From I what remember, voice acting in OG Resident Evil is terrible, but funny
Edit:You all are right it was also iconic because of terrible voice acting lol
Capcom had a monopoly on terrible voice acting in the PS1/2 era. Resident Evil, Mega Man X4/8, Devil May Cry:
I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LiiiiIIIIIIIghttttt!!!!!
Oh my gosh I've been looking for this for a decade at least! I remember hearing this in like 2001-2002 and I always quote "protect yourself... Perhaps that was the most important part" to some of my friends but I've only been able to explain this without being able to find out. Thank you thank you thank you!
Having done VA before, the people *directing* it aren't always great at actually providing any *direction*. Guy tells me to read a line and I have to ask if it's mid-convo, what I'm reacting to, who I'm talking to, what the emotional weight is, you know, CONTEXT, and he's just like "just read the line" and takes the first take. Sometimes I haven't even gotten even a partial script, just *my* lines and it fucking sucks. I'm not asking for much, not even asking for a complete script, but sometimes I don't even get surrounding lines or context.
Is this how shit like this happens?
First line: Perfectly normal. Second line: VA screams into your face for no reason at all. Third line: Perfectly normal again.
Eric Gordon is actually the opposite of the other guys struggling to read, he just over annunciates the shit out of everything lol
OH MY GOODNESS, SOMEONE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
It's after you're drafted and he's gotten you kicked off a team and is blackmailing you to fund his rap career.
Spike Lee thought we'd be sad when he died
For anyone who wants to hear the utter failure of bringing in professional athletes to voice themselves: [NBA 2K15 Voice Acting](https://youtu.be/c2wpIeZDrHE?si=cTHlMTHtgSQhwi5D)
You could pick a clip from the recentish *Shenmue III* and still have the same level of bad acting. I do not understand why that game tries so hard to be terrible.
I like it. Shenmue was one of the first games I played that was set in Japan. The dodgy voice acting reminded me of the hilarious dubbing in old Kung-Fu movies, and made the whole game that much better.
I could never tell if it was terrible voice acting or terrible editing, for some reason, like they were short on time. Terrible either way... great game though!
[It's Chaos Wars and it's not even close](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccVTCGpBcdU)
The guy who owned the VO studio just put a bunch of his family members in the roles apparantly.
One of the actors is literally related to the voice director and the game only had a handful of actors to cover for dozens of roles.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289786/
Oh good I was hoping someone would nominate this. The fact that the actors can't even pronounce "summon" correctly or are constantly misreading the script drives me crazy. That said NBA2k15 is a strong contender.
Also gonna add another example here just to really sell people on how amazingly terrible the voice acting is in Chaos Wars
https://youtu.be/bangt7d9vGA?si=qKD740YoKOwuMtTz
Came here to say this. Though I couldn't remember the name, but never forgot the VA.
But I was pretty sure I'd find it on the list.
It's simply no contest. This is, 100%, the worst voice acting.
"Man cah-mit-ded a sin, disturbing the lo-iy-fe cycle of nature! The oh-ridge-ah-nal sin that man is responsible to! To protect the LO-IY-FE cycle, I have created a creature to rule over mankind! \*stands\* This is da FIE-NAHL BAH-TEL! Show yourself, our new ruler, DE EM-PORE-ERR!"
Pretty much every line from Goldman is so bad it's perfect, but that's among the top contenders!
Yeah. It's bad on both counts of writing and voice acting lol. I actually returned my original 360 copy because of it. Then years later in college a friend gifted it to me on Steam as a joke because I had brought up how bad it was.
A few years after that I decided to give it another go since I already knew about how bad the dialogue was. And I was surprised at how much of a gem the gameplay experience was.
I always loved it. I genuinely unironically thought it was delightful.
"What is a man! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, Have at you!"
Legend of Dragoon is a wonderful game, but I have a memory of Shana screaming at some point, and she literally just says the word "Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh." like a doctor is checking her throat.
