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Tales of Graces |OT| Gracing the PS3 with the Best RPG Combat
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ZombiePlatypus
Member
Well that sounds completely tolerable. I'm still so freaking amazed how unreal the releases these few upcoming months are gonna be for RPG fans.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Bahahahaha.
I ended up thinking that the voicework in ARF wasn't too too too bad towards the end. Not Chaos Wars-calibre. But I do think it's incredibly unfortunate how that game was treated (vanille translation, some terms not translated, lacklustre VA) because I really liked it.
How long the Childhood Arc is.
Speaking of Graces, interesting that Asbel is pronounced with a voiced alveolar fricative as opposed to the voiceless alveolar fricative in English. I pronounced it the latter way. :O
dakkumauji
Member
I spent a bunch of time in the Childhood Arc just trying to max out the titles there. I mean, now I realize that I could have waited to unlock the stronger difficulties to gain more SP, but that was an option.
The voices aren't bad. Sophie definitively got the flat character voice down.
Seven Force
Banned
The voices sound okay to me.
Sophie's voice ain't half bad, I approve. And I swear I'm not the YouTube comment asking to hear Cheria pinky promise.
What is this meme I see.
Xenoblade coming up oh man. Can't wait!
I really enjoyed ARF. The battle system and everything were pretty above average for a JRPG and I'm a bit bitter that Xseed didn't get to localize the game as orignally planned. I got use to the voices near the end as well, but those first few hours dear god.
theres still a chance that the Asian versions will have one, though a very very slim chance...
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I ended up maxing out the childhood titles too. Maxing the titles is really addictive in this game.
I unlocked all of the difficulties in (this is pretty early on in the game, but I'll tag it nonetheless)
Baronia Castle
Yeah, I like the English dub I heard in that video. But I usually like the VAs in the games that 8-4 localizes, so it isn't a surprise that I like 'em so far. Hope Pascal sounds okay.
Definitely. The battle system and the Tetris/Lumines system for weapon development were really fun. I loved how weapons were handled in that game. I'd like to go to the alternate universe where XSEED continued to localize the game like originally planned, but oh well... We get to have a Jerry Seinfeld soundalike in the game, so that's ok.Typae said:
I really want to hear Cheria's voice (both child and adult) too.
I don't understand how you could not think the voices in ARF are terrible. I mean, people are incredibly over-critical of English VA, and it has been fantastic on average for many years, but ARF is just what.
As for Asbel's name, it's pronounced the same way I say it. Victory.
Oh, and I absolutely think Sophie's voice is nailed.
Even star ocean 4? D:
Well, I don't think 8-4 had any input whatsoever on voices in SO4. I remember both John and Aokage saying that they were on a really tight leash with that game.
When they get much more freedom, like with Tales, Nier and BKO, they do amaazing work.
Spirit Icana
Member
Yep, that's Cassandra playing Sophie.
Party at my place folks!
Party at my place folks!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oh, I thought they were pretty awful for the first half of the game, though I didn't equate them with Chaos Wars-esque voicework. They were still pretty bad during the second half but I noticed that the voice actors generally grew into their roles as I played through it, but they still weren't that great. They're still bad, but they weren't "I want to plug my ears and turn the voicework off like in Chaos Wars" awful. Edit: You know, reading that back, it almost seems like Stockholm Syndrome since it was the only thing I had to deal with throughout playing the entire game and postgame.
As for Asbel, it's just a very very small thing so it doesn't really matter. I kinda guessed that they'd go for the voiced fricative over the voiceless fricative for simplicity.
Edit: What Aeana said. I don't think 8-4 had a ton of input on the casting there.
Mattakuevan
Member
Laura would make a good Pascal or adult Cheria.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Nononononononoooooooo. All I will think of will be this now.
I like Laura Bailey, but Sonic Generations/Sonic Free Riders and the bulk of games she's been in recently ruined her voice somewhat for me.
Spirit Icana
Member
Oh boy, I just knew that was gonna happen. Not that I don't like her, I've just heard her play unlikable characters too much so I'm always reminded of them when I hear her.
I'll get over it, I hope.
Edit: I feel your pain, Dark Schala.
Seven Force
Banned
I really need to check out a video of Arc Rise Fantasia one of these days. Horrific voice acting fascinates me for some weird reason.
Oh goddammit, I could have gone without seeing that Omochao video. >.>
Oh goddammit, I could have gone without seeing that Omochao video. >.>
Mattakuevan
Member
Oh boy, I just knew that was gonna happen. Not that I don't like her, I've just heard her play unlikable characters too much so I'm always reminded of them when I hear her.
I'll get over it, I hope.
Edit: I feel your pain, Dark Schala.
Watching Full Metal Alchemist again helps me get over her bad roles.
