[Feedback] Wuk Lamat's English Voice

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Originally Posted by Fortecael

What do you mean it didn't sound amateurish ? Bro, cartoons from 20-30-40-50 years ago have better voice acting, in english or other languages. If you get a radio chances are very high you can come across channels that features actual actors doing audio dramas that sound thousands of times better and you tell me this is not amateurish lmao.

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Well, yeah! Like I do not think it is the best voice acting in the game, but it hardly sounds like an amateur voicing for the first time. But hay, that's just my own opinion though! ^_^

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Originally Posted by Oizen

some of the lines felt like it was a white person trying to sound Brazilian.

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Oh, trust me -it doesn't just "feel like it". It's literally what it is.

Okay, let's think this through. You're SE. You've casted a trans woman as the voice of a main character. You hear some complaining about the voice. Some obviously transphobic, some don't like Americans, some just don't like the voice. What do you do?

A: Drop the voice actress, please the angry people and bring an unknown amount of controversy on an entire expansion because you just fired a trans woman.

B: Support the voice actress, anger the angry people and avoid the controversy for the expansion.

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

Okay, let's think this through. You're SE. You've casted a trans woman as the voice of a main character. You hear some complaining about the voice. Some obviously transphobic, some don't like Americans, some just don't like the voice. What do you do?

A: Drop the voice actress, please the angry people and bring an unknown amount of controversy on an entire expansion because you just fired a trans woman.

B: Support the voice actress, anger the angry people and avoid the controversy for the expansion.

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I pick C : Work on the accent, or drop it altogether, and put some practice in. Nobody's asking for anyone to be fired here. It's feedback, and feedback is used to enhance a performance. That's like saying "People complained about Eureka - ergo, it's either keep Eureka forever, or delete it entirely, instead of just...perfecting it a bit more and making Bozja.

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

Okay, let's think this through. You're SE. You've casted a trans woman as the voice of a main character. You hear some complaining about the voice. Some obviously transphobic, some don't like Americans, some just don't like the voice. What do you do?

A: Drop the voice actress, please the angry people and bring an unknown amount of controversy on an entire expansion because you just fired a trans woman.

B: Support the voice actress, anger the angry people and avoid the controversy for the expansion.

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I mean yeah, it's too late to change course. SE NA made their bed and now they have to lie in it.

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Originally Posted by SwadTheFrog

I pick C : Work on the accent, or drop it altogether, and put some practice in. Nobody's asking for anyone to be fired here. It's feedback, and feedback is used to enhance a performance. That's like saying "People complained about Eureka - ergo, it's either keep Eureka forever, or delete it entirely, instead of just...perfecting it a bit more and making Bozja.

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I'm asking for them to fire her, hire someone else; or let me swap her voice to Japanese while having the rest of the cast be English.

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Originally Posted by Karious

I'm asking for them to fire her, hire someone else; or let me swap her voice to Japanese while having the rest of the cast be English.

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That's fair, but I can't see that happening, ergo at least hoping there'll be some actual improvement without the comically racist accent. Would just love the option to change the language for that one character otherwise, though.

I'm gonna second this. I don't care about the whys and wherefores, but the voice really doesn't work for me. I think the performance is frankly considerably subpar, and it makes it hard to enjoy the character. The inconsistency is grating, to add to the consternation.

I think her voice was great. Energetic, and fun. Kind of reminded me of Sasha and Hange from Attack on Titan.



Honestly if I were to criticize any of the English VA's this patch it would be G'raha's. He sounded kind of bored and checked out this patch.

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Originally Posted by Karious

I'm asking for them to fire her, hire someone else; or let me swap her voice to Japanese while having the rest of the cast be English.

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No.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Wuk Lamat's VA is great and, while yeah her accent does seem a bit forced, it is also explained in-universe that her skill in talking in "Eorzean Common" isn't the greatest. I imagine as we progress through Dawntrail, she will get better and more confident. Or we start learning Turali to make it easier for her.

If you genuinely can't see any other way beyond "Fire them, they aren't good enough for ME." then go to JPN voice and never leave. Because thankfully the VAs don't have to be checked with the playerbase. A playerbase that is often at its own throat for the dumbest of reasons..