I don't hate this. I'm genuinely surprised how good it looks in first-person. Maybe it was some weird prototype/conceptual idea? Makes me wish the whole game was like that, even if it's mostly the novelty of seeing it like that. It's a fun scene but I kind of wish it was a bigger part of the plot, like with the dream visitor or something, instead of a goofy easter egg. I felt like I'd really dislike it but it's neat.
I... not so much. She is the only character whose VO I found questionable. Not it terms acctresses performance (she actually doesn't a fantastic job in the few story beats Karlach gets at the end of the game) - it just the voice doesn't seem fit the character. Why does a massive hulk of a tiefling sound like a halfdrunk brit girl in a pub? It is as if they hired Nick Frost to do his Shaun of the Dead shtick to voice Conan the Barbarian.
I believe the VA did an interview a few weeks back mentioning that she was hired to do a tougher, grimmer voice (that's presumably fit with the old 'Cool Karlach' face) but that it was difficult on her vocal cords and between that and her natural energy, it resulted in big changes to Karlach's character. The infernal engine was also a very late development, so late that she didn't know what it was or looked like.
