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We post hilariously bad voice acting ITT

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With all the money they have, Blizzard has gotten good voice acting done in only a single game they've ever made (SC). The voice acting in WoW, SC2, WC3....they're all so bad. WoW especially has some cringe-worthy voice acting. Since there are no WoW videos on youtube that don't have some sort of awful music added to it I can't give examples which is a shame.
 

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kingcomrade said:
WoW especially has some cringe-worthy voice acting. Since there are no WoW videos on youtube that don't have some sort of awful music added to it I can't give examples which is a shame.
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Does this make you cringe? They recently changed it to this.
 
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Felix said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulbotKa5LnM

Resident Evil is pure gold.
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#2 was pure genius

DENNIS.. UARGAAHGHH HELP ME DEENNIS....AARGHH

I at first thought Dennis The Menace.
 
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hanssolo said:
Ed123 said:
I'm going to assume Silent Hill 2 and Deus Ex are already posted.

edit: They were not.

IN DA FWESH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kihGm4KfY7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP6Nuf2lq0w

Can't find SH2 compilations, but that teenage chick and the fat dude were the worst.
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deus ex makes up for any failings in the VA of peripheral characters by JC having the most awesome voice of any game.
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Nope, the best voice is still and always will be Ben from Full Throttle.
 
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kingcomrade said:
With all the money they have, Blizzard has gotten good voice acting done in only a single game they've ever made (SC). The voice acting in WoW, SC2, WC3....
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This, kinda sadly. Oh and Diablo's and Diablo 2's was also very very meh.
Antioch Chronicles, for being a fan-made mod, had some awesome voice acting, all of it by non-professionals.
 

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asper said:
Nope, the best voice is still and always will be Ben from Full Throttle.
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Sir, I yield.

Roy Conrad is sadly dead, which puts a bit of a damper on my vain hopes for a sequel.

Ed123 said:
If by "awesome" you mean "bland as fuck".
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:M

His voice is perfect, I challenge you to find a more fitting voice for the role. It's a blank slate, and that is a good thing for Deus Ex. The voice is appropriate regardless of the player's actions.
 

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hanssolo said:
Ed123 said:
I'm going to assume Silent Hill 2 and Deus Ex are already posted.

edit: They were not.

IN DA FWESH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kihGm4KfY7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP6Nuf2lq0w

Can't find SH2 compilations, but that teenage chick and the fat dude were the worst.
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deus ex makes up for any failings in the VA of peripheral characters by JC having the most awesome voice of any game.
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JC's VA is top notch, but not in any way you'd normally associate with good VA. Nomatter what happens, he always maintains the same level of hilarious pseudo-interest. He's laughably monotone. Somehow though, I think his voice in particular contributes a certain endearing quality to the experience, and truthfully, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Deus Ex is certainly unique, I think, in that it has amazing writing, but really bad voice acting.
 
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Ed123 said:
hanssolo said:
His voice is perfect, I challenge you to find a more fitting voice for the role. It's a blank slate, and that is a good thing for Deus Ex. The voice is appropriate regardless of the player's actions.
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It's perfect because it fails to convey even the slightest hint of emotion or motivation? That argument might fly if you were playing a voice-activated cash dispenser, but Denton makes certain decisions based solely on flights of fancy and/or personal conviction (the enforced break from UNATCO, for example, or his relationship with his brother). Angry or threatening dialogue suffers from almost identical delivery as after-action reports to Manderley or reguritated political philosophy. I've heard much better VA for characters who are meant to be amoral killers, aliens, or cyborgs. Denton being a genetically-engineered government agent doesn't excuse anything.
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The point was to make him fail to convey the slightest hint of emotion or motivation. You're not a DX fan, get the fuck out of here. JC's voice was supposed to be entirely emotionless so that the player might "fill in the shoes", so to speak. I agree with you however that JC is his own pêrson, so this is problematic - but it was still the original intention to make him "bland" and thus this is how his voice acting was directed. I love his voice tho... JC is a bro, and you are a faggot.
 
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hanssolo said:
Roy Conrad is sadly dead
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WHAT? :cry:
You will be missed, Roy.

Hamill did a fantastic job in Full Throttle too. Completely unrecognizable.
 
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hanssolo said:
His voice is perfect, I challenge you to find a more fitting voice for the role. It's a blank slate, and that is a good thing for Deus Ex. The voice is appropriate regardless of the player's actions.
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oh hahahahahaha oh my god this is the most fanboyish argument for anything, ever

I don't really mind JC's voice, but what the fuck
 
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