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Voice acting is not as easy as it looks
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and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Worst Voice Acting in Video Games
for this list, we've selected the most hilariously awful voice acting performances throughout the history of videogames
Number ten "Grand Theft Auto: London 1969"
Triple-A production, intricate storylines, amazing acting
and cutscenes are all things that gamers can expect Rockstar to deliver in modern Grand Theft Auto games
but, it wasn't always that way
take for example the often forgotten spin-off of the first game
London 1969
the older GTA games were pretty fun overhead crime simulation games
that set the foundation for later entries in the series
but, let's be honest
it really messes with the immersion
when the crime bosses all sound like your drunk uncle doing his best Hugh Grant impression
Number nine "The Town with No Name"
this unbelievably bad point-and-click western adventure game
which balls a nameless cowboy as he wanders around a poorly rendered town
features terrifying character graphics and almost non-existent gameplay
the real star of the show however isn't the sound
the main character sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger
if you were a robot trapped in some sort of abandoned building
not to mention, the sound mixing is often so bad
that you actually can't hear the dialogue over the music
unless of course, that was on purpose to mask the bad performances
in which case, smart move
Number eight "Last Alert"
the first of many japanese titles on this list suffering from
unfortunate translation issues
Last Alert is a military-based action title
the north american version had such a small budget
that all of the voices were done by only a few people
and the result sounds a lot like when your dad would try to do all the different voices for every character in the story book he read you
which ended up with is bunch of horribly mismatched voices and characters
including a CIA agent that sounds like a 15-year old boy
and a chinese accent that's nothing short of racist
Number seven "Megaman 8"
people have been complaining for years that Capcom has given up on the Megaman series
cancelling several games in the story franchise
they also seem to forget that some of the more recent entries in the main series
specially Megaman 8
were clearly not high on Capcom's priority list
Megaman 8 is specially frustrating because of how rushed everything feels
with the dialogue featuring several obvious acting mistakes and slip-ups
seriously, Did they not even have enough time to do a couple redo takes?
also, I didn't realize Elmer Fudd gave up on hunting and started making robots
seriously, Did he just say Wiwy?
Number six "Castlevania: Symphony of The Night"
often considered one of the best games ever made
Symphony of The Night also has some of the most laughably bad dialogue
and voice acting ever seen
luckily, beyond a few interludes where protagonist Alucard meets with characters in Dracula's castle
the dialogue is kept to a minimum
this is one of the few instances where the gameplay is so amazingly good
that the game standing on best games of all time list isn't affected by Konami's half-assed north american port
Number five "Deep Fear"
this survival horror game was never released to North America
but, it got an english voice-track for those who got to play it in Europe
before the Sega Saturn really went belly-up
in Deep Fear
players control John Mayor
not that John Mayor, as he's forced various underwater bases that have been overtaken by a strange parasite
other than the dialogue
the sound in Deep Fear is often great
with Sega having employed Kenji Kawai
a famous japanese composer
he clearly never touched the voice acting though
because it's robotic, emotionless and sometimes ofensive
specially the architect character who speaks in a high-falsetto the whole damn time
Number four "Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamaleon"
Link has always been the strong silent type
except when he's yelling and screaming while he swings a sword
if Link's voice truly sounds like he does in the Philips CD-i Zelda games
then everyone should be grateful that he speaks so seldomly
if they were going to make him speak
Did they have to give him literally the most annoying voice of all time?
to say nothing about that creepy animation
it's lucky for Nintendo that these Philips Zelda games are so rare
because with anymore exposure
The Legend of Zelda's legacy Might have been tarnished for ever
Number three "Resident Evil"
the original Resident Evil is one the scariest games of all time
making players feel trapped and claustrophobic
so, it really ruined the immersion when tens of zombies survival situations
are interspersed with nonsensical lines, crappy acting and cringe-worthy, live-action FMV sequences
although everyone is guilty here
the worst offender is Barry "Jill Sandwich" Burton
funnily enough
the game actually had a japanese voice-track too
but director Shinji Mikami had it removed because he felt like it didn't fit the north american setting
and wait for it, because it was really bad too
Number two "Dynasty Warriors 3"
though Dynasty Warriors 3 is the pinnacle of the series' funny voice acting efforts
the most surprising thing is that the developer still hasn't rectified the problem more than ten years later
more recent entries in this Hack & Slash series
still provide endless chuckles with the hammy, overacted performances by various feudal lords
also, the english voice actors manage to mispronounce almost every single character name
they really should spend more of the money they make
releasing nearly identical Dynasty Warriors games every other year
and maybe hire some better actors
before we unveil our top pick
here are few honorable mentions
Number one "Chaos Wars"
What happens when you mix a bunch of characters from obscure games like
Gungrave and Shadow Hearts into an extremely neish, strategy RPG crossover?
well, you get Chaos Wars
although the gameplay isn't horrible
the voice acting in this game means you actually Might never get to it
imagine the most annoying anime voice you've ever heard
then
give that voice to every character and sit through cutscene after cutscene
of poorly scripted and acted dialogue
the story goes that the CEO of the company behind the localization
actually got different members of his family to record a bunch of the voice-over
as evidenced by the fact that all share the same last name
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