Really glad that dunkey wasn't too blinded by his rage that he couldn't see the magnum opus of voice acting that is NBA 2K15

@Tourettes42069

2 жыл бұрын

Deserves a goddamn Oscar

@bassoonplatoon3146

2 жыл бұрын

Really makes you feel like a real basketball player

@mosqueezin3181

2 жыл бұрын

He do what he do for the team

@macstrong1284

2 жыл бұрын

The second to last player actually gives a good performance and then it’s right back to “kid too shy to read to rest 5th grade English class”

@paulroche6969

2 жыл бұрын

@@macstrong1284 likely because that was absolutely in no fucking way even remotely similar to Shaq, his voice or his personality. But was instead almost certainly a professional voice actor.

I love that Dunkey managed to find a way to compliment Death Stranding while still adhering to the noble goal of never complimenting Death Stranding

@thatguy6227

2 жыл бұрын

@@TippyHippy nice

@yigitoz8387

2 жыл бұрын

@@TippyHippy based

@diamondhamster4320

2 жыл бұрын

Dunno, Dunkey is one of those people who became famous not for the brightness of his mind. The word he and you are looking for is - Ambivalence.

@thatonedude-6819

2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondhamster4320 ambulance*

@jaycue7641

2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondhamster4320 Amsterdam

8:21 I like how easily you can spot the one voice actor that was actually trying

@electricnezumi

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Shaq probably has more acting experience than any of the rest of them.

@wethands6417

2 жыл бұрын

@@electricnezumi It's not Shaq, it's the player character.

@BigMackWitSauce

2 жыл бұрын

The difference is an actor actually voices your player character, and the others are real NBA players who didn't want to have to do all this nerd shit

@John-kd2tc

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigMackWitSauce Yeah, this makes sense.

@string7135

2 жыл бұрын

@@wethands6417 thats the joke

8:22 people who played this must have been shocked to hear good voice acting

@darioildiario3001

2 жыл бұрын

Tell me it was fake, please

@wallace8637

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this shouldnt be real, please.

@BritishSoldier-kr9xf

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallace8637 It's.. sniff real.

@omareltayar102

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallace8637 see! This is how shocking NBA 2K15 voice acting is. Too humane for this world

@thevoidlord1796

2 жыл бұрын

I like how it's pretty middle of the road, but the fact that an effort was made makes it a billion times better. Just goes to show how important passion is in acting, even if it's him just pretending to care

It's really amazing how 2K got the voice actors to read their lines while sleeping

@SirButtRichardson

2 жыл бұрын

it's the actual players voicing themselves lmao

@EliteDB21

2 жыл бұрын

@@SirButtRichardson maybe some of them are, but not all of them. That definitely was NOT Shaq doing his voice.

@theplank9284

2 жыл бұрын

@@EliteDB21 O'Neal in the clip is your player character in the game, whoever got the recording just happened to have named themselves O'Neal

@mateenhussaini17

2 жыл бұрын

@@EliteDB21 that's not Shaq. That's the user character. The player just destined their character to look like Shaq. The user character is voiced by a voice actor.

@THEUrinalCake

2 жыл бұрын

Because Shaq doing his own VA would have cost more than the budget for the entire rest of the game

it's amazing that the developers of NBA 2K15 already had the game in funny mode. pure genius.

@OfficialObituarium

2 жыл бұрын

That's the kind of selfish I'm talkin about, get ova yaself maan

@21stcenturyanimation81

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialObituarium what this mean I didn't go to college

GLaDOS is a great example of voice acting. She sounds robotic and soulless, then you destroy the purple core at the end of portal 1 and she suddenly changes entirely even though her voice isn’t *that* different

@thedoomtestament4547

Жыл бұрын

But is it basketball?

@Gna-rn7zx

Жыл бұрын

@@thedoomtestament4547 Kind of ... I mean, you had to put the ball in the hoop at the end there

@zippedmouthgaming5637

10 ай бұрын

@@Gna-rn7zxDamn, touché

@polkadi

3 ай бұрын

I always find it funny the subtitles explicitly note her voice becomes less robotic, and "more sexy"

7:59 holy shit give this man an oscar or something, the acting here is explosive and so emotional :I

@Jeff-ms6lh

2 жыл бұрын

spit my damn water out

@user-eg5dd3mk3e

2 жыл бұрын

woul’ah yonque’buck liek you coulh ackually do duh wright ting’ and avoid getting hih sorreh budd

@Nickster63

2 жыл бұрын

He delivers his line like he can barely read it.

@sunnycideup4725

Жыл бұрын

@@Nickster63 because he probably cant read it, he sounds shakey

@abnormal4936

Жыл бұрын

@@user-eg5dd3mk3e young buck not boy

Fun story: Ninja Theory had lost their main actress for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice so they asked one of their video editors, Melina Juergens, to wear some equipment for capture tests. Despite having 0 acting experience, she was good at the part of Senua, offered and accepted it and her performance went on to win 3 awards for best performance including at The Game Awards, beating out veterans like Laura Bailey and Claudia Black. Absolute legend.

@lawrencebentman4792

2 жыл бұрын

I love informative comments, thank you.

@His0ka

2 жыл бұрын

Hellblade is cringe and part 2 seems to be over the top cringe. Fuck Donte Theory and their shitty ass games

@dragopy2410

2 жыл бұрын

@@His0ka 🤨

@momobobo5430

2 жыл бұрын

@@His0ka someone needs a nap

@DoctorChuck

2 жыл бұрын

They... lost her? Like in a forest?

That NBA2K15 acting is astounding. Sounds like they played a 12 hour match, went to sleep, got shaken awake 2 hours in and got to do the lines right then and there still wrapped up in their blankets. That's avant-garde as fuck man.

@JZStudiosonline

2 жыл бұрын

That's "I'm contractually obligated to do this, get it over with and give me money."

