Good voice acting games

Although gaming has been around for a good couple of decades longer, voice acting as an integral part of the medium only really came to prominence in the late 90s. You have to remember: video games weren't thought of as anything close to 'cinematic experiences' until Metal Gear Solid proved they could feel like being in a playable movie. Hideo Kojima had been experimenting with more script-heavy, Hollywood-aping action across both prior Metal Gears and his 2D masterpiece, Snatcher, but it was 's Metal Gear Solid that gave us cutscenes shot like mini movies, proper silver screen acting performances and a composed soundtrack rather than a series of MIDI board blips and bloops.

Those words from Armin Shimerman's Andrew Ryan set the tone for BioShock and each of his subsequent appearances in the game were an absolute delight. Armin's performance is also note-worthy along with Greg Baldwin's as Frank Fontaine for making gamers around the world skeptical of anyone who uses the phrase "would you kindly?

Andrew Ryan isn't Armin Shimerman's only video game performance, as the American actor has also played the role of Dr. Along with the Joker, Bowser, and Dr. The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant also deserves a mention for his performance as Wheatley in Portal 2. Ellen McLain is also known for her career in opera singing. Out of context, two entries from the same game may seem excessive, though there aren't many who would deny that both Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us deserve a spot on this list.

That was just one of many iconic lines from Michael Mando whose performance as Vaas Montenegro saw the character shoot to the top tier of gaming villains, despite the character only making a handful of appearances in Far Cry 3. David Hayter set an incredibly high standard in for voice acting in gaming with his performance as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid. Microsoft's new-gen consoles enjoyed their best ever sales month in the UK, topping what was achieved even whe Check out all of the different weapons and abilities that protagonist Jax can wield along with a very brief lo Rainbow Six Siege will once again be changing game directors, with Alexander Karpasiz stepping up to the role After an unsuccessful and short run on PC and mobile devices, the free-to-play spinoff will finally be shuttin Feature , Slider.

The Witcher 2 Most fantasy games suffer from pompous or amateurish voice acting, and dark fantasy games on PC tend to be the worst the offenders of this particular crime. Deus Ex The wealth of characters, choices and dialogue options made Deus Ex an instant classic. Follow us: Facebook.