So we all have our own preferences when it comes to the language we use when dealing with the game. Unfortunately I can't have multiple polls per thread so I'll be relying on replies to find out the other details I am curious about; so please do remember to reply!
First off, of course, which language do you use and why?
Also, assuming it's not your native language, then do you have any difficulty understanding it and therefore rely on reading the dialogue?
And finally, given that there are a number of players who use Japanese while not being able to speak the language; I am curious if there are any out there who chose that option while not being a fan of Japanese works, such as anime - as seems to be the case with many peoples' reasoning.
For me, when I was handed over control of my character during the Gridanian tutorial, the very first thing I did was play with the settings and when I stumbled across the different audio options, I immediately changed it to Japanese.
Now, I am part of the group whom are influenced by having watched anime in the past(hardly ever these days) but while that garnered my interest in listening to the language as opposed to dubs in a general sense, I feel that my interest in it is completely irrelevant to the fact. Certain games like FFXIV just seem to work only with Japanese for me. I don't know if it's because english voice actors are so much poorer in quality outside of mainstream titles or anything else but it simply never works and just makes me cringe pretty seriously. Everyone tends to sound old with very unfitting voices and/or just don't come off as remotely believable for the little I have heard from trailers and the like. I haven't heard german or french languages to be fair but I might give them a try today out of curiosity and to see how much, if any, comes down to the fact I can't pick up on poorer quality acting from a language I cannot understand.
(Also, I know that some people simply don't feel comfortable listening to a language that they can't understand so I can comprehend that much to an extent(although not entirely since you're forced to read over the dialogue anyways to know when to click on!))
And as a final note, please mind your replies and remember that everyone posting has their own opinions. Let's not get worked up over something so trivial!
Anyways, thank you for reading and, hopefully, participating ^^
First off, of course, which language do you use and why?
Also, assuming it's not your native language, then do you have any difficulty understanding it and therefore rely on reading the dialogue?
And finally, given that there are a number of players who use Japanese while not being able to speak the language; I am curious if there are any out there who chose that option while not being a fan of Japanese works, such as anime - as seems to be the case with many peoples' reasoning.
For me, when I was handed over control of my character during the Gridanian tutorial, the very first thing I did was play with the settings and when I stumbled across the different audio options, I immediately changed it to Japanese.
Now, I am part of the group whom are influenced by having watched anime in the past(hardly ever these days) but while that garnered my interest in listening to the language as opposed to dubs in a general sense, I feel that my interest in it is completely irrelevant to the fact. Certain games like FFXIV just seem to work only with Japanese for me. I don't know if it's because english voice actors are so much poorer in quality outside of mainstream titles or anything else but it simply never works and just makes me cringe pretty seriously. Everyone tends to sound old with very unfitting voices and/or just don't come off as remotely believable for the little I have heard from trailers and the like. I haven't heard german or french languages to be fair but I might give them a try today out of curiosity and to see how much, if any, comes down to the fact I can't pick up on poorer quality acting from a language I cannot understand.
(Also, I know that some people simply don't feel comfortable listening to a language that they can't understand so I can comprehend that much to an extent(although not entirely since you're forced to read over the dialogue anyways to know when to click on!))
And as a final note, please mind your replies and remember that everyone posting has their own opinions. Let's not get worked up over something so trivial!
Anyways, thank you for reading and, hopefully, participating ^^
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
