GLaDOS from Portal 1+2: Ellen McClain did such a fantastic job balancing a monotonous robotic tone with human emotions and adding subtle glitches to show not everything was 100% alright. She defined what a female robot voice should sound like for that decade. I saw that Stephen Merchant was mentioned and while his performance was good and Wheatley’s character was hilarious, I think McLain’s performance as GLaDOS was more original and memorable.
Narrator from The Stanley Parable: Kevan Brighting was arguably the protagonist of the game and the player was the annoying mob to him. As the only chacter with dialogue in the entire walking sim game, he had to carry almost the entire game’s story, personality, and charm all through his voice. And it’s honestly so fun how disappointed, annoyed, and exasperated he gets when the player refuses to listen.
Some of my favorites:
Edit: After reviewing my list, it seems like I like offscreen narrators who insult the player. How funny
Ellen McClain did such a good, iconic job that she landed herself a role in Pacific Rim as the computer in Gipsy Danger.
Didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool!
Yeah, Del Toro specifically asked for her in that role.
Also shout-out to wikipedia sources helping me find an article to support my claim.
https://kotaku.com/how-glad0s-is-glad0s-in-pacific-rim-pretty-glad0s-636252650
Oh that’s really funny. Never knew that about Del Toro. He has good taste
The Joker reveal in Arkham City was also some brilliant writing carried through by Hamill’s amazing voice acting: https://youtu.be/GvZTjWpuuKw?t=63
I enjoyed having him follow me around throughout Arkham Knight too.
Getting the animated series actors to voice the Arkham games was a stroke of genius, though.