Best Voice ActorMost Disappointing

Post » Wed May 09, 2012 3:42 am

Go ahead and list your favorites and your least favorite. Feel free to include your own categories as well.


My favorite voice actors have to be:


Joshua Graham played by Keith Szarabajka - That's just one badass, well-played voice that really suits our expectations of Joshua Graham. My favorite quote of the game is by him. ("I want to have my revenge. Against him. Against Caesar. I want to call it my own, to make my anger God's anger. To justify the things I've done.")

Rose of Sharon Cassidy played by Rachel Roswell - Just has soooo much character in the voice. When I hear her speak, I feel like I truly recognize this personality-type, like I've met this type of person before. And sure enough, I understood what kind of person Cass was after the first time she finished a sentence.


Right up there with those two, a favorite voice actor I consider the Most Underrated:

The Book Chute played by Beau Weaver - Ok ok, people love the type of humor that Muggy and the Toaster present. I get it. But c'mon, I cracked up when I heard the Book Chute. Sounds SOOOO convincing. Just like hearing Cass makes me think "ah she's this personality-type," I hear the Book Chute and immediately think "Ah crap, it's one of THOSE guys..." Reminds me so much of an obsessive-compulsive German teacher I once had.

Most disappointing was:

Veronica Santangelo played by Felicia Day - Not gonna lie, when I see people say she's the best, I can't help but feel like people are saying that just because of who she is, and not actually based on the quality of her work. I play the German version of the game, and I prefer our German Veronica over Felicia Day; a very rare occurance that I prefer a German voice actor over the original, but ours turned out to be really pretty damn good, making Felicia Day seem bland by comparison.


Best at delivering jokes:

Raul Tejada by Danny Trejo - Danny did pretty freaking good at keeping a straight face while delivering the more sarcastic lines. This is the only character I can think of that provided sarcastic humor without using an overtly-blatant sarcastic tone to go along with it.


Voice Actor I thought I'd hate, but turned out ok:

Ulysses
by Roger Cross - Ulysses had a weird style of speaking and he barely ever conveyed emotion, so when we first heard him, I was disappointed. When Lonesome Road came out though, then he came alive a little more. Wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad either.
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Kim Bradley
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 12:30 pm

I agree with you about Joshua and Cass. They happen to be my two most favorite characters along with Col. Moore.
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Natalie Harvey
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 2:03 pm

I liked House. He was nailed perfectly by René Auberjonois
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Richard Dixon
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 11:27 am

It's hard to list the best. There's a lot of good ones. To pick one...Kris Kristofferson.

To pick the worst is easy...SUNNY SMILES! That job had to have been landed by sleeping with someone. It is sooo painful. I can only go through the Tut, with the sound down.

" That'll do fine...Just fine. Get on over to that campfire now...give it a try." OMG!!! I want to eat a freaking BULLET!

She sounds like a 5th grader reading a bedtime story, to a younger sibling.
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GEo LIme
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 11:58 am

i like the guy who does the kitty litter commercial voice overs
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Danny Blight
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 8:00 am

The worst is totally Veronica Belmont playing the Light Switches, Stealth Suit, and Christine. Such horrible line reading.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 2:13 am

The worst is totally Veronica Belmont playing the Light Switches, Stealth Suit, and Christine. Such horrible line reading.


What's weird is, again, the German voice actor for her is pretty good. :P
I see a pattern of gamer-girls doing poor voice-acting jobs followed by the German voice actors do them wonderfully. Maybe it's because Germans tend to "overact" just a little bit, but bubbly/humorous/ditzy/flirtatious girls tend to portray a lot of emotion anyways.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:48 pm

Lanius, Vulpes and Hanlon.

Also, Matthew Perry.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 7:56 am

William Sadler as Victor was the best. I didn't even know it was him, despite watching him in dozens of movies. Just the way he says "watch yourself" at Novac is enough to make think you twice about sticking around.

Unfortunately, Yuri Lowenthal delivered the worst line in the game - "LAY-terrrr." That beats all.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 10:28 am

Good ones: Graham, Lanius, Vulpes, Raul, Boone, The King, Elijah, all of Think Tank, Dean, Doc Mitchell, Chief Hanlon, Yes Man

Disappointments: Caesar (I was expecting something epic, turned out to be average), Veronica (I just can't like Felicia Day and she's everywhere. Wonder if that'll change with new DA2 DLC.)

But, of course the best one is Ron the Narrator (hehe).
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 10:37 pm

I think colonel Hsu conveyed him personality as a decent straight up bloke who was down to earth :)
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Lou
 
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:54 am

Legate Lanius and Joshua Graham, there gritty voices give there lines that extra kick.
Most disappointing?, In my opinion i would have to say its Victoria Belmont, she didnt give the characters the life i was hopeing for.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:07 pm

Best: Whoever voiced Elijah. Worst: Whoever voiced Sunny Smiles
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 10:47 am

Boone and Yes Man were my favorites for different reasons.

