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As someone who puts Final Fantasy VII on a pedestal—for multiple reasons, including, but not limited to, the fact that I learned English to understand the plot

As someone who puts Final Fantasy VII on a pedestal—for multiple reasons, including, but not limited to, the fact that I learned English to understand the plot when I was a kid—, I have to agree with you. While the plot from Final Fantasy VII still holds up, and a certain character's death in the game was my first experience with death, games like The Last of Us—especially the second one— and Ghost of Tsushima have a much bigger impact on me today than Final Fantasy VII did at the time, and the voice acting is a big part of that; characters feel more real, which make me care. Actually, Horizon Zero Dawn is a good example of that. My wife and I loved the game and did every single thing we could, but the atrocious voice acting means that while we loved the gameplay and story, we did not care about the characters at all.

freetime2 5y ago
> the atrocious voice acting means that while we loved the gameplay and story, we did not care about the characters at all. I think part of the issue for me is that I'm subconsciously holding modern graphics and voice acting up to the standard of a Pixar movie (which I consider to be generally quite good). When a character is badly voiced, it really grates on me. And the "uncanny valley" effect of unrealistic facial animations is an immersion killer for me as well. When dialogue is text-based, it's my own voice which I am hearing - and is far less likely to be offensive to me. Bad writing (or just too much dialogue) can of course still be an issue.
vmception 5y ago
I didn’t find HzD voice acting to be atrocious Does anyone have a side by side comparison of good vs bad voice acting in video games, I know plenty of example of universally bad voice acting but when it comes to flagship or AAA titles the criticisms seem arbitrary This is analogous to someone telling me Red Dead Redemption has bad voice acting or Detroit Become Human was the worst due to that reason I cant really tell the difference and I’m pretty content with that, but curious about what other people are judging
- klmadfejno 5y ago
  Silent Hill 2 vs HD remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI
  - vmception 5y ago
    This is helpful but even here it took me a few of the clips to know which one was the bad one Halfway through it was obvious that the remake was bad I can still see how I would have ignored this in other games
    - klmadfejno 5y ago
      I don't know if the HD remake would have bothered me so much as the original felt really engaging and ethereal.
livre 5y ago
> Actually, Horizon Zero Dawn is a good example of that. My wife and I loved the game and did every single thing we could, but the atrocious voice acting means that while we loved the gameplay and story, we did not care about the characters at all. I had forgotten how bad it was but you helped me remember. I played the Spanish dub of the game which is even worse. The graphics are great but the voice acting and robotic conversations kill a bit of the immersion.

freetime2 5y ago

> the atrocious voice acting means that while we loved the gameplay and story, we did not care about the characters at all. I think part of the issue for me is that I'm subconsciously holding modern graphics and voice acting up to the standard of a Pixar movie (which I consider to be generally quite good). When a character is badly voiced, it really grates on me. And the "uncanny valley" effect of unrealistic facial animations is an immersion killer for me as well. When dialogue is text-based, it's my own voice which I am hearing - and is far less likely to be offensive to me. Bad writing (or just too much dialogue) can of course still be an issue.

vmception 5y ago

I didn’t find HzD voice acting to be atrocious Does anyone have a side by side comparison of good vs bad voice acting in video games, I know plenty of example of universally bad voice acting but when it comes to flagship or AAA titles the criticisms seem arbitrary This is analogous to someone telling me Red Dead Redemption has bad voice acting or Detroit Become Human was the worst due to that reason I cant really tell the difference and I’m pretty content with that, but curious about what other people are judging

klmadfejno 5y ago
Silent Hill 2 vs HD remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKtsHcJOMI
- vmception 5y ago
  This is helpful but even here it took me a few of the clips to know which one was the bad one Halfway through it was obvious that the remake was bad I can still see how I would have ignored this in other games
  - klmadfejno 5y ago
    I don't know if the HD remake would have bothered me so much as the original felt really engaging and ethereal.

livre 5y ago

> Actually, Horizon Zero Dawn is a good example of that. My wife and I loved the game and did every single thing we could, but the atrocious voice acting means that while we loved the gameplay and story, we did not care about the characters at all. I had forgotten how bad it was but you helped me remember. I played the Spanish dub of the game which is even worse. The graphics are great but the voice acting and robotic conversations kill a bit of the immersion.