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RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Val - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.You mean they got rid of Freeman AND asses?
Unsubbing.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Tobias Nightbringer - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.
Who is his voice actor now? Never played 1.0 so had no idea. Dat Alucard voice! All of the swooning xD
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Faye - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:04 PM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote:(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.
Who is his voice actor now? Never played 1.0 so had no idea. Dat Alucard voice! All of the swooning xD
I looked up Thancred cutscenes from 1.0 and.... hnnnggh. It's T. Axelrod now.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Cato - 09-27-2013
I'd love to see Lena Headey do some voice acting for FFXIV. She's utterly brilliant as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and her voice work in Dishonored was great as well.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Val - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:29 PM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I'd love to see Lena Headey do some voice acting for FFXIV. She's utterly brilliant as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and her voice work in Dishonored was great as well.
Oh god. She was SO good in Dishonored. I didn't expect it out of her, honestly.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Tobias Nightbringer - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:33 PM)Val Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:29 PM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I'd love to see Lena Headey do some voice acting for FFXIV. She's utterly brilliant as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and her voice work in Dishonored was great as well.
Oh god. She was SO good in Dishonored. I didn't expect it out of her, honestly.
What voice did she do in Dishonored? I never played the game but I know the major characters at least. Though I don't watch Game of Thrones (I know, heresy) I would assume the level of acting behind the mic would be as good as in front of the camera.
(09-27-2013, 07:07 PM)Faye Wrote: I looked up Thancred cutscenes from 1.0 and.... hnnnggh. It's T. Axelrod now.
LOL, when I read the "It's T. Axelrod now." I imagined you saying it with a very flat 'meh' sounding tone after being all giddy about Thancred 1.0 xD
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - LiadansWhisper - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.
Okay...okay...
I am so upset now.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Cato - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:49 PM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:33 PM)Val Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:29 PM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I'd love to see Lena Headey do some voice acting for FFXIV. She's utterly brilliant as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and her voice work in Dishonored was great as well.
Oh god. She was SO good in Dishonored. I didn't expect it out of her, honestly.
What voice did she do in Dishonored? I never played the game but I know the major characters at least. Though I don't watch Game of Thrones (I know, heresy) I would assume the level of acting behind the mic would be as good as in front of the camera.
Callista Curnow.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Swift Nightclaw - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 01:08 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:30 AM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I think a lot of people just have unrealistic standards when it comes to voice acting, especially since very few games - let alone MMO's - have managed to pull it off flawlessly.
Nope. Â Sorry. Â Not agreeing with this.
I guess I've just been spoiled by WoW (which blows my mind).
Let's do some comparisons, shall we? Â This is the voice of Lorewalker Cho, an integral character to the Mists of Pandaria expansion. Â Tell me this isn't an amazing voice actor?
Not really fair to throw Lorewalker Cho into the mix. That's like...cheating.
Lorewalker Cho is freaking JIM CUMMINGS!
Monterey Jack from Rescue Rangers.
Don Karnage and Louie from Tale Spin.
Winnie the Pooh, Tigger.
Darkwing Duck himself!
The voice of Ed in Lion King (so eloquent in that role, yes? haha)
Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog
FREAKIN' SHREDDER IN TMNT!!!
Lorewalker Cho doesn't get to enter the comparison circuit. Jim is too awesome.
Unless a game has Peter Cullen and Kevin Conroy as well.
Blizzard heavily improved the voice acting in Mists of Pandaria by going to the actual actor's guild and pulling professional voice actors in for it.
The voice acting for Final Fantasy XIV in English? Ehhhhh, not so great. I mean, I do like some of them, but others not so much.
The Ul'dahn sultana is one of my favorites. Raubahn is hit or miss. His voice acting at Cartenau is pretty bad. The lack of inflection from Ken-E-Senna doesn't bother me, actually. She's not exactly entirely normal human, so perhaps that's common for her to speak in an unusual way to us.
It's not bad enough for me to cringe, but like someone else said, it's generally either okay or underwhelming.
