Best Voice Acting

kumanoki said:
Ghaleon was a stupendous voice actor.

P.s.- I wonder what happened to all the Working Delays voice actors? I'll bet they're hungry.

Over the top that it may be, Zophar in the final battle had the voice that impressed me most when first heard.
Next the main girl of FFX, of which can't even remember the name (unconsciously blocking out the bad exprience? :p), had an interesting voice.
English not being my first language might be a factor here, and there is a good chance I'd feel embarassed hearing them again today.
 
Actually, I would say a big number of adventure (point-and-click) games feature great voice acting (especially considering the amount of dialogues). Like the Monkey Island series (except 1 and 2 of course), Broken Sword series, Grim Fandango, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle and so on.

One game I don't think many people will mention is Ghosthunter for PS2. It has SURPRISINGLY good voice acting, in that it doesn't feel like actors are struggling and it has a nice flow to it. Could be because of the script too. Sure, the game doesn't feature an epic storyline or anything like that, but the voice acting is really good nevertheless.

In general, Western games have better voice acting than Japanese translated games. I think this is obvious for a number of reasons. Western games have the script made in English (well, with some exceptions) from the beginning, the voice director has a more accurate understanding of how the lines should be delivered, and some parts of Japanese games have too much Japanese culture to make much sense in English. And since the lipsync in Japanese games is made for the Japanese language, it can put translators and voice coordinators in an even tougher position.

And the worst voice acting I've heard in a while was when Snake (David Hayter) tried to laugh in MGS3. :lol :(
 
Best voice acting ever = Baldur’s gate 2

Runners up
Baldur’s gate
Planescape torment
Icewind dale 1&2
KOTOR (could of used a few more actors)
MGS
MGS 2

Blackisle was responsible for the voice acting in BG,BG2,IWD,IWD2 and Planescape so I am excited by the prospects KOTOR 2 has to offer.
 
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Yes.
 
Eternal Darkness
MGS2

No one will agree, but I like Tales of Symphonia's VA. Not necessairly the best, nor not that good, but it isn't so bad. I like it enough.
 
Gribbix said:
Legacy of Kain Series

Kaching.

It's difficult to separate good VA from good writing to a certain extent - I think there are some games out there that have pretty good VA spoilt by an incredibly dodgy translation from Japanese.
 
Grim Fandango's VA fit the game, setting, story... EVERYTHING so well... it really added to the experience in a way that it was not forced. I think many of remember this game so fondly in a big part to the VA.

And Glottis ruled.

I'm also a whore of the MGS VA.

And if anyone can help me out... I'm looking for a way to get into voice acting for video games. I have a few sites that post auditions for roles and such... but OCCASSIONALLY do I see anything for Video Games. Anyone know who I could contact or where I could look to learn more? Thanks.
 
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