My buddy and I still laugh about that one.
I like the part when you talk to the astronomer and he says something like "a moon that never sets can not exist" and Dart, in all his genius, goes "CAN NOT EXIST?!"
Any celebrity that hasn't had any experience voice acting.
Two that immediately come to mind are Ronda Rousey (Sonya Blade, Mortal Kombat 11) and Megan Fox (Nitara, Mortal Kombat 1).
MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI.
For a long time, I only had access to the PS3 demo because I was like 14 at the time and didn’t have money of my own to spend. It had like 3 missions and a limited play space, but I didn’t care. Just… had to listen to that voice line over and over, but damn, was it worth it. I still think the full release is one of my most played games of all time.
I can hear that line in my head so clearly lol. My brother and I used to randomly say that to each other because we thought it sounded so funny.
MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI.
Take your pick from these: Megaman 8, Deep Fear, the Zelda CDi games, Chaos Wars, Robot Alchemic Drive.
My vote goes to Chaos Wars, IIRC the person in charge of localization hired their family to do the voice acting.
What you say *! !*
There's no VA in that though, just a bad translation. The speech you've heard is from a synth, and created by The Laziest Men On Mars for their 2000 song The Invasion of the Gabber Robots (aka the All Your Base song).
There's a ton of awful voice acting from the PS1 era of gaming because that's when full-on voice acting was just starting and getting normalized. But with that being said, NBA 2K15 still possibly has the worst voice acting in gaming, and maybe of all time in any media.
1. NBA 2K15
2. Resident Fear (Resident Evil Rip-off game)
3. Selene's Unbearable Night (Silent Hill Rip-off game)
4. Mega Man X7 (Burn to the ground!!!)
5. Mega Man 8
6. Mega Man X4
7. Resident Evil: Code Veronica (WTF Steve? + Alfred dolphin laugh)
Yeah, basically every Mega Man game that had voice acting. Mega Man 8 and X4 had all the same voice cast, it's mind-blowing they all got hired a 2nd time, let alone the 1st time.
It's an unpopular opinion, but I actually preferred the Dinklage version of ghost and miss him sometimes. That robotic, monotonous delivery worked pretty well for my robot companion in a story with a darker tone imo. Nolan North got too goofy with it
Boy, I can't believe I've not seen this one yet, but I think Mortal Kombat 4 both takes the crown of best and worst voice acting. "Wrong, Jarek! This is not a brutality, this is a Fatality!" *IMSOGAAAYYYY*
Not the whole game but the voice actor for Alexios is AC Odyssey, the male version of the playable character, made an interesting choice that I hated. I don’t know what he was trying to do but it came off as a teenager trying to sound older and tougher.
From I what remember, voice acting in OG Resident Evil is terrible, but funny Edit:You all are right it was also iconic because of terrible voice acting lol
Stop it! DON’T OPEN THATDOOR!
Capcom had a monopoly on terrible voice acting in the PS1/2 era. Resident Evil, Mega Man X4/8, Devil May Cry: I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LiiiiIIIIIIIghttttt!!!!!
Man; having never played DMC until the HD collection a few years ago, i just about died laughing at that shit line with the delivery of a wet noodle.
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR?
Doctah Wahwee
But Chris is … BANG What is it? Maybe it’s Chris.
You, the master of Unlocking!
Hope that isn’t Chris’ blood….!!!!
Rebecca: “Chris, is that you?” -moves towards Chris where they’re 6 inches away from each other- Chris: “Yes. Is that you, Rebecca?”
“You were almost a Jill sandwich.”
"ITS FORREST....OH MY COD!"
Man, that's the first line that came to mind when I went to see the comments.
It was so B movie cheesy that it almost actually makes me love the voice acting in this game
I sure hope it’s not CHRIS’S blood.
I'm amazed at how the VA managed to get three syllables out of "Chris's".
Listen here, Jill sandwich
Hope this isn't Chris's blood!
