Cid sounds like a pirate now

[Soge01]

In Shadowbringers, I finally got to the part when he actually speaks again and his voice sounded so different I t nearly screwed up the whole mood of the cutscene for me. Had to look up what happened to his voice. Did he spend too much time in Limsa while we were on the First or something? xD

[Sove92]

Many voices in 5.4 were different due to lack of direction, practice, equipment or all three. Cid had not been voiced since 3.5, so it may have been all three.

[Unholychinchilla]

At one point I found myself head-cannoning that Cid had a sore throat or something which made me realise that might not be far from the truth. It's possible the voice actor may have been recovering from COVID as even a "mild" case plays hell on your lungs.

[MiniTofu]

The VA sounding is probably changed due they are recorded at home instead at the studio (pandemic). Different equipments leads to different sounding easily.

[Lanadra]

In Shadowbringers, I finally got to the part when he actually speaks again and his voice sounded so different I t nearly screwed up the whole mood of the cutscene for me. Had to look up what happened to his voice. Did he spend too much time in Limsa while we were on the First or something? xD

I assume you mean English, I hadn't noticed anything different about him or anyone else myself, I run Japanese audio.

[Enla]

I assume you mean English, I hadn't noticed anything different about him or anyone else myself, I run Japanese audio.

Cid's English VA has been through the ringer essentially. The OG was replaced along with the entire English VA cast with the transition to HW due to SE switching which VA studio they patronized, and from then on out because Cid barely gets any voiced lines going forward his performances have always been spotty. Made worse by the fact that his VA hadn't appeared in over two years with this patch /and/ the COVID issues forcing his VA to record at home. Most of the English VA's this and last patch have this issue though. You can pretty clearly tell there's a drop in quality and direction because they weren't able to be in the studio to be properly supervised with industry level equipment.

[MagiusNecros]

Pretty sure VA was changed. He sounds like a completely different character.

[Enla]

Pretty sure VA was changed. He sounds like a completely different character.

Gwilym Lee is still credited so I'm not entirely sure that's the case.

[Jennah]

Well, at least he doesn't still sound like he does in the Praetorium.

[DPZ2]

Well, at least he doesn't still sound like he does in the Praetorium.

The original (2.0) voice actors were replaced for HW, which is why he doesn't sound that way anymore. I still miss the Admiral's voice from that era ...