Narm/Video Games: Difference between revisions

== Series with their own lists ==

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== Others ==

** ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent'' suffers from cheesy, not-really-good voice acting. But the champion of the Narmity on it would be Thetis - not only does he have a ridiculously high-pitched voice, but his defeat-speech sounds exactly like a 10 year old crying over a lost bar of chocolate. It's like [[Avatar: The Abridged Series|Avatar: The Abridged Series' Zuko]], only even more whiny.

*** And there's the translation company's decision on inserting voice acted actions in the dialogue box with the help of asterisks (that is, *laugh* , *gasp* , etc). That isn't TOO ridiculous, until...

*** Speaking of that laugh, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBOhaAIULI here's the Japanese version].

* The cutscene before you fight Lilith in ''Requiem: Avenging Angel''. It's supposed to be giving you important plot information right before a boss fight, but the randomly-placed word-emphasis and the fact that you have to watch the cutscene every time you retry this hard boss fight means it jumps into Narm territory really quick.

** Heck, most of the voice acting in that game qualifies. Malachi's dramatic line, "Judith? Dead? No!" is delivered with an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJi_EIBmeI utterly unconvincing attempt at sounding shocked]. And special mention must go to the scene in which you banish your fellow angel Aaron back to Heaven - as he disappears in a haze of light, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRYjL9g-uw he lets out an orgasmic sigh and lapses into manic giggles].

* In the bloodless version of ''[[No More Heroes]]'' released in Japan and Europe, {{spoiler|Holly Summers}}'s death is made a whoooole lot less emotional. When {{spoiler|she holds the activated grenade in her mouth, the resulting explosion}} still kills her, but instead of a bloody half-corpse you get a full corpse... but with a [[Looney Tunes]]-esque sootface. Ruins the moment a bit and makes Travis's angst less effective.

** However, this is inverted with the final boss defeat cutscene. In the American version, Jeane being sliced up into fun sized pieces and rolling around on the ground completely ruined the drama of the scene. In comparison, the European/Japanese version, in which she is disintegrated, is still ridiculous but fits the tone of the scene more.

** Maybe the most ridiculous moment in the second game was when you kill Skelter Helter, his head gets cut off, flies up in the air, and lands perfectly on his body, leaving his corpse just kinda standing there for a cutscene. Then he starts ''talking''. '''For nearly a minute.''' Then he finally pulls his head back off and dies ''that'' way.

* In the ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic V]]'' expansion, Hammers of Fate, the second campaign ends with a climactic battle against [[Blood Knight|Laszlo]], a corrupt knight who is responsible for the slaughter of thousands of rebels and dwarves. While two of your heroes battle him, another hero, Freyda, {{spoiler|is trying to rescue her father from the prison that Laszlo and the queen (really a demoness in disguise) put him into. As he dies in her arms,}} the god [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Elrath]] speaks directly to Freyda, {{spoiler|giving her the power to reach out and strike down Laszlo in justice-slash-revenge.}} So in this dramatic moment, you'd expect a girl who just {{spoiler|lost her father}} to give a raw throated scream of fury. But there must have been a voice-acting screw up, because the line is delivered like she's having an orgasm. It utterly ruined the drama of the entire scene for this troper, especially when the other characters commented on how she sounded like a banshee.

'''[[Proud Merchant Race|Teladi:]]''' "Lost profitsssssss! Aaaargh!" }}

* The infamous [[FMV]] game ''[[Gundam 0079: The War for Earth]]'' begins, like [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original anime]] its plot is loosely based on, with the "John" <ref>Zeon, but the game predates standardization of English translations for ''Gundam'' works</ref> attack of Side 7. In contrast to the anime's chaotic battleground, ''The War for Earth'' portrays the civilian reaction to the attack on Side 7 as a slow, but orderly, traffic jam.

 

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