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Tales of Graces |OT| Gracing the PS3 with the Best RPG Combat
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Disgaeamad
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I will say that Sophie's voice is spot on, and that Laura Bailey's got Cheria down pretty well from those videos.
Never before have I seen someone with an opinion that's this opposite of mine, since I consider P4 to be pretty much the best dub I've heard while most other dubs are average or just pish.
Never before have I seen someone with an opinion that's this opposite of mine, since I consider P4 to be pretty much the best dub I've heard while most other dubs are average or just pish.
Best dub for console JRPGs I've seen this generation of Vesperia. They pretty much nailed that cast. Worst I've seen is ARF.
I'm going with Steve Staley for Hubert (Jiro from Blue Dragon, Fayt from SO3) and people are saying David Vincent for Richard, although I'm not too familiar with his work.
Preach brother. Vesperia was fantastic. Not a sore spot to be seen, least not among the main cast and most major supporting players. Not to mention it was my first exposure to Troy Baker. Though I do like FFXIII as well.
And while I'm sure to get hazed for this, P4 was pretty great save for Chie (she was merely okay at best, really stilted at worst) and at times, Yukiko.
Wait? David Vincent? OMG!!!!! Haku-men and Jin Kisaragi. This game just got win.
I don't know why, P4's dub is fantastic. Atlus USA has consistently put out incredible dubs, particularly in DDS2 (one of the best) and Trauma Team.
Disgaeamad
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I wouldn't say that the story's "poor", just that people had high expectations after what Vesperia did. It's a nice story overall with a few kinda cringeworthy parts, but nothing exceptionally bad. And the main area the music suffers in is the regular battle themes, of which the only one I found really great was the final one of the main story. There's some great boss and town themes to make up for that though!
Here I reveal that I think Vesperia's dub is awful and doesn't do the characters justice whatsoever.
BassForever
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Loving all the English voices, obviously I wish we had a good capture cause it distorts the audio a little but everyone sounds how I imagined they would.
Oh man, Trauma Center games have fantastic dubs.
You didn't like the P4 cast? I liked Rise more than her Japanese counterpart, same for Kanji, Teddie, Igor, and Adachi. Yosuke and Yukiko are equal to their Japanese counterparts. Chie is meh, I agree on that part. The only one that I actively prefer the Japanese voice to is Naoto because it's obvious from the start that Naoto's
a girl in the dub just because of her voice.
I meant for hating on Chie lol. I think she was definitely the weakest link. Yukiko was better but still had weak spots.
Chie grew on me. I think. That or I started skipping her dialogue. I honestly can't remember and she's my least favorite part of Persona 4 :x
Mattakuevan
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Dear lord, This is probably one of the best dub casts in recent memory. I'm going to love this game.
David Vincent is extremely talented and I think fits Richard perfectly. Like... toooo perfect.
Yeah and that's what a lot of people tell me too. Different strokes for different folks though I suppose. P4 for me was like the dark spot on their record for me, and it was a game that I just immensely enjoyed playing in Japanese waaaay more. They just didn't feel like the characters they were playing.
Also, with the Vesperia love in here: I totally agree. I liked that dub, and it helped that Troy Baker was Yuri.
I immensely prefer Rie Kugimiya, but i've been a fan of her VA-work for a while, so I guess there's no big surprise why I liked her Rise more. The other ones, I can see how people would think that, not that I agree, but I totally understand where you're coming from.
New Screens Here, hence my Vengeant Fangs wtf:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...73117440.99788.171035032926046&type=1&theater
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...73117440.99788.171035032926046&type=1&theater
Disgaeamad
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Oh wow. I'm kind of excited. How did Namco do so good with this?
Gush Stroke?
Rofl. It's all I can say.
Any way to post the screens here? Or at least some of them if there are a lot.
I'm at work and the website is blocked.
Usually Schala does it but.... clearly not on. So... unless someone else wants to do it, rofl.
