The 25 Worst Voice Acting Moments In Video Games

Pay attention, class! We've got a rundown of 25 of the worst moments ever when it comes to video game voice acting. Some are so horrible they've landed themselves a place in pop culture history, and some are so excruciatingly, painfully horrid those responsible should have their rights as an actor taken away. And we use that term very loosely. In any case, get ready to laugh and quite possibly cry over these shining examples of inadequacy.

Kind of like 50's character as "Air Marshall 50 Cent" in the "...Or Die Tryin'" episode of The Boondocks, 50 sounds like he's bored of killing enemies. Play Bulletproof right now and see for your self! Don't laugh or die tryin'.

This should be a fairly obvious addition to the list, but it definitely deserves a mention with Jill, the master of unlocking, Barry with his amazing deductive skills, and a glut of other horrible one-liners that will live in infamy as some of the worst voice work ever all reside in the original Resident Evil. Don't linger too long, however, lest you become a Jill sandwich!

The House of the Dead series has always been positively overflowing with laughable lines and the characters who supply them. House of the Dead 2 is a treasure trove of awkward deliveries, embarrassingly monotone orders, and over-the-top deaths. Sure sounds like a party.

As if this steaming pile of garbage weren't horrid enough with its wonky illustrations and atrocious gameplay, they had to ensure cringeworthy dialogue made it into the scenes, too. Figures.

Every so often there comes a game that begs the question, “why and how was this released?” Chaos Wars is a shining example of everything that can possibly go wrong when it comes to voice acting. Sloppy timing, mumbled lines, and confusing scripting combine to summon Captain Horrible Voice Acting. How bored do these kids sound? Oh, and they are kids – many of them actually related to the company's CEO. Sure, they cut costs, but ended up making a colorful cast of characters sound like a lot of spoiled teenage brats. Awesome.

For a newer Xbox 360 game – at least, compared to most of the veritable gems on our list, you'd think this erratic strategy RPG would be a little more sensitive to gay characters, rather than portraying them as flighty, lispy waifs with horrid inflections. We're surprised finger snaps weren't included.

Extermination isn't exactly a shining beacon in the world of survival horror. Bored, slurred line deliveres don't do much to further the illusion that you're playing anything that even closely resembles a decent game.

The infamous “Dr. Wiwy” rears its ugly head from the recesses of terrible voiceover history. Seriously , the actor has some sort of speech impediment. That, and it sounds as though this particular actor had never once laid eyes on the script before. What gives?

For a game with such a sophisticated title, Unification is decidedly immature – especially when you consider the protagonist's relatively detached and calm innerspeak. Not to mention how absolutely bored he sounds at the sight of a dead body.

Winback is about as close as Koei ever came to creating a game like Metal Gear and is chock full of some of the best kind of hilarity you'll find when it comes to gaming. A particular favorite of ours revolves around the death of a particular ally who writes a message in his own blood: “In his blood? Way to go, kid!”

Perhaps Stephenie Meyer got her inspiration from Vampire Night's shining literary prowess. Some of its most offensive lines stem from grown women doing their best to mimic a child's voice and double entendres that'd make much more sense in a lot dirtier venue.

If you're familiar with the brilliant Kung Pow! Enter the Fist spoof you should find plenty to recognize in Dynasty Warriors 3 – most notably, characters that call to mind the notorious “Master Pain,” or Betty, as he's laster known. “I do not believe in magiiiiiic?” Cool story, bro.

Another oldie but goodie form the annals of Turbografx history, Final Zone 2 brings with it such gems as “that's what you should have done...in the beginning.” Sound advice from the game that should have taken it – you should have hired competent actors to start with.

The sailors. Need we say more?

Jason! Jaaaaason! Heavy Rain's bizarre casting of obvious foreigners doing their best to feign American accents is creepy. There's no doubt about it. Coupled with some of the goings-on in-game and the plot that accompanies it, you've got an unintentionally terrifying game at some moments...and a hilarious one at others.

Not only is Castle Shikigami 2 a “sequel” to a game that was also somehow a sequel (strangely enough), but its voiceover cast seems to be comprised of pod people with no real understanding of human communications and/or language – also some literal translations with decidedly naughty connotations.

It's a disaster alright. Not so much the game, but more so in the (as always) mind-numbingly bad recorded voiceovers. The game initially received an unmerciful whitewashing to “appeal” more to American audiences, and in the process cultural jokes and references were left in or completely butchered. Lines like “I have to stay alive and write this article before I die” have a certain awkward charm, but that doesn't excuse Disaster Report from being such a wreck.

Perhaps the boys in Dethklok took their cues from RAD, as many of the one-liners delivered so clumsily within are ended with a bro-tastic “brutal.” No, we're serious.

Unfortunate name aside, Deep Fear has plenty of its own issues – mostly, the character Dubois and his horrible “female” voice that conjures some of the worst female impressions you've ever heard in your life. Words alone can't demonstrated how bad it is. You'll have to listen instead.

Some of the most offensive examples of stereotypical “Asian” dialogue can be found within this particularly sorry Turbografx game, which was localized in a hurry to offer to eager American gamers. Stranger, matter-of-fact discussions and wonky grammar abound. People will hate you, Last Alert, but not just for being “sting-y.”

Eliza Dushku may star in the occasionally serviceable piece of entertainment, but grindhouse-inspired Wet just wasn't one of them. Should you have any doubts, just reference Dushku's death scream. Yeah, we're not sure what she was doing there either.

To be fair, Michigan: Report From Hell isn't triple-A entertainment. That's understandable. There's absolutely no excuse, however, for lines like “Please don't kill me...but I suppose you have to...” Outbursts like that don't even work in the right context, especially when read like a sniveling preteen.

It's not that the cast of Suikoden Tierkreis is unfit to voice their respective characters, but the speed at which each line is delivered is blinding, like they came from the Americanized Speed Racer school of acting.

For an RPG that's as ambitious as Two Worlds, bored and bizarre, confused actors fumbling their lines aren't only immersion-breakers, but an embarrassment. Ah, well, Two Worlds was a bit of a mess anyway.

The Cooking Mama series is notable in that Mama's never had a capable English-speaking voice actor, but some of the worst offenders come on the Wii release of Babysitting Mama. “No, no! Don't shake the baby!” Alright, but only if you say so.