What drives me nuts is how so many characters have some quasi-British but not British accent. Not the accent themselves, but....every person? Uldahn royalty lalafell, hyur, miqote...all same general accent? Disappointing, really.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - LiadansWhisper - 09-27-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:07 PM)Faye Wrote:(09-27-2013, 07:04 PM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote:(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.
Who is his voice actor now? Never played 1.0 so had no idea. Dat Alucard voice! All of the swooning xD
I looked up Thancred cutscenes from 1.0 and.... hnnnggh. It's T. Axelrod now.
Some...dude...
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Tobias Nightbringer - 09-27-2013
xD Who knows, this might be his breakout role! He's only done real minor things thus far. Was in FMA and Hellsing apparently.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - K'dath - 09-28-2013
(09-27-2013, 06:50 PM)Faye Wrote: I just looked it up, and Thancred was voiced by Crispin Freeman in 1.0... Why did they change his voice actor!? O, cruel fate! Time to go cry and swoon.
 . . .
/throws entire computer desk out the window
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Lament - 09-28-2013
(09-27-2013, 07:41 AM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote: Unfortunately, I do agree that MMOs, for whatever reason, tend to be lower on the scale of VO acting in comparison to single player or even multiplayer (that is not on the MMO scale). So not sure if the ones that are less than par just have not refined their skills enough yet or they just do not care enough to bring quality to their work.
That's easy. The problem's the budget. Voice acting is expensive, and not every localization company wants to dish out the $$$ to pay for good VAs. For locally made MMOs, you have a better chance at finding good voice acting (e.g. WoW, GW2).
FFXIV really has no excuse, but Kingdom Hearts aside (and even then only the Disney cameos and the protagonists), SE doesn't really have much of a history of caring about the quality of localized voice acting.
What really gets me about the voice acting in FFXIV is Urianger (aka Balthier in FFXII, Fenris in Dragon Age 2, a bunch of Sylvari in GW2 etc) - we know this guy, we know he can do better, and even he sounds uninspired and wooden. Doesn't sound like most of them were trying. ):
But look at it from the bright side: at least it's not Ragnarok Online 2.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Cato - 09-28-2013
A lot of the voice acting that is deemed 'wooden' may very well be intentional, though - especially when dealing with races that aren't human and thus don't necessarily have to sound like we do. An excellent example of this is Trahearne in Guild Wars 2, who I suppose is infamous due to how many players came to hate him for allegedly stealing the show and having 'bland' voice acting. I found it to be pretty fitting, though - the guy was a scholar forced into becoming a leader. He inspired those under his command through getting results rather than being overly charismatic. I found it to be pretty refreshing.Â
In FFXIV, Kan-E-Senna suffers similar criticism...largely because her tone doesn't change regardless of the situation at hand. This is fairly common when dealing with folk who are wise beyond their years. Those of you lucky enough to have met inspirational figures who are both humble, kind and willing to give advice and aid to those around them will note that they are often soft-spoken and very rarely lose their temper. In that context, Kan-E-Senna's voice doesn't sound all that terrible.
RE: Opinions on the V.O. for This Game - Faye - 09-28-2013
(09-28-2013, 03:23 AM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: A lot of the voice acting that is deemed 'wooden' may very well be intentional, though - especially when dealing with races that aren't human and thus don't necessarily have to sound like we do. An excellent example of this is Trahearne in Guild Wars 2, who I suppose is infamous due to how many players came to hate him for allegedly stealing the show and having 'bland' voice acting. I found it to be pretty fitting, though - the guy was a scholar forced into becoming a leader. He inspired those under his command through getting results rather than being overly charismatic. I found it to be pretty refreshing.Â
In FFXIV, Kan-E-Senna suffers similar criticism...largely because her tone doesn't change regardless of the situation at hand. This is fairly common when dealing with folk who are wise beyond their years. Those of you lucky enough to have met inspirational figures who are both humble, kind and willing to give advice and aid to those around them will note that they are often soft-spoken and very rarely lose their temper. In that context, Kan-E-Senna's voice doesn't sound all that terrible.
I agree with this. I never really found Kan-E-Senna's voice unfitting. It's always the same tone, sure, but that much seemed appropriate with her personality and her position. To me, it was more a sign of her character than one of bad voice acting.