LiquidMetal14
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Any way to post the screens here? Or at least some of them if there are a lot.
I'm at work and the website is blocked.
Hot linking them sure. I don't really want to see anything before I actually play the game. I saw enough when it was first announced for PS3 in Japan.
ActStriker
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Disgaeamad
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Haha oh god I didn't even notice that the first time.
The best way to gain levels, really.
Dedication Through Light
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I cant wait to hear the victory screen banter between the characters, that has always been a nice touch in the tales games.
Me too! One of my favorite things of Tales games. <3
Disgaeamad
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Even worse since that's how they pronounce it in the Japanese version. But my brain ended up being programmed to somehow always read it as 教官 halfway through the game since that's pretty much what everyone calls him.
I personally found that Graces' banter varied from great to hysterical, so look forward to some good stuff.
I'm glad to hear this. I love good victory banter, so hopefully my opinion falls in line with your own.
I'll probably put a preorder in for this today, even though it's out Tuesday. Just want to make certain I get a copy.
Thing is, I didn't really like Vesperia's story either. It wasn't entirely bad but the useless technobabble was really getting on my nerves in the last part of the game (and that's coming from a FFXIII fan.)
I think what hindered my enjoyment of the story was the "make two steps -> cutscene -> get control of the character again for 1 screen -> cutscene" approach that made it hard to get immersed in either the cutscene or the gameplay.
But then again the gameplay systems, characters, and music were so great in Vesperia that I still enjoyed the game very much. Some of the town themes were really beautiful too. I hope Graces can deliver in those areas.
Dead Prince
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Is everything voiced in this game ?
goldlion054
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I'm getting more and more excited for this game. I'm all in this time around. My grades may take a nosedive towards the end of the semester, but I'm ok with that. And if this sells well enough, maybe.... just maybe, we can get Tales of Xillia over here. I will cry tears with so much passion and joy if thats the case
I don't know about that, what with Namco's tendency to go DC's on all their games these days. We just might end up having to wait until a DC is out and then we see localization! /bitter
Anyway, four more days! And I wish more JRPGs had a childhood arc for a couple of hours. Time skips always make me feel giddy.
Picking this up with Dead Souls on Tuesday. I hope this game surprises me a bit. I feel like I know what to expect. I know the battle system is going to be cool, but I hope the characters don't become too annoying or anything like that. I hope the story has some nice twists to it...lol who am I kidding. I'm sure this game will end with some elemental quest just like every other Tales games. Still, looking forward to play this. =)
If it's like Vesperia and Dawn of the New World....
All Major (main-plot) cutscenes are voiced.
All skits are voiced. (They confirmed this is one of the first gameplay vids shown.)
Major sidequests will be voiced.
Minor sidequests may not be voiced.
Random town NPCs are not voiced.
Disgaeamad
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The majority of it is. All of the main plot scenes and the like are voiced as far as I remember, and there's even a bunch of voiced sub-events and sidequests.
Well in terms of gameplay it's sure not to disappoint. The battle system is just way too addictive, sidestepping everywhere and dodging enemies while reaping CC bonuses to unleash a bunch of attacks makes for a lot of fun. The characters aren't as well written as they are in Vesperia, but they're still a fun and likeable bunch.
goldlion054
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I want to believe
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Same. English Pascal does a good job, I prefer JP Pascal over English Pascal.
This. I love Atlus's dubs.
When I was pre-med, a lot of the students used to play the Trauma games for--and I don't know why--surgery practice (though there are machines that do surgery now and they're controlled by the the doctors, so I guess it works...). They really "loved how the actors did the voices", so win-win.
I was in the lab aaaaaaaaaalllllllllll daaaaaaaayyyyy. Sorry.
Say, what're the odds of them putting up a trailer on launch day so that I have to redo the co-op trailer and code to fit the launch trailer in? Oh, and you forgot to embed the link in the co-op trailer. Sent you a PM with the code in it.