(09-27-2013, 01:08 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:30 AM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I think a lot of people just have unrealistic standards when it comes to voice acting, especially since very few games - let alone MMO's - have managed to pull it off flawlessly.
Nope. Â Sorry. Â Not agreeing with this.
I guess I've just been spoiled by WoW (which blows my mind).
Let's do some comparisons, shall we? Â This is the voice of Lorewalker Cho, an integral character to the Mists of Pandaria expansion. Â Tell me this isn't an amazing voice actor?
Not really fair to throw Lorewalker Cho into the mix. That's like...cheating.
Lorewalker Cho is freaking JIM CUMMINGS!
Monterey Jack from Rescue Rangers.
Don Karnage and Louie from Tale Spin.
Winnie the Pooh, Tigger.
Darkwing Duck himself!
The voice of Ed in Lion King (so eloquent in that role, yes? haha)
Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog
FREAKIN' SHREDDER IN TMNT!!!
Lorewalker Cho doesn't get to enter the comparison circuit. Jim is too awesome.
Unless a game has Peter Cullen and Kevin Conroy as well.
Blizzard heavily improved the voice acting in Mists of Pandaria by going to the actual actor's guild and pulling professional voice actors in for it.
The voice acting for Final Fantasy XIV in English? Ehhhhh, not so great. I mean, I do like some of them, but others not so much.
The Ul'dahn sultana is one of my favorites. Raubahn is hit or miss. His voice acting at Cartenau is pretty bad. The lack of inflection from Ken-E-Senna doesn't bother me, actually. She's not exactly entirely normal human, so perhaps that's common for her to speak in an unusual way to us.
It's not bad enough for me to cringe, but like someone else said, it's generally either okay or underwhelming.
What drives me nuts is how so many characters have some quasi-British but not British accent. Not the accent themselves, but....every person? Uldahn royalty lalafell, hyur, miqote...all same general accent? Disappointing, really.
