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I swear Danika tops my chart for worst voice. lol
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for a goth girl. the voice DOES NOT match the character.
Worst Character Voice
death fuzzy
for a goth girl. the voice DOES NOT match the character.
Cacheelma
Anyone remember who won this contest in Prophecies? Is it that.....E.T.-wannabe who infuses our armor?
I remember ppl hate his "....agonizing touch~~~~~" line the most (me included).
I vote Danika this time around though.
I remember ppl hate his "....agonizing touch~~~~~" line the most (me included).
I vote Danika this time around though.
Reks
At first glance, you'd expect Danika to have a sexy gothic voice, but then you get...
"Lyssa be damned! I didn't see that one coming!"
On the other hand, I think the other voices were fine. Togo's especially suited him well.
"Lyssa be damned! I didn't see that one coming!"
On the other hand, I think the other voices were fine. Togo's especially suited him well.
Slainster
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Bad voice acting really is the biggest disappointment for me in Factions. I liked the acting in Prophecies and I still enjoy watching the cutscenes, causing much anger to my party members when they have to listen to Prince Rurik again.
But Factions... I find myself often skipping just so that I don't have to listen to their voices. Worst of all has to be the fortune teller. It's like she's getting more and more annoying during the game and finally getting to that "Greatest hits of the fortune teller" moment in Unwaking Waters. Over and over and over again. No wonder Shiro went mad. |
NinjaKai
Danika sounds like a folk song cow girl.
And Rhea sounds like a country hick with no vocal chords.
And Rhea sounds like a country hick with no vocal chords.
Job Ox
For me, hands down, its that unnamed female guard that warns Emperor Kisu of Shiro's attack in the opening cutscene of the Raisu Palace mission. I mean where the hell is she from, anyway?
Big_Iron
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At first glance, you'd expect Danika to have a sexy gothic voice, but then you get...
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Queenie
Danika sounds like some 40 year old woman.
Mhelno sounds like Rurik D:
Mhelno sounds like Rurik D:
seanedsw28
Worst voice is the dragon from the harvest temple. It is a high pitched raspey voice that sounds like fingernails on a black board!
Stranger The Ranger
Togo's talking like there's a cactus stuck in his thoat...
The voice that Kurzick guy(forgot his name) had @ Eternal Grove...ugh...It didnt fit him at all, same with Danika :|
Meh...
"YOoouuuuUUu HaavVe MoOOoOvVveEdD ClooOoSSseErRRrr, TooOo ThHEe HallLLll OooOof HeEerooOOeEEsssSSssss"
and
"ThiIIssS BAaaSsseEe BeLloNNgGgs ToOo YouurR PaArTTYYyy!"
ftw ^_^
The voice that Kurzick guy(forgot his name) had @ Eternal Grove...ugh...It didnt fit him at all, same with Danika :|
Meh...
"YOoouuuuUUu HaavVe MoOOoOvVveEdD ClooOoSSseErRRrr, TooOo ThHEe HallLLll OooOof HeEerooOOeEEsssSSssss"
and
"ThiIIssS BAaaSsseEe BeLloNNgGgs ToOo YouurR PaArTTYYyy!"
ftw ^_^
cR4zY-n^
Lich, (Vizier). His voice simply doesn't fit his role of big^undead world danger.
isamu kurosawa
Danika...no doubt about it.
A countess should NOT sound like that
A countess should NOT sound like that
Viriato
Danika. Hands down. No contest.
That screeching shrew's words have got to be one of the most annoying vibrational output my speakers have ever emitted. The voice acting is generally pretty horrible in Guild Wars overall, almost always either out of place or plain bad, excepting Rurik and the dwarves, whose Russian accent I found pretty original, since dwarves usually speak either like pirates or scotsmen. Then we have Markis, the brooklyn brawler; the Fortune Teller, the bad japanese movie dubber; the generic male voice, which has uttered the least heroic and more contrived catchphrase in fantasy history ever:
"You have exactly ten seconds to explain yourselves!"
