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    Far Cry 2

    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Oct 21, 2008

    The sequel to the original Far Cry dispenses with Jack Carver, and moves the action to a war-consumed Africa complete with an open-ended storyline involving civil war, several hours of missions, heated gunplay, and a slew of dynamic elements powered by a new engine.

    Voice Acting - Really Terrible

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    Did anyone notice how the voice acting in Far Cry 2 is really awful.
    They talk so fast and with no emotion that you just dont give a shit what they are saying.


    You can see a bit of really bad voice work in here: After 40 seconds.

      



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    #2  Edited By atejas

    That's not all that's terrible about this game......

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    #3  Edited By Demilich

    That's how they talk in Africa. The voice acting is fine.

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    #4  Edited By kush

    Bad voice acting is tolerable...some of the other design choices aren't so tolerable.

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    #5  Edited By Bulldog19892

    Comparatively, that wasn't all that big of a deal.

    This is bad voice acting:

      
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    #6  Edited By Meowayne

    You know nothing of bad voice acting...


      
      

      








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    #7  Edited By diz

    I like the voice acting in Far Cry 2. I especially like the autthentic Africaans accents.

    I remember some MSG3 voice acting to be cringe-worthy.
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    #8  Edited By Bulldog19892

    I laughed at the Mass Effect clip when Shepard started talking. He sounds all nasal-y and French.

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    #9  Edited By super_machine
    Kush said:
    "Bad voice acting is tolerable...some of the other design choices aren't so tolerable."
    Agreed. What is the fucking point of having to pop malaria pills? I get it, my guy is sick. But that doesnt stop me from running and gunning all over the place. It doesnt serve much of a point other than causing my guy to stop in the middle of a gun fight and pull out a bottle. Oh, doing that last night locked up my system. Fucking stupid.
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    #10  Edited By raven_squad

    Yes, Farcry 2's voice acting is terrible. The rate at which they speak is ridiculous. I gave up listening after a few hours. 

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    diz said:
    "I like the voice acting in Far Cry 2. I especially like the autthentic Africaans accents.
    I remember some MSG3 voice acting to be cringe-worthy.
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    No no. They dont have any emotion, talk ridiculously fast and the accents are ruined by these things.
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    #12  Edited By BiggerBomb

    It's not that bad. It isn't anything special, but I wouldn't call it terrible by any means. I would call it generic, nothing more and nothing less.

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    #13  Edited By daniel_beck_90

    this game is terrible in every aspect except for graphics .
    the Voice acting in Far Cry 2  was the most terrible Voice acting I have ever heard in any Video games and pretty much anything .

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    #14  Edited By Bennyishere

    I love this game (HATERS! YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF HATERS!), but I agree that the voice acting is awful. The Jackal is especially poor.

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    #15  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Bulldog19892 said:
    "I laughed at the Mass Effect clip when Shepard started talking. He sounds all nasal-y and French."

    You think that Mass Effect has bad voice acting...? Seriously?
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    #16  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "Bulldog19892 said:
    "I laughed at the Mass Effect clip when Shepard started talking. He sounds all nasal-y and French."
    You think that Mass Effect has bad voice acting...? Seriously?"
    I think that Mass Effect VAing is great, but that clip he's talking about has French (or something) VAing so that could be the problem.
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    #17  Edited By Bulldog19892
    Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "Bulldog19892 said:
    "I laughed at the Mass Effect clip when Shepard started talking. He sounds all nasal-y and French."
    You think that Mass Effect has bad voice acting...? Seriously?"
    I think that Mass Effect VAing is great, but that clip he's talking about has French (or something) VAing so that could be the problem."
    I was talking about the clip in Meowayne's post, not the actual game. The voice acting in the English version of that game was awesome, but not so much in the German version.
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    #18  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Bulldog19892 said:
    "Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "Bulldog19892 said:
    "I laughed at the Mass Effect clip when Shepard started talking. He sounds all nasal-y and French."
    You think that Mass Effect has bad voice acting...? Seriously?"
    I think that Mass Effect VAing is great, but that clip he's talking about has French (or something) VAing so that could be the problem."
    I was talking about the clip in Meowayne's post, not the actual game. The voice acting in the English version of that game was awesome, but not so much in the German version."