@Odinsday

2 жыл бұрын

@@JZStudiosonline Or in other words, the Space Jam workload.

@nkl7345

2 жыл бұрын

@@JZStudiosonline Dion waiters is hilarious

@capngeeoff

2 жыл бұрын

except the one dude doing his "Shakespeare in the Park" dramatic acting

@capngeeoff

2 жыл бұрын

fuck...I have NBA 2K15. I might have to actually play the story LOL

In defense of LA Noire, the early cases merely serve to prepare you for what’s coming eventually. That’s why the acting in some of them is quite telling. When you get to homicide and vice, I swear, many witnesses’ expressions are difficult to decipher.

@curiousmind_

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like REALLY difficult. The game was really well made

@Noki_Kelevra

Жыл бұрын

Once you get to tango with straight-up sociopaths, it gets quite difficult. I mean there are interrogations where the suspects specifically don't have tells because they aren't fazed by lying or are just batshit insane.

@coreycasciano3255

Жыл бұрын

God i love La Noire, to me its a masterpiece and 100% deserves to become a series

@TheSleepiestPlurals

11 ай бұрын

I would say the hardest of the interrogations is the sleazy business man when you're investigating the construction yard arson. The whole game has taught you to gamify facial expressions and voices through exaggerated acting so you can read for tells, and suddenly you run into this guy that is a complete stone wall, cause he's actually a businessman whose entire job is to have a poker face. It's so jarring, I failed that interrogation completely, couldn't get shit out of him

@gotgunpowder

5 ай бұрын

What's seriously aggravating is how everyone uses the one very first interrogation you do against someone who is established as a terrible liar in-universe as proof the acting is "bad". Like that is literally your first case, and right after the interview your partner outright says "wow that guy is a terrible liar". It is not as all representative.

I love how Shaquille O'Neal's line at 8:21 was actually delivered really well, probably because he was one of the only characters who was actually voiced by a real voice actor

@neonlightning439

Жыл бұрын

Guy named his customized character Shaquille o Neal so it was just the players voice actor

@rumham7631

Жыл бұрын

@@neonlightning439 it’s blowing my mind nobody realizes this. Shaqs voice is so recognizable and it literally says “Player Character” on the screen And shaq retired way before 2015

@SteveS86

Жыл бұрын

Not Shaq..

@quintit

Жыл бұрын

@@neonlightning439 he was kidding lmao

@quintit

Жыл бұрын

@@rumham7631 rip lmao

I remember Skyrim's voice acting. Something about them delivering their lines earnestly while their world is bugging out always made me even more invested in its world.

@OQIF87NREU

2 жыл бұрын

I wish they just had more actors because the ones they did have were generally excellent

@hossdelgado626

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh, for the reason you stated I couldn't get into skyrim

@Statusinator

2 жыл бұрын

"You're looking a little rough around the edges."

@Blossora

2 жыл бұрын

Some may call this junk. Me, I call them treasures...

@SweetT00f

2 жыл бұрын

"you got a nice bounce to your chest."

Bro why is 8:21 unironically good, I just love how you actually get into this tiny bit of narrative and then it just hits you with the equal of a corpse reading lines from a script lmao

@shrugalborkar5308

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly lmao

@pauldaulby260

2 жыл бұрын

well shaq trained as an actor, which is hilarious combined with how awful the rest of the line reads are.

@jeremyb5619

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because it’s an actual voice actor vs a basketball player

@justinlee6047

2 жыл бұрын

Because that's a real voice actor playing your character, and the rest are real NBA players (poorly) reading lines.

@DrBinkley

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauldaulby260 that's not shaq lol, just a created character with shaq's name. Its the generic VO actor for the created character.

How could Dunkey miss the greatest voice acting performance of all, The House of the Dead 2.

@spygun0442

2 жыл бұрын

Cause it’d be an insult to put the god tier voice acting of The House of the Dead 2 with the likes of shit tier acting in death stranding.

@raviolieothedisgustingsupe4504

2 жыл бұрын

Goldman!

@pengwin_

2 жыл бұрын

"suffer like g did???"

@feltcat

2 жыл бұрын

Huh. Huh. Huh. Huh. Huh. This is a, present, from me to you.

@dr.robotnick1888

2 жыл бұрын

Shame we don't which actors were involved in that game 😔

7:39 That final scene with Diehardman in _Death Stranding_ is Oscar quality acting in a video game. Such an incredibly emotional performance.

@pineconesnowstorm

5 ай бұрын

thank god for kojima names

@Explosivevortex

4 ай бұрын

​@@pineconesnowstorm I actually busted out laughing when it was revealed that his real name was john mcclane

You know Dunkley is a great actor when he not only fooled us into thinking he was truly Mr Beast, but also when he fooled everyone in the CSGO lobby into thinking that he was Bowser from Sonic.

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

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@knowledgeanddefense1054

2 жыл бұрын

Or when he fooled those stupid kids into thinking he's Jake Paul

@Flametix

2 жыл бұрын

You mean that wasn't actually the real larry the cable guy?

@ferdinand2051

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Larry the cable guy

I'm sad he didn't mention Ellen McLain's performance as GLaDOS when talking about keeping personality in your characters, even if they are robots. The performance is cold and calculated and packed full of character.

@paradoxlaboratories8005

2 жыл бұрын

Ellen McLain is probably one of the best of all time for that reason. It can be easy (for some) to simply act human when voicing a robot character and call it giving personality to a machine. But what sets Ellen McLian’s performance apart is that when voicing GLaDOS, she doesn’t sound human but still gives the character strong and memorable personality.

