Voice acting so bad

[myahele]

Most of the budget went to FF15; shame we can't have Sean Bean, Lena Headey, etc as the voices in Heavensward like they do in FF15... oh well.

Kidding aside ... the voice acting is passable. In 2.0 it was not too good, but as patches went on it's gotten much better. 3.0 was jarring since the VA changed, so we had to get used to them again.

[KeluBehemoth]

I can make a recording in my cellphone sound better with twenty minutes in FL studio.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

I actually like the voice cast for Heavensward; most of voices suit the characters (though they keep changing Lucia's voice, lol). The side/background characters however does seem like the voice actors are just trying too hard XD (For example: The lady that drugged us in the latest patch-her voice made me cringe a bit) The main characters are perfect, they should keep the voice actors for them (they better not replace Ser Aymeric's voice actor or I'm gonna have a fit X[)

[Powe]

OOOOOOO I think the OP is a tad salty for some reason "holds out popcorn"

[KeluBehemoth]

I actually like the voice cast for Heavensward; most of voices suit the characters (though they keep changing Lucia's voice, lol). The side/background characters however does seem like the voice actors are just trying too hard XD (For example: The lady that drugged us in the latest patch-her voice made me cringe a bit) The main characters are perfect, they should keep the voice actors for them (they better not replace Ser Aymeric's voice actor or I'm gonna have a fit X[)

That's actually what just pushed me over the edge.

She has the voice of some burly ugly mean Scottish lady tat weighs 200LBs and the face doesn't match at all.

[KeluBehemoth]

Aymeric is fantastic yes. So is Lucia. The only two whose VAs actually do well and suit the characters.

[Vpapi]

yeah they suck

[DreamAngel-Ren]

That's actually what just pushed me over the edge.

She has the voice of some burly ugly mean Scottish lady tat weighs 200LBs and the face doesn't match at all.

LOL! Her voice did sound out of place for the character XDD

[Alberel]

It's bad voice acting because it sounds like a terrible anime dub.

I almost never like Japanese voices.

FF has always had good English voice acting.
The problem isn't as much their voices themselves.

I like English voices.

The problem is they put the wrong emphasis on everything they're saying and absolutely nothin sounds natural.

Good VAs will actively act out their part in the studio while they're recording.

These people just sound like they're standing In front of a mic twiddling their thumbs.

This is often a sign of bad direction, more than bad voice acting. Many VAs record all their lines in isolation over a couple of days without other actors to bounce off of. This leads to issues where emphasis is placed on the wrong words due to not knowing how the line you're responding to was said. It's down to the directors to make it clear to the actors how they should enunciate and emphasize what they're saying in order to maintain natural flow and consistency. It is indeed a common problem in English localization in general.

I'm actually OK with Heavensward's voice acting though. There are a few weak points but overall it's fairly good. Not perfect, but passable.

[KeluBehemoth]

Yeah. These VAs sound like a bunch of nerdy kids LARPing trying to speak Old Timey English an epically failing.