[Feedback] Wuk Lamat's English Voice

[MatthiusAbysswalker]

Glad we come to an Agreement that the English VA of wuk(no matter what this person says it is) and the writing is Dogwater. And both need to be replaced and changed if she is in post 7.0 content.

This had a better resolution than DT <3

[Paintedtarget]

The writing and VA work for Wuk was sub par. There was no range on that characters voice other than happy and naive. There was no range. When you go from Shadowbringers and Endwalker to this it felt like a massive step back in quality for the story and voice acting. If Wuk was a side character it would have been find but the character being to integral to the story really made it less than appealing. I was more interested in the final zones story with Erenville. Overall so far the story and voice acting of Wuk leaves a lot to be desired and if I had to give it a grade it would be a C. Which is a drastic drop because Shadowbringers and Endwalker were both an A.

[Lieri]

The difference between JP and EN voice is night and day for Wuk Lamat. It's different for all the characters but Wuk's difference is the biggest I'd say.

JP: Naruto
EN: Spongebob's grandma+Squidward

[13alex]

I've been playing with English voice-over for 10 years and honestly prefered it to Japanese.
Wuk's English VA single-handedly made me switch to Japanese voice over and stay there.
At the start her voice sounds fine, however the more you hear it the more you start to notice that is strains at times to keep the tone, and every time she needs to emote or change the tune, you could feel the struggle.
The more you hear her talk the more you notice that strain and it really takes you out of the scene.
This VA would perfectly fit to voice a female side character 100%, but main character with prolonged talking moments eally shows how ill-equipped she was for THIS job.
i don't know who's fuck up it was, voice director or casting director, but Wuk's english VA's perfomance drags the whole english dub down.

[SteakDriven]

For those from Latin America, if you don't enjoy the representation from the VA as Wuk from the game then it's ok to call it out. It's ok to ask her to step down from the role so someone who can better represent your culture can take up the role. It's not hate-targeting to ask for Sena to step down, because she herself has done it before and believe that to be the case as well. Sena is white, and faking an accent that your people find offending so it's fine if you have to call it out.







People should understand your want for representation for a role that should've been thought about more from Kate to not misrepresent your country, culture, and people. I don't think SQX ignoring the outcry of Latin America will do them well, especially since the role was taken by a white woman. To our knowledge, Wuk Lamat isn't trans as well, and gender does matter a lot to Sena and Kate. Sena also can't fake the accent to represent your culture, and seems to break the American accent in, so by her word it's ok because she's unfit for the role.



Kate should agree with you too. She's pushing to bring more Latin American actors to the scene, which does help authenticate the culture that the races in the New World represents. So don't fear it as wrong to want to have someone better represent your culture, if you're mad then say something about it or bring it to the attention of SQX.


For those of us who are not of Latin America, we can't say that for you. It'd be quite rude and racist for us to talk for you. You should have the support of Luis, Koana's VA, as well.





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On a personal note, I really hope that the reason the Scions got barely any lines this expansion wasn't due to their English Voice counterpart being white. Kate, Sena, and Luis seem like they REALLY have a problem with white people, which shouldn't be an issue that goes on to affect the rest of the world, especially those of us in Asia and Latin America or just those that use the JPN/FRE/GER voices. I love rewatching the story and hearing Yuichi Nakamura and Ai Kayano, so I don't want their roles to be diminished if it's because Kate has an issue with the British VAs.

For the X/twitter stuff, I had some stuff leftover. You can get A LOT of stuff if people have been using the thing for like 10 years, assuming you are able to grab them.

Square Enix should fire these racists ASAP

[Verathel]

Honestly why don't let their work speak for themselves? I do not understand why they need to constantly remind other people about that stuff.

Some of the best iconic voices in anime have been voiced by girls voicing guys and vice-versa and nobody gives a s- because it's great voice acting, their range is incredible and they do a damn good job.

[BakoolJaJa]

Square Enix should fire these racists ASAP

Yeah, I was surprised to see the nasty things that Sena has tweeted. I've never even criticized the voice acting (the least of my problems with Dawntrail to be honest) so I have no horse in this race... But man... Why does everybody need to air their dirty laundry on Twitter nowadays. So unprofessional. And yes, quite ironic reading some of those tweets. I certainly wouldn't hire someone like this, simply based on what her Twitter looks like.

[therpgfanatic]

I said this in my last post but the only way I can make a comparison of Wuk Lamat's voice acting is Ricky Ricardo from the old I Love Lucy TV series, where he often delivered his lines with a mixture of lecturing Lucy while simultaneously sounding unsure of what he is saying.

Go look up some clips on YouTube and you'll get it immediately. Wuk Lamat is basically a female version of Ricky Ricardo

As for the RL political stuff, this is supposed to be a fantasy world. Perhaps some aspects of it are influenced by South America but its supposed to be a different fantasy world. I don't think RL politics should be issues in this game which takes place in a fantasy universe. No one in the real world lives in the fantasy world of FFXIV

[Dingelingeling]

I thought the British Japanese actors voicing characters in Stormblood were good and the same with the British Indian actors performances in Endwalker. Where there no British Hispanic or Latino/a actors available for Dawntrail? Did we have to go back to American voice actors?

[Nestama]

There was bad voice direction all around :T