@AwesumVloggin

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say Loader Bot or Gortys in Tales are also a great robots with real characters

@Zure467

2 жыл бұрын

Portal 2 especially had really great dialogue. If I remember I actually laughed out loud a few times alone..in my dark bedroom hunched over my keyboard

@joshyoung1440

2 жыл бұрын

He was literally playing Portal clips during that part, so... p sure he was giving props to that whole game, because all of the characters exemplified what he was talking about. He wasn't there to extoll one actor, he was there to make a point, and the whole game made his point.

@binkosmith4807

2 жыл бұрын

Wheatly in Portal 2 was also top notch

5:02 That voice man. This is peak of video game acting right there

The actors in the nba game sound like they’re slowly melting into pudding

What's always fun is when you get cast in a game to voice act some made up gibberish language (think The Sims) but still have to somehow accurately convey the right emotional cords lol.

@bigoudi07

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Martinet with Mario & Luigi games.

@BraimosAI

2 жыл бұрын

God bless the monster hunter language voice actors.

@Fighterpilot555

2 жыл бұрын

Urgh, schalooOOOOB!!!

@miikee97

2 жыл бұрын

And for some reason those turn out the best voiceovers 😂

@samuelmueller2769

2 жыл бұрын

Magicka did a great job of that

Markieff Morris is the deepest character in gaming history. His voice acting conveys so much emotion.

@dusan9097

2 жыл бұрын

Markieff is deep but I'm taking Dion Waiters all day every day, just the sheer magic in his voice.

@jeremyhalla1757

2 жыл бұрын

@@dusan9097 When Dion says “who had thought” with so much emotion, it really makes you think about all the doubters and tribulations you face on your NBA journey

Right around 7:10 you talk about "one of the absolute pinnacles of acting," you zoom in on Mark Hamill's face, and then you cut to NBA. You're such a troll Dunkey, I love you.

one thing not talked about enough is direction for voice acting. A good director sets the stage & tells the VA the purpose of their lines so they know what to deliver, as well as being able to identify & demand retakes until they know which take is the one that should be shipped.

Just hearing Kratos talk increases your testosterone levels by 101%

@Silent002

2 жыл бұрын

That's not the only thing that increases😳

@twfaucet

2 жыл бұрын

@Silent002 I need that

@Akunai_

2 жыл бұрын

Boy

@Tvister4ever

2 жыл бұрын

Did you mean Donka?

@aname4508

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna tell my transmasc friends about this

how did they let 2k voice actors pop off that much in the studio?? absolutely phenomenal.

@Snowboarderr4Life

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing the NBA guys aren't all that good with criticism and they would just leave if their feelings got hurt. I bet they had to do several takes just to get those illiterates to read the lines right.

@tobertitus

2 жыл бұрын

@@Snowboarderr4Life first of all calling them illiterates is wack. But secondly, I think you're mostly right and it's a little surprising to me because you'd expect professional athletes to respond to coaching well

@Leviathis_Krade

2 жыл бұрын

what are you guys talking about? those guys were amazing, it was the peak of dialogue performance

@DropsTheMike

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leviathis_Krade The way the dude trailed off mid sentence and had to find his line again really added to the intensity of the scene.

@jeece711

2 жыл бұрын

@@Snowboarderr4Life My take is money, they just read their texts because too little time to learn the dialogues and too little time to rightly play their characters!

Looking back to this video, Baldur's Gate 3 voice acting is really remarkable and it's one of the main reasons I love the game. A good acting in the game might not affect the overall gameplay, but truly makes the gaming experience up to another level.

That scene from Death Stranding has gotta be one of the most potent monologues in gaming.

The "wait a minute let me redo that take" is legendary

@pedrofelck

2 жыл бұрын

In an episode in the last season of The Flash they let the voice actor saying "look at this shitty dialog" slip in the PTBR version and it is freaking hilarious.

@Funny_skeleton_man

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrofelck hey may you pass this link that sounds funny

@imaboisir7227

2 жыл бұрын

Wait is that actually in the game?

@imaboisir7227

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrofelck also give link

@thiagodm

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrofelck is there a link for it?

Can’t wait to hear about the incredible voice acting in the all time classic Sopranos video game. Truly a world class performance and an inspiration to all aspiring video game actors.

@michaelsoria807

2 жыл бұрын

That game went down as the best one in history

@twfaucet

2 жыл бұрын

I am cool, TRAIN

@mlalbaitero

2 жыл бұрын

Classic

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

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@twfaucet

2 жыл бұрын

@@drmujtabashaikh8 .

5:52 I automatically knew exactly what clip we were going to see lmfao. Funniest game dialogue clip I've ever seen

Idk why but the fact that Dunkey named his 2k player Shaquille O'Neal has absolutely slayed me

@jamie150741

11 ай бұрын

Not his clip

Great. Now I absolutely need to play NBA 2K15.

@SBRS47

2 жыл бұрын

Easily the best NBA 2K game of 2015

@gotgt500

2 жыл бұрын

It hasn't gotten much better in 2k22

@jmerridew124

2 жыл бұрын

I feel really bad for that one guy at the end there who clearly actually tried really hard

@uLWillyG

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmerridew124 thats the created player for my career voiced by an actual voice actor. the others are actual nba players just reading lines of which one or two in that had lines in the game are actually illiterate

@justanonymouse

2 жыл бұрын

@Miles Doyle shut up

Every video game actor should at least meet the prerequisite of having seen the boss baby, boss baby 2, and all of the boss baby back in business series. I feel like with a proper example these people could properly excel in their acting

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

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@shinozu

2 жыл бұрын

of course, this will be updated in a few years including Boss Baby 3

@SomeJustice19k

2 жыл бұрын

@@drmujtabashaikh8 I found it, shook my head in disgust and down voted.

