English VA Work - Please keep it AAA

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BRO THIS VA STUFF IS EXACTLY ON POINT THEY MADE A FEMALE FURRY NARUTO AND YOU WILL LOVE HER WHEN SHE GROWS UP BUT FOR NOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HYPERACTIVE KNUCKLEHEAD UNGABUNGA MAGE (WAR IS A MAGE CUS OF DEM HEALS BRO) SO SHUT UP ABOUT THE UNFINISHED STORY AND THE CHARACTERS WHO HAVENT HAD A CHANCE TO EVELOP YET

ALPHINAUD SUCKS AND IS ANNOYING AND DUMB AND HIS VOICE IS GRATING BUT NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THAT GARBAGE ASS DUMPSTER FIRE YET YOUVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH HIS BS SINCE THE FIRST CS OF THE GAME

KILL APHINAUD NOW

[Dorito_Burrito]

BRO THIS VA STUFF IS EXACTLY ON POINT THEY MADE A FEMALE FURRY NARUTO AND YOU WILL LOVE HER WHEN SHE GROWS UP BUT FOR NOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HYPERACTIVE KNUCKLEHEAD UNGABUNGA MAGE (WAR IS A MAGE CUS OF DEM HEALS BRO) SO SHUT UP ABOUT THE UNFINISHED STORY AND THE CHARACTERS WHO HAVENT HAD A CHANCE TO EVELOP YET

ALPHINAUD SUCKS AND IS ANNOYING AND DUMB AND HIS VOICE IS GRATING BUT NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THAT GARBAGE ASS DUMPSTER FIRE YET YOUVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH HIS BS SINCE THE FIRST CS OF THE GAME

KILL APHINAUD NOW

Settle down. Alphinaud's not real. He's not gonna kill you.

[vafurous]

BRO THIS VA STUFF IS EXACTLY ON POINT THEY MADE A FEMALE FURRY NARUTO AND YOU WILL LOVE HER WHEN SHE GROWS UP BUT FOR NOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HYPERACTIVE KNUCKLEHEAD UNGABUNGA MAGE (WAR IS A MAGE CUS OF DEM HEALS BRO) SO SHUT UP ABOUT THE UNFINISHED STORY AND THE CHARACTERS WHO HAVENT HAD A CHANCE TO EVELOP YET

ALPHINAUD SUCKS AND IS ANNOYING AND DUMB AND HIS VOICE IS GRATING BUT NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THAT GARBAGE ASS DUMPSTER FIRE YET YOUVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH HIS BS SINCE THE FIRST CS OF THE GAME

KILL APHINAUD NOW

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[TKOtheKDR]

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NGL, I hated the twins at first. (I was hoping for more of a Polom/Porom vibe.) However, they were written well and had great character development. Their VAs are great, too.

[TheCoker]

All this hatred is rare in FF14. But looking at the "Join date" it is mostly "new players". Makes sense. As a Latin American, the VA was great, as it was meant to have an "spanish" accent. You may have failed to notice this, but every location in 14, characters have accents. Tural continues this tradition.

[CuteBucket]

Did we all collectively forget about the English voice acting in ARR? Some of the actors were industry veterans like Sam Regal, Gideon Emery, Mela Lee, and Kyle Herbert, but some felt miscast or felt like they had little to no direction for how they were supposed to sound in a scene. Meanwhile Minfillia sounded extremely flat and wooden, and wouldn't you know it, her VA has that as her single credit on IMDB, her first and last acting job.

Dawntrail feels like ARR voice acting again: A mix of veterans who we know can do good work but sound off this time around, and some new VAs that maybe weren't the best casting choices. Granted, given some of these boring to trash lines they had to read, I'm not sure ANY actor or director could have given us a good performance. The material they're working with isn't exactly stellar this time around.

A lot of people blame individual actors for a bad performance, but honestly, I usually see it as a casting, directing, and production team mistake rather than just any individual actor being "bad."

[CerusSerenade]

It's safe to say that there is a lot of collective frustration regarding the English VA work in Dawntrail. Many players have had their main scenario quest experience negatively impacted by poor quality English voice acting from certain characters.

Please do not allow this to happen again in the future. It is crucial that all VA work put into the game is of quality. We have come to expect a higher standard than what was delivered in Dawntrail.

It's not really safe to say at all.

I don't even know why you're commenting, none of your characters are above level 90. You clearly haven't experienced it yourself.

Also, your demand that only "Triple A" VA's should be in the game is pure drivel, and would piss off even the supposed "Triple A" VA's that are in the industry, especially since many of them are unionized.

Everything about what you said is a utterly awful.

[VoidsentStatus]

none of your characters are above level 90. You clearly haven't experienced it yourself.

Just chiming in to say this isn't really a point given people watch their spouses/partner/friends play and also can watch cutscenes on youtube. One of my friends has a partner that didn't re-up their sub but still watched my friend go through the MSQ before deciding if they wanted to get membership.

[CerusSerenade]

Just chiming in to say this isn't really a point given people watch their spouses/partner/friends play and also can watch cutscenes on youtube. One of my friends has a partner that didn't re-up their sub but still watched my friend go through the MSQ before deciding if they wanted to get membership.

True.

Counterpoint, it still damages your credibility to try and criticize something you didn't actually experience. It's not a deal breaker, but it makes what you say inherently hold less weight.

Especially pertinent when he makes claims like "only allow Triple A VA's in the game" when not only is that just a GARBAGE decision, it shows clear misunderstanding of the VA industry and undercuts the intention of the devs.

[Rueby]

True.

Counterpoint, it still damages your credibility to try and criticize something you didn't actually experience. It's not a deal breaker, but it makes what you say inherently hold less weight.

Especially pertinent when he makes claims like "only allow Triple A VA's in the game" when not only is that just a GARBAGE decision, it shows clear misunderstanding of the VA industry and undercuts the intention of the devs.

It could be possible that they might have alt characters (or not). I play the MSQ on another character that's not the one I show on the forums.
I don't see how watching the cutscenes with someone or on youtube is...somehow 'not experiencing' it. I feel like this is just an excuse to try and discredit people who don't share your opinion and aren't playing the game the way you want them to play.