Opinions on the V.O. for This Game

[K'dath]

I guess I've just been spoiled by WoW (which blows my mind).

 

Let's do some comparisons, shall we? 

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Here's Wrathion:

 

 

 

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Oh good, someone who's familiar with WoW. Might I query you, do you think Alphinaud also sounds suspiciously like Wrathion as well? I had to look it up at first to make sure they were indeed different actors, but in demeanor and tone they seem annoyingly similar.

 

In fact, nearly all the FF14 voice actors DO have WoW credits under their names. And while WoW does have some beautiful, moving voice actors like the ones you listed, they also have... you know, this...

 

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[LiadansWhisper]

I guess I've just been spoiled by WoW (which blows my mind).

 

Let's do some comparisons, shall we? 

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Here's Wrathion:

 

 

 

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Oh good, someone who's familiar with WoW. Might I query you, do you think Alphinaud also sounds suspiciously like Wrathion as well? I had to look it up at first to make sure they were indeed different actors, but in demeanor and tone they seem annoyingly similar.

 

In fact, nearly all the FF14 voice actors DO have WoW credits under their names. And while WoW does have some beautiful, moving voice actors like the ones you listed, they also have... you know, this...

 

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I have no kind words for Cataclysm.

 

For anything about Cataclysm.

 

Worst expansion ever.  Hate it.  Hate it.  Hate it.  :evil::evil::evil:

[Val]

It's pretty hit or miss, in my opinion. Most of the major characters have great voice acting, but the acting for some of the less important characters in some of the cutscenes is... sometimes rather laughable.

 

All of this, pretty much. As I played through the game, sometimes I thought it was pretty good.

 

...And sometimes, well. Sometimes it just made me shake my head and skip the cutscene entirely.

[LiadansWhisper]

As I mentioned earlier WoW's voice acting has been pretty hit and miss. Aside from relying far too heavily on Chris Metzen to voice important lore figures a lot of the female characters end up sounding like they're on the set of an adult movie. FFXIV's voice acting isn't terrible. There's some good stuff, such as Livia sas Junius whilst other characters are voiced in a mediocre manner. I'm sure it'll improve in the future, especially since it's effectively a brand new game at this point.

 

Like I said, there was some really good voice acting.  I still like the leaders' voices, and I still like Hydaelyn (though I know several people really dislike all of those).  I liked Alphinaud and his sister.

 

I just thought some of the voice acting was unintentionally hilarious.

 

And yes, Thancred's voice didn't fit the way I had pictured it (given the character model).

[Val]

Like I said, there was some really good voice acting.  I still like the leaders' voices, and I still like Hydaelyn (though I know several people really dislike all of those).  I liked Alphinaud and his sister.

 

I just thought some of the voice acting was unintentionally hilarious.

 

And yes, Thancred's voice didn't fit the way I had pictured it (given the character model).

 

 

....Yeah, Thancred's voice just didn't fit the model at all to me. Every time he spoke, it threw me off.

[K'dath]

 

I have no kind words for Cataclysm.

 

For anything about Cataclysm.

 

Worst expansion ever.  Hate it.  Hate it.  Hate it.  :evil::evil::evil:

Oh... I liked Cata.

 

The big problem with it I think was that it simply wasn't polished, which there are some decent, legitimate reasons for. You know, like half the production team just up and leaving to go do Guild Wars. It had plenty of potential, but everything falls just sort of good, leaving you with so much mediocre it's disheartening.

 

Except Dragon Soul. That was the worst thing to ever happen. Ever. Whoever okayed production on that is worse than Hitler...fusioned with Stalin all DBZ style... and then put his mega awful fusion brains into the body of a shark. With robot legs.

 

And for people who have never done it, with how ridiculous that creature I described above is? Dragon Soul is that ridiculous. And it's a cornerstone of canon in an extremely serious story.

[Tobias Nightbringer]

My next inquiry is this:

 

Was the actual ACTING the bad part?

 

Or the accent/dialect they tried to use? 

 

Or both?

 

From what I have read thus far, most people have had a problem with the actual acting bit.