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

@@SomeJustice19k Great

@whoag3152

2 жыл бұрын

@@shinozu You’re assuming that this Oscar winning franchise isn’t going to have 6 additional movies by the end of 2022

I loved the voice acting in the Legacy of Kain series. It was hammy at times but undeniably iconic. Just having games be fun instead of being crushed under the pressure to be a cinematic masterpiece seems so difficult these days. If I wanted to watch a movie, I wouldn't be playing games. I think the pressure to deliver a jaw-dropping experience is what leads games into that uncanny Valley and subsequently the bargain bin.

@tescobinliner

Жыл бұрын

fun fact: anna gunn (skyler white in breaking bad) was in legacy of kain 1 and 2

@Archedgar

Жыл бұрын

@@tescobinliner oh god no. I can never like those games again and I loved blood omen.

4:20 Ray Liotta was the actor who literally read from the piece of paper, go watch the interview where he said it and that still didn't stop Vice City from being one of the best GTA/open world games

I shed tears when dunkey gave appreciation to NBA2k15, the absolute cream of the crop, piece de resistance of video game voice acting. The emotions conveyed in that game made me laugh, cry and become filled with rage.

@mikeexits

2 жыл бұрын

I loved how in the clip at the end, it shows some of the worst acting juxtaposed with actually not-bad acting.

@shia_labeouf

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeexits As I understand, Shaq's voice was an actor while the rest were the real players. Ironically Shaq is the only one who actually has some voice (and in person) acting experience.

@BlueJim

2 жыл бұрын

@@shia_labeouf that's not actually Shaq lol. That is the voice actor for your created player. The created player here just happens to be named Shaquille O'Neal

@Beefnachos

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueJim you guys are both illiterate. He said "shaqs voice was AN actor"

@BlueJim

2 жыл бұрын

@@Beefnachos Ah shit I got mixed up when he threw in that Shaq himself has acting experience

I have never played Death Stranding but that clip near the end of the video shook me. The facial capture, the graphics, and the acting. actually kind of incredible

@ImpatientTurtle

2 жыл бұрын

Give it a go and at least play up until you get a vehicle. The 'walk simulator' bit at the start is super slow and lots of people dont make it past that, its only a couple of hours. But its a truly incredible game, the feelings that you get when you are finishing a long haul and a low roar track comes on are beautiful. Truly unique gaming experience imo.

@jynxycats

2 жыл бұрын

That scene alone is fire and pretty powerful, tbh the whole acting/animation for the story scenes is top notch.

@Ginsu131

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a Kojima game. Those set the standards for the game industry consistently every time.

@sickojoseph9377

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpatientTurtle the first strand stype game

@luminosity01

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ginsu131 lol

I genuinely thought we had a Mr.Beast and videogamedunkey cross over but, the acting was so good on dunkeys part, I was in udder shock.

@RocketSw0rd

Жыл бұрын

Udder shock ... that's what cows get when they try to jump over an electric fence.

2:57 im fucking dying over here. I remember this. Absolutely hilarious.

0:52 You also need good directors. You can have amazing voice actors but when they need to redo lines over again until the director is happy with it then you can't blame them. Sometimes, especially with older games, you have just regular people acting for their first time voicing games without any direction at all. Just a small detail that I think is important and just like to add.

@obamid39

2 жыл бұрын

A serious comment on a Dunkey video? No fucking way

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

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@leonardobai12

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, you are nitpicking and biased. I win bye bye

@olixor

2 жыл бұрын

​@@obamid39 I think voice acting is interesting and important :) Also I'm an anime and don't like how he talks bad about anime games >:(

@Scaler24

2 жыл бұрын

See: Kingdom Hearts 3. Such a huge cast filled with talented, experienced voice actors delivering lines in the strangest ways. Like for real, David Gallagher has been playing Riku amazingly for almost 20 years. Why does he sound so bad this late into the game? It has to be the voice direction.

I actually thought the acting in the Spider-Man games was really outstanding. Not only are the voice actors great, but they recorded two sets of lines in case you would be talking to somebody while swinging/in combat, giving a more strained delivery on top of the regular delivery

@CunningCondor

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he used the clip in context of positivity, being an example of "something to latch onto".

@lachohall

2 жыл бұрын

@@CunningCondor he probably did, but dunky didn’t specifically mention the game, hence my comment

@filthandfury

2 жыл бұрын

O H N O D O C T O R C O N N O R S C L A S S

@muskulpeasant

2 жыл бұрын

I think the scene where otto begs for peter to save him in the end is one of the best Spider-Man moments ever. I got chills the first time I heard the "They'll take away my arms... I'll be trapped in this USELESS BODY" The dialogues, the music and the drama just mix too well in that scene

@lachohall

2 жыл бұрын

@Aden Diaz I think that’s fairly obvious, but spiderman deserves the love, especially in regards to the video’s subject matter, which is why I made note of it

That one Octopath Traveler fan starting to get fired up again at that excellency clip.

Props to shouting out Dynasty Warriors 3. Truly a legend among voice acting.

@paperluigi6132

Жыл бұрын

DW7 and 8 actually have really good voice acting. Then there’s DW9…

I knew that Dunkey would cut away at 7:16 but just SEEING Mark Hamil voice act is so beautiful. You can tell how much heart he puts into it

@kevinkujo318

2 жыл бұрын

7:10 *

@wyatt1648

2 жыл бұрын

No, that’s kevin durant

@alexsilva28

2 жыл бұрын

Dude is an absolute beast of a voice actor

@solmoman

2 жыл бұрын

isnt that Morgan Freeman?

sad to see that donkey kong december has finally come to a close, but we will always cherish each one of the incredible 31 donkey kong videos Dunkey gave us

@bigwolf9486

2 жыл бұрын

but he didnt give us 31 videos to watch

@TSFboi

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigwolf9486 someone doesn't know about videogamedunkey2

@flak7665

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigwolf9486 he has a second channel ya dummy

@bigwolf9486

2 жыл бұрын

@@flak7665 nani what is it called i never heard of this

@MrZkitZ

2 жыл бұрын

I want to thank god and Jesus and December and papajones pizza for making this a reality and hopefully a tradition bless and happy new year

It's funny everyone memes on that LA Noire old guy, but it's the first case, they literally had to make it very obvious for the players because it was a brand new concept.

