at least doesn't make your ears bleed when they talk. Seriously, it sounds like they wanted a cute bubbly voice but got ear raping instead.

    About the FFX clip, watching that reminds me how much I love Yuna's theme.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Rohan wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »

    What the hell is that...

    Behold one tiny sliver of the dark horror that is Phoenix games.

    There's a thread around here somewhere on them that's gold.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    RICHAAAARRRRRRDDDDDDD

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  • PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    That scene in FF X always makes me cringe, but that's the point, so I really can't blame the actors for it.

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  • Mr BubblesMr Bubbles David Koresh Superstar Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    SNAAAAAKKKKEEEEE

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  • PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    And I know that this thread will eventually start posting about good voice acting, so I'm going to pre-emptively say Junpei Iori in Persona 3.

    On the topic of bad voice acting:

    "Do you know about the Wude?"

    I <3 Shenmue II, but I'll admit it's voice acting isn't that hot.

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  • TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Female Lead in Grandia III.

    Look it up.

    Any video.

    That voice can kill souls

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Not just the voice acting, but you need to see it in motion to get just how creepy it is.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpLXo55yfw

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    PunkBoy wrote: »
    And I know that this thread will eventually start posting about good voice acting, so I'm going to pre-emptively say Junpei Iori in Persona 3.

    Junpei, and pretty much every character in Persona 3 with the exception of Fuuka had wonderful voice acting.

    But god Fuuka. D:

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  • PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    PunkBoy wrote: »
    And I know that this thread will eventually start posting about good voice acting, so I'm going to pre-emptively say Junpei Iori in Persona 3.

    Junpei, and pretty much every character in Persona 3 with the exception of Fuuka had wonderful voice acting.

    But god Fuuka. D:

    Fuuka was bothersome in The Journey, but she's definitely a lot better in The Answer.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    RICHAAAARRRRRRDDDDDDD

    If you're referring Metal Wolf Chaos, then that thing is great.

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  • TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Metal Wolf Chaos was pretty much the most American thing ever made.

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  • PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Ooh, another classic example of bad voice acting:

    Pretty much every single House of the Dead game.

    "Don't come!'

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    PunkBoy wrote: »
    Ooh, another classic example of bad voice acting:

    Pretty much every single House of the Dead game.

    "Don't come!'

    Reminds me of the Resident Evil games as well, except there the speech somehow always manages to be so bad it's awesome.

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  • PunkBoyPunkBoy Thank you! And thank you again! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Also, any fighting game with an American character always ends up having some horribly awesome voice acting.

    "ARE YOU OKAY? BUSTA WOLF!"

    "You cannot...escape....long def!"

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    PunkBoy wrote: »
    Also, any fighting game with an American character always ends up having some horribly awesome voice acting.

    "ARE YOU OKAY? BUSTA WOLF!"

    HEY! GO KID!

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Metal Wolf Chaos was pretty much the most American thing ever made.

    Which is rather ironic, considering it was never released in America.

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