12-10-2004, 11:59 PM
Well, the German voice acting isn't bad, it's just different. For a U.S. resident with no German knowledge, it can style-wise probably best described as typical British theatre actors performing a Shakespeare piece. It's not that theatrical/artificial, let alone that professional, but it has the distinctive theatre voice acting touch to it. The U.S. voice acting, on the other hand, sounds much less artifical and more involved like that of a Hollywood movie. It's certainly a matter of taste, but for games, which should immerse you as deep as possible, I personally prefer the U.S. voice acting over the theatrical one. The artificial, stylized component in the German voice acting is probably the reason why many people find it so funny - it just doesn't quite fit a (computer) game :)
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays." -- Friedrich von Schiller