7:39 This got me to buy the game The delivery of that line genuinely rocked me to my core I don’t know the context, I don’t know who he is But for a moment that good, I gotta get the full context

@Giggi2222

7 ай бұрын

What, that fake and bad acting?

@GioGioPietromica425

7 ай бұрын

@@Giggi2222 Yeah, same vibes as “I did not hit her, I did not, oh hi Mark”

@Wihited

6 ай бұрын

@@GioGioPietromica425 did you end up enjoying the game?

@GioGioPietromica425

6 ай бұрын

@@Wihited Yeah, definitely a very memorable and emotional experience. Death Stranding is a really cool piece of art, it said a lot of things, not all of them well, but I can appreciate the desire to make a video game that’s kinda not fun, but still enjoyable, if that makes sense

@eden_essence

6 ай бұрын

yeah nba 2K15 is a masterpiece of acting

When the actors can't gain context from each other on a big budget mocap set, its entirely up to the directors to give them that context. Direction is really where video games usually drop the ball. Even the world's best voice actors fall apart when they aren't given good or any direction. Peter Dinklage is probably used to great direction, so when he is given none, he has no idea what to do and becomes a monotone robot. Other people are used to being given shit context as a voice actor, and sometimes they can pull through, but it makes it even more jarring when they get the read wrong. They can guess the context of one line completely correctly and nail it super hard, but guess the next one wrong and suddenly they sound super silly. It's these situations that can make voice dubs such a mixed bag of fuck. It's true that the extremes of voice acting are the most entertaining, but a lot of times the middle ground seems to be made up of people just trying their best in a terrible situation, to varying degrees of success.

@Sputnikcosmonot

2 жыл бұрын

this is the key. The direction in most games sucks and the games with good direction stick out so easily - rockstar and naughty dog games for example, hell even halo 2.

@threepoint14159265

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sputnikcosmonot And Bioware's work.

@skinnysnorlax1876

2 жыл бұрын

Most of Dante's line reads in dmc 1 were great, but eeeeeveryone remembers "Fill my dark soul with LiGhTtttttt

@fackingcant6528

2 жыл бұрын

Finally, a comment with high likes on a dunkey video that doesn't mindlessly repeat what dunkey already said in the video.

@pentadunk

2 жыл бұрын

FFXIV a realm reborn vs the later expansions is a good example of this

I love seeing athletes try to act in sports games. When they’re in a non-scripted setting, they have lively personalities, but when they get on the mic they become statues.

@starchygoblin9859

2 жыл бұрын

Well it doesn't help that half of them can't fucking read. Like seriously, listen to that one dude reading. That dude is seriously struggling with reading the script

@KingBookerT1987

2 жыл бұрын

@@starchygoblin9859 the average Joe would be a horrible voice actor. These nba dudes are reading a stupid script with no emotion. Has nothing to do with their literacy

@starchygoblin9859

2 жыл бұрын

@@KingBookerT1987 8:00

@gogokowai

2 жыл бұрын

@@starchygoblin9859 "You want to redo that line Monte?" "Wuh? Nah..."

@MrOzzification

2 жыл бұрын

Most people are generally like this. The most charismatic and energetic person will come off awkward and stiff on camera if they're not used to being recorded. For most people it takes some practice and experience to "act natural" when performing in front of a camera or mic

0:25 I THOUGHT THOSE WERE HIS FRIGGIN LEGS!

@fantaku6631

10 ай бұрын

same lol

Killer7 had some crazy awesome cutscenes. They actually used the fact that the camera could go anywhere to their advantage for some amazingly stylish shots

This is voice acting so good that it has ascended to a whole other level of skill 5:03

@twobitt2222

2 жыл бұрын

Him mispronounced it so good

@twoshillings7292

2 жыл бұрын

Yoko ska?! Thatswheremylittlebrotherworks😀😃

@craigtrautmanjr9393

2 жыл бұрын

I have met scout leaders that talk like this

@ClassyCorgi

Жыл бұрын

The fact that they both pronounce Yokosuka differently 😭

@Noki_Kelevra

Жыл бұрын

@@twoshillings7292 The thing is, the actual Japanese pronounciation WOULD be something like 'Yokoska' because the u would be silent. It's just that the guy sounds like he has a mouth full of jello and Ryo's voice actor pronounced it incorrectly.

We did an interview with Ruth Jarman, the voice of Mega Man in MM8 and X in X4 and it was really insightful to how some companies handled voices in games back then. The actors for those games were given no direction or context and weren't even told they were recording for two games. Really crazy stuff, but it's really charming.

@ginogatash4030

2 жыл бұрын

You can really tell that they didn't know what the fuck was happening.

@aprinnyonbreak1290

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this happens a lot. The voice actors tend to take a lot of the flak for a bad performance, when a lot of times, it's just the direction (or lack therof) they recieved. The best, and you rarely hear of it in video games, is the Shrek effect, where a VA gets a good chunk of the way through their lines, something clicks about the character, and then they're allowed to just go back and rerecord everything they already did.

@ColeFam

2 жыл бұрын

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 If I recall correctly, Ruth said the recordings were done over one day. I really wonder why they would do that. But she was super cool. She embraces it and listening to her lines is great. She seems to really understand who the characters are now, so who knows what could have happened with another chance.

@wornoutwasd8567

2 жыл бұрын

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 Those basket ball players were struggling to just read the lines, much less act.

