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Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Finished my first BG3 run, man the acting is great, especially at the when characters get their big emotional moments. I'm thinking "that's acting!", also recognised Omni Man immediately.

Now I'm on to Alan Wake 2 and omg I can't take the dialogue and voice acting. It feels jarring. The prior game I played was Silent Hill 2 and I remembered it was OK, the MC was very chill in a horror game but its kinda explained by the story

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh really Alan Wake 2? Haven't played it yet but I thought Control voice acting and face expressions were well done?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Alan Wake 2 has great voice acting. I think the main character is just naturally more subdued and when compared with the theatricality of BG3 it just seems worse if you're expecting that style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The Alice videos in AW2 are some of the best acting I've seen in a video game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I keep hearing this, but I honestly don't like both VA & facial expressions in Control. Both are usually incredibly wooden and stiff, with the facial expressions veering hard into the uncanny valley, but without redeeming stylized highlights.