Requesting more Voice Acting!

[Tharne]

And you know a way they can have the voice actor record every single possible name, including stuff like XxSephirothxX42069?

No, that's why the game will never be fully voiced (or why they don't want to go overboard with it too) because the more scenes with voices the less your character will be named and you will just end up being "our friend" or "the WoL". That was my point, I don't want more Voice Acting because I like seeing my name in cutscenes (which will not be possible if they are voiced).

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Frankly, they should keep doing voice acting and improve its direction. I don't want to have a completely silent game on pure text just so it can use some name I given a character. I'd just play a Nintendo game if I wanted that.

[Greven]

Yes please, more VO would be lovable!

[xbahax92]

I definetly want more voice acting too! Would prefer if we would stick completely to english or japanese... There is no real reason for other languages. Its so sad that sidestories and cutscenes which appear in job quests, hildibrand, scholisticate quests, etc dont really have a proper effect. All this huge wall texts to click through and all those unnecessary talks... It would ease us players and enjoyers so much with hearing them talk.

[Edewen]

I'm of the other opinion. Personally I grew up playing rpgs like final fantasy and frankly all of the reading was actually a good thing for me. It is underestimated how much reading you do in a game like that because it is not in book form. However, it is no less relevant of an experience in terms of reading. There are many that play mmo-rpgs thata re simply in it for the endgame experience. It saddens me to see how many people brag about skipping every cutscene and never reading anything in game. Final fantasy is about the story. Poor acting can kill a story. Given the high likelihood of poor voice acting, I would much rather read and apply my own intonation to it than listen to an underpaid overworked voice actor who has probably read for 20 different characters that day.

[Paladinleeds]

What if the text referred to you by name but the VO had an adjustment made that it referred to you as "our friend" or "the warrior of light"? Could that make for a suitable compromise?

[Lukha]

What if the text referred to you by name but the VO had an adjustment made that it referred to you as "our friend" or "the warrior of light"? Could that make for a suitable compromise?

either that or the actor making a slight pause where the name would go (as some Otome games have) would be acceptable for me.

I'd absolutely love to hear more voice acting going forward, and I'd love it even more if they'd go back and add voice acting to older scenes that lack it. I realize that would pose a problem for the English track since the cast has changed (and I'd put money on there being casting changes for Stormblood as well), but the other three shouldn't suffer for that.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

I realize that would pose a problem for the English track since the cast has changed (and I'd put money on there being casting changes for Stormblood as well)

It really irritates me when they change the voices of the characters for the English track; just when you got so used to the current voices, BOOM! they change them again. I understand that it's because of contracts or whatnot, but dammit! DX
(I'm going to be sad if they change Ser Aymeric's voice; his voice now is just pure gold)

[Yasuhiro]

May I suggest using an abbreviation that isn't highly racist or offensive?

It's no different to saying, brit or aussie.
Take it to tumblr.

Right, because I like having to watch a scene in a different language and needing subtitles for it.

Hey, me too! before I learned Japanese, lots of fans of anime did that if they wanted to watch new releases or just wanted to watch the original source material without having to hear the only three dub anime voice actors Yuri Lowenthal, Christna Vee and her "Noel Vermillion voice" or Steven Blum.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Well I'm not an anime fan and I prefer to hear the voices in my own language lol