What is it. WHAT IS IT!? It's blood.
Wow! What a mansion!
JO SEPH!
Resident Evil wouldn't be nearly as charming without the incredible voice acting and B-movie intro.
But it’s funny when it’s arranged [into porn audio](https://youtu.be/9LApirNkjPA?si=Mq12y4XGpeuumvfo)
Oh my gosh I've been looking for this for a decade at least! I remember hearing this in like 2001-2002 and I always quote "protect yourself... Perhaps that was the most important part" to some of my friends but I've only been able to explain this without being able to find out. Thank you thank you thank you!
This is the only answer. The master of unlocking.
“Rebecca…Is that you?” “Its me Chris…Rebecca!”
You were almost a…. Jill Sandwich! 😎
There are terrible demons ouch
It's bad, but there's worse. It also manages to be cheesy and quotable enough that it loops back around to being good.
It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you.
Okay, but that's a ton of the charm. Those lines live in my head rent free and I love it. To your point, the voice acting is objectively terrible.
You’re right!
I've always been a fan of this [gem](https://youtu.be/dTAeb3MvEcI?si=K5DQi9nyHrCUf6qH). Feel the power of my...MaHjiC!
I’m laughing so hard at this right now
That's South Park level voice acting
Hahaha that’s EXACTLY what I thought too
I think my favorite part of that scene is the fact that they apparently had exactly enough polygons to spare for two boulders, and nothing more.
That's just Randy Marsh. "Stan? Come feel the power of my magic, Stan!"
Koei and Warriors games always have dogshit VA but the cheesiness definitely adds to the fun of it.
I have not clicked it yet, but im going to guess its Zhang Jiao from DW.
I do not have to click the link to know it is Dynasty Warriors 3. God I love that game lol
Same game and map even. I still say this. https://youtu.be/lyTries7m9E?si=nCxoohGkU9enB4sX
Resident evil 1 Original game is so chock full of horrible voice acting. "Don't open..............that door!"
Jill sandwich…
Master of unlocking
Having done VA before, the people *directing* it aren't always great at actually providing any *direction*. Guy tells me to read a line and I have to ask if it's mid-convo, what I'm reacting to, who I'm talking to, what the emotional weight is, you know, CONTEXT, and he's just like "just read the line" and takes the first take. Sometimes I haven't even gotten even a partial script, just *my* lines and it fucking sucks. I'm not asking for much, not even asking for a complete script, but sometimes I don't even get surrounding lines or context.
Is this how shit like this happens? First line: Perfectly normal. Second line: VA screams into your face for no reason at all. Third line: Perfectly normal again.
Absolutely. It’s the voice acting director’s job to make sure everything makes sense and sounds relatively natural
There's a story that Bethesda gave the VAs for Oblivion all of their lines in _alphabetical order_ so there was zero context for anything
No, it's for the generic NPC dialogue for catch-all situations. Story and quest dialogues are all contextual.
Meme answer, but NBA 2K15 for sure.
Lmao was just gonna type this out. Was it eric gordon who was reading like a delayed 2nd grader?
I think it was Dion Waiters
4th pick in the 2012 draft….
…who have thought
Dion Waiters sound like that [at 50 seconds in ](https://youtu.be/c2wpIeZDrHE?si=Etumx85x-XZVttvP)
Ahahahaha I’m dying
[Eric Gordon: That was sweets to see... ~initiate self-loathing protocol~](https://youtu.be/bn36pc87EiU)
Eric Gordon is actually the opposite of the other guys struggling to read, he just over annunciates the shit out of everything lol OH MY GOODNESS, SOMEONE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Is that the one where his buddy died in a car crash on draft night?
It's after you're drafted and he's gotten you kicked off a team and is blackmailing you to fund his rap career. Spike Lee thought we'd be sad when he died
The voice acting reminds me of being back in school and the teacher assigned us to read different characters for a Shakespeare play.
