How important is good Voice Acting in a Game?

Depends on whether you can turn it off or not. Good voice acting isn't necessary for a good experience and it doesn't guarantee one, but bad voice acting can ruin something.

>>380399475
It doesn't need to be there, but if it's there it needs to be good.

>those autism shoes
She definitely browses vee

>>380399475

a good game is about balance. Voice acting, story, gameplay, graphips, sound. All this go together. Now, this doesn't mean you have to use ultrarealistic, ultra "no fun allowed" voice acting; all depends on the game. Funny, cartoony game could use a "bad" voice acting on purpose for comic relief.

tl;dr: It's important but it's one part of the cake.

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>>380399475

Not that important, lots of classic games got away with terrible VA work.

>>380401427
good voice acting can save a game with less-than-amazing writing (excepting games with outright bad writing, obviously)
considering that's like 80% of them I guess it's pretty significant, although I still get salty when I can tell the budget went into big name actors and cinematics rather than better dialogue

>>380399475
I wonder what her toes taste like

>>380401798

you can make a great game without voice acting (silent protagonist and logs for story development) and still be good as hell. it's not that voice acting can save a shit game, but if you include voice acting, you have one more thing to worry about.

It isn't THAT important, but if a game has it, it really does enhance the experience. It isn't a necessity, but more a luxury. It's nice though.

It's crucial in any game that is cut scene and dialogue heavy, especially if the game wants me to give a shit about any of the characters involved in the story.

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voice actors don't work as hard as programmers, modelers, animators, or artists

>>380399475
some times it can actually spoil a game.
Look at oblivion-skyrim rpg and dialogue compared to morrowind.
The addition of VO let the series down

>>380399475
At first I thought it wasn't important at all, but then I played The Witcher 3.

It wouldn't be the best game of all time if it didn't have such compelling characters and excellent voice acting.

>>380399475
she can't VA for shit;


everyone should be good as Troy Baker
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If there was a magic button to force every game under the sun to have HotD tier voice-acting only, I would slam my fist down on it without a second thought.

>>380403223
Are you as good as a Troy Baker, anon?

>>380399475

This lemonfaced horse was fucking terrible. Can't act, can't sing.

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I'll just leave this here

Not important enough for residuals. Fuck off vag shills

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>>380399475
not necessary, but a nice bonus if it is done well

i say this as someone who wants to get into it

>>380403426
I completely agree. What ever happened to Japanese devs just pulling in absolutely anyone who responded to an English speakers needed ad in a newspaper? Jap devs need to get the fuck back on it.

>>380399475

It's not essential, but it's a nice bonus. The problem with voiced characters vs. text is that it limits options. It's more expensive to have a VA voice 3 lines than it is to have a member of the writing team write 12 lines. The most classic example I can think of is Morrowind vs. Oblivion/Skyrim.

Of course, why anyone would pretend that voice acting is a viable career by itself (unless you're a big4u saiyou in Japan) is baffling.

>>380399475
I cringed through the entirety of the Xenoblade 2 trailer