The voice acting in FFX

[Dalisclock]

Sadly, the only good thing I can think of is that he's not as bad as Vanille in FFXIII, who constantly had me saying "Goddamn, Vanille. Learn to talk like a normal person or shut up! Ask Fang to teach you how to speak"(The fact her VA sounds like a normal person IRL makes this more annoying, because that means she had to intentionally sound that annoying).

I'm not saying you have to like Vanille, but Fang? I can tell you as an Australian, the first time I heard Vanille I knew her voice actor was Australian, and the first time I heard Fang I knew hers was not. The attempted accent is a step up from what typically passes as "Australian" to an American audience, but it's still quite grating to hear her compared to Vanille.

I didn't realize Fang's accent was faked, but at least it doesn't grate on my ears like vanille's does. Vanille, her voice and mannerisms, just comes across as obnoxious. I don't know if because she's acting like a child when she clearly is not or just the weird way she pitches her voice for the game.

To be fair, Sazh was the only character from XIII I actually liked, while the rest I was either indifferent to(Lighting,Fang) or annoyed with(Snow,Hope). Vanille is just the one I can't stand to listen to half the time.

 

[Drathnoxis]

I can't find a video of it, but my favorite line from that game is Tidus narrating "Praise be to Yevon... That's what I would have said, if I was a follower of Yevon."

It pretty much encompasses everything that is wrong with the dialogue in the game. The delivery is flat and the emphasis is completely on the wrong words, but beyond that the line is just so zooking stupid. I can't even properly describe why the line is so dumb, it's just so pointless and inane.

This thread talks about bad voice acting and yet forgets gems like this?

The difference here is that House of the Dead 2 was so bad it was actually hilarious, whereas FFX is just bad enough that it's grating and annoying. It doesn't help that FFX tries to take itself so seriously as well, while half the characters sound like whiny morons.