*Gets surrounded by the Shining Blade*
"What are you going to do to us?"
I realize Anet's business model might force them to cut some corners, but for chrissakes don't have the janitor or developers' sisters do the voice acting! Hire some professionals, or at least people who don't sound like B-movie actors.
End of sarcastic, yet loving rant. You know I like you, don't you, Anet?
That screeching shrew's words have got to be one of the most annoying vibrational output my speakers have ever emitted. The voice acting is generally pretty horrible in Guild Wars overall, almost always either out of place or plain bad, excepting Rurik and the dwarves, whose Russian accent I found pretty original, since dwarves usually speak either like pirates or scotsmen. Then we have Markis, the brooklyn brawler; the Fortune Teller, the bad japanese movie dubber; the generic male voice, which has uttered the least heroic and more contrived catchphrase in fantasy history ever:
"You have exactly ten seconds to explain yourselves!"
*Gets surrounded by the Shining Blade*
"What are you going to do to us?"
I realize Anet's business model might force them to cut some corners, but for chrissakes don't have the janitor or developers' sisters do the voice acting! Hire some professionals, or at least people who don't sound like B-movie actors.
End of sarcastic, yet loving rant. You know I like you, don't you, Anet?
Nitradamus
Daaaaaaaniiiiiiiiikaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Alana
Oh my. Danika for sure. I am still in shock from what they did to her. She has this gorgeous goth dress... they had potential to make her sound really great. But no. 15-year-old valley girl FTL 
Shiro is also horrible voice acting, but it amuses me, so it's kind of okay. And whoever said he sounded like Oscar, I'm gonna have to agree there. I always thought he sounded very Muppet-esque. More Cookie Monster than Oscar, but hey.
Shiro is also horrible voice acting, but it amuses me, so it's kind of okay. And whoever said he sounded like Oscar, I'm gonna have to agree there. I always thought he sounded very Muppet-esque. More Cookie Monster than Oscar, but hey.
samifly
shiro's acting has to be the worst - but to be honest, its a problem with the material rather than the actors. I liked elder rhea's voice...
Retribution X
Danika.
I really like Mhenlo's voice, mostly because it sounds like my own...
When I heard Danika's voice the first time, I broke a wall in agony.
When I heard Mhenlo's voice the first time, I screamed, "What the F***! I didn't do the recording!"
Yes. Listen to mhenlo. he's awsome!
I really like Mhenlo's voice, mostly because it sounds like my own...
When I heard Danika's voice the first time, I broke a wall in agony.
When I heard Mhenlo's voice the first time, I screamed, "What the F***! I didn't do the recording!"
Yes. Listen to mhenlo. he's awsome!
Ninna
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are you guys kidding me? The worst voices ever in this game are by far the chosen. "Dwyana protect us!" its from uhm some stupid mission i cant remember. "OH NO!" god that is just horrible
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I always cringe at that end movie from Eastern Kryta mission,Divinity Coast
and the next mission with movie of the Chosen tied up by spiders and pleaing for help isnt any better.
Danika still wins tho
- I cringed and laughed at the chosen, Danika just leaves me squirming with no humor
makosi
Prophecies:
Glint -> Sounds like Mrs. Doubtfire being strangled.
Seer -> Just horrid.
Factions:
Shrio -> Like something out of the power rangers (cheesy, forced voice)
Glint -> Sounds like Mrs. Doubtfire being strangled.
Seer -> Just horrid.
Factions:
Shrio -> Like something out of the power rangers (cheesy, forced voice)
Quintanium
Fortune teller and shiro is pretty bad. However, my most favorite line from factions is from Brother Menhlo in the mission to get the Urn with Danika. The cutscene where the rocks falls down and we get trapped.
Brother Mhenlo: I'm trapped on the outside.
Brother Mhenlo: I'm trapped on the outside.
maxpower
that little boy at the end of the first mission, i still regret that i saved him
Lady Kalvam
Danika and Shiro are a very close one to me.
