Really I can't believe it after getting in the mail a few weeks ago. It's almost like the people who acted the script read it for the first time. And another thing was how it sounded so fuzzy, like the microphones they used sucked. A huge flaw from this old game me thinks.
Yeah, the wooden delivery of most of the lines of dialog in Shenmue had us wondering if the English voice staff were actually native English speakers. While in Shenmue it was laughable, it was downright painful in the Xbox version of Shenmue II. If you play Shenmue 2, try to get your hands on the UK version for the DC. It has English subtitles with Japanese voices and is a much better version than the Xbox version.
Is it just you? Not at all. The Shenmue games have the worst voice acting in all of videogamedom. Not even the first RE's voicework is that bad.JustPlainLucas
I'd say that the origina RE1 still outdoes Shenmue. Also, Robot Alchemic Drive has the absolutely worst voice acting of any game ever.
Watch that whole vid to get an idea of what I'm talking about. The newscaster is freakin' hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnRX94tkQRw
That's why you need to buy a dreamcast and buy the Shenmue2 version for that as opposed to the xbox version, as it has no english voicework, just the original Japanese voices. Which make the game a lot better.
It's amazing how much that game rocked given how bad the acting was.Â
AaronThomas
Well thats the problem isn't it how do you act out such stupid lines. Thought the entire script was homoerotic with the saliors and anyone remember the tatoo artist *shudder*
Yeah, I agree. The acting was so bad it was funny, preventing me from taking the game seriously, but I still found myself absorbed into the two games.
I remember one part where some gang member throws a watermelon at Ryo's face, screaming "Die"! I was still adjusting to the xbox controller so I constantly missed that ATE, but I always cracked up during that moment.Â
I found it to be part of the game's charm.MacaroniMoses
I did too for the first volume, but by the second volume I found the voice acting to actually start to detract from the story. The voice actress for Joy was especially bad. I'm very, very glad that the first time I played Shenmue II it was the UK Dreamcast version. I spent literally an hour working on hex editing my clear save from Shenmue I so that I could use it on the UK version, but it was totally worth it.
Even the Japanese VO's in Shenmue 2 are pretty bad. The sound is also fuzzy as you say, like everything is coming equidistance from you. At least the composition is good.
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]Is it just you? Not at all. The Shenmue games have the worst voice acting in all of videogamedom. Not even the first RE's voicework is that bad.Byshop
I'd say that the origina RE1 still outdoes Shenmue. Also, Robot Alchemic Drive has the absolutely worst voice acting of any game ever.
Watch that whole vid to get an idea of what I'm talking about. The newscaster is freakin' hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnRX94tkQRw
-Byshop
That was hilarious. It might even be worse than Elebits:
Yes, Yes it does! But it can easily be forgiven because of its fantastic story and game mechanics.daytona_178
No, it was a hard hairball to swallow. It just sucked as in it sucked. Probably the most laghable part of acting I've heard so far was when you're in the arcade. When you get done playing that shooting game (to the right of the boxing game) the cashier guy goes "You're good!" (badly acted), then your guys goes "No it's easy!". I know it was a few words but it was just so blunt and stupid! :lol:
And sometimes the voice doesn't sound like anything like what would fit what the person looks like. Sometimes there would be an old man and the voice sounds like some guy in his 20's! It sucked! I also loved the part where you walk into that ditch early in the game and you see some guy who goes "Get away. We don't need no punk kids..." then you turn around.
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