Favourite bad voice acting moments

Freedan · Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:25 pm

So there's quite a few games out there with... let's say, second rate voice acting. Maybe third rate.

Some of them end up being so bad, that they're entertaining. So what are some of your favourites?

A favourite of mine: Megaman 8. Dr. Light sounds like Elmer Fudd:

Light: "These? Seems to be enahgy wesources. But I've nevah seen dis type on Earth. I don't know where dis enahgy came from, but... it can not let it fall in to Doctah Wahwee's hands.

You must recovah all de enahgy immedately W-Megaman!"

Megaman: "But where is Dr. Wily?"

Light: "Dat's a gewd questin. We may A-be able to locate anuddah enahgy emission from da radahr room. When we find dat meteah, we'll find Doctah Wahwee!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_FSVWR6ZE

^ Testimony.

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject:

Final Fantasy X-2. The entire game...

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject:

I had to rewind the part about DOCTAH WAHWEE to see if I really heard it correctly the first time. That's AMAZING.

And while it's not exactly amusing or one of my favourites, but this is painful to listen to: Chaos Wars

I have this game. The opening of the game was so bad in English, I started it over (I had played maybe 15 minutes into it before I went OH GOD STOP THE VOICE ACTING D8 ) and played it in Japanese. And yes, that is actual voiceover from the game, not just some jerks redubbing the voices over for YouTube Poop.

EverPhoenix · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject:

Jason Tandro wrote:Final Fantasy X-2. The entire game...

FFX was worse, i think. at least yuna grew a brain and didnt sound like she was running on 50% speed

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject:

EverPhoenix wrote:
Jason Tandro wrote:Final Fantasy X-2. The entire game...
FFX was worse, i think. at least yuna grew a brain and didnt sound like she was running on 50% speed

Yuna's voice was the only one that irritated me in the original game. Everyone else's voice was fine with me.

Freedan · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject:

rainichan wrote:I had to rewind the part about DOCTAH WAHWEE to see if I really heard it correctly the first time. That's AMAZING.

And while it's not exactly amusing or one of my favourites, but this is painful to listen to: Chaos Wars

I have this game. The opening of the game was so bad in English, I started it over (I had played maybe 15 minutes into it before I went OH GOD STOP THE VOICE ACTING D8 ) and played it in Japanese. And yes, that is actual voiceover from the game, not just some jerks redubbing the voices over for YouTube Poop.

I remember reading about that. If I remember, someone (don't remember if it was the lead designer, or the voice caster, or what) cast his own kids to read for the characters. His teenage kids, with absolutely no experience.

Edit: Uru sounds just like a kid I work with! Right down to the somewhat-bored voice inflections and everything.

Wow... they really do sound like a bunch of bored high school kids.

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject:

Freedan, the Dark Knight wrote:
rainichan wrote:I had to rewind the part about DOCTAH WAHWEE to see if I really heard it correctly the first time. That's AMAZING.

And while it's not exactly amusing or one of my favourites, but this is painful to listen to: Chaos Wars

I have this game. The opening of the game was so bad in English, I started it over (I had played maybe 15 minutes into it before I went OH GOD STOP THE VOICE ACTING D8 ) and played it in Japanese. And yes, that is actual voiceover from the game, not just some jerks redubbing the voices over for YouTube Poop.
I remember reading about that. If I remember, someone (don't remember if it was the lead designer, or the voice caster, or what) cast his own kids to read for the characters. His teenage kids, with absolutely no experience.

Edit: Uru sounds just like a kid I work with! Right down to the somewhat-bored voice inflections and everything.

Wow... they really do sound like a bunch of bored high school kids.

Sadly, Yuri (Uru in Chaos Wars) is supposed to be 25. I think Karin is about the same. The English voice casting makes so much more sense now, though. I never knew that about the voices.

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:39 am Post subject:

WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOORRRR?!

Also:

WHAT IS A MAN?

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

tay120n64 wrote:WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOORRRR?!

Also:

WHAT IS A MAN?

HOW IS BABBY FORMED?!

Oh wait, wrong topic...

(but your post DID remind me of that.

)

Mantaray · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject:

4kids onepiece.. their voices didn't bother me, but if you think about the badguys' poker expressions when they say those horrible puns, that's flippin hilarious

psychokind · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:11 pm Post subject:

rainichan wrote:
tay120n64 wrote:WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOORRRR?!

Also:

WHAT IS A MAN?
HOW IS BABBY FORMED?!

Oh wait, wrong topic...

(but your post DID remind me of that. )

ahahaha

great

subjectnamehere · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:49 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU8-e-C4Uy0

Obligatory.

SoulBlazerFan · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:51 pm Post subject:

Resident Evil 1.

Barry: You were almost a Jill Sandwich!

Also, from the remake:

Barry: You would've fit nicely between two slices of bread.

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:25 am Post subject:

"I just wonder what Ganon's up to!"