Everytime i had do hear Danikas Voice because someone wanted to view the cutscene for like the tenth time i felt instantly reminded of a tele tubbie. Expected her to shout a loud "Lala, pipi, gnihihihi" all the time.
And Shiro is ugh... just ugh. A suiting comparison would be Schwarzenegger enjoying a day on the toilet while trying to hold a speech.
I'm sorry to say that i liked the Voiceacting in Prophecies a lot better. Rurik had a very familiar voice (due to me being a Prince of Persia Player) and i instantly liked it. The other voices are not too bad either.
Everytime i had do hear Danikas Voice because someone wanted to view the cutscene for like the tenth time i felt instantly reminded of a tele tubbie. Expected her to shout a loud "Lala, pipi, gnihihihi" all the time.
And Shiro is ugh... just ugh. A suiting comparison would be Schwarzenegger enjoying a day on the toilet while trying to hold a speech.
I'm sorry to say that i liked the Voiceacting in Prophecies a lot better. Rurik had a very familiar voice (due to me being a Prince of Persia Player) and i instantly liked it. The other voices are not too bad either.
Aerian_Skybane
Stephen Blum's Justicar Hablion is hands down the best voice in the game. Too bad they couldnt get him to do EVERY male character
burai
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Brother Mhenlo: I'm trapped on the outside.
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Climb you doink!
Kook~NBK~
Danika sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.
The fortune teller really needs to see a doctor about whatever's wrong with her throat. She sounds like it's as painful for her to talk as it is for us to listen.
The fortune teller really needs to see a doctor about whatever's wrong with her throat. She sounds like it's as painful for her to talk as it is for us to listen.
gou
beware
...the harvest
...ceremony
ripping the headphones off and watching the scenes in silence whilst frantically tapping on the "skip" button in a vain attempt to make that choice for other party members seems to be a very frequent situation in factions.
It was bad in prophecies but at least it was entertainingly-bad
...the harvest
...ceremony
ripping the headphones off and watching the scenes in silence whilst frantically tapping on the "skip" button in a vain attempt to make that choice for other party members seems to be a very frequent situation in factions.
It was bad in prophecies but at least it was entertainingly-bad
lyra_song
I think people need to differentiate between "good" and "bad" voices:
Main hero/heroine voice -> Good voice, appropriate for character, decent acting.
Good Voice but innappropriate for character. (Good voice, pleasant to hear, but the character just doesnt sound like that)
Glint, The Seer, ---> Bad Voice but appropriate for character. (Character sounds raspy, evil, annoying to hear, but FITS the character perfectly)
Shiro -> Good Voice bad Acting (Good voice sound, fits character, BAD ACTING)
Bad Voice, good acting (Horrible sounding voice, fits character, good acting)
SO in the end:
DANIKA - Horrible Sounding Voice, Bad acting, Innapropriate for character.
Main hero/heroine voice -> Good voice, appropriate for character, decent acting.
Good Voice but innappropriate for character. (Good voice, pleasant to hear, but the character just doesnt sound like that)
Glint, The Seer, ---> Bad Voice but appropriate for character. (Character sounds raspy, evil, annoying to hear, but FITS the character perfectly)
Shiro -> Good Voice bad Acting (Good voice sound, fits character, BAD ACTING)
Bad Voice, good acting (Horrible sounding voice, fits character, good acting)
SO in the end:
DANIKA - Horrible Sounding Voice, Bad acting, Innapropriate for character.
mqstout
Master Togo.
eudas
Hmm. I forgot to mention Glint. Glint's voice was pretty terrible, too.
And King Jalis.
I actually liked Brechnar.
I thought the voices for the ghosts in the desert missions were pretty annoying.
But Evennia... Evennia just needs to die. "Now let's go take a look at our new home" ("and pick out the drapes! Let's see, the couch will go over here, and the end-table over there..." ok, whatever, suzie homemaker!)
Which brings us to Saidra. I mean, ok, we get it, Saidra was the *cough* "traveling companion" *cough* for Saidra, but at least she wasn' an idiot like Evennia. Her voice was pretty butch though.
