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[Ishida]

1. Xenoblade voice acting is more embarrassing than this is easily

And characters just WON'T SHUT UP during battles. After the 30th time I heard that stupid and cringe worthy "Reyn time" line, I really got tired of the voices.

 

[Prompto]

Prompto sounds a lot better than expected. Ignis is alright. Not feeling the other two though, especially Noctis.

 

[UrbanRats]

Noctis is the weirdest one. He sounds too old

The big guy's voice sounded too muted at times, like the audio balance was off.

I think Prompto and Ignis sounded okay, other than /baath/

That said, I find that voices almost always sound better with context and proper music than they do in trailers.

I think they directly dubbed the trailer, so these are probably place holder deliveries.

I know they do it a lot with movies here, so (as much as i hate dubbing in general) the trailer ends up being dubbed always worse than the actual movie, for time constraints reasons.

 

[Valus]

I guess FFX/FFXII VA choices were just dumb luck. Ah well.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Xenoblade has fantastic VA.

Agreed, I loved the VA in Xenoblade. It also had dual audio for those who were not a fan of the English cast.

Then again, I don't think the XIII series voice acting was as bad as some claim on here either. I'm not saying it was great or anything, but I've heard far worse.

 

[wmlk]

Prompto sounds a lot better than expected. Ignis is alright. Not feeling the other two though, especially Noctis.

Noctis us a prince. This tone works surprisingly well IMO.

 

[Sami+]

And I'm saying you can't judge overall quality of direction or acting based on a trailer. The dialogue was likely recorded just for the trailer. It even says at the beginning that it's an unfinished production.

Ok? Is there something wrong with judging what's been shown?

I don't see anyone saying that the voice acting in the entire game sounds bad, just that this trailer is bad. Which it is.

 

[Muskieratboi]

Agreed, I loved the VA in Xenoblade. It also had dual audio for those who were not a fan of the English cast.

I'm Feeling it!

 

[Pyramidbread]

Prompto almost sounds like James Arnold Taylor (Tidus)

 

[King_Richard]

Holy shit. Its finally happening. They're localizing for other regions, so surely Winter 2015 release date?

 

[Holykael1]

Noctis sounds too manly(I guess old works better) lol, it's weird maybe I'm just used to the JPN voices at this point but I don't think it fits the character design.

 

[Pachimari]

Gladiolus should have had Noctis' voice. And Noctis should have had the light-hearted one.

 

[Manu]

I think they directly dubbed the trailer, so these are probably place holder deliveries.

They definitely did this. You can feel the music become more muted and lower quality every time they speak.

 

[Zafir]

Not really feeling glasses guy and Noctis' voices...

1. Xenoblade voice acting is more embarrassing than this is easily

What? Xenoblades voice acting was fine. It's as if you've never heard many english accents before.

 

[todd360]

Holy shit. Its finally happening. They're localizing for other regions, so surely Winter 2015 release date?

Lol

 

[Mr Git]

For what it's worth, I'm guessing these lines were just recorded for this trailer rather than the dialog taken from the finished recordings. It happened with XIII; the voice acting in the final game was a lot better than some of the early English trailers.

Well, opinions and stuff I suppose, but gonna have to disagree there. Just re-watched the first English XIII trailers and they're just as horrendous as the final game was. Personally I found the voice acting in 13 to be worse than 10, and that is definitely saying something. It's probably me, though - opinion on P4G dub VA seems unanimously in favour, whereas I had to turn it off as it made my ears vomit. Although I didn't mind XII that much, it's a shame SE can't be consistent.

 

[Alienous]

Why don't people like Sasuke's voice? I thought it was pretty good.

 

[Kagari]

Holy shit. Its finally happening. They're localizing for other regions, so surely Winter 2015 release date?

haha no.
The demo will be dubbed though.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Also I don't think the direction was the only issue. Some of the talent had no ability to do voice acting.

They had Troy Baker in that and even he couldn't save that script. ._.

 

[kewlmyc]

Aww, I was hoping Noctis would be voiced by Yuri Lowenthal so we could never hear the end of the Sasuke comparisons.

 

[jackal27]

And characters just WON'T SHUT UP during battles. After the 30th time I heard that stupid and cringe worthy "Reyn time" line, I really got tired of the voices.

I can't say I'm with you on this. I was really feeling it.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

I just want this game to somewhat live up to what we've been expecting all of these years... PLEASE BE GOOD!
I miss old Square...

 

[MegaSackman]

Yeah, I already hate the blonde character...

The others are fine.

 

[SaintGalgo]

...judging by this trailer, I think the voices are fine. It's just the dialogue that is dumb. It'll probably be just like the XIII trilogy, then.

I guess FFX/FFXII VA choices were just dumb luck. Ah well.

Huh. I thought that the FFX english voices were terrible.

 

[JuanLatino]

Winter 2015 Japan
March 2016 NA/Europe

My guess

 

[dramatis]

Alexander Smith won't respond regarding him working on the game.

He's probably not working on the game. He was never an official SE employee to begin with, and he's been working on other things for a very long time. Since 12, he's only worked on Tactics Ogre for SE most likely because Matsuno requested him specifically.

 

[Asd202]

I just want this game to somewhat live up to what we've been expecting all of these years... PLEASE BE GOOD!
I miss old Square...