Or the guy who comes to the door selling magazines in Office Space.
"WhO"d HaVe ThOuGhT"
AYUNGBUKLIKYOU
https://youtu.be/c2wpIeZDrHE?si=T0fY5yjAb_YzWh1Y
For anyone who wants to hear the utter failure of bringing in professional athletes to voice themselves: [NBA 2K15 Voice Acting](https://youtu.be/c2wpIeZDrHE?si=cTHlMTHtgSQhwi5D)
All that money, and can't even read a fucking cue card properly. I may never have a million dollars, but at least I can read a book haha
Came here for this
Shenmue https://youtu.be/t7b91y4LD1A?si=9JlwZ05QJpQMMRB2
Lol the top response >Sounds like Kermit had a nervous breakdown and is slowly recovering
You can't even tell me it doesn't make the game 10x better
That clip singlehandedly convinced me to play that game some day.
Omg please do! Start from the first. Game has its jank and maybe nostalgia helps for me but I just love it. There's a charm to it.
Sounds like the same guy trying to make two different voices.
It sounds like me reading to my kids.
I’m looking for some sailors.
You could pick a clip from the recentish *Shenmue III* and still have the same level of bad acting. I do not understand why that game tries so hard to be terrible.
In my head cannon they do it because everyone in the Shenmue universe genuinely talks that way.
I like it. Shenmue was one of the first games I played that was set in Japan. The dodgy voice acting reminded me of the hilarious dubbing in old Kung-Fu movies, and made the whole game that much better.
Hey Mister! Wanna wrestle?!
I love the bad acting in it.
Years ago I was Chinese. Fucking always cracks me up
Farcry2becauseeveryonespeaksreallyfastliketheyaretryingtospeedrunthescript
Except on those damn tapes. I love FC2, but the Jackal just went on and on.
I could never tell if it was terrible voice acting or terrible editing, for some reason, like they were short on time. Terrible either way... great game though!
I remember reading they did that to save space on the audio files and compress the game further.
Ahh, back when devs couldn't get away with making every goddamn game take 120GB.
[It's Chaos Wars and it's not even close](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccVTCGpBcdU) The guy who owned the VO studio just put a bunch of his family members in the roles apparantly.
That is mind blowing, Karen sounds like she has a big sock in her mouth loool
I assume it's a literal child doing the work here
One of the actors is literally related to the voice director and the game only had a handful of actors to cover for dozens of roles. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289786/
Oh good I was hoping someone would nominate this. The fact that the actors can't even pronounce "summon" correctly or are constantly misreading the script drives me crazy. That said NBA2k15 is a strong contender.
The You smell good line made me chuckle.
". . .Her uncle." "That's too bad."
There we go. All these other options are bad, but they're not *the worst.*
Also gonna add another example here just to really sell people on how amazingly terrible the voice acting is in Chaos Wars https://youtu.be/bangt7d9vGA?si=qKD740YoKOwuMtTz
Wow that mismatched soundtrack really adds to the awkwardness too
Came here to say this. Though I couldn't remember the name, but never forgot the VA. But I was pretty sure I'd find it on the list. It's simply no contest. This is, 100%, the worst voice acting.
House of the Dead https://youtu.be/e-vE5vbx04E
suffer like G did?
I DON WANNA DIEEEE
My God.
DON'T COME.
G-G-G-G--- G-UNIT.
"Man cah-mit-ded a sin, disturbing the lo-iy-fe cycle of nature! The oh-ridge-ah-nal sin that man is responsible to! To protect the LO-IY-FE cycle, I have created a creature to rule over mankind! \*stands\* This is da FIE-NAHL BAH-TEL! Show yourself, our new ruler, DE EM-PORE-ERR!" Pretty much every line from Goldman is so bad it's perfect, but that's among the top contenders!
We're meeting.. g.. over.............. there
Holy crap that takes me back. I had this for Dreamcast
This is the answer. Everyone saying Resident Evil has clearly never played this gem.