@Karmolicious

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure stuff like that still happens. Was gonna write about how I remember there being a Voice Actor union in the news a few years back because of unfair compensation for their work. Many of the people doing work straight up did not know who they were or what game they were working for and therefore could not ask for appropriate payment. Turns out yeah, there was a strike between 2016-2017 that was eventually resolved, but companies still don't have to say what specific game or character the VA is about to work with. Just what type of game it is & if it belongs to an existing franchise or not.

The voice acting in Nier Replicant shows Japanese to English done right Liam O'Brien nailed the role as Grimoire Weiss

@AkashCherukuri

Жыл бұрын

Calebbb!!!

@liammcnicholas918

6 ай бұрын

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

Dunkey's acting is so good. 4:14 really makes you feel like Spider-Man

Yet again, Dunkey has created another masterpiece with zero dislikes! Absolutely incredible!

@nucleurchicken5239

2 жыл бұрын

What an incredible feat! Dunkey does it again!

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats to everyone who found this reply..

@EricShoe

2 жыл бұрын

The world is free of dissent and all are happy and well

@somenerd2987

2 жыл бұрын

Truly

@jc329co3

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I’ve never heard that one before

Ya know I was convinced that was Mr Beast at the beginning. Who know Dunk was such a seasoned actor?

@twfaucet

2 жыл бұрын

dunkey is good at everything

@MrWonderSquid

2 жыл бұрын

You ever see his League of Legends voice acting? It's amazing how consistent Dunkey is at bringing quality performances, especially considering the range and uniqueness of the different characters he voices.

@JoshuaFoy

2 жыл бұрын

@@twfaucet A modern day renaissance man if you will.

@Astroniimous

2 жыл бұрын

dunk been in entertainment for 72 years of course he the best

@Electrk

2 жыл бұрын

You must not have watched the cringe English dub then

Hey Dunkey I genuinely love you in a psychologically healthy way. Your perspective and videos you make truly brighten my existence. The moments I spend watching your videos are moments where the worries of this world dissipate. Thank you ❤️ I've been having a hard time recently... I'd appreciate a new video soon if you don't mind.

When speaking about convincing performance, the first character that comes to my mind is Handsome Jack from the Borderlands Games. His voice actor does such a good job like wow-

@bluedistortions

Жыл бұрын

100%. He definitely is one of the best video game villains ever made, and every single line was delivered perfectly. I didn't bother with BL3 because I knew it was going to be a huge letdown after that peak performance. The pre sequel was smart to bring him back and show his backstory.

Seriously, though, say what you will about Death Stranding as a game, it has some of the absolute best facial animations in the industry. I swear the bulk of the work went into making those just right.

@zumabbar

2 жыл бұрын

the first strand type game haha. but fr though, that clip dunkey showed here was really good, the voice acting was superb too

@Bustyn_Anya

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. That honor goes to Mass Effect Andromeda. I mean you can FEEL souls crumbling out of embarrassment.

@kman9884

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bustyn_Anya BioWare has never had good facial animations. Look at ME1-3 and they’re all bad

@Canopenerdude

2 жыл бұрын

If judged on the acting and animation alone, Death Stranding is probably the best 'game' ever made.

@rezonance4937

2 жыл бұрын

Ya missed the joke

for real though, that monologue at the end of death stranding is absolutely insane. so good

@kinoko384

2 жыл бұрын

Death Stranding might get shit on for its gameplay, but damn the voice acting and character animations are seriously out of the world. I felt more emotions in that scene than what most movies can give me.

@RockLoi

2 жыл бұрын

@@kinoko384 And if you happen to love the gameplay too it's a slamdunk.

@kinoko384

2 жыл бұрын

@@RockLoi I agree. Felt like a nice fresh change from all the samey open world games out there.

@dorphlthewise1

2 жыл бұрын

Compared to NBA 2k15 though? Absolute garbage.

@Krystalmyth

2 жыл бұрын

@@kinoko384 Everytime I try to love the gameplay it shoves another tutorial in my face and it's one I can't skip or I literally will be stuck for eternity if I don't listen to it. Also, everytime I try to like one of the songs playing, it ensures I'll Hate them forever by watermarking the freaking middle of the screen in a game about immersive story telling. It's a lot of fun tho. But as a basketball game it's pretty terrible next to 2k. You can't even dunk.

I go back to this video every time I need to smile. Legendary.

1:45 I love the way the guy is just like “that doesn’t exist????” Like he’s genuinely dumbfounded by this girls dreams

@Ckoz2829

2 жыл бұрын

I love how he cuts her off like “Iris, you stupid bitch, how many times do I have to tell you such a place does not exist?”

@requiempurge530

2 жыл бұрын

And she's like "Yes I know",you asshole let me just deliver my line

That LA Noir clip of the old man never fails to make me laugh out loud

@Orjahlian

2 жыл бұрын

I remember being floored at the time, cracking up, before going "and what the fuck, exactly, am I supposed to glean from this face?"

@Alex-kd5xc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Orjahlian I never played the game and that scene alone makes me DEEPLY regret it

@nithshithhith4398

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-kd5xc Eh, just know this: The only part of the game that's any good is the face-tech they used. As a game, it's not worth your time.

@slick3996

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-kd5xc don't listen to the guy below you, the game is just fine, has its own issues but i don't regret spending my time on it

@krazyfrog

2 жыл бұрын

@@slick3996 Yeah it's actually a pretty good game with a good story. It does get pretty difficult later on though in the interrogation sections.

