Unfortunately Double Helix decided to wrap this delicious meaty core inside a fetid mess of hokey narrative,
awful voice acting and some deeply linear levels; turning a great experience into a deeply flawed that's difficult to recommend to the mainstream audience.
Though the comic book - style sequences are decently drawn, they constantly drag on by showing Marian's death over and over, Billy's distraught rage over losing her (again played out with hilariously
awful voice acting), and other eye - rolling sequences such as remembering the time he bought her a necklace or recovering her stolen cell - phone (with a bullet hole right on the screen showing another photo of the couple).
Bland combat, stiff animations, and
awful voice acting, HZD does what other open world games should try their best to avoid.
Pros: Excellent story and writing, mostly fantastic puzzles, strong presentation Cons:
Some awful voice acting, lots of technical issues, a few tedious puzzles
Topping it all off is
the awful voice acting, the kind which suggests the developers lent out of their front door and kidnapped passersbys before forcing them to provide voice - overs, possibly at gunpoint.
And is there a better way to experience FFX's endearingly
awful voice acting than while wearing headphones on the bus?
Apart from
the awful voice acting, the remainder of Crashday's production value is bit more laudable.
That's how
awful the voice acting is in Crashday.
Bland combat, stiff animations, and
awful voice acting, HZD does what other open world games should try their best to avoid.
Not exact matches
The story mode is
awful (especially the
voice acting) and the gameplay and game modes don't work out as good as they sound.
While the extremely well - designed and well - rendered character costumes and weapons give some basic idea of what the characters are like, the
voice acting for the characters is
awful and doesn't convey much personality at all, especially the player character, Naja.
Cons: Terrible on almost every level, with incoherent storytelling, terrible dialogue,
awful voice -
acting, imprecise and boring combat, horrible stealth, and mindless puzzles.
Awful script and
voice -
acting with unlikeable characters and a silly plot.
The music is a boring blend of techno and rock riffs that ape C&C but without the same level of catchiness and the
voice acting for units is beyond
awful, but the rest of the audio work is great.
A disastrously beautiful amalgamation of live - action cutscenes, on - rails shooting, GlaDOS - inspired
voice acting, quick time events,
awful racial stereotypes, an orchestral soundtrack, and — in one instance — Street Fighter - inspired 1v1 combat: this game really does try its darndest to be loco.
Thor looks like his original comic style, even though the
voice acting sounds god
awful, and then you have Hawkeye who looks like he was pulled straight from a cheesy 80s action movie.
For starters, the
voice acting is god
awful!
The
voice acting varies from barely adequate to downright
awful.
Unless they have the original
voice acting as an option I'm just going import the Japanese version; It'll piss off my room - mate who was hopeing to play it but I'd rather put up with him than the god -
awful dubs all Japanese games get.
The sound design is underwhelming, and the
voice acting ranges from barely believable to hilariously
awful.
If that's still not enough for you, we've managed to dig up some insider info on why PSOne - era
voice acting was so hilariously
awful (Retrovolve has an article about that too!)
The
voice acting is functional, not great nor
awful.
You can ALSO unlock an enhanced port of Symphony of the Night with improved script and
voice acting, removal of that
awful song that plays during the credits, and the option to play as Maria.
It has the dumb but entertaining chaos you'll find in games like Doom, character designs pulled straight from the typical depictions of western soldiers in Japanese games, style points reminiscent of, well, Devil May Cry, and that sweet
awful (but also endearing at times)
voice acting you'd find in localized games from that era.
Unfortunately this core is trapped within a truly
awful storyline, terrible
voice acting and dated level design.
It's a pretty
awful setup, not helped by some of the worst
voice acting and animation I've had the displeasure of witnessing.
Another problem is that the
voice acting in the game is pretty
awful, with massive gaps in between sentences; the awkward and annoying dialogue is made infuriating and leaving players just wanting to skip the Shatner - worthy delivery.