Auron_Kale
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It's basically a real-life simulator, only set in Japan and you're a high school student...and lots of pop music.
In other words: it's a great game that's tons of fun.
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Persona 4 Golden |OT| Love is the only gold.
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It's basically a real-life simulator, only set in Japan and you're a high school student...and lots of pop music.
In other words: it's a great game that's tons of fun.
I know. That doesn't mean someone can't think she sounds better than the ps2 VA. I happen to think that...
lmao link?
Mighta just got unlucky. I only got close to death when he did regular "Attack" right after the Rakunda -> Multitarget physical attack (can't remember name).
I dunno though :O
As you can probably imagine, I was one of the people complaining about it like there was no tomorrow.
I'm still not entirely happy with his Arena performance, but it's a heck of a lot better than that trailer let on.
His Golden performance is actually really good though. Feels like it's as close to Wittenberg as can be without actually being Wittenberg.
http://gematsu.com/2012/05/atlus-comments-on-persona-4-arena-voice-cast
buddha0991
Member
I dont get the hype for the gold edition, seems way overpriced
Dantis, he sounds mostly fine, but do an enemy scan. Some of those lines are frighteningly off...
Dantis, he sounds mostly fine, but do an enemy scan. Some of those lines are frighteningly off...
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
Banned
I never said one couldn't think that. But there are many, many people that don't like it at all and think it's inferior. Does it make it a bad game? Not at all, but for many, it doesn't make it nearly as good as what it could have been had they used the original voice actors.
I don't either. Bought the game off of PSN and have no regrets.
robotzombie
Member
So there is no comprehensive guide for this version of the game? If I follow a regular P4 guide, what will I be missing? What other things should I look out for throughout the main game?
It's gonna be rare and limited. Ppl are already charging $100+ ;__;
Where does it say 700+ on there? Also it's probably abandoned/cancelled pre-orders
Yeah, some of his lines are off, but most of the ones I loved in P4 are strong enough for me to laugh out loud here. "Nice work, huh? That's what happens when you guys leave me here alone and I get bored!"
Just finish the Marie S Link and you'll see everything outside of whatever S Links you miss.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
I bought Solid Gold and the digital download. Feels good.
I wasn't ecstatic about him in Arena, but it was acceptable. Golden is close to perfect. He misses here or there and sometimes gives a different, but perfectly fine, read on a line, but overall he's great in Golden.
I guess we'll agree to disagree. I'll just say this: If the P4G actress had done the original, and the old VA had done P4G, we'd be hearing a lot of the SAME people complaining about how the game is worse off for it lol
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
Banned
Of course. It has nothing to do with the VA herself more than it does a new VA changing the personality and character that a original VA set in place.
It's part of the problem with a game like P4 having such a cult following. Any change is going to be met with huge resistance.
Maybe. Imma go grind since imma big under leveled any way.
That's actually what I want this for too. But they are charging the same price of the Solid Gold edition for just the pouch online o__o I'd rather get the solid gold
EscapingJail
Member
Got my copy today. Can't wait to go crazy with it!
A lot of folks complaining aren't admitting this (that the problem is in their heads ^_^) and instead complaining that the VA is horrible or changes the character in any way (she's not and she doesn't)
This is true and I guess it's a good problem to have for a niche game maker
lolez2matt
Member
I finally got it!!!!
It looks so beautiful and nicely done.
<3
It looks so beautiful and nicely done.
<3
NewEgg? ;__;
A lot of folks complaining aren't admitting this (that the problem is in their heads) and instead complaining that the VA is horrible.
I do think the VA is horrible.
I think if it had been the original VA, I just wouldn't have liked Chie as much, and would have still disliked her when the other VA was implemented in Golden.
SerArthurDayne
Member
Revisionist history is fun. I say we would have far fewer Chie a avatars and fan boys if the new voice was the original, and therefore less people to upset.
lolez2matt
Member
Wish I could use online stores like you guys.
It´s a local store here in Chile. New egg is off my limits
Wish I could use online stores like you guys.
It´s a local store here in Chile. New egg is off my limits
Aw ok
cheersTried putting 999 in the cart. Left me with 711 and a warning.
Can do the same on amazon.
I doubt that. What if the game had no VA? Wouldn't Chie still be a fan favorite? The dialogue and actions make the character not the voice!