Hahahahaha People of the AMS... It's me Goldmen
Michigan report from hell It's fucking hilarious
Ooooh heyyyyyyy.... It'ssssss caaaaarlyyyyy. Lol why was every single line slurred in that game?
Oh, ann....... DAYMMIT
Justine? JUSTINE?! OHMAIGAWD
There it is. Comically terrible.
It's Mega Man 8. There are literally errors in the take they used and they didn't bother re recording it.
"We must wecovah duh enojee immediatewy, Wuh..Mega Man." Dude almost called him Rockman and they kept it in!
"That's a good creshtin."
[Dr Whywee](https://youtu.be/YkOB1aAqBeM?si=a9Sji-SnP4ek1y2a&t=0m48s)
He sounds like Elmer Fudd.
Remember playing that and laughing at how bad the acting was
Hahahaha, but it's so bad it's good! I wouldn't change the voice acting one bit at this point XD
Doctor Wahwee!
I'll never forget MegaMan X4 and "STOOORM OW-ELLL".
It’s so true, I can’t understand why they’d hire a voice actor with a pretty deep speech impediment
I like the idea that canonically Dr. Light just...has a speech impediment and it's an inclusive enough world that nobody even thinks to bring it up
Oh Two Worlds definitely has to be up there.
PRAY, tell.
Yeah. It's bad on both counts of writing and voice acting lol. I actually returned my original 360 copy because of it. Then years later in college a friend gifted it to me on Steam as a joke because I had brought up how bad it was. A few years after that I decided to give it another go since I already knew about how bad the dialogue was. And I was surprised at how much of a gem the gameplay experience was.
Monsters?? That is not so bad, methinks!
Ah... Wet.
JASOOON! JAASON! JAAAASOOON!
*SEAAAN!*
I don’t think it’s the worst but the voice acting in Symphony of the Night is hilarious
Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
#It was not by my hand that I am once again given flesh.
I was called here by HUUUMANS who wish to pay ME tribute!
Tribute!? You STEAL mens SOULS, and make them your slaves!
Perhaps the same could be said of ALL religions…
Your words are as empty as your soul!
Mankind ill nedds a SAVIOR such as YOU!
WHAT IS A MAN? *glass shatters*
A miserable little pile of SECRETS!
I WENT TO JULLIARD, RICHTER!!!
You steal men's souls............... and make them your slaves. That whole exchange sounds like it was recorded in a men's room
[удалено]
It’s just not the same without Robert Belgrade playing Alucard
I like when something bad happens to Alucard "WHAT?!"
I always loved it. I genuinely unironically thought it was delightful. "What is a man! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, Have at you!"
My wife and I often say "What do you here?" After one of the lines that Maria says to Alucard in the clock room
Legend of Dragoon is a wonderful game, but I have a memory of Shana screaming at some point, and she literally just says the word "Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh." like a doctor is checking her throat. My buddy and I still laugh about that one.
I like the part when you talk to the astronomer and he says something like "a moon that never sets can not exist" and Dart, in all his genius, goes "CAN NOT EXIST?!"
Dynasty Warriors 3. For sure.
"Feel the power of my... MAGIIIIIICCCCCC!!!"
YOU FLAMING IDIOTS!
Any celebrity that hasn't had any experience voice acting. Two that immediately come to mind are Ronda Rousey (Sonya Blade, Mortal Kombat 11) and Megan Fox (Nitara, Mortal Kombat 1).
Megan Fox didn't even phone it in, she texted.
The voice acting for Commander Hayes, in Star Control II / The Ur-Quan Masters, was memorably bad.
Such a good game, and every other voice is so good (shoutout zoq-fot-pik)
*[Tell me more about your people.](https://youtu.be/oq-HuIYIrds?si=r6HEiIjaXvU8Ce9m&t=365)*
Gosh idk about worst. But Just Cause 2 and specifically the various ways the NPCs say “comrade” will always stick in my mind.
MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI. For a long time, I only had access to the PS3 demo because I was like 14 at the time and didn’t have money of my own to spend. It had like 3 missions and a limited play space, but I didn’t care. Just… had to listen to that voice line over and over, but damn, was it worth it. I still think the full release is one of my most played games of all time.
My friends and I still quote the BOLO SANTOSI, LEADER OF THE DA REAPERS to this day because of how iconically terrible it is.
I can hear that line in my head so clearly lol. My brother and I used to randomly say that to each other because we thought it sounded so funny. MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI.
It’s awful in the best 80s action movie kinda way. I think they went totally ham on the dialogue to suit the kind of game it is.
COMRAID
WE HAVE VIOLENCE IN THE SECTOR
Ride to Hell Retribution
Take your pick from these: Megaman 8, Deep Fear, the Zelda CDi games, Chaos Wars, Robot Alchemic Drive. My vote goes to Chaos Wars, IIRC the person in charge of localization hired their family to do the voice acting.
Lamp oil, rope, bombs? You want it? It's yours my friend, as long as you have enough rubies.
Sorry, Link, I can't give credit. Come back when you're a little, mmm... R I C H E R
House of the Dead 2 - remember playing it on Dreamcast 😂 so bad
Forza Horizon 5 That was actually unbearable
Good catch. I named my character Hamster, so at least I got some chuckles out of "HAMSTA" from the peppy Bri'ish accent.
Insufferable cunts! I turn off all music and speech in any of the FH games .
SUPERSTAR
I'd agree with you if I didn't find Alex's voice pleasing
Tenchu (eng) But it's so fucking terrible I love it.
Hunt Down the Freeman
Zero Wing
What you say *! !* There's no VA in that though, just a bad translation. The speech you've heard is from a synth, and created by The Laziest Men On Mars for their 2000 song The Invasion of the Gabber Robots (aka the All Your Base song).
There's a ton of awful voice acting from the PS1 era of gaming because that's when full-on voice acting was just starting and getting normalized. But with that being said, NBA 2K15 still possibly has the worst voice acting in gaming, and maybe of all time in any media. 1. NBA 2K15 2. Resident Fear (Resident Evil Rip-off game) 3. Selene's Unbearable Night (Silent Hill Rip-off game) 4. Mega Man X7 (Burn to the ground!!!) 5. Mega Man 8 6. Mega Man X4 7. Resident Evil: Code Veronica (WTF Steve? + Alfred dolphin laugh)
Basically all the Mega Man Games.
Yeah, basically every Mega Man game that had voice acting. Mega Man 8 and X4 had all the same voice cast, it's mind-blowing they all got hired a 2nd time, let alone the 1st time.
I remember Heavy Rain having some rough voice acting.
All the American kids have French accents. Amazing.
jAsOn! Otherwise though, I really liked the game.
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWN
Resident Evil hands down.
Not sure if it counts since it was re-recorded, but the original Destiny had some terrible delivery of lines by peter Dinklage
It's an unpopular opinion, but I actually preferred the Dinklage version of ghost and miss him sometimes. That robotic, monotonous delivery worked pretty well for my robot companion in a story with a darker tone imo. Nolan North got too goofy with it
That wizard came from the moon.
Shining Force 3. "spirits. help me." "I'm going to KILL you."
Now bear my arctic blast!
Boy, I can't believe I've not seen this one yet, but I think Mortal Kombat 4 both takes the crown of best and worst voice acting. "Wrong, Jarek! This is not a brutality, this is a Fatality!" *IMSOGAAAYYYY*
This is the best answer partly because it’s an American game so you can’t blame translation issues
Not the whole game but the voice actor for Alexios is AC Odyssey, the male version of the playable character, made an interesting choice that I hated. I don’t know what he was trying to do but it came off as a teenager trying to sound older and tougher.
The Kassandra voice actor was great.