Wuk Lamat's Poor EN Voice Acting

[Nestama]

People can be fine with a voice you don't like, mate. And Lenneth isn't wrong about some of the feedback in the previous thread. There were definitely... "yikes" worthy comments made in them aimed at the person who voices Wuk Lamat and not her voice acting (some were blatant, some were "hidden").

I personally found the voice to be fine. It's not the best, nor is it the worst. It's just fine. I've definitely heard way worse (take the kobold kids voice in ShB or something. THAT was bad).

[Hurlstone]

Honestly if anyone voice sounded off this patch, I think it was Thancred at the end. I kinda thought the same last time he spoke a few patches back too.

[Heroman3003]

Anyway, to the topic I'll say that I do think her voice acting was not on par with other across, but it definitely wasn't bag, so in perfectly willing to give her a chance. I remember all too well how jarring and bad shift of voices from ARR to HW was, same as any time a new speaking character is introduced. It takes some time for actors to settle into the role, always, so I don't see why this one case is somehow drastically different from any other time a new voice was added to the cast.

[kayll]

The third times the charm, right?
Surely this thread wont devolve into the same thing like the last two,surely?

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As for the reason "criticism" is coming off as disingenuous is because people keep claiming that other voice work as been subpar but you don't see threads about that. Where the 17 page thread about G'raha Tia sounding tired and totally checked out this patch? Where's the threads about all the other voice work people are saying is subpar? Nowhere.

I pointed out Krile sounding like a robot and G'raha sounding half-asleep in the previous thread, but was told that their performances were okay because "they have other scenes that are good", meaning old talent can rest on their laurels and just half-ass it while new talent has to come in and absolutely carry the scene in its entirety in a new environment, lest they get attacked as a person for a hundred pages and multiple deleted threads.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The third times the charm, right?
Surely this thread wont devolve into the same thing like the last two,surely?




I pointed out Krile sounding like a robot and G'raha sounding half-asleep in the previous thread, but was told that their performances were okay because "they have other scenes that are good", meaning old talent can rest on their laurels and just half-ass it while new talent has to come in and absolutely carry the scene in its entirety in a new environment, lest they get attacked as a person for a hundred pages and multiple deleted threads.

Yep, Krile and Graha definitely didn't have the same vocal range or emotion as they did previously. It felt much more wooden.

[Heroman3003]

The third times the charm, right?
Surely this thread wont devolve into the same thing like the last two,surely?




I pointed out Krile sounding like a robot and G'raha sounding half-asleep in the previous thread, but was told that their performances were okay because "they have other scenes that are good", meaning old talent can rest on their laurels and just half-ass it while new talent has to come in and absolutely carry the scene in its entirety in a new environment, lest they get attacked as a person for a hundred pages and multiple deleted threads.

I actually like them sounding tired. I have no clue if it's intentional, but story up till now has pretty much been those two getting buried in ton of paper work that they just got done doing.

[CVXIV]

Maybe I'm giving too much benefit of the doubt, but isn't it likely that the reason she's been put into the spotlight is that she is a new character with a pretty big role in the upcoming expansion? I know some people may have ulterior motives for singling her out, but I don't think some of these threads are created with that purpose in mind. The previous one did devolve into it, unfortunately.

Regarding G'raha Tia and Krile, I thought they both sounded a bit off too.
The english voice acting can be hit or miss at times, and there are definitely changes that have been made I dislike.
For example Cid's ultra deep voice was hard to get used to. I think it was back in Shadowbringers? I really liked his old voice.

[Rekh]

What I don't understand is why the the english translation division insists in creating their own version of ffxiv. If japan used a woman or a woman sounding voice, why do they take it upon themselves to not follow that same basic approach? Or it could be japan itself not understand north america at all; we don't want cartoon gimmicks or what you'd watch in saturday morning cartoons; at least a lot of us don't.

[CVXIV]

Honestly I had forgotten about the Kobold kid's voice until you mentioned it. When Dawntrail comes out I intend on doing NG+ as viper so I'll be able to see that once more and all the other fun voice acting.

[custe]

As it stands, her direction in EN specifically comes off as an offensive caricature, does not match the character in other languages, and does not let us all enjoy the character in a similar way, negating the shared experience aspect that make MMOs great.

okay, this is something that needs to be cleared up. the va is puerto rican. the new patch takes place in americas. so given those two things, i feel like a south/middle american accent isnt off or a charicature, especially since the region of the patch is supposed to be in the americas. its just as odd to criticize this and the indian-descent va who voiced the arkasodara. like why would you expect or assume in a region that is very clearly based on a real world region, to have british speaking vas?

The voice over work for the patch itself was rather lackluster all around, but Wuk Lamat's rendition was significantly lower in quality than every other VA in EN. This may have been exacerbated by expedited, remote recording conditions, but the fact remains.

the main issue a have with this is its unspecific. you arent saying in what way its lackluster or less quality. like you could mention its bad from a technical level if there was like microphone feedback/hiss or speak on some specific aspect of it, but you are talking about a very generalized its bad and that doesnt do anything than just state you dont like it. i can say i dont like a mechanic in ff14 but if i dont say why or why its not a good mechanic, then no meaningful discussion takes place