Worst Voice Acting Ever.

Ryoga · Post by **Ryoga** » 2005-08-04 08:18am

I dunno, I take the initial restriction to mean 'no games in Japanese', so games that are from Japan but dubbed in English are fair game. Otherwise this topic is rather painfully limited, don't you think?

Anyway, in that case I have to nominate Virtual On Marz. It's bad enough that they have eight bajillion fucking Temjin variants, but the acting is truly atrocious.

"Was the battle....the work of the underground?"

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2005-08-04 09:37am

Resident Evil has the absolute worst voice acting I've ever heard.

And the Wilhelm scream is Ben Burtt's sound signature. It first gained prominence in Star Wars: A New Hope. You hear a stormtrooper emit this unique scream when he falls down the Death Star shaft after being shot by Leia. It's appeared in every movie Burtt has ever done sound work for.

I believe that Warner Brothers' sound department first filed it under "Man Being Eaten By Alligator" back in the 50's. Then it was used in a cowboy movie for a character named Wilhelm getting shot by an arrow, hence the name.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2005-08-04 11:15am

I'm speaking by 'Japanese Game', like.. Japanese people trying to speak english. (Main screen turn on! It's you.)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2005-08-04 11:39am

The Kernel wrote:Codename: Outbreak. This game sounded like the Russian developers brought in a bunch of people off the street in Moscow to play American military officers. Hillarity ensues.

Nitpick #1: I think the company who made Codename: Outbreak is Ukrainian, not Russian.

Nitpick #2: Though never having played the game, I have read in PC Player (a Danish magazine about computer games) that the soldiers in Codename: Outbreak are supposed to be an international taskforce gathered from different parts of the world.

LapsedPacifist · Post by **LapsedPacifist** » 2005-08-04 11:55am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:
just how often can you hear: walk softly and carry a big gun, the craftworld calls to us,

Those lines suck, but I can listen to "Die! Die! Die!" and "Even in death I still serve!" over and over.

LP

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-04 02:34pm

true

but warcraft/starcraft has much more veriety in their responses then C&C or DoW.

"Are you trying to get invited to my next BBQ?"
"you don't click the other elves the way you do me."
"quit touching me!"
"We've got explosives!!!"

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-08-04 03:07pm

Alan Bolte wrote:I don't know about worst, but the Battle of Endor in X-Wing Alliance is pretty painful.

Yeah that's just awfull, you notice a real difference if listen to Billy Dee Williams (Lando in EBS and Jedi Outcast) and that no name "actor" in X-wing Alliance (they don't sound at all alike)

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-04 03:36pm

computer VA's are somewhat overrated, I remember lots of fun classic games before there even was such a thing in a computer game. Then again I rembmer how pround I was when I created a "HAL voice" for a computer game....

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2005-08-04 11:41pm

Most of the voice acting in Sonic Heroes was nothing short of painful, especially Tails who sounded like a little girl.

Oddly enough, the Japanese voice actors occasionally broke out into English. Damned if I know why, but it was pretty obvious that Sonic's Japanese voice actor didn't speak English when he exclaimed "that was tight!" as if it were all one word.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-08-05 12:36am

"The Master of Unlocking"

Come on, is there any competition? Nothing comes even close to Resident Evil.

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2005-08-05 12:42am

It's a pretty easy pick, but the acting for the Dynasty Warriors series is pretty bad on the dubbed setting, hence why I always keep mine on subtitles.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-08-05 01:26am

Trogdor wrote:Most of the voice acting in Sonic Heroes was nothing short of painful, especially Tails who sounded like a little girl.

Oddly enough, the Japanese voice actors occasionally broke out into English. Damned if I know why, but it was pretty obvious that Sonic's Japanese voice actor didn't speak English when he exclaimed "that was tight!" as if it were all one word.

Reminiscent of Sonic X...that blue hedgehog seems to love English, for some reason. ("Ah...whataniceview!")

