Favourite voice performances in gaming

krudler · 17-09-2014 5:38pm #1

Been listening to a lot of vocal performances and interviews with voice actors lately, anyone got their favourites? Doesn't matter if they have one scene or are a main playable character, just those voices that stuck with you.
I'll get the most obvious one out of the way first:

Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson- The Last Of Us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9eRNGsenjQ

Both give wonderful performances and play off each other brilliantly, I enjoyed playing TLOU the most when it was just getting around the levels listening to Joel and Ellie's conversations and banter.

Tom Kane- Arkham Asylum

Loved listening to the audio tapes of Amadeus Arkham as you progress through the game, Kane also played Jim Gordon and Warden Quincy Sharp, his haunting vocals as the founder of Arkham Asylum is his best in the game though. He also plays Yoda in the Clone Wars, narrated Fat Princess and played Magneto in various forms, talented guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_clfdubrPNc

Tara Strong- Arkham City

Couldn't imagine anyone else being Harley Quinn, her line delivery is brilliant and even when I read the comics I hear her "Mistah J!" pronounciation in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVpHb42L4jM

Pik Sen Lim- Dark Souls

The narrator for the opening (and fantastic) cinematic, solemn, creepy and suits the atmosphere of the game perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkmsJfMoM58

Matt Morgan- Dark Souls

The Crestfallen Warrior is the first person you meet in Firelink Shrine, he seems to be helpful but sinister as well. Reprises his role in Dark Souls 2. I could list out nearly every performer in Dark Souls, their solemn line delivery suits the world brilliantly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Tvabrqegc

EDDIE WATERS · 17-09-2014 5:45pm

Nolan North as every one.

krudler · 17-09-2014 5:49pm

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

Nolan North as every one.

I was surprised to hear him play The Penguin in Arkham City, not sure why he had a cockney accent but it kinda worked.

Generic Dreadhead · 17-09-2014 5:54pm

Nice thread idea

Sephiroth_dude · 17-09-2014 5:56pm

David hayter solid snake

And

Cam Clarke - liquid snake

There the only that come to mind being honest.

Dont be at yourself · 17-09-2014 5:57pm

Steve Merchant in Portal 2: maybe the first videogame character to make me laugh.

krudler · 17-09-2014 6:12pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Steve Merchant in Portal 2: maybe the first videogame character to make me laugh.

What about Glados? She's hilarious in the first game

pablomakaveli · 17-09-2014 6:12pm

Really liked Michael Mando who did Vaas in Far Cry 3.He really stole the show in that game.

penev10 · 17-09-2014 6:25pm

Weiss (Liam O'Brien) in Nier

krudler · 17-09-2014 6:27pm

Can't believe I forgot Steven Ogg as Trevor in GTAV, the scene where he has to bring the mob bosses wife back was fcuking hilarious. He's a really nice guy in real life too I met him recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6To3CZZyD8c

krudler · 17-09-2014 6:30pm

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Really liked Michael Mando who did Vaas in Far Cry 3.He really stole the show in that game.

He wasn't even a character until Mando came in to audition for the developers, they wrote Vaas just for him and made him the poster boy of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTL9kzcUuvA

Patser · 17-09-2014 6:38pm

Michael Beattie as Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 2 , if only for the Salarian version of Pirates of Penzance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrO5-HPIAw

Also Liam Neeson as your Dad in Fallout 3.

Kylo Ren · 17-09-2014 6:43pm

krudler wrote: »

Tara Strong- Arkham City

Couldn't imagine anyone else being Harley Quinn

Blasphemy! Arleen Sorkin is the only Harley!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWQaxfputyo

Mister Robinson · 17-09-2014 6:51pm

I thought Colin McFarlane played commander Horton very well in G-Police on the PS1

Slater had a good voice too.

krudler · 17-09-2014 6:59pm

What did people make of Troy Baker's Joker? he does a very good Mark Hamill impersonation but it would have been cool to see him do a completely different take on it. John DiMaggio played The Joker in Under The Red Hood and made it more his own, even if it did veer into Bender-esque at times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qOdggdLPLM

Speaking of DiMaggio, he was great as Marcus in Gears of War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmhnoRjT9v0

I really like Troy Baker, didn't agree with them recasting James in Silent Hill 2 for the HD versions but that's not exactly his issue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXieEBWDHvM

ShadowHearth · 17-09-2014 7:06pm

krudler wrote: »

He wasn't even a character until Mando came in to audition for the developers, they wrote Vaas just for him and made him the poster boy of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTL9kzcUuvA

Fair ****s to him and fair ****s to Ubisoft ( this time ) for finding him. He alone makes FarCry 3 like 90% more attractive. The new fella in FarCry 4 has some job on his hands to top that.

