Nice trailer - Terrible voice acting tho

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Originally Posted by Synthesis

as title said, voice acting made the trailer a funny movie :o Trailer is a nice tho ! .)

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I thought the same thing, It needed a deeper voice IMO.

Embarrassing voice acting. Just embarrassing. Not a way to kick this thing off, SE. Y'know this kind of thing makes it harder for me to sell the concept of this game to my friends when I have to show them this kind of thing, which I've had to disclaimer with "btw, ignore the ridiculously lame narrator."

Climactic /facepalm Moment: When this douche of a voice actor says "Until now..." I swear he wasn't saying it with a straight face.

This isn't to say that the presentation and flow of the CG itself wasn't utterly amazing and exciting... this amateur douche voice actor just ruins the feel. Change it SE, before you embarrass yourselves further. Will be re-watching the trailer on mute until then.

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Originally Posted by Eclipse

All strong and smart businesses take consumer reporting into account. No you cannot make everyone happy but at least getting an idea of what the general public or the gaming population appreciates is important, especially in the case of XIV during this very important stage.

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And also especially when the voiceover is so universally slammed.

>_>;
It's just a voice actor.
I find it silly that people's like or dislike of narration has anything to do with the actual product's success or quality.

We are talking about a CGI video with narration, not the actual game.

I mean; look at SWTOR. All they ever did was fantastic CGI.

I think we better be worried about the quality of the game we hope to be playing soon, not the apparent boyish sound of a narrator. I thought he sounded fine, an interesting voice rather than the typical overly boomy introduction narrator for action movies.

Get over it people, I just hope the actual game doesn't suck.

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Originally Posted by SirOleas

>_>;
It's just a voice actor.
I find it silly that people's like or dislike of narration has anything to do with the actual product's success or quality.

We are talking about a CGI video with narration, not the actual game.

I mean; look at SWTOR. All they ever did was fantastic CGI.

I think we better be worried about the quality of the game we hope to be playing soon, not the apparent boyish sound of a narrator. I thought he sounded fine, an interesting voice rather than the typical overly boomy introduction narrator for action movies.

Get over it people, I just hope the actual game doesn't suck.

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I agree, However there goal is to catch the eyes of Newcomers and people who left. Though I don't really think "for a sneak peak on whats to come" isn't going to be the same as the Opening CGI.. I am still an awe of the Trailer, and I can;t wait for more.

For those that say " need In-game Footage.. We have Screenshots of In-game gameplay.. and I am 99.9% sure will see gameplay at Gamescom at the very latest.. =).

I thought VA was alright not the greatest, but he certainly wasn't bad he was trying his hardest to be dark and gloomy, and in some parts got my pulled into the CGI..

I do AGREE however, in Gamescom.. whatever Voice acting they have to show... Needs to be at least good.. so that it can catch the ears and eyes of the consumer.. that's what SE is after. If you get people to talk about your product, and seems interested.. then they are set to go.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

I thought it was fine to me, Got me excited and chills. Just me though

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If the trailer had only fart noises it would excite you.

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Originally Posted by Scherwiz

If the trailer had only fart noises it would excite you.

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um... no sorry it wouldn't get a hold of yourself.

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Originally Posted by Starlord

I agree, However there goal is to catch the eyes of Newcomers and people who left. Though I don't really think "for a sneak peak on whats to come" isn't going to be the same as the Opening CGI.. I am still an awe of the Trailer, and I can;t wait for more.

For those that say " need In-game Footage.. We have Screenshots of In-game gameplay.. and I am 99.9% sure will see gameplay at Gamescom at the very latest.. =).

I thought VA was alright not the greatest, but he certainly wasn't bad he was trying his hardest to be dark and gloomy, and in some parts got my pulled into the CGI..

I do AGREE however, in Gamescom.. whatever Voice acting they have to show... Needs to be at least good.. so that it can catch the ears and eyes of the consumer.. that's what SE is after. If you get people to talk about your product, and seems interested.. then they are set to go.

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Fair enough. Can't really argue with the fact that so many people dislike the narrators voice; and if that's the reason people don't play (no matter how stupid that is) I guess that would suck.

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Originally Posted by SirOleas

>_>;
It's just a voice actor.
I find it silly that people's like or dislike of narration has anything to do with the actual product's success or quality.

We are talking about a CGI video with narration, not the actual game.

I mean; look at SWTOR. All they ever did was fantastic CGI.

I think we better be worried about the quality of the game we hope to be playing soon, not the apparent boyish sound of a narrator. I thought he sounded fine, an interesting voice rather than the typical overly boomy introduction narrator for action movies.

Get over it people, I just hope the actual game doesn't suck.

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What people on this forum are trying to say is that we all obviously want the game to succeed. This is a very critical time for SE, and things need to be polished and well-presented. If this trailer came out during a time where FFXIV was already successful and accepted, then whatever, everyone would know the game rocked anyway... but ppl outside of this forum that don't already play FFXIV (or that have left) pretty much look at the game as an epic fail, and this trailer's voiceover may perpetuate that idea. Thus reflecting negatively on SE's part to release a product solely based on new leadership.

You, me, and everyone on this forum can easily overlook this. But the people out there (SE's target audience) may only rag on it, which is what I'm worried about. On a marketing scale, SE should listen to its community, realize the VO is lame and change it before anybody else notices.

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Originally Posted by SirOleas

Fair enough. Can't really argue with the fact that so many people dislike the narrators voice; and if that's the reason people don't play (no matter how stupid that is) I guess that would suck.

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Yes exactly, How stupid it maybe to not play because of "1" voice... can cost this game... that's why they need to nail it at Gamescom. ( even if its all gameplay and no VA) that would do just fine.. people just wanna see how the game is.. the goal is to get people to play their game.