So... Merlwyb will be voiced

[Catapult]

No, not all weaboos, just people being interested and analytical and having our personal preferences.

Very good points there about budgets and scriptwriting. I at least have faith they won't mess up the script.

[Abriael]

No, not all weaboos, just people being interested and analytical and having our personal preferences.

Very good points there about budgets and scriptwriting. I at least have faith they won't mess up the script.

Depends mostly on the procedures, and honestly I'm not privy in the details of what SE does. I do think the localization team does a lovely job with the localization proper (even if I'm personally more leaning towards a slightly more literal style, but that's nuances and mostly a matter of taste/philosophy). Unfortunately when it comes to voice acting, depending on what SE's workflow is, it may very well be out of their hands.

I would love to hear what their favored procedures are, but I'm not sure they'd be willing to share. Maybe we'll know more with the further posts on the developer blog.

[Catapult]

Depends mostly on the procedures, and honestly I'm not privy in the details of what SE does. I do think the localization team does a lovely job with the localization proper (even if I'm personally more leaning towards a slightly more literal style, but that's nuances and mostly a matter of taste/philosophy). Unfortunately when it comes to voice acting, depending on what SE's workflow is, it may very well be out of their hands.

I would love to hear what their favored procedures are, but I'm not sure they'd be willing to share. Maybe we'll know more with the further posts on the developer blog.

If reports are to be believed (I can't read Japanese), then the Japanese players have been commending the English localisation for being the superior language in terms of detail and provided context. Fernehalwes has also revealed that the localisation team works very closely with the lore team and the writers of all the language versions, colaborating to the point that descriptions and terms used can sometimes even originate in English before being adapted to Japanese (eg: the Maelstrom). It really is an incredible approach. So if Ferne or Pinurabi are in the studio during the recordings, I would be confident of an immediate quality increase.

It is not like most anime where the localisation is done by an unrelated entitiy, such as Funimation. The various language recordings are being done by the same company, which means their access to background knowledge is immesurably higher. I feel this is significant.

[Abriael]

If reports are to be believed (I can't read Japanese), then the Japanese players have been commending the English localisation for being the superior language in terms of detail and provided context. Fernehalwes has also revealed that the localisation team works very closely with the lore team and the writers of all the language versions, colaborating to the point that descriptions and terms used can sometimes even originate in English before being adapted to Japanese (eg: the Maelstrom). It really is an incredible approach. So if Ferne or Pinurabi are in the studio during the recordings, I would be confident of an immediate quality increase.

It is not like most anime where the localisation is done by an unrelated entitiy, such as Funimation. The various language recordings are being done by the same company, which means their access to background knowledge is immesurably higher. I feel this is significant.

yeah I totally agree on that, the quality of the script itself is top notch. I would Indeed be curious to know if Ferne and Pinurabi are sent to the studio, because that would indeed help a ton with the quality of the acting, that in 1.0 was... not exactly optimal (and I'm being charitable).

[Orophin]

The ability of a voice actor to properly understand the plot, circumstances of what they are saying and what it means can be felt in the quality of their performance.

I'm glad you brought this up, because this is actually one of the things I felt Diablo 3 did correctly in spite of its rocky launch. There was a pretty interesting blog written about their VAs.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/7054...-one-9-13-2012