BlackIronCount
Member
so only asian and NA version released this month?
it is quite funny that europe has to wait, wasn't france getting first look of the english screen in japan expo tales event?
it is quite funny that europe has to wait, wasn't france getting first look of the english screen in japan expo tales event?
Heard of the latter name, but never heard of her.
Phil/Lil in Rugrats, Cooke in Lost Odyssey.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Better yet, play the game because it's actually good.
And hey... I don't know what's worse: "I THINK THAT'S A HOMING SHOT"/"BE CAREFUL SONIC" or listening to Omochao tell you exactly what to do during battles/levels during pokecapn's LP of Generations. -_-
Apparently she voices Richard as a child according to her wiki?Aeana said:
And Kath Soucie is in everything. All of her voices blend together since she seems to do the Phil/Lil voice for a lot of things...
We've gotta tell ourselves that it's only going to be for 1-2 hours.Spirit Icana said:Oh boy, I just knew that was gonna happen. Not that I don't like her, I've just heard her play unlikable characters too much so I'm always reminded of them when I hear her.
I'll get over it, I hope.
Edit: I feel your pain, Dark Schala.
Mattakuevan
Member
I hope she never gets work again.
Mr. Bubble
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zygDzAkothQ
This video seems to be the go-to example for ARF's voices.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Seriously! To think, Xenoblade could have been another great RPG brought to us by Namco (since they owned majority of Monolith before they let Nintendo buy it up.) Considering how lukewarm they are with their Tales games though, I'm not surprised they let it go. Not that I care since we're getting both games one way or another. \(^ ^)/
Man, that stuff's amazing. I quit the English version about 2 hours in and then got the Japanese version instead.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I love how all of that's taken from, like, the first 1-3 hours of the game. The VA for those characters are pretty awful.
To be fair, I think Leslie's and Rastan's voices aren't bad. Rastan is probably the best voice in that game. Cecille's voice is... passable.
I watched some videos from later in the game and I'm not really hearing enough of an improvement.
Seven Force
Banned
It is? I don't think I've ever heard anything about the game's quality outside of the voice acting, come to think of it.Better yet, play the game because it's actually good.
Oh, now I have to get this.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
As I said, it's likely that I got used to the voices over time and ended up giving them a free pass.
With that said, I don't think they're exceedingly amazing. They're still pretty bad. They just aren't as awful as Chaos Wars' voicework, imo.
Yeah, the 'game' part of the game is pretty good. I enjoyed it quite a bit despite the vanilla translation.
Well, nothing is.
Don't make me take your tengaio away
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
An entire game where JYB and Wendee Lee are the only voice actors?
An entire game where JYB and Wendee Lee are the only voice actors?
Would still be dramatically better than Chaos Wars.
Spirit Icana
Member
Since she's playing the child, I'm thinking she'll be playing the older Cheria too. Good thing I haven't played ToS 2 recently. I'd be burned out on Marta by now.
Edit: Eh, I think I'm being too hard on Laura. Maybe I'll like Cheria better than Marta.
Ah, yeah, it seems you're right. That's really dumb that Amazon lists more expensive prices as the main price over their own.
But still, I doubt Abyss will still be in stock around Christmas this year when I might actually be able to play it.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Don't get me wrong. I like Laura Bailey. I just... uh, I can't help but to think of the more irritating characters she's voiced in the past few years like Omochao or Welch. I liked her as Marta, but that was at a time when I didn't hear her in a lot of stuff. I really liked her performance in Nier, but that's probably because it was different from her usual stuff.
I like using Cheria in battle manually a lot (and thus will hear her voice a lot). Problem is, I might hear 'Omochao' instead of 'Cheria'.
Severely underrated because of its lacklustre localization, imo. The battle system is great, and spell/hi-ougi synchronization is fun, and the weapon system is awesome. I had lots of fun with that game; so much so that I wanted to play it on days that weren't part of the weekend. Even postgame is fun.
It's too bad that costumes weren't visible on the in-game models.
Black Republican
Member
sorry if this was asked but how does this rank to other tales series? high? low? in the middle?
Only ones ive played is Eternia (EU PSP version), Phantasia & Vesperia, loved them all
Only ones ive played is Eternia (EU PSP version), Phantasia & Vesperia, loved them all
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
No. It's on its own level. Rofl.
I hate Bailey, I hate Bosch and ARF was really really fun if it was voiced properly. Okay, maybe hate is a strong word. I'm just sick of it.
Spirit Icana
Member
Marta was the first time I ever heard Laura. I thought the voice was fine, I just wish my first impression with Mrs. Bailey was with another character, though Marta grew on me by the end of the game.
I like Laura Bailey too. I can't really nail down what it is that's bothering me so much about her though, so I'll put it this way: I would've preferred someone else played Cheria.
But we'll get used to it right? We've endured ARF, so this shouldn't be a problem. Besides, Laura is a pretty good voice actress.