| Spindel said: I hate voice acting (in a real language) in games. 1 Most voice actors doing games suck at it 2 In games in a fantasy or sci-fi setting having every one speak english/japanese/german/french etc breaks immersion tremendously. If you voice act use a made up language (like klingon or dothraki) or just jibberish (witch signals that a strange language is spoken) like in zeldas up to BotW 3 Germans, russians, arabs, that speak english in a situation where they clearly would speak their own language breaks immersion (the same goes for movies) Im from a non english speaking country that have subtitles on all foregin movies. Subtitles breaks immersion less than an ailen speaking english with an american accent. |
1. There are good voice actors, and bad. So, I don't blanket hate voice acting, because sometimes it is done really well. I think it depends on the company doing the hiring and where there focus is. Atlus doesn't try to be a technical graphics powerhouse, so they make sure everything including the voice acting comes off as nicely polished. Square Enix on the other hand seems to go all in on graphics while not caring how cringe worthy the voice actors they hire sound.
2. Yes, "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" would be another perfect example of this being used well.
3. Movies require a suspension of disbelief in the first place, so accents never really bothered me as long as the actor is good. I love the movie "The Hunt For Red October". I've seen dozens of times. Never once did it bother me that Sean Connery is a Scotsman playing a Russian submarine captain. Same with Mel Gibson playing William Wallace in "Braveheart". If it's a great actor, I don't really care if they are able to hide their native accents. It doesn't pull me out of the story in the least. A more recent example is "In the Heart of the Sea". Chris Hemsworth took a heap of criticism for being an Australian playing a first mate from Nantucket. Should he only be allowed to play Australians? I loved that movie, and I'm glad I saw it in the theater.
- I don't mind reading sub-titles in foreign films. It's not a deal breaker for me. But, I don't prefer it either. Sometimes I feel like I'm concentrating more on reading off the screen than I am focusing on watching the actual movie, which is a disservice to the visual medium.
