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Leroux: I also like Laura Bailey a lot (Saints Row, Tales from the Borderlands). Saints Row has awesome voiceovers in general.

And the German version of Sam & Max Hit The Road was quite memorable, even more so since most German voice-acting in videogames was really bad at the times (Max has the same professional voice actress as Bart Simpson on German TV, so that was pretty special). IIRC, The Curse of Monkey Island in German was quite nice, too. Of course, the originals also have great voice overs and if you know them, the German translations don't quite compare anymore.
Yes, Laura Bailey also dubbed BloodRayne. Her voice is so sexy !

The french version of Sam & Max is also a masterpiece.

I recently played Outlaws and for a game from 1997, the dubbing is impressive.
Post edited October 19, 2018 by MaxFulvus
German Sam & Max: "Es ist ein herrliches Bratz-das-Vieh-Spiel." ("It's a wholesome Wak-A-Rat game.")

There is no such term as "Bratz-das-Vieh" in German, and personally I've never even heard about a verb "bratzen" before (if it can actually be used in this context - which I doubt - it's not very well known slang). But it sounds funny and it sticks, very memorable quote.
Michael Mando as Vaas in Far Cry 3 (come on, Michael, some more voice acting for video games)

Troy Baker as Pagan Min in Far Cry 4 (and pretty much anything else, as he's a great voice actor, at least in my book)

Jennifer Hale, Claudia Black and Laura Bailey in pretty much anything. Those three are a treat in any game.

Plenty of others that i like and many already listed.
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Braggadar: I can see you all have strong memories, but any specific lines that stick? .....
"Ah. The Child of Bhaal has awoken. It is time for more... experiments..."

"You'll suffer. You'll all suffer"

John Irenicus in Baldur's Gate 2 by David Warner
Gabriel Angelos. That is all.
I loved the narrator in Hard West.
Psychonauts (another game with great voice-acting): "I am a grieving widow. These are my flowers."
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AB2012: - Oblivion, Patrick Stewart & Sean Bean. Stewart only narrated during the intro, but that set a great tone for the game.
Same goes for Lands of Lore (minus Sean Bean unfrotunately).
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PaterAlf: I loved the narrator in Hard West.
On the other hand, the protagonist of the Scars of Freedom DLC was among some of the worst voice acting I've ever heard.
Post edited October 19, 2018 by Breja
Original Czech VA in Black Mirror (aka Posel Smrti)

VA of party members in Wizardry 8.
Master of Unlocking, classic.
Sarah Hamilton (as April Ryan, The Longest Journey)
Man, she just rocks. And gets under your skin so often, because you believe the emotion she transports.

Jennifer Hale (as Shepard, Mass Effect 1-3)
I still can't believe some people would go with the other Shepard and cost themselves most of the experience.

Denise Lee (as Dr. Rho Bowman, Anachronox)
So intelligent, so arrogant, so lovable. A perfect voice for a perfectly imperfect character.

Dominic Armato (as Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island)
No one can do it like Dominic. He doesn't work as a voice actor any more I guess, but will get back into action as soon as a new MI is out. :P

Tommi Piper (German version of Grim Fandango, Manny Calavera)
The voice actor became mainly known for voicing the German ALF back in the 80s/90s, but his Spanish accent isn't too bad either. You can literally hear the guy had fun doing this.



And here's a very very very special mention:

Jodie Forrest (as Jade, Beyond Good & Evil)
The cadence, the expression, the compassion. I was so into that game and so much was thanks to her.

Jodie Forrest died this year after a long illness, gone way too soon, so she won't return for Beyond Good & Evil 2. I'm missing her already. :(
Post edited October 19, 2018 by Vainamoinen
It's not exactly good, but I adore the voice acting in the 2005 Area 51. David Duchovny is always the right choice in narration when the topic concerns aliens and global conspiracies.

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AB2012: "I SPEEL MY DRINK!" - Deus Ex
Almost spit out my food when I saw this one. Started reading it and I could hear the guy's voice right away. It's memorable alright :P
Terri Brosius as Shodan in the System Shock games.

I always liked the voice acting in Outlaws, especially the random goons taunting you. "Where are you, marshall?!"

The narrator for Crackdown was fun. "Skills for kills!"
Toby Longworth and Mark Roper in Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Logan Cunningham in Bastion
Alex Ivanovici and Chimwemwe Miller in Outlast/Outlast: Whistleblower
Jack Brand in Resident Evil VII
Robin Atkin Downes in... well, toss a dart at a board littered with names of games he's worked in and you'll find he's good in most (if not all) of them
Neil Ross in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

edit: Nearly forgot - Mike Patton in The Darkness/The Darkness II (a special mention to the other games he did voice work in - even if they're mostly just noises instead of actual discernible speech)
Post edited October 19, 2018 by TheMonkofDestiny
I'm leaving out Japanese games (except mentioning 1 for contrast), because their mediocre is awesome to us, generally speaking.

Mario series: We're so used to it, the colorful cast sounds bland to us, but imagine dealing with them for the first time all over again. Luigi's mansion needs a special mention: the few little bits of Luigi's dialogue are actually great enough you can still laugh at him by the end of the game.

Starfox 64:
-Japanese was serious, but kind of generic.
-English was probably trying to be serious, but it was so cheesy and terrible that it was good.

Punch Out: Yes it's cheesy, and that's why it's excellent.

Street Fighter series: Alot of the japanese voices are generic, but the english voices usually do a good job of fitting the personalities they're trying to create.

Dungeon Keeper 1,2,WftO: Peppa Pig's father!?

The Elder Scrolls:
-4: had some famous voices that were underutilized. Patrick Stewart has an awesome voice for the position he had, but it was way, way too short. Haskell and Sheogorath made quite the combination, and the dialogue alone would not have been successful if not for the talent.
-5: Great voice acting, but some of it was wrongly used. Plummer is largely famous for quoating Shakespear in Star Trek VI, and for good reason: he just has the voice for a wannabe bard or any other over-dramatic character. And who can forget Laura Bailey?

Metal Gear: pick up anything with David Hayter in it for your snake. 5 was OK, but that snake was not David Hayter, and they did come up with a very good end-game explanation of why they didn't have to use Hayter, but i'd stil lrather have Hayter anyway. The biggest problem with the voices in V wasn't the acting, but the bad dialogue planning just not matching well with the cinematics. That car ride was just awkward.

And these are just off the top of my head. I generally find that the game is usually best in it's language of origin, because certain archtypes are unfamiliar when the voice actors and actresses try too hard to sound like their original language counterparts, even when it doesn't work in english (female voices from japanese games are usually the biggest offenders of this: what sounds normal in japanese because females naturally do talk like they're talking to children or like they're trying to get you to ride the intonation to better empathize, such voices don't fit a mature english setting). Halo's Master Chief just sounds really weird in Japanese, for example.
Post edited October 20, 2018 by kohlrak