[SessionZero]

Minfillia makes me want to drill my ears out.

[Val]

My next inquiry is this:

 

Was the actual ACTING the bad part?

 

Or the accent/dialect they tried to use? 

 

Or both?

 

From what I have read thus far, most people have had a problem with the actual acting bit.

 

Definitely the acting. The accents/dialects aren't great, but they aren't horrid. All in all, I'd say it feels like I'm playing a medium-grade PS2 game again when it comes to the acting.

 

..Granted, I know that a lot of the PS2 games were MUCH more horrid than this.

[Tobias Nightbringer]

Oops, sorry, now THIS is definitely the best piece of voice acting in the history of EVEEEEERRR 

 

 

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[Val]

Oops, sorry, now THIS is definitely the best piece of voice acting in the history of EVEEEEERRR 

 

 

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I see your bad RPG and raise you,

 

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[K'dath]

Oops, sorry, now THIS is definitely the best piece of voice acting in the history of EVEEEEERRR 

 

 

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I don't know if I love you or hate you for showing that to me. My brain is reeling from that...that... is that a lisp? Did they just like, borrow someone's ultra-fabulous nephew?

[Tobias Nightbringer]

I see your bad RPG and raise you,

 

 

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Sides...hurt...so much...AHAHAHA xDDD

 

46 ~ I didn't choose the thug life, homie! The thug life chose me!

41 ~ You silly goooooooose *limp hand*

 

I hope to gods that my friends, co-workers, agent, ANYONE would run into the sound booth and slap me if I ever sounded that bad and was an actual professional

 

X'chail - It's...gods I don't even know WHAT that is! Maybe?! Like maybe he was thinking of two things to do at the end but neither idea fully formed and then BAM! "Arctic blast!"

[K'dath]

I hope to gods that my friends, co-workers, agent, ANYONE would run into the sound booth and slap me if I ever sounded that bad and was an actual professional

 

 

I wouldn't slap you. Because that's a terribly unprofessional thing to do! I would just leer at you disappointingly, and let the crushing burden of my disapproval provide you with the angst you need to overcome in order to save the world from inevitable fiery doom... or just, you know, not put a damn H in the word blast.

[Tobias Nightbringer]

I wouldn't slap you. Because that's a terribly unprofessional thing to do! I would just leer at you disappointingly, and let the crushing burden of my disapproval provide you with the angst you need to overcome in order to save the world from inevitable fiery doom... or just, you know, not put a damn H in the word blast.

 

Ahahah, the adventures in the sound booth. Angst for inspiration! The motto for any Bishojo Animuuu  

 

And clearly we just can't bear that guys arctic blahhst. It's too powerful!

[YesGood]

Like I said, there was some really good voice acting.  I still like the leaders' voices, and I still like Hydaelyn (though I know several people really dislike all of those).  I liked Alphinaud and his sister.

 

I just thought some of the voice acting was unintentionally hilarious.

 

And yes, Thancred's voice didn't fit the way I had pictured it (given the character model).

 

 

....Yeah, Thancred's voice just didn't fit the model at all to me. Every time he spoke, it threw me off.

 

I was too busy squealing over him to notice what he sounded like. I was all "HEY I KNOW YOOOU! YOU SAVED ME LAST TIME!"  Mmmm.... Thancred....

 

I would -love- his voice, actually, if it belonged to a different, maybe older looking character. Pretty sure Minfilia's voice makes my pants fall off though, so it's all okay.

[Faye]

My next inquiry is this:

 

Was the actual ACTING the bad part?

 

Or the accent/dialect they tried to use? 

 

Or both?

 

From what I have read thus far, most people have had a problem with the actual acting bit.

 

The acting. Some of the accents/dialects weren't great, but it's the acting that's really bad. A lot of the voices have been overacted, and some sound like they're just reading plainly from a sheet of lines.

 

Like I said, there was some really good voice acting.  I still like the leaders' voices, and I still like Hydaelyn (though I know several people really dislike all of those).  I liked Alphinaud and his sister.

 

I just thought some of the voice acting was unintentionally hilarious.

