Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[Tsurayu]

I'm torn honestly.

Her consistent, early on self-deprication and mewlings gets really grating. I believe I understand from the perspective of the writers. Wuk Lamat is supposed to be a sort of foil for the Warrior of Light and the Scions in general, too. She's not some battle-hardened hero, slayer of gods, or diplomatic savant. She's a young girl who is in over her head and having to learn that the world is far more vast, intriguing and complicated than her proverbial back yard.

However, as someone who regularly plays other JRPGs alongside this game, that is a very tired and overused trope that I really didn't want to see used in this game.

The issue is compounded by Sena Bryer's lackluster delivery. She's fine a majority of the time, but my god.. I don't know if her Wuk Lamat is far removed from her normal voice or if she's just very amateurish and not skilled at projection, but every time her character has to yell or just speak beyond a normal six-inch voice it sounds absolutely horrendous and forced. Completely takes you out of the experience.

[Malthir]

I'm torn honestly.

Her consistent, early on self-deprication and mewlings gets really grating. I believe I understand from the perspective of the writers. Wuk Lamat is supposed to be a sort of foil for the Warrior of Light and the Scions in general, too. She's not some battle-hardened hero, slayer of gods, or diplomatic savant. She's a young girl who is in over her head and having to learn that the world is far more vast, intriguing and complicated than her proverbial back yard.

However, as someone who regularly plays other JRPGs alongside this game, that is a very tired and overused trope that I really didn't want to see used in this game.

The issue is compounded by Sena Bryer's lackluster delivery. She's fine a majority of the time, but my god.. I don't know if her Wuk Lamat is far removed from her normal voice or if she's just very amateurish and not skilled at projection, but every time her character has to yell or just speak beyond a normal six-inch voice it sounds absolutely horrendous and forced. Completely takes you out of the experience.

They should have just made her a gate guards style character imo, someone who brings the characters into the city, has some occasional appearances early on and fades into the background as the story progresses. Either that or they needed to seriously work on her as a character, cause as it stands it's just dragging every other character down.

[Scruit_Bigtime]

but every time her character has to yell or just speak beyond a normal six-inch voice it sounds absolutely horrendous and forced. Completely takes you out of the experience.

this is the one that frustrates me, anytime she's yelling it comes out feeling flat and empty, scarcely more than a raised talking voice.... it feels lacking in any real emotion, like when someone tries to sound angry but doesn't want to put effort in. it tends to undermine any sort of emotional impact the scene would have had.