Voice acting so bad

[LadyVal]

Trust issues from changing VA's? Really? I mean, with constant patch updates, VA's simply may not be available later on.

I was fine until I heard Merlwyb's new voice and I was like "YOU ARE NEITHER A LADY NOR MORRIGAN FROM DRAGON AGE, MA'AM." Now I am suspect of any new voices. >_>

[Lemuria]

X/X-2 had a terrible English cast, lol.

Matt McKenzie (Auron) was the only good one.

I liked John Dimaggio's voice acting too. He did a great job with high-energy Wakka, and a complete 180 turn-around for the more stoic Kimahri.

Overall, I quite like the voice acting in FFXIV. There are a few which seem rather wooden, but on the whole it works rather well. I feel that a lot of what people dislike is more to do with people's own perceptions of what a character should sound like, and not necessarily what SE were aiming for. Either way I certainly don't think the voice actors are at fault for the divisive opinions. A lot of it is down to script and tone.

[Yasuhiro]

It actually is my 1st Final Fantasy game. And?! RPGs aren't my thing, but I like playing with friends on this one.

- 1st FF game
- complains about text in RPG's
- RPG's aren't my thing

Only on Final Fantasy XIV Official Forums.

[Chessala]

I have tried various English dubs for shits and giggles, including the series mentioned, and have yet to find one that makes me stay past 5 mins on the first episode

[LadyVal]

I have tried various English dubs for shits and giggles, including the series mentioned, and have yet to find one that makes me stay past 5 mins on the first episode

It must be such a real struggle to have such refined tastes.

[Aquaslash]

The only English voices I had issues with in Heavensward were Merlwyb and Urianger. Everyone else is decent.

Merlwyb's new voice is a travesty. It's so quiet and subduded. Where's the commanding power that you'd expect of a (former) pirate leader?

SEVEN HELLS!

[Nestama]

I have tried various English dubs for shits and giggles, including the series mentioned, and have yet to find one that makes me stay past 5 mins on the first episode

You really couldn't watch Cowboy Bebop's first episode in English? Yeesh... the voice acting would have to be Disney Pixar levels of good if you couldn't stand actually really good (and often preferred over the sub -regarding Cowboy Bebop) voice acting.

[Welsper59]

I liked John Dimaggio's voice acting too. He did a great job with high-energy Wakka, and a complete 180 turn-around for the more stoic Kimahri.

Overall, I quite like the voice acting in FFXIV. There are a few which seem rather wooden, but on the whole it works rather well. I feel that a lot of what people dislike is more to do with people's own perceptions of what a character should sound like, and not necessarily what SE were aiming for. Either way I certainly don't think the voice actors are at fault for the divisive opinions. A lot of it is down to script and tone.

DiMaggio's a beast when it comes to his voice work. His work with Wakka was probably the only praisable voice in X for me lol. Khimari was good. Maybe Lulu too? The unfortunate thing is, for some reason, Square related games tend to have expected misses with voice work, but those misses tend to be unnecessary. It's getting better at least. As far as games go, I grew up with voice work akin to Xenogears and its dubbed unintended comedy. That was bad... like "How did this pass? It's not even synced!", kind of bad lol.

So where we are now, compared to then, I'd say we defied the odds and brought out a mostly good dub lol. It's usually just a lack of proper direction for the bad ones. If anyone's seen Lost in Translation, with the scene where Bill Murray is shooting the commercial, that type of direction and miscommunication is how you get bad results without a long experienced performer lol.

Just for the sake of wanting to relive it: Xenogears

[Antonio_Xul]

- 1st FF game
- complains about text in RPG's
- RPG's aren't my thing

Only on Final Fantasy XIV Official Forums.

I wasn't even complaining. Just a regular comment. I just said that the bad voice acting is better than no voice acting. Not a complaint. I only wished that all the text was voiced. Don't know what your deal is with blasting on anyone who says that there is bad voice acting.

[Antonio_Xul]

To add to my previous comment (can't edit on phone), just because this is my 1st Final Fantasy game doesn't make my opinion less than yours. I'm still a customer and have a right to voice my opinion on the product. I've been playing since October 2013 casually and have been enjoying every minute of it, even if I have to read most of the text, it isn't a game breaker. I'm taking this game more serious as of late and want to work on my end game more and will continue to support this game, voice acted or not.