Any era, doesnt matter. I just want to know of games where the actors knocked it out of the park.
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The voice acting in Hellblade always gives me chills.
I can’t think of any game at the moment that was particularly notable across the board, but I can think of a few specific performances.
Kazuhiro Nakaya as Nishiki and later Ichiban in the Yakuza/Like a dragon series. He is fantastic at getting the character’s personality across just in general scenes, and the emotional moments genuinely stick with me.
Rene Zagger as Emet Selch in FFXIV. That game has some fantastic performances but Emet Selch’s is honestly one of my favorites. Every one of his lines is delivered perfectly. The arrogance theatrics that later tive way to genuine anger and sadness at what he’s gone through. Along with more specifics I won’t get into. 100%, A+ Performance.
Though, actually… Now that I think about it… The Persona 3 Reload dub is probably one of the best English dubs for a Japanese game in a looooong time. And generally they’re pretty good these days. But that one nails it.
I quite like the work in Max Payne, whoever did it.
The original Resident Evil
“Stop!.. Don’t o-pen… that door!”
“Oh, Jill, this house is… dangerous. There are… terrible demons. Ouch!”
Disco Elysium has the best voice acting that’s ever enhanced my experience. Others might be objectively better but never have I been so immersed in a story
Final Fantasy 3/6. Kefka’s laugh will forever be the best evil laugh.
Cave Johnson… Love J.K Simmons work overall but Cave was perfect.
I still tell people I will burn their house down with lemons.
All the Portal characters, really. Cave, GLaDOS, Wheatly, Chell…
Even the turrets!
Are you still there?
My favoriteturret quote:
“Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds.”
Especially the turrets. I love them so much. The first time I took one down and got hit with the “I don’t hate you” 💔 😭
Agreed, didn’t mean to leave anyone out. Brilliant writing with excellent voice acting in both games.
CURSE YOU BAYLE! I HEREBY VOW YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR, AND I, IGON! YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH! SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGON, BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE! WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS, WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING!
There is so much testosterone in that moment that just reading this comment put an extra hair on my chest.
You and me as well.
Daaamn too late :D
That voice actor HATED Bale!
I was surprised no one said it before me haha. He did in fact, hate BAYLE!
Kreia from KOTOR 2 really gave an astonishingly good performance, as did Bao-dur in the game game.
I gotta say David Hayter was the first video game voice actor I ever heard of and that’s because of a metal gear solid. I still think solid snake is my favourite game voice acting. Especially if you look at the subtle difference in Snake’s voice depending on the game. It was a complete travesty to have snake voiced by anyone else in 5, but in canon it makes sense i guess
I played The Last Campfire recently. It’s a small puzzle game and the only voice is the narrator, Rachel August. Maybe it’s just her accent but I think her voice has a haunting otherworldly beauty that just makes the game.
How has Baldur’s Gate 3 not been mentioned in this thread yet? Huge cast and everyone is going for it. Even the narrator. Especially the narrator.
Check out the BG3 narrator outtakes on YouTube.
It makes me wish for a version of the game where she is actively snarking the party. Like every good DM should.
I agree she is amazing, but Andrew Wincott’s Raphael is just so phenomenal, for me it’ll only ever be him.
Outside of BG3, I guess I would also say Claudia Black, Jennifer Hale and Lenval Brown (the narrator of Disco Elysium, he is so good!).
I legit thought Raphael was Ian McShane at first.
Authority
I want a mod that makes Ron Howard the narrator in bg3
All I really want is BG3 mechanics in a Discworld setting.
Finally, a chance to romance Foul Ole Ron.
I want a mod for everything that just makes Morgan Freeman narrate it all.
Hell, that’s kinda the only voice I want to hear if we ever have Ai speaking to us.
The special zombies in left 4 dead 1 & 2
I know it’s super obscure, but there are some YouTube videos compiling each special zombie and it’s like god tier sound. I bet they had fun doing it, too.
To this day, I still hype myself up to do weird sounds by listening to those because they’re so good.
I love the Witch! (This video starts with a scream, not crying, so it’s loud.) https://youtu.be/tcVy7uJbvH8
Every single line in the Soul Reaver trilogy is a masterpiece.
Here, see for yourself. The intro alone will pull you in and never let go.
