lack of voice acting killing game

You really should read more of the quest dialogue. There are some really funny/interesting lines hidden in there.

For example, Goldsmith quest last night, a Mammet told me to respect his authority ^^

It's not killing the game.

100% Disgaree with OP statement. I switched mine to JP and I love the voice acting and I think the amount they have is perfectly fine. I am sure more will be added in as they add in new story line quests and expansions, so I am happy.

I dislike that it is inconsistent. Else I can do without or with it, just that when you get voice one scene and the following you don't, it makes me wonder if I need to do a system scan and see if the files are broken.

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Originally Posted by stodanko

it is not that hard to add voice acting. i got a big suggestion if you think paying people to do the voice acting is expensive. HOLD A CONTEST. pay them nothing but a subscription and you will have plenty of people to do the voice overs.nothing like doing the 1 quest that even gets voice overs and bam in the middle of them talking they stop and force you to read the dialog instead...horrible. you could even use a voice synthesizer to tweak those voices into more. i would gladly read dialog for you to implement in the game as voice overs.as i told you in phase 3 beta . no one will read the dialog. they end up skipping the wonderful cut-scenes you added to the game. without out voice you basically shot yourself in the foot.

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Reading is so hard, I really struggled to finish the opening post.

Final Fantasy = Reading

Where I too am confused about where it will be, I never depend on it to be there and feel as if the localized VO falls flat when it is available.

I kinda like it. I can make a little dude sound like the cookie monster and a Kitty person sound like mickey mouse. its awesome!

No...it really isn't, maybe for you it is in which case the usual remedy applies.....

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Originally Posted by C-croft

My issue is that I know the voice overs are not working correctly. A good example that I have not had a chance to write a bug report about and honestly forgot to, is during the crystal's call youtube vid, we get to hear Amal'jaa speak to Ifrit, but in game no voices. Then Ifrit scene when he says he wants to eat our souls, no voices. I just need to remember to file the bug report.

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You're right. No voices in this cutscene in my game but the same cutscene was voiced in the trailer.

FINAL FANTASY XIV "CRYSTAL'S CALL" Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHnxfrvgdqw [1:07-1:27]

Its jarring to transition from voices to voiceless, then back to voices again. I wish they would be more consistent and either have voice acting throughout the series of events or none at all.

And those complaining about godawful English voice acting, go French! Its so much better.