shenmue voice acting is beautiful because it is so truly insane that it basically vibrates on the same level of abstraction as pixel art. like despite being actual voices it's still like "this is the idea of what a voice would sound like."

[watching gameplay of a AAA video game in the year 2026 C.E.]: why are all the characters speaking out loud with voice acting? is this some kind of gimmick like gex or duke nukem or something?

every day all of us are constantly wondering "what is joshie bibbowski's fiance dan like?" and what are the character dynamics like between joshie and bibbo's identical brother "professor bibbowski?" but the warner bros are too busy telling us stories about randos like "batman" or whoever