3:01 Sounds like fucking Mr. Garrison

We can all agree that Tetris has the best voice acting in a game ever

the fact that nakeyjakey did a video on voice acting one year ago proves that drama mondays are indeed back

@MatrixEvolution17

2 жыл бұрын

i don't watch nakeyjakey, why would i wanna watch a guy who is naked

@maryfreegirl2029

2 жыл бұрын

smh cant believe nakeyjakey would steal dunkeys video idea retroactively smh my head

@randivikreta

2 жыл бұрын

@@MatrixEvolution17 i watch videogamedunkey, best video game ever. Made me feel like dunkey

@awesomedude222

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this video was just a weaker version of Jakey's lol

@marksimon2085

2 жыл бұрын

Yogajake better brace himself then because Dunkey will come out swinging

0:32 The voice acting in this game is top notch hilarious. There's no way they didn't make it this bad on purpose. I wasn't expecting to see it in one of Dunkey's video's, but I'm so glad it's finally been recognized. The game itself is actually really fun too. You get to control a giant robot, punch other giant robots and smash shit. What's not to like? Robot Alchemic Drive, PS2. Give it a chance if you ever find the time.

@wishiwasabear

2 жыл бұрын

They do it on purpose, it's called cheap localization to make a buck, if you want quality you have to play the game in it's original language in most cases.

@spoonabenson8762

2 жыл бұрын

@@wishiwasabear no, I don’t think I will

@superultrathanksmom3845

2 жыл бұрын

@@wishiwasabear Though it sucks that you'd need an undubbed modded game a lot of times because the localization team didn't bother making language selectable.

@wishiwasabear

2 жыл бұрын

@@superultrathanksmom3845 Yeah and it's something americans aren't used to because most games are released with eng audio except for Japanese games which is why they still get a bad rep there. But people from other countries are already used to playing games in their original language with subs unless you want to go through a lot of bad dub.

@alejandrodiaz848

2 жыл бұрын

NO.

I was so confused on how I opened a Mr Beast video. You really got me there

5:16 On behalf of every Czech person, I completely apologize for that dumbass. Our demand for quality dub is too high to begin with.

I know it’s not Donkey Kong December, but can we just appreciate how good the voice actor for Donkey Kong is?

@henryrichard7619

2 жыл бұрын

OKAY

@Sonichero151

2 жыл бұрын

*Seth Rogan laugh*

@paperluigi6132

2 жыл бұрын

Which one? The actual VA, or the Smash Bros VA?

@paperluigi6132

2 жыл бұрын

@Denam so the Smash Bros VA.

I think people unironically need to understand how talented of a voice actor dunkey is, he can somehow create the most genuine sounding sarcastic dialog you will ever hear

One of my favorite games ever and one of my first times seeing great acting in a game was the Legacy of Kain series, specifically the first Soul Reaver game. Was ground breaking at the time.

@1elvisb

2 жыл бұрын

iconic edginess.

@Archedgar

Жыл бұрын

Soul Reaver was a step down from Blood Omen in voice acting.

Dunkey is the Nic Cage of videogames.

I remember listening to a voice acting session of Dust: an Elysian Tale (love that game and it’s voice acting) and the voice director really pulled it all together. Like the voice actors where pretty good, but the voice director knew the full context and really knew how each line should be delivered and he would give them whatever context they needed or direct them to use a certain inflection and the whole thing came together perfectly. Like we need more competent voice directors if these teams are even using voice directors.

@brittanyisaketten

2 жыл бұрын

amazing amazing game !!!

@Tawleyn

2 жыл бұрын

That's what went wrong with Dinklebot in Destiny. The voice director didn't do his job. We know Peter can emote and give a good performance.

@piewars12345

2 жыл бұрын

this is why Days Gone is so cringe to me. The voice direction is just terrible 90% percent of the time 😩

@j644

2 жыл бұрын

Dust was basically Shovel Knight before it was cool to be Indie. One of the better games ever made, everytime I play I 100% it. Art direction, sound direction, tight controls, fun combat, and there is some replay value with the customizable stats, crafting equipment and difficulties. Truly a gift of a game

@fang_xianfu

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Colville, who wrote Evolve and contributed on a few other big titles, talked about that process on stream a few times. He worked on some voice sessions with Liam O'Brien from Critical Role as voice director. There were times where Matt would give this long spiel to Liam about the background and context that the actor couldn't hear and Liam would turn that into a really short instruction that nailed exactly what Matt wanted. Voice director is a really hard, really important job.

6:42 "Boy did I pick the wrong day to eat a whole lemon" -some legend from the original video

Can't believe this is only 4 months old, instant classic dunkey

8:13 im ded

@ezekielbrockmann114

Жыл бұрын

So funny.

7:40 is legitimately great stuff. There’s a lot of death stranding acting that’s a little weird, but that cutscene at the end of the game has Hardman steal the show

@KingoftheOutback

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, Why the frik did he not get an award for this?

@Caporai

2 жыл бұрын

And it was also the actor first take to pull it off.

@Calley07

2 жыл бұрын

The Die-Hardman end scene is legit oscar worthy.

@bobbywasabi5752

2 жыл бұрын

Hardman lol

@HiCZoK

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of stuff in Death Stranding is incredible. And it's still hard to believe that cutscene is actually in realtime. the graphics !

I’m surprised he didn’t give Metal Gear Solid more credit. That first game was very important in bringing video game voice acting into the mainstream, and by today standards the English dub is still good. Remember that it was just two years after Resident Evil. Raiden and Rose in MGS2 are iffy, but overall the series has a good track record with voices.

@Scroolewse

2 жыл бұрын

SNAAAAAAAKE

@Ckoz2829

2 жыл бұрын

In defense of Raiden and Rose, some of their writing was campy to start with. There’s a scene in the game where Rose is talking to Raiden and telling him that his room was “empty, just like your heart.” My sister and I use that line all the time lol. How can you say something like that seriously? It’s like that famous Destiny quote about the moon wizards. Some things just sound inherently dumb lol. Doesn’t stop it from being my favorite MGS game, though.

@feru1071

2 жыл бұрын

Second floor basement?

@stargic8499

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ckoz2829 and then, Metal Gear Rising has one of the best voice acting in a video game. Not because is super realistic, but because they really manage to give them a Japanese sansation without being cringy and also, creating memes. The DNA of the soul.