I just realized what's wrong with Togo's voice. It's a young man trying to sound like an old man, and hoping a little bit of sound wizardry can fix any flaws in his technique -- but all it does is winds up making him sound permanently constipated.
eudas
And King Jalis.
I actually liked Brechnar.
I thought the voices for the ghosts in the desert missions were pretty annoying.
But Evennia... Evennia just needs to die. "Now let's go take a look at our new home" ("and pick out the drapes! Let's see, the couch will go over here, and the end-table over there..." ok, whatever, suzie homemaker!)
Which brings us to Saidra. I mean, ok, we get it, Saidra was the *cough* "traveling companion" *cough* for Saidra, but at least she wasn' an idiot like Evennia. Her voice was pretty butch though.
I just realized what's wrong with Togo's voice. It's a young man trying to sound like an old man, and hoping a little bit of sound wizardry can fix any flaws in his technique -- but all it does is winds up making him sound permanently constipated.
eudas
Bit Player
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For me, hands down, its that unnamed female guard that warns Emperor Kisu of Shiro's attack in the opening cutscene of the Raisu Palace mission. I mean where the hell is she from, anyway?
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And Danika... well, the Josie and the Pussycats cartoon voice does sound out of place.
I enjoyed all of the other voices: even Mhenlo, Togo, Shiro, and the Fortuneteller - a bit over-the-top and theatrical at times, yes... but that's part of the fun for me.
Eviance
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I swear Danika tops my chart for worst voice. lol
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eudus, I heard very few bad voices in Prophecies... Most of them at least mostly matched even if they weren't dead on, Factions is a whole nother ballgame tho lol
Thy Shadow Wolf
Okay, I go with Danika as the worst voice ever. Every time I hear her speak, I'm half expecting her to scream "DATA DRAIN!" Just because of the fact that her VA is Kite from the .Hack// Games
Kattox1
Danika if I could choose anyone at all but out of that list i'd say togo... Mhenlo sounds pretty damn good and Kuunavang is alright but Danika sounds nothing like she looks and sounds nothing like a Kurzick... or anyone in exsistance for that matter.
Senator Tom
In contrast, the best voice is that of the trebuchet guy in Fort Ranik, all the way back in Ascalon. King Jalis Ironhammer coming in close second.
Avarre
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Which brings us to Saidra. I mean, ok, we get it, Saidra was the *cough* "traveling companion" *cough* for Saidra, but at least she wasn' an idiot like Evennia. Her voice was pretty butch though.
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Some of the Envoy's voices really annoyed me too... #1 and #3 especially. Heleyne and Toridos aren't too bad.
Sakashi
I kinda liked the envoys voices, all sounded unique.
Danika's definately is the worst voice though. The daughter of the noble kurzick leader....sounds like that?!
Update Patch
*Fixed Danika's voice to sound like her character.
(i doubt it'll happen but i can hope :P)
Danika's definately is the worst voice though. The daughter of the noble kurzick leader....sounds like that?!
Update Patch
*Fixed Danika's voice to sound like her character.
(i doubt it'll happen but i can hope :P)
Sir Skullcrasher
man, i swear hearing shiro is like mixing chinese, japanese, and english voice into one track. I can barely understand what Shiro is saying half the time. 
fallot
Danika almost convinced one of my friends to not buy factions . Hell it almost made me want to quit. Nothing tops her, if she doesn't at least get an honorable mention in sombody's list, they haven't experienced her true horror yet.
. Hell it almost made me want to quit. Nothing tops her, if she doesn't at least get an honorable mention in sombody's list, they haven't experienced her true horror yet.
SnipiousMax
All acting/writting issues aside. I thought that the only voice that seemed out of place, unmatching, and downright shocking (and not in a good way) was Danika.
On the other end of the spectrum. I think that Justicar Hablion's voice/acting was easily the best matched in the serious.
On the other end of the spectrum. I think that Justicar Hablion's voice/acting was easily the best matched in the serious.
Yichi
Danika, Shiro, and Elder Rhea all should be shot IMO.