Lip Sync

[kyuven]

X? Uh, no.
XIII I believe had done so, though. In this modern day and age, it should be feasible to go through and adjust lip-syncing, but it's a tedious task that requires time. Time, time, time. Which is one thing MMOs don't have very much of when it comes to the production pipeline, at least in regards to when content is going through it's localisation stages.

Gets even worse these days when people want more and more detail. When the mouths only had a few points of articulation, going back and adjusting it was feasible (just not practical since barely anyone cared).
These days they're talking about using motion capture for mouth movements. Which...yeah isn't going to create the best environment for redoing lip movements to meet the script.

Even in the Japanese audio the lip sync is a bit... off.

Again this mostly attributed to limitations with the characters' mouths.
The models are frighteningly close to the uncanny valley, so it's really hard to make them look natural. Again, because mouth articulation is an incredibly detailed process.

[Kayden1010]

Gets even worse these days when people want more and more detail. When the mouths only had a few points of articulation, going back and adjusting it was feasible (just not practical since barely anyone cared).
These days they're talking about using motion capture for mouth movements. Which...yeah isn't going to create the best environment for redoing lip movements to meet the script.

So...... Do you work in this business? You seem very familiar with this subject. I mean I don't wanna offend, you already taught me a lot, I'm just curious.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So...... Do you work in this business? You seem very familiar with this subject. I mean I don't wanna offend, you already taught me a lot, I'm just curious.

It's something you can easily google or something you pick up on after playing games for a while and notice details like these. TV Tropes has articles for things like this too.