    Ah, ok. My mistake.
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    #19  Edited By Jayge_

    Far Cry 2 voice acting isn't bad. It can be spoken too fast, but it's by no means terrible or bad.

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    #20  Edited By oraknabo

    While some of it was kind of emotionally flat, I didn't find it to be bad at all. If this is the worst voice acting you've heard in a game, you must have missed out on most of the PSx and PS2/XBOX generations of gaming.

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    #21  Edited By kush
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    #22  Edited By Snail

    That was average.

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    #23  Edited By BiggerBomb
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    #24  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "Kush said:
    "If you want some bad VAing...just check out Spider-Man: Web of Shadows."

    So I have heard..."
    And that video only shows how bad the writing is...that video is almost a high point for the VAing in that game.
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    #25  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "Kush said:
    "If you want some bad VAing...just check out Spider-Man: Web of Shadows."

    So I have heard..."
    And that video only shows how bad the writing is...that video is almost a high point for the VAing in that game."

    Is that really a conversation in the game?
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    #26  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "Is that really a conversation in the game?"
    That is 100% unedited footage I took directly from the game...I honestly couldn't believe it when I heard it the first time which is why I had to record it and show it to the world.
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    #27  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "Is that really a conversation in the game?"
    That is 100% unedited footage I took directly from the game...I honestly couldn't believe it when I heard it the first time which is why I had to record it and show it to the world."

    And to think we were excited for this game...

    >.<
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    #28  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "And to think we were excited for this game...

    >.<"
    I played through that whole game hoping that things would eventually change for the better, but they didn't...and on topic, the VAing just got progressively worse.
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    #29  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "And to think we were excited for this game...

    >.<"
    I played through that whole game hoping that things would eventually change for the better, but they didn't...and on topic, the VAing just got progressively worse."

    The worst voice acting I have seen was in UT3. If you played it, could you make a comparison? That might put things into perspective for me...
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    #30  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "The worst voice acting I have seen was in UT3. If you played it, could you make a comparison? That might put things into perspective for me..."
    I think the bad VAing in UT3 is tolerable and to be expected...the game isn't about a story or VAing at all, but WoS was supposed to be heavily driven by story, but the VAing (and writing) were so bad that any attempt at a good story was impossible. I wouldn't say that it's as bad as UT3, but I don't really think much time and effort was put into getting good voice work for that game, unlike WoS.
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    #31  Edited By BiggerBomb
    Kush said:
    "BiggerBomb said:
    "The worst voice acting I have seen was in UT3. If you played it, could you make a comparison? That might put things into perspective for me..."
    I think the bad VAing in UT3 is tolerable and to be expected...the game isn't about a story or VAing at all, but WoS was supposed to be heavily driven by story, but the VAing (and writing) were so bad that any attempt at a good story was impossible. I wouldn't say that it's as bad as UT3, but I don't really think much time and effort was put into getting good voice work for that game, unlike WoS."

    Ahh, ok. I get what you mean about UT3 though, but in this day & age voice acting that horrible is unacceptable. Kinda like webs not sticking to buildings...*coughhintcough*
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    #32  Edited By kush
    BiggerBomb said:
    "Ahh, ok. I get what you mean about UT3 though, but in this day & age voice acting that horrible is unacceptable. Kinda like webs not sticking to buildings...*coughhintcough*"
    Don't want to get too OT again, but the web not sticking to buildings is pretty annoying since you can only swing when close to buildings at your height or above you...open spaces = no swinging.
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    #33  Edited By PureRok

    I've found no problem with the voice acting in Far Cry 2 yet, but I'm only 24% through, so maybe there's something you've heard that I haven't.

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