Any era, doesnt matter. I just want to know of games where the actors knocked it out of the park.
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Cave Johnson… Love J.K Simmons work overall but Cave was perfect.
All the Portal characters, really. Cave, GLaDOS, Wheatly, Chell…
Even the turrets!
Are you still there?
My favoriteturret quote:
“Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds.”
I still tell people I will burn their house down with lemons.
Some of my favorites:
- GLaDOS from Portal 1+2: Ellen McClain did such a fantastic job balancing a monotonous robotic tone with human emotions and adding subtle glitches to show not everything was 100% alright. She defined what a female robot voice should sound like for that decade. I saw that Stephen Merchant was mentioned and while his performance was good and Wheatley’s character was hilarious, I think McLain’s performance as GLaDOS was more original and memorable.
- Narrator from The Stanley Parable: Kevan Brighting was arguably the protagonist of the game and the player was the annoying mob to him. As the only chacter with dialogue in the entire walking sim game, he had to carry almost the entire game’s story, personality, and charm all through his voice. And it’s honestly so fun how disappointed, annoyed, and exasperated he gets when the player refuses to listen.
- The Joker from Batman Arkham Asylum: This one is cheating cause Mark Hamill has played The Joker in almost every modern animated medium available. Still, there’s a reason his version is so iconic. It’s just so bittersweet that he refuses to ever voice The Joker again since Kevin Conroy, the VA for his Batman passed away.
Edit: After reviewing my list, it seems like I like offscreen narrators who insult the player. How funny
Ellen McClain did such a good, iconic job that she landed herself a role in Pacific Rim as the computer in Gipsy Danger.
Didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool!
The Joker reveal in Arkham City was also some brilliant writing carried through by Hamill’s amazing voice acting: https://youtu.be/GvZTjWpuuKw?t=63
I enjoyed having him follow me around throughout Arkham Knight too.
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.
“POOTIS PENCER HERE”
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.
The voice acting in Hellblade always gives me chills.
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.
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.
The narrator in The Stanley Parable made me lose it so many times.
Narrator in Bastion. Just glorious.
I quite like the work in Max Payne, whoever did it.
Stephen Merchant and JK Simmons do a great job in Portal 2
Arthur Morgan in Red Dead 2
Rockstar games have some pretty spectacular stories and acting and they’re just getting better, ever since GTA IV/RDR/LA Noire. RDR2 was one of the most heartbreaking and melancholy stories I’ve ever been told, game or otherwise. It’s a different genre, of course, but I have high hopes for GTA VI.
Kreia from KOTOR 2 really gave an astonishingly good performance, as did Bao-dur in the game game.
Whoever did the scientist’s “ACK!” sound from Half Life 1.
The original Resident Evil
“Stop!.. Don’t o-pen… that door!”
“Oh, Jill, this house is… dangerous. There are… terrible demons. Ouch!”
GTA San Andreas has a few good ones my Favorite Being AXL Rose as the DJ from KDST.
But many suprising actors in there : Samuel Jackson, James Woods, Peter Fonda and Ice T:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas/
Bastion, Hades. Basically all supergiantgames.
