Voice acting is essential for cinematic story-driven games, but the good voice acting is even more important. The acting can’t just be good though it needs to match the character, give it life, and bring out the other half of what makes a character memorable. We’re far from the days of the original Resident Evil, but there are still many games with good yet forgettable acting and just plain bad voice acting.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Rift Apart wins out due to the unhuman nature of getting the characters across. Ratchet & Clank has always had great acting since the first game, but this time around each character just nails it perfectly and it feels like a Pixar movie. Each character comes to life in their voice, they show emotion, excitement, anger, and sadness. Emotion is a huge part in voice acting and it can be hard to pull off without sounding fake. Many games this year featured great voice acting so this was a hard one.

Runner-Ups

Deathloop

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Far Cry 6

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Life is Strange: True Colors

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The Medium