Ever since videogames evolved from the blips and bloops to real voices, there has been plenty of games with horrendous voice actors. From the TurboGrafx-16 to games in this day and age, there's always going to be some lazy and cheap director who'll hire the first chump they can to get the half-assed job done.
YouTube user dirtFilledCoffin went through hell to compile 50 of the worst voice acting scenes in gaming and put them all together in the video above. You're either about to laugh your ass off or go deaf from the atrocities blasting out of your speakers.
My favorite voice clip is number 46 from the game Michigan: Report From Hell and number 3 from Mega Man 8. Which ones did you like to hate the most?
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Oh come on. You can't use Grandia for that. The game had absolutely amazing voice acting when it came out. And it's a goddamn true classic.
And at least use something good from Star Ocean 2, like Chisato's screech during her mule kick. Or anything Decus says like, "DON'T YOU THINK I'M VERY STRONG?!?!?!?" "I'LL WARM YOU UP TO YOUR BONES!!!!!"
Now THAT is amazingly fantastically awful voice acting.
I'm surprised I didn't see more than one from Chaos Wars. Maybe it's just because its recent, but holy hell - awful, awful voice acting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pD83hmKjr0
What I find odd is that the main baddie in HoTD 2/Typing otD didn't make the cut, but two other samples did.
Seriously--I would swear the guy from the TRAG pick early in the list was him. Worst delivery ever. I don't know if he was channeling a robot or Kermit the Frog, actually was a robot doing the voice, or the VO producer just lost a bet when he used it.
Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself.
That was amazing. Number 5 may have been my favorite, but so many of them were gold.
Also, a lot of those sounded like the same guy. Maybe it was just that they were all generic-sounding dudes. OR...maybe the worst voice actor ever single-handedly ruined the the voice acting in the majority of these games? I don't know.
tehehehe brilliant XD my number 1 will always be Dubois in Deep Fear for the saturn though, I couldn't find a youtube clip but did manage to stumble across this:
Grandia is quite literally on my top 3 favorite games ever, but if there was any flaw in that beautifully crafted gem, it's the voice acting. It was terrible, for any time.
AS IF GRANDIA. Choosing that one line and saying the game has bad voice acting is like listening in on a MW2/Halo 3 match and hearing all these slanders about gays and thinking that everyone's doing the sam- oh wait..
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2:00 AM on 11.14.2009
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I bet he does ...
Also, LOL @ #49 and 21
And at least use something good from Star Ocean 2, like Chisato's screech during her mule kick. Or anything Decus says like, "DON'T YOU THINK I'M VERY STRONG?!?!?!?" "I'LL WARM YOU UP TO YOUR BONES!!!!!"
Now THAT is amazingly fantastically awful voice acting.
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We will find Dr.Wowwee.
I think Altered Beast's, "WISE FWOM YO GWAVE" deserves a special mention.
http://immedaly.ytmnd.com/
...and my personal favorite voice acting debacle...YOU FLAMING IDIOTS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSMpetv34M
and for a modern classic, there's 2 specific lines from Alone In The Dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8KYp0aaJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5_88L5EO0
http://immedaly.ytmnd.com/
...and my personal favorite voice acting debacle...YOU FLAMING IDIOTS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSMpetv34M
and for a modern classic, there's 2 specific lines from Alone In The Dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8KYp0aaJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5_88L5EO0
http://immedaly.ytmnd.com/
...and my personal favorite voice acting debacle...YOU FLAMING IDIOTS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSMpetv34M
and for a modern classic, there's 2 specific lines from Alone In The Dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8KYp0aaJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5_88L5EO0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pD83hmKjr0
Seriously--I would swear the guy from the TRAG pick early in the list was him. Worst delivery ever. I don't know if he was channeling a robot or Kermit the Frog, actually was a robot doing the voice, or the VO producer just lost a bet when he used it.
Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself.
Also, a lot of those sounded like the same guy. Maybe it was just that they were all generic-sounding dudes. OR...maybe the worst voice actor ever single-handedly ruined the the voice acting in the majority of these games? I don't know.
Oh no! It is going to explode!
But Number 11 is my favorite.
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Also, Jillsandwich.
Whaere's "Radio. What's going on with that radio?"...? ;_;
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24 was not terrible, but it was funny in general.
18, 11, and 7 were hysterical.
3 is classic.
http://www.audioatrocities.com/games/deepfear/clip5.mp3
Oh and er...the character's a man... a very, very camp man...
Grandia is quite literally on my top 3 favorite games ever, but if there was any flaw in that beautifully crafted gem, it's the voice acting. It was terrible, for any time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOKt1z1TkvU
"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!"
WAY TO GO, KID!
At least it's not been forgotten.
Seriously...
23. Michael Jackson ... again?
3. Jonathan Ross (no, the other one)?