With Apologies to Sena Bryer

[DBriggs304]

Dunno about all the Twitter stuff, but they put it out there making it worse. As far as the work they did, they're awful at voice acting. That's one of the main annoyances of Wuk...that damn annoying voice...and in nearly every scene. It's terrible.

[Xylira]

What are you about? Im no keyboard warrior lol i just voiced my opinion how i find it laughable that people send death threats over some stupid shit in a game. A damned game. Something people should enjoy or just stop playing if they dont enjoy it anymore.simple as that. The second part was just about me thinking that sena should get a helmet if she posts that stuff she wrote on twitter because it would ofc trigger those people. Thats just the internet. Been there , seen that...

Most of the harassment Sena is getting is far more likely to do with the fact that they go out of their way to post incendiary things on social media than it is to do with their voice acting. The 'trolls' just use the voice acting as a point of attack because it's clearly a sore point for Sena. I guarantee that if Sena just stopped openly crying about being harassed and stopped posting incendiary things most of the harassment would go away. But I doubt they would ever do that because they seem to like the attention.

[HighlanderClone]

All the various times she was meant to yell but it coming out soft and emotionless or any instance of her trying to be "angry" she seems to not be able to show any emotion other then happy and maybe sad in scenes.

That's obviously because of natural constraints. It's bizarre that the sound and voice director didn't even attempt to control for it.

[HighlanderClone]

Even if the writing was better and they got the best Hollywood movie producers it still wouldn't save the horrible performance the voice actor did for wuk lamat. Nothing would save the voice performance the voice actor did a horrible job but people want to find others to blame for her performance rather then blaming the actual performer.

But this is just ass backwards lmao

Wuk Lamat's voice acting is like 0.000001% of the issues with FF14. It's tiny, irrelevant compared to the gargantuan avalanche of writing mistakes and atrocious characterizations in the MSQ.

[Boblawblah]

But this is just ass backwards lmao

Wuk Lamat's voice acting is like 0.000001% of the issues with FF14. It's tiny, irrelevant compared to the gargantuan avalanche of writing mistakes and atrocious characterizations in the MSQ.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with HighlanderClone. While we likely have very different ideas about what is wrong with FFXIV, the voice acting is a very small part of the issue. Show all the screaming Germans you want, it's still bad writing.

[localareanetwork]

But this is just ass backwards lmao

Wuk Lamat's voice acting is like 0.000001% of the issues with FF14. It's tiny, irrelevant compared to the gargantuan avalanche of writing mistakes and atrocious characterizations in the MSQ.

I just see it as a poopy cherry on top of a landfill. I play in Japanese since I start playing, but still disliked Wuk Lamat.

[ZXN]

I didn't like Wuk's voice personally. It wasn't awful per say, but it was not good. I was able to tolerate it, just like I did the character. A lot of things Wuk said just sounded bland or hollow. Moments when it seems there should've been a lot of emotion into the dialogue either didn't have the expected impact, like Wuk screaming Papa for the 3rd time at Gulool Ja Ja's death which to me sounded like she was doing a soft yell and trying not to wake a baby up in the other room, or was, as some people put it, screamed in lower case, like the good ol "Sphene, listen to me!" during the final trial which lacked any sort of impact.

At the same time though, I don't want to just join the dogpile and go "Wuk's VA was 110% complete dogwater" because to me personally it felt the same way for some of the other voices as well in Dawntrail. Somethings just overall sounded...off. It's like the devs didn't bother doing much, or any, quality control with most of the lines. Like they just went "Good enough" and just rolled with what was given and didn't bother to give the VA's direction for some of these moments.

[Kozh]

I do not get why people keep saying the VA's performance was awful. It was fine within the limits of the character as it was written (which was cringy) and the dialogue given to use (which was bad at times).

What makes it awful to you? Is it because the character doesn't sound like the stereotypic Hispanic as all too often portrayed on TV and in the movies?

Is it because you're expecting the accent of a certain dialect and aren't hearing it? There are multiple accents within the various Central and South American dialects just as there are within American English and British English.

... You know people have already pointed out why she sounds bad, right? Not just here but also on other post/threads.

> it's fine within the limits of the character as it was written (which was cringy)

That doesn't help her case at all.

It would be helpful if you would explain why you feel it is bad and give specific examples from the MSQ (please don't share any from 6.55 - almost all voice acting in that patch was off, including the Scions)

Damn, you want us to post all of her lines?

(half)joke aside, just listen whenever Wuk tried to yell or have emotional dialogue. They fall really flat and forced.

How can I say this? Because my voice is very flat and monotone as well, and I'm shit at acting. And unfortunately listening to Wuk Lamat feels exactly like listening to me talking and trying to act.
(Though in my defense, I can definitely yell better than her)

Seriously, you need to play other games where the VAs are killing it and compare them to DT. Take BG3 for example, it has top notch voice acting.

[Wildheaven182]

What are you about? Im no keyboard warrior lol i just voiced my opinion how i find it laughable that people send death threats over some stupid shit in a game. A damned game. Something people should enjoy or just stop playing if they dont enjoy it anymore.simple as that. The second part was just about me thinking that sena should get a helmet if she posts that stuff she wrote on twitter because it would ofc trigger those people. Thats just the internet. Been there , seen that...

No one is sending death threats over something this dumb. Sena is lying and pity mongering to attract woke knights. Like flies to shit.

[Ayalu]

No one is sending death threats over something this dumb. Sena is lying and pity mongering to attract woke knights. Like flies to shit.

There is no reason to doubt her.
People did send death threads and doxxed people for really petty and dumb stuff on the internet.
Heck people did that just because they were unhappy with the Skin Quality of a specific skin in league of legends, that champion had a very...passionate fanbase and some very bad actors.
And as additional example poor Jocat got harrased and targeted because of small fun video. He luckily recovered but peopel can be really vile.
There are people on the internet that do that for completly unimportant stuff like a botched VA Job or being hypocritical on the internet.

And yes Wildheaven i think its better to risk it and show empathy for someone who could aswell fake it then risk the chance to deny it someone who suffered under it.