(03-30-2015, 04:19 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: When it comes to voice acting I honestly feel this is what it comes down to a lot of the time. The fact that people still cite "bad acting" as a reason to switch from the EN voices tells me that a lot of people don't have a single clue what "bad acting" actually entails, and are just reacting on their gut intuition and trying to explain it after the fact.bad voice acting = not sounding natural, or not sounding the way they're trying to sound
~weird paragraph about how this all relates to america and the man and games dev or something~
Of course, saying "I just don't like it", while accurate, can also make you look dumb or at least inarticulate, so I can understand why folks are reluctant to use it. Criticizing things inaccurately just to avoid that, however, strikes me as even worse in many regards. At least in the former case you're being honest.
I have not yet heard a single instance of "bad acting" (and I mean things like someone obviously reading lines from a sheet, or failing to deliver properly, and so on), and am still puzzled every time someone trots out that same line.
i doubt anyone's so afraid of sounding dumb or inarticulate or whatever that they'd simply make things up to disguise their peeve with voice acting in a video game (outside the usual minority that need to be acknowledged as internet mensans by complete strangers they will never meet)
in the case of the ffxiv english voice acting, this is actually pretty noticeable if you listen to the accents on some of the characters (minfilia and cid spring to mind). to me, they sound fake as hell. i had this gripe with some of the sylvari voice acting in GW2 as well - it sounds like americans trying to sound like brits. the line delivery/overall tone of voice also feels significantly off, too - which is to say it doesn't follow how people actually talk.
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