I have a certain attachment to atrocious video game voice acting, so I'm ashamed of myself for bypassing the exceptionally bad chatter in O3's Chaos Wars until something like ten minutes ago. There has never been anything quite this bad in the realm of voice acting, and if God truly loves His Creation, there never will be again.
Oh sure, we can groan over "Jill Sandwich" and "WHAT AM I FIGHTING 4RRRRRRRR?????" (note the Pee-Wee Herman scream at the very end.) But even Resident Evil and Mega Man X4 had excuses: it was 1998 (or somewhere thereabouts), voice acting in video games was a Brave New World, and, more often than not, the "English" voice actors were actually Japanese people with a moderate grasp on English. If I were to offer a Japanese voice-over for an American-made game, we'd end up with a character whose commentary on the flaming destruction of his hometown wouldn't go far beyond, "Kawaii desu! Baka neko! Boku no Sexual Harassment!"
Chaos War has no excuse. It was produced in 2006 for the Playstation 2. And though my sinking gut wishes otherwise, its voice actors are clearly native English speakers. For this, someone needs to be pushed up against the wall and beaten with a yaoi paddle.
That YouTube link is only the beginning. Audio Atrocities features a delightful gallery of Chaos War-related torment. We must always remember, so this will never happen again.
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