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-08-05 01:29pm

FarCry by far....cry.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2005-08-05 01:30pm

mplsjocc wrote:FarCry by far....cry.

These mutant apes got me so mad!

Yeah, that was pretty apalling. Which is a shame, because the rest of the game (minus the story) was good fun.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-08-05 03:04pm

Dakarne wrote:A Cross between the Sonic Heroes dub and the aliens in Knights of the Old Republic

Actually, the English track for Sonic Heroes was written and recorded first, and it was then dubbed into Japanese. (It's no coincidence the Japanese version resembles Sonic X aurally, they use the same cast, and have been since Sonic Adventure, Sonic has always sprinkled his dialogue with English)

The worst I can think of in recent years (y'know, after most people started using real actors) is Starfox Assault. That was just ugly.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-08-05 03:18pm

3rd Impact wrote:
mplsjocc wrote:FarCry by far....cry.
These mutant apes got me so mad!

Yeah, that was pretty apalling. Which is a shame, because the rest of the game (minus the story) was good fun.

I thought the voices were amusing. The main character is like a parody of action heroes.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2005-08-05 03:22pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:
Dakarne wrote:The best piece of voice acting ever.

The Wilhelm Scream!
are you refering to the frenzy in Vampire: Redemption?

You're on a Star Wars message board and you don't know what the Wilhelm Scream is?!

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-05 04:04pm

yup didn't know that. figures given how many homages everyone else uses. Damn that's got to rank up there with the extra getting her legs crushed in Dr. Zhivago. "Replace the actress keep the Scream"

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2005-08-05 05:10pm

I don't know if this is true, but I have heard that the RE voice overs where intentionally done bad as a joke. I have never had this confirmed, but if it is true they did a damn good job because it is so fucking funny.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2005-08-05 05:42pm

Dark Hellion wrote:I don't know if this is true, but I have heard that the RE voice overs where intentionally done bad as a joke. I have never had this confirmed, but if it is true they did a damn good job because it is so fucking funny.

I would not be surprised, since the Resident Evil games are supposed to done in the exact same spirit as really awful splatter/horror movies.

Akaramu Shinja · Post by **Akaramu Shinja** » 2005-08-05 06:11pm

WC2 was pretty lame.

I do however, have to give an honorable mention for the BEST VOICE ACTING EVER.

Tachyon: The Fringe.

Hours and hours of Bruce Campbell orgasmgoodness.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2005-08-05 08:12pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:true

but warcraft/starcraft has much more veriety in their responses then C&C or DoW.

"Are you trying to get invited to my next BBQ?"
"you don't click the other elves the way you do me."
"quit touching me!"
"We've got explosives!!!"

Most of that was done for humor(and overdone in part III). Just about everyone in the 41st Milennium who's not an Ork has had their sense of humor surgically removed with a rusty chainfist.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2005-08-05 09:47pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:but warcraft/starcraft has much more veriety in their responses then C&C or DoW.

"Are you trying to get invited to my next BBQ?"
"you don't click the other elves the way you do me."
"quit touching me!"
"We've got explosives!!!"

That's just not true. Take a look at the newest C&C games, where you have the most happy-go-lucky truck bombers EVER. (Look out for the bumps!)

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2005-08-05 09:52pm

The Battle of Endor in Rogue Squadron 2 had a terrible Admiral Ackbar imitation for the voice. It was so bad that I had seen ANH and ESB before playing it, and afterwards I dreaded seeing ROTJ if Ackbar really had a voice like that.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2005-08-06 02:44am

Final Fight CD: the voices are clearly all done by the same guy, and one of the voices for (I think it's Guy) is the most stereotypical ("dorky white guy impression") I've ever heard. It's embarrassing!

Laughably bad, the numerous 90's 3-D games the "Don't come... don't come!" girl appears in.

Somebody might want to mention Diakatana... though that gave us "Superfly's Johnson."