The 'laughably horrible' voice acting would be from the likes of Tidus and Vaan, eh? I have a hunch it's intentional, unfortunately. As much as I love most of the games in the Final Fantasy series there's a lot of whiny, 'samey' male protagonists. I'm especially bitter about Basch being reduced to a side character in favour of Vaan who was seen as being 'more relatable' as a main character. This was also one of the things that drove away quite a bit of talent in the company by rubbing them the wrong way. Why the executives thought it'd be a good idea to piss off the guy who brought us Vagrant Story is beyond me, especially since it's one of the few games in existence to get a perfect 100/100 score.
