Any era, doesnt matter. I just want to know of games where the actors knocked it out of the park.
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How has Baldur’s Gate 3 not been mentioned in this thread yet? Huge cast and everyone is going for it. Even the narrator. Especially the narrator.
I agree she is amazing, but Andrew Wincott’s Raphael is just so phenomenal, for me it’ll only ever be him.
Outside of BG3, I guess I would also say Claudia Black, Jennifer Hale and Lenval Brown (the narrator of Disco Elysium, he is so good!).
I legit thought Raphael was Ian McShane at first.
Check out the BG3 narrator outtakes on YouTube.
It makes me wish for a version of the game where she is actively snarking the party. Like every good DM should.
I want a mod that makes Ron Howard the narrator in bg3
All I really want is BG3 mechanics in a Discworld setting.
Finally, a chance to romance Foul Ole Ron.
I want a mod for everything that just makes Morgan Freeman narrate it all.
Hell, that’s kinda the only voice I want to hear if we ever have Ai speaking to us.
Authority
The narrator in The Stanley Parable made me lose it so many times.
The whole cast of Team Fortress 2.
I haven’t played that game in over a decade, yet if I read any of the lines from the game, I’ll still hear their voices loud as day. Even just seeing the word “medic” and I hear Demoman screaming it.
There’s not a week goes by where I don’t wish Expiration Date got a sequel.
I remember hearing that there was supposed to be an adult swim animated series that fell through early on because of valve being incredibly slow to work with.
“POOTIS PENCER HERE”
E-RECTING A DISPENSER
Stephen Merchant and JK Simmons do a great job in Portal 2
I quite like the work in Max Payne, whoever did it.
One of the best villains I can remember from a game, Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2. Maybe he was just written so well, but he was amazing.
Not to mention Claptrap.
“His” DLC for borderlands 3 was one of the high points of that game. I’m currently replaying 1 and while it’s fun 2 is just so much more engaging with Jack.
Narrator in Bastion. Just glorious.
Maybe the first game to make narration the main feature?
I think Hades is the best overall, which has been mentioned here. Everything from Supergiant Games is great. I’ve seen Disco Elysium mentioned too, which is also great.
But I think one game that is underappreciated and not mentioned here is Horizon: Zero Dawn. Ashley Burch won several awards for her performance as Aloy. I think part of the reason it gets forgotten is that the facial animations in cutscenes are bad, at least in the main game, which led to people just not liking the cutscenes very much. The DLC’s animations are pretty good though.
Troy Baker & Ashley Johnson in Last of Us will stay with me for life.
I gotta say David Hayter was the first video game voice actor I ever heard of and that’s because of a metal gear solid. I still think solid snake is my favourite game voice acting. Especially if you look at the subtle difference in Snake’s voice depending on the game. It was a complete travesty to have snake voiced by anyone else in 5, but in canon it makes sense i guess
The special zombies in left 4 dead 1 & 2
I know it’s super obscure, but there are some YouTube videos compiling each special zombie and it’s like god tier sound. I bet they had fun doing it, too.
To this day, I still hype myself up to do weird sounds by listening to those because they’re so good.
I love the Witch! (This video starts with a scream, not crying, so it’s loud.) https://youtu.be/tcVy7uJbvH8
Every single line in the Soul Reaver trilogy is a masterpiece.
Here, see for yourself. The intro alone will pull you in and never let go.
The voice acting in Hellblade always gives me chills.
Final Fantasy 3/6. Kefka’s laugh will forever be the best evil laugh.