Yes Man was funny and upbeat and (Other Then The Basemant Showcaseing of the MK2 OS) Was able to keep the same level of energy going throughout his dialouge.

Boone seems like a Weird choice to you guys I'm sure, but as a young Actor, I think that the amount of subtlety used for his roll is fantastic. When recounting BitterSprings or killing his wife, you can feel the pain in his voice even though it doesn't seem to change all that much.

The Worst VOs in the game Belonged to;

Felicia Day; Who isn't an Actress no matter what people tell me.

Veronica Belmont; Is the host of Qore and had no business doing any Voice Work.

Matthew Perry (AKA Benny): He wasn't even trying, he's a very respected actor but I think he falls into the GAMES AREN'T ART Clique.

Honorable Mentions go to;

Joshua Graham; Phenomonal, a very strong voice. He's not in the top 2 because he didn't get enough dialouge.

The Entire Think Tank; Especially James Urbaniak AKA Doctor 0.

Legate Lanius; His voice DRIPPED with power.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 5:57 am


Kris Kristopherson (AKA Benny): He wasn't even trying, he's a very respected actor but I think he falls into the GAMES AREN'T ART Clique.

Kris was Chief Hanlon, who did pretty damn good. You're thinking of Matthew Perry.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 12:13 am

Boone and Yes Man were my favorites for different reasons.

Yes Man was funny and upbeat and (Other Then The Basemant Showcaseing of the MK2 OS) Was able to keep the same level of energy going throughout his dialouge.

Boone seems like a Weird choice to you guys I'm sure, but as a young Actor, I think that the amount of subtlety used for his roll is fantastic. When recounting BitterSprings or killing his wife, you can feel the pain in his voice even though it doesn't seem to change all that much.

The Worst VOs in the game Belonged to;

Felicia Day; Who isn't an Actress no matter what people tell me.

Veronica Belmont; Is the host of Qore and had no business doing any Voice Work.

Kris Kristopherson (AKA Benny): He wasn't even trying, he's a very respected actor but I think he falls into the GAMES AREN'T ART Clique.

Honorable Mentions go to;

Joshua Graham; Phenomonal, a very strong voice. He's not in the top 2 because he didn't get enough dialouge.

The Entire Think Tank; Especially James Urbaniak AKA Doctor 0.

Legate Lanius; His voice DRIPPED with power.

Mathew Perry was Benny, Kris Kristopherson was Chief Hanlon

Edit: damn it ninja'ed
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 3:01 am

Elijah, Boone, Graham, and Lanius were the best.

Sunny Smiles was the worst ever.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 10:29 am

Kris was Chief Hanlon, who did pretty damn good. You're thinking of Matthew Perry.


Mathew Perry was Benny, Kris Kristopherson was Chief Hanlon

Edit: damn it ninja'ed
[censored]! That's totally what I meant you guys. Why did I Get them Mixed Up? Maybe cuz they're the "A Listers"?

Whatevs, Fixed Now.

Either way, Benny's VO was [censored].
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:05 pm

Come on guys... KK is an acting legend. At least spell his name right. The man deserves that.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:03 pm

I thought matthew Perry was very good. Benny just fits with him; like the lines he says and the character. I enjoyed joshua Graham as well with his dark voice. House was good to listen to as well. Arcade by Zach Levi, Raul by Danny trejo And the think tank + mobius were also good. Sunny smiles was bad indeed don't know who voiced it but he/she must stop voicing video games
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:51 pm

I got kind of annoyed how so many characters were voiced by Gregory Alan Williams, and how they all sounded pretty much exactly the same with no attempt at variation :confused: The acting wasn't bad, just a lot of people with the same, otherwise 'distinct' voice.

Overall though, I can't recall anyone standing out as having bad voice acting. I especially loved all the voice acting in Dead Money
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 9:15 am

Depart from sunny smiles and the odd wastelander I dont think there were any terrible voice acting, well maybe Ulysse but I think that was more the chracter not grasping the idea of sentances. Wish there was an intelligence check to teach sentances.

My favorites were Farther Elijah(Dear god that voice actor deserves a medal, I would start to shake when I hear his voice), House, Graham, Mobius, Hanlon and The King
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:29 pm

Ulysses and Graham were pretty awesome voice acting wise.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:28 pm

My favorites were Joshua Graham and Mr. House. Brilliant voice acting, I love getting House mad at me, such righteous indignation! And I love how I can't make Joshua get mad at me. He's just very cool about the whole thing, calmly telling me why it would be a bad idea to hurt Daniel. "God willing, you will not leave this valley."

My least favorites were Benny and Ulysses, both were very disappointing. I was super hyped up when I first heard Matthew Perry was going to voice Benny, but then when you get there and confront him he just sounds like he's learning how to read lines off a cue card. Ulysses is just very boring and depressing to listen to him talk, I hoped he would be a total badass, he just sounds so [censored] mopey.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 1:26 am

I liked General Oliver's voice actor, but his character not so much. Also like Raul, Danny Trejo did a good job.
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