The priest sounded human as well to me. Guess it’s not a big deal for me.
When it gets grating, I swap the voices to a different language. I can't guage how good a VA is if I don't understand the language, but I do loathe playing in Japanese. The VA work is usually okay, but Ga Bu was like a bucket of cold water in English.
Adults doing the voice work for children is usually not a good choice.
https://i.imgur.com/VAeA885.jpeg
Honestly, when I was about to hear Kobold's voices, I was expecting them to sound on the same way like this. For all the flaws in English ARR's voices, the kobold impression was more in line with what kobold sound overall.
But all in all, except for Eden's Promise voices, pretty much most of voices were underwhelming in English. And I'm not one for switiching to Japanese voices because, while corny and over the top voicing does work better in most Japanese animations, it feels out of place in most dialogues in FFXIV.
ga bu is my rat son how dare you
The voice was cringe, like how some early dubs where it's a grown woman trying to sound like a little boy but it sounds like she's "mockingly impersonating" a fat kid. I get COVID made things difficult, but the voice director could have done a little better. The Mord guys were better.
They surprised me with how they sounded.
However, I thought they were adorable!
I honestly expected their voices to be more raspy due to living mostly underground and being near those pools of whatever it is there in Outer La Noscea. It was a bit off-putting and didn't really fit what I figured they would sound like.