Old Square is long dead SE is an entirely different beast. Accept it.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

They had Troy Baker in that and even he couldn't save that script. ._.

Yep, pretty much this. Bad script writing and directing can have a huge impact on acting. Just look at Star Wars ep. I-III.

 

[Shyakugaun]

In b4 omg enrish sucks japanas supierors lol

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I guess FFX/FFXII VA choices were just dumb luck. Ah well.

I really disliked the FFX dub. A lot.

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

It's better than what I expected. I'm ok with this.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Winter 2015 Japan
March 2016 NA/Europe

My guess

I think later. some time 2016 for Japan. I don't see it coming next year anywhere. Tabata even said it'll probably come out later than most are expecting.

I really disliked the FFX dub. A lot.

Yep, FFX's voice acting was horrendous.

 

[Stereogatari]

They better have Japanese voice options on there.

IIRC they confirmed it for Type 0?

 

[iLoveVN]

Aww, I'm not a fan of their English voices :-x I hope that we will be able to choose Japanese voices over English ones.

 

[Kagari]

They better have Japanese voice options on there.

IIRC they confirmed it for Type 0?

Yeah Type-0 has it. Thankfully, cause the dub there is bad too.

 

[Valus]

...judging by this trailer, I think the voices are fine. It's just the dialogue that is dumb. It'll probably be just like the XIII trilogy, then.



Huh. I thought that the FFX english voices were terrible.

I really disliked the FFX dub. A lot.

They were mostly spot on imo. Only Yuna's was meh for me.

 

[Ishida]

I can't say I'm with you on this. I was really feeling it.

Oh, I know people liked it. My main issue is definitely Reyn and the repetitive lines. Hearing the "Did you see what I did, Sharla!?" time and time again was very tiresome to me.

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

They were mostly spot on imo. Only Yuna's was meh for me.

Tidus was extremely awful. Auron was great.

 

[Geg]

Huh. I thought that the FFX english voices were terrible.

I really disliked the FFX dub. A lot.

Eh, imo the only voice acting in X that was legitimately bad was Yuna's. Everyone else was fine, even Tidus.

Tidus was extremely awful. Auron was great.

Tidus's was fine when you realize his Japanese voice was almost equally as annoying. That's just what his character was

 

[JuanLatino]

I think later. some time 2016 for Japan. I don't see it coming next year anywhere. Tabata even said it'll probably come out later than most are expecting.



Yep, FFX's voice acting was horrendous.

oh yeah i remember him saying that..Welp.
I hope its not Winter 2016 in Japan (because of the christmas bussiness)


Summer 2016 Worldwide Release.

 

[Sciortino]

This is not coming out anywhere in 2015. No chance. This is coming earliest to Japan by mid 2016. All they've shown is the same area over and over again and that says something. Square usually says that VOs begin during the end of development but they mentioned that the demo will be ENG dubbed as well so this is the reason why english dubs are already here.

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Sounds absolutely awful. The main characters all sound like dude-bros. Oh well, I had hopes...

Maybe it will bless us with dual audio.

I still can't get over the retarded IRL looking car in a universe with as weird of flying aircraft as FFXV. This all just smells bad to me. FF Type-0 HD still holds my interest at least.

How the hell do they all sound dude-bro? Only the big guy sounds dude-bro. Some people just throw random words on gaf regardless if it makes sense or not.

Solid VA. Ending lines were weird and funny (unintentional). The OST is brilliant.

 

[Valus]

Tidus was extremely awful. Auron was great.

Tidus was fine. People bring up his laughing scene as an example of why he's bad. But it fits perfectly in context. It was supposed to be obnoxious. He did a good job.

Eh, imo the only voice acting in X that was legitimately bad was Yuna's. Everyone else was fine, even Tidus.

Agreed!

 

[wmlk]

"This can't be for real." Had avlyt the worst delivery ever. That surely ruined it for a lot of people.

They went ala FFX and tried to match the Japanese lip movements for this video it seems. They dubbed over this trailer for sure.

I'm optimistic. I need to hear it some more.

 

[Stereogatari]

Yeah Type-0 has it. Thankfully, cause the dub there is bad too.

Thanks. Hopefully Type-0 sets a precedent then, but it's never clear with these guys.

 

[Shredderi]

Weird to finally hear this. Hopefully we'll hear Noctis yell frantically "WHERE IS SHE" at some point. A Little batman-ish voice for him. Not what I expected.

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

Old Square is long dead SE is an entirely different beast. Accept it.

Oh, I have. Doesn't make me miss them less though. I want JRPG's in general to be as great as they once were - If this does well both critically and in sales, there's hope for yet another golden era of JRPG's, and if it bombs, well... That's that.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

oh yeah i remember him saying that..Welp.
I hope its not Winter 2016 in Japan (because of the christmas bussiness)


Summer 2016 Worldwide Release.

Yeah, I'm personally expecting something like Spring 2016 Japan and then Fall 2016 NA/EU, a repeat of how it was for FFXII only 10 years later. Hopefully no later because we've all waited long enough.

 

[wmlk]

Gladio.

Seriously. It sounds like he's played by Troy or Matthew Mercer.

Sounds like Mercer.

 

[hipsterpants]

need to see more than a dubbed over trailer. also maybe it was just my speakers but it seems they didn't bother doing anything about the music volume in comparison to the voices so they were kind of difficult to hear.