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Voice Acting in Videogames: Always Mediocre? - Page 2

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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-22 15:40:19
June 22 2013 15:40 GMT
#21
I also liked the acting in the witcher 2 for the most part with the exception of like... all the women :/
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
trias_e
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
June 22 2013 17:21 GMT
#22
Yeah, I do agree with you. Realistic dialogue is usually pretty bad in gaming. And not just voice acting, even the writing is pretty suspect. There is some great dialog outside of realism though. For instance, I think The Secret World had, overall, awesome voice acting for what it was trying to do.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
June 22 2013 19:06 GMT
#23
I think the voice acting has dramatically improved overall across games in the past few years. Few stinkers here and there. If anything, I feel it is more often a cause of the writing than the abilities of the voice actors themselves
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Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
June 22 2013 19:11 GMT
#24
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-22 20:53:58
June 22 2013 20:29 GMT
#25
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-22 22:00:03
June 22 2013 21:57 GMT
#26
On June 23 2013 05:29 Djzapz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.

That's kind of what you'd expect if you were talking to a character like him. He cuts a guy's throat pretty much immediately after that conversation.

VtM:B has a lot of incredibly memorable characters because they're not generic and they're voiced to fit it.
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-22 22:49:02
June 22 2013 22:44 GMT
#27
On June 23 2013 05:29 Djzapz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.

Well he's a century old vampire who used to be a pirate.
Yeah, he's eccentric, that's a part of his character.

I mean this character is literally insane(The first one):
+ Show Spoiler +


But if you want someone who talks more like a regular person in VTMB, this is what comes to mind(A person that is behind a radio program):
+ Show Spoiler +


VTMB as i said has amazing characters and amazing voice acting, the voices all fit the characters incredibly well. If a voice actor doesn't fit the character then it is quite pointless if it is good voice acting.

Like larry:
+ Show Spoiler +
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 22 2013 23:12 GMT
#28
On June 23 2013 06:57 Dfgj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2013 05:29 Djzapz wrote:
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.

That's kind of what you'd expect if you were talking to a character like him. He cuts a guy's throat pretty much immediately after that conversation.

VtM:B has a lot of incredibly memorable characters because they're not generic and they're voiced to fit it.

Hence the part where I said it's good for what it is but that's not the point of the blog
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
June 22 2013 23:44 GMT
#29
On June 23 2013 08:12 Djzapz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2013 06:57 Dfgj wrote:
On June 23 2013 05:29 Djzapz wrote:
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.

That's kind of what you'd expect if you were talking to a character like him. He cuts a guy's throat pretty much immediately after that conversation.

VtM:B has a lot of incredibly memorable characters because they're not generic and they're voiced to fit it.

Hence the part where I said it's good for what it is but that's not the point of the blog

True enough. The 'average' person doesn't have much place in most games, (particularly the superheroicmaxepicshooter type of game). Frankly, the average person also isn't much of a pleasure to listen to if they're narrating either, and that's why you have to have some ability or training to be a decent anchor/radio host/voice actor.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
June 22 2013 23:46 GMT
#30
On June 23 2013 08:44 Dfgj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2013 08:12 Djzapz wrote:
On June 23 2013 06:57 Dfgj wrote:
On June 23 2013 05:29 Djzapz wrote:
On June 23 2013 04:11 Unleashing wrote:
Vampire the masquerade has amazing characters and voice-acting.

I mean I don't disagree that it's good for what it is and the actor is amazing but that's far from being what your typical average person sounds like. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone in every video game should sound like boring average Joe... but like if someone started talking to me like the dude in that video, I'd be scared. Nobody talks like that in real life, and those who do are probably thinking of stabbing me in the gut repeatedly.

That's kind of what you'd expect if you were talking to a character like him. He cuts a guy's throat pretty much immediately after that conversation.

VtM:B has a lot of incredibly memorable characters because they're not generic and they're voiced to fit it.

Hence the part where I said it's good for what it is but that's not the point of the blog

True enough. The 'average' person doesn't have much place in most games, (particularly the superheroicmaxepicshooter type of game). Frankly, the average person also isn't much of a pleasure to listen to if they're narrating either, and that's why you have to have some ability or training to be a decent anchor/radio host/voice actor.

It doesn't need to be the average person but the people I know who have been soldiers in the army have maintained their vocal cords and they don't sound like action heroes.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
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