@Supahdenning

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ckoz2829 It's dumb but I get it, and I think it's perfectly realistic that a woman would say that. With Rose already having a bitchy personality I don't take issue with it. Women just say dumb shit like that, and it makes sense, just from a different perspective than the one you're typically using. Rose wants Jack to have some passion for life in the form of interests and opinions, but he is evidently far too neutral and blank, and I think this is actually a common phenomenon.

Can't wait for Dunkey's Best of 2021

im glad u brought attention to the dion waiters meme, lmaooo

2:25 in the case of Horizon (and Mass Effect) sometimes the voice acting is technically good, but the execution of the scene is what ruins it. In the example given, the voice actor is clearly putting emotion and care into his lines, but the animation doesnt express the same intent and emotion.

@n1cknamed

2 жыл бұрын

idk about horizon, but at least in mass effect they improved most major problems with the animation/models. Still not amazing, but it became bearable

@Daradude

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Or Thok laying on his side for days with limited animation really kills any performance in the voice acting.

@blakedelise2104

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I think Bioware just doesn't give the voice actor the context of the scene, so they perform it well but they're putting emphasis on the wrong thing. "I can't believe YOU took the money" ...hits different than "I can't believe you TOOK the money." Tells two different stories. Context matters.

@aaronm1246

2 жыл бұрын

Where is the emotion and care? Guy's about to die and he says the most half hearted "im sorry, please" ever, doesn't make much of a difference if the animation is improved

@bloopboop9320

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronm1246 There's still subtlety in his voice and in his inflection. The issue is that the animation doesnt portray even one ounce of what the voice actor was saying so it's hard to imagine what the scene could be. It would essentially need to be redone from the ground up and focus almost solely on the facial acting to get the moment across.

you ain’t seen voice acting till you’ve seen a Pokémon game. Perfectly voice acted every time!

@darby6588

2 жыл бұрын

And when Piers sings? Amazing!

@harmless_xd4107

2 жыл бұрын

@@darby6588 his performance brought me to tears

@caracatoacacepe

2 жыл бұрын

Cricketune had the best delivery of all time, not even Daniel Day'n'Night Lewis & Clark could beat that

@abnormallynormal2491

2 жыл бұрын

@@caracatoacacepe DEDELEWOOOOOOOP

@Explosivevortex

2 жыл бұрын

Great performances, really makes the games worth their full 60 dollar price tags

Just the 1 dude actually giving his all in the basketball 2015 game, and the others reading a script.

No matter how many times I watch this video, I still fall for Dunkey's acting at the start of the video

7:45 the first time I've seen something from a video game that honestly looks like it's actually just real life

@CrammyCram

Жыл бұрын

no it’s so fake and unrealistic 🙄🙄🙄

@wmetz1869

11 ай бұрын

Dunkey is unfair about that part. In that scene the actor really cried ffs. What else everyone wants him to do?

@Moistmushrooms

8 ай бұрын

@@wmetz1869he was joking

I can’t believe I thought Dunkey was actually Mr.Beast, so funny Dunkey!

@nathanfleeger

2 жыл бұрын

How does he do it?

@fullmetalfunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanfleeger that's showbizness baybee!!

This literally made me cry laugh out loud so much

Yo yo yo, Dunkey best of 2021 sonnnn. I can't wait. Where you at son ? Where the video mannnnnn ???!!

When Dion Waiters said “who had thought” I almost teared up, you can really feel the pent up frustrations he experienced in life with the delivery of his line

@pineapplefresh4752

2 жыл бұрын

"I’d rather go 0 for 30 than 0 for 9 because you go 0 for 9 that means you stopped shooting,” - Dion Waiters

HOLD UP! Everyone else in the world didn’t have the English guys voice in Gex?!?!

@ShirotheWiseWolf

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when I hear the American version I cry inside, if it ain't Leslie Phillips' version, it ain't Gex to me

@lividsphincter4098

2 жыл бұрын

You haven't played every version of Gex? What are you doing here?

@Peapodzilla

2 жыл бұрын

@@lividsphincter4098 they probably havent even watched Star Trek in Tamarian, the way it was obviously meant to be viewed.

@BucketOfCrust

2 жыл бұрын

The UK version of Gex: Deep Cover Gecko had Danny John Jules as the VA (The Cat from Red Dwarf) and it was actually sick

@shrub4248

2 жыл бұрын

In Australia we had Danny John Jules and he was actually good. The written lines were still phoned in as hell tho. Still love that game but.

I'm just here for that Wii Sports goodness at the end there... in my head for the rest of the day now.

I love good voice actors but I also love the weirdness of Silent Hill 2

@mikeoxlong567

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the voice acting for Silent Hill 2 bad on purpose to add to the uncanny and disturbing atmosphere?

7:31 They didn't even get him to say the correct line.

@bait5257

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Waiting on Adam Sandlers ‘Click: The Game’, this would truly define the Sandler-like genre

@docchicken245

2 жыл бұрын

The first Sander-type game

That one NBA2k actor was actually doing a pretty good job there, and then the other guy started talking

Dunkey's videos are so rewatchable.

Wheatley in portal 2 was some of the best voice acting in any video game, even for a character who is a robot, Stephen merchant nailed the role. That’s how you do voice acting perfectly

@drmujtabashaikh8

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats to everyone who found this reply..

@eccentriastes6273

2 жыл бұрын

Ellen McLain (GLaDOS, turrets, and Caroline) and J. K. Simmons as Cave Johnson were also great.

@pleonasm545

2 жыл бұрын

I AM NOT A MORON

@thesnatcher3616

2 жыл бұрын

Portal is a video game franchise that makes actual robot voices sound amazing and full of personality. Literally, all the personality cores are so damn memorable, even if they're only on screen for like ten seconds at most.

@seigeengine

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesnatcher3616 Funny how I remember like 0.2 of them then.