 

And yes, Thancred's voice didn't fit the way I had pictured it (given the character model).

 

 

....Yeah, Thancred's voice just didn't fit the model at all to me. Every time he spoke, it threw me off.

 

I was too busy squealing over him to notice what he sounded like. I was all "HEY I KNOW YOOOU! YOU SAVED ME LAST TIME!"  Mmmm.... Thancred....

 

I would -love- his voice, actually, if it belonged to a different, maybe older looking character. Pretty sure Minfilia's voice makes my pants fall off though, so it's all okay.

 

What? Thancred has a voice? I'm sorry, I was too busy staring at his beautiful face to notice.

[Dravus]

 

I have no kind words for Cataclysm.

 

For anything about Cataclysm.

 

Worst expansion ever.  Hate it.  Hate it.  Hate it.  :evil::evil::evil:

Oh... I liked Cata.

 

The big problem with it I think was that it simply wasn't polished, which there are some decent, legitimate reasons for. You know, like half the production team just up and leaving to go do Guild Wars. It had plenty of potential, but everything falls just sort of good, leaving you with so much mediocre it's disheartening.

 

Except Dragon Soul. That was the worst thing to ever happen. Ever. Whoever okayed production on that is worse than Hitler...fusioned with Stalin all DBZ style... and then put his mega awful fusion brains into the body of a shark. With robot legs.

 

And for people who have never done it, with how ridiculous that creature I described above is? Dragon Soul is that ridiculous. And it's a cornerstone of canon in an extremely serious story.

 

Cataclysm was a complete and utter joke and was a giant wake up call for me to realise that the current Blizzard is no longer the same Blizzard that I came to adore as a gamer. I just can't understand how they thought it would be a good idea to completely remove large portions of content in favour of eliminating the original charm of many zones, especially when idiotic gimmicks and joke quest chains emerged in abundance.

 

Vashj'ir was brilliant though and a very unique experience. Yet Ul'dum - a zone I'd been anticipating and speculating about for years became one giant pop culture reference with a bit of serious lore mixed in. Gilneas was incredible and yet the worgen - and anything to do with Gilneas as a whole - ended up being forced into obscurity in a manner similar to the draenei. When playable races go without anything in the way of major lore updates for years at a time then I figured it was time to jump ship.

 

As for Thancred, I agree that his voice doesn't fit him. It's a very nice voice, mind you - his character model is just too 'twinky' by comparison to how he sounds. I'm not surprised, though - the majority of male miqo'te and midlander faces look pretty feminine and/or 'twinky'. It's one of the reasons as to why I chose to play as a Highlander and ended up designing one inspired by Gabranth, Basch and Vossler of Final Fantasy XII.

[Tobias Nightbringer]

 

 

My next inquiry is this:

 

Was the actual ACTING the bad part?

 

Or the accent/dialect they tried to use? 

 

Or both?

 

From what I have read thus far, most people have had a problem with the actual acting bit.

 

 

 

The acting. Some of the accents/dialects weren't great, but it's the acting that's really bad. A lot of the voices have been overacted, and some sound like they're just reading plainly from a sheet of lines.

 

 

 

I was too busy squealing over him to notice what he sounded like. I was all "HEY I KNOW YOOOU! YOU SAVED ME LAST TIME!"  Mmmm.... Thancred....

 

I would -love- his voice, actually, if it belonged to a different, maybe older looking character. Pretty sure Minfilia's voice makes my pants fall off though, so it's all okay.

 

What? Thancred has a voice? I'm sorry, I was too busy staring at his beautiful face to notice.

 

Yeah, I get the feeling they are portraying like a ye' Olde English or maybe Medieval? Or...maybe...Tolkien-esque fantasy? Okay now I am just confusing myself >.>

 

And uhh...I'll just leave this...right here...

 

 

Yeah....

[Faye]

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.

[Val]

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.

[Tobias Nightbringer]

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

[Faye]

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

 

I looked up Thancred cutscenes from 1.0 and.... hnnnggh. It's T. Axelrod now.

[Dravus]

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.

[Val]

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.