In the middle of watching it, the issue I have and it is mine... I'll never have a team like that and to be honest I don't think I can do that at that level. Those guys are pro's at least they are to me onlooking.
That's a common fear a lot of new DM's and players have. Or they say, "I wish my table was as good as those guys!" Have you played D&D before? I remember that's how I felt before I started playing. Which is okay because they are great and you want to live up to the best out there right? but those guys are pro's. You can't expect to dunk if you can't even dribble. They voice act for a living, Matt Mercer, the GM, has been voice acting and running D&D games for decades, that's probably why Larian asked him for help showing of their new feature in DOS2.
But let me tell you and anyone else that is worried about those things! You don't need voice actors or die hard roleplayers for you to have fun.
I just recently started DMing a D&D starter edition, LMoP (Lost Mines of Phandelver) with my family and close friends and they love it. We've been playing a few months now and they've really grown into it. My wife, who never watched Lord of the Rings, didn't even know how to say "Mage" or anything (she has no role playing or fantasy interest at all) is probably the best one at the table. She just nails her neutral halfling rogue spot on because she has no idea what shes doing, so she just does what she thinks is fun and interesting without doing a thick Scottish accent or anything. Basically when you have no humility and focus on having fun, it brings the best out in you, and everyone else's character by doing so, its contagious.
Although this project was just announced and it is still in alpha, I can see there are a lot of advantages to roleplaying through a video game like DOS2 than using a warmap and minatures and mostly imagination like D&D. So you can use the visual tools, and amazing looking DM tools to tell your story and interact with your players to help them along, which is the advantage of playing through a video game. You don't even need to voice act or do anything special, because its already through an amazing game that the players can interact with while you are behind the curtain.
For example, when I played DOS before the voice acting was introduced in the enhanced edition, the 2 guards you meet at the bridge in the start, they were memorable characters to me. They were drunk, one was giving the other one a hard time, Bibius! They think you're orcs because they are so wasted, and you can either follow them or attack them. Its a good example of choices. But with the GM tools you can even add other things that only the players will come up with, which is really cool to me. Anyway, there was no drunken slur or voice acting preformed, but its still a funny yet great example of a good quest to introduce the Orc storyline a bit, and most players that have fun, will remember things like that.
I'm rambling but I don't think you or anyone should set themselves up to fail or reach such high standards and expectations. Especially when you need to find your own group on the internets. If you are interested in being a DM, first focus on a good campaign/ story, and the good players will come. Have fun, and the memorable moments will happen. Like "goober" the pig and the dwarf summoning him to help him in the final battle from Matt's Twitch stream.. My advice would be learn more about D&D and what it takes to be a dungeon master. Then when you have the tools in DOS2 on top of it, it'll probably feel like a gift.
Anyone new to role playing or DMing, I would have to suggest to check out Matt Mercers youtube channel where he goes over GM tips. Its more towards tabletop gaming, but a lot of it still applies to any role playing. Also Matthew Colville has a great channel for new DMs.