Zillah · 17-09-2014 7:07pm

You will suffer, you will all suffer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk0sOGVSAP4

pablomakaveli · 17-09-2014 8:30pm

Surprised Mark Hamill hasn't been mentioned as well. He's amazing as the Joker. Really captures the menace of the character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zqFsYuhX4

J. Marston · 17-09-2014 8:48pm

Patser wrote: »

Michael Beattie as Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 2 , if only for the Salarian version of Pirates of Penzance.

http://youtube.com/?client=mv-h3g-ie&safesearch=always&gl=IE&hl=

Also Liam Neeson as your Dad in Fallout 3.

Bugger on phone can't post YouTube links if some one can.

William Salyers, who took over the voice for ME3, did a great job too. Delivering one of the series best lines...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lfJMIwHDEM

Zero-Cool · 17-09-2014 9:06pm

Troy Baker is so damn impressive in his voice acting, he's the new Nolan North, basically playing everyone. Also he really did a top notch Joker, on par with Hamill.

Melissa Hutchison & Dave Fennoy as Clem and Lee were fantastic in The Walking Dead.

Fescue · 17-09-2014 9:11pm

Karl Hanover who plays the voice of Atlas in BioShock.

GTA 5's 3 lead characters are great.

Adamantium · 17-09-2014 9:21pm

I'd pick out Jennifer Hale as Naomi and David Hayter in the MGS series as noteworthy.
Jennifer Hale in Mass Effect

For fun some improv from the MGS cast, they've clearly edited around the laughs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3WzpA1y3CM

Moneymaker · 17-09-2014 9:23pm

D.C Douglas, as Wesker in RE5.

Utter comedy.

Dave Fennoy as Lee and Melissa Hutchinson as Clem in the Walking Dead.

Retr0gamer · 17-09-2014 9:51pm

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Surprised Mark Hamill hasn't been mentioned as well. He's amazing as the Joker.

I associate him more with the animated series.

I thought Nolan Norths best performance was in Alpha Protocol. He's got such range but is stuck playing Nathan drake and typecast a lot.

I'm always impressed with Laura Bailey but thought she was amazing as Kaine in Nier. Herself and Liam O'Brian as Weiss had great chemistry.

Tara Strong is like the female version of Troy Baker, in everything but always puts on a great performance.

I was very impressed with Hedy Burress in Valkyria Chronicles. Great nuanced performance and she really belts out the song during the funeral scene, the Japanese actress in comparison was replaced for the song.

I loved Stephen Russell as Garrett in Thief, far better than the new voice actor who lacks his subtlety.

degrassinoel · 17-09-2014 11:23pm

Kane

has to be Joe Kucan as Kane

Falthyron · 17-09-2014 11:40pm

Joe Kucan as Kane is definitely one of the best, especially after you hear how he sounds normally.

No mention of Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher? Michael Ironside IS Sam Fisher.

krudler · 17-09-2014 11:40pm

Mike Patton as The Darkness has got to be up there, the guy has phenomenal vocal range anyways and he just sounded like evil incarnate in those games, granted some post production work was added but it nearly always is in voiceover to give voices echos or deeper basslines or whatever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWqlTn_dxNg

krudler · 17-09-2014 11:59pm

Like retr0gamer mentioned Mark Hamill as more associated with the series instead of the game, even though I think Arkham City is probably his best Joker performance, especially making Joker sound like he was about to hack up a lung. Same goes for Kevin Conroy, he is the voice of Batman I hear in my head reading the comics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMiCDMmBzS0

YouSavedMyLife · 18-09-2014 12:14am

Michael Bell, Tony Jay, Simon Templeman and pretty much every voice actor in the Soul Reaver series. Surprised nobody has mentioned this in the first page :eek:

Oh and Diablo in Diablo 3. TEERRRRORRRRRRRR