Click add to cart.
Then in quantity, type in 999.
It will tell you that there aren't that many in stock and it adjusts it to how many are actually in stock.
I just did it and there are 699 left now. lol
Priceisrightwinningsound.wav
Thats funny because she IS tomboyish.
The other Chie sounded like a 35 years old woman than an actual schoolgirl who's into kung-fu movies.
Chie's new voice seems to channel Shin Chan at times, which I find really...not pleasant. And that's funny, 'cause Shin Chan is voiced by Rise's voice actress.
Erin Fitzgerald isn't a poor voice actress. I loved her in Catherine. I just don't like her take on Chie. If Golden had been my first exposure to Persona 4, I probably wouldn't have gravitated to her as my favorite character as I did initially.
The whole "Oh, Tracey Rooney didn't sound like a high schooler" thing never really made sense to me. It's probably because I don't know what high schoolers sound like anymore, but none of the other characters gave me a specific "young person vibe." The kids barely act like high schoolers anyway, since they're off solving murders, saving the world, and not smoking pot.
Erin Fitzgerald isn't a poor voice actress. I loved her in Catherine. I just don't like her take on Chie. If Golden had been my first exposure to Persona 4, I probably wouldn't have gravitated to her as my favorite character as I did initially.
The whole "Oh, Tracey Rooney didn't sound like a high schooler" thing never really made sense to me. It's probably because I don't know what high schoolers sound like anymore, but none of the other characters gave me a specific "young person vibe." The kids barely act like high schoolers anyway, since they're off solving murders, saving the world, and not smoking pot.
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
Banned
The only thing in their heads is the way Chie's character was established for her American voice in the original P4.
If they are complaining that the VA is horrible in emulating the performance of the original Chie and changes the perspective that fans originally had for Chie, then they are right. If they are complaining that she's just naturally bad as a VA, then they are wrong.
While I don't think the new VA is bad at all, mainly because I'm one of the few who like it better, you're going too far the other way. Of course the voice is as important, if not more than the dialogue in establishing a character's personality. Line delivery makes a huge difference in how you perceive a character's personality.
Nope. Part of what's great about the silent protagonist is it allows you to define yourself as the character. To change that would make it a much less immersive experience for me. I don't mind the protagonist having a voice in side media, but let me define his personality in the game.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Yeah I think so too. On a side note, IIRC, the Rank 9 and 10 were not voiced in the original version of the game - they are voiced in P4G and I got some kind of illusory correlation or w/e when I heard voices in them.
Auron_Kale
Member
I guess I've never really taken RPG immersion seriously. I never give the characters my actual name and I like to watch the story unfold instead of trying to imagine myself in it.
Even if they want folks to really "role play", I'd like to have the responses voiced like in Mass Effect. That works well IMO. Especially when all the other characters are talking. Mute characters jest seem goofy in 2012
The Grim Heaper
Member
Kyo, I got my Newegg copy today. You should probably expect it.
darkjedi187
Member
Seems we did the same thing. Except mine is going to BB
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
Banned
I don't want hero VO, but I wouldn't mind the VO if it was the hero saying the option I chose the hero to say.
I disagree. For role playing, I still don't see Shepard as "me" in the Mass Effect series like I do in the persona games. He still has voiced dialogue that I don't get to determine. Hearing the protagonist giver a different read on a line than I read it also breaks that.
I guess we play different as I always name persona protagonists after myself, haha.
Auron_Kale
Member
I always give my MC a unique name so that the immersion for me is really high. But yeah, I kinda do wish that JYB was voicing the answers I pick, it'd be even better for the immersion.
So only if they do the "Mass Effect" style dialogue tree with actual voiced lines, then I'd be okay so long as it doesn't sound lifeless... I want some snark and stuff.
I disagree, at least when it comes to me. Looking at her past (teenage girl) performances, I find all the ones I've heard her voice to be rather annoying. Her Chie is just bad for a lot of the story scenes, due to how she over emphasizes all her lines.
As I stated before, she is fine as Quark though. Seems she is just bad (to my ears) as teenage girls.
Not going to happen. Meguro (Who directed the P2 remakes) was considering giving Maya a voice in EP, but decided that MegaTen protags should always be silent.
No, she isn't. She has a couple of traits that aren't feminine but is overall still a very feminine character.