Graha Voice Actor Change?

[shoebilldreams]

if there's one thing this whole fiasco has taught me is that people have wildly differing ability to detect difference in voices.

As the person doing all that non-credited-voice-identifying stuff for the last few years... yeah, some people's guesses on who some characters are voiced by are wild. And even when you show your evidence like "this is from her documentary voice reel where she pronounces that vowel this way" or "this is from a 2018 Instagram live where he made that exact sound" they can't hear it at all

[Bantochan]

I also don't understand thinking his voice is "hoarse". I don't think this actor sounds hoarse at all. He sounds perfectly clear, almost too much so, in my opinion. His voice sounds of a higher register. I don't hear any "hoarseness" like this man was ill or anything. I'm not sure what everyone is talking about there...

[Vespar]

Well, when I made this thread I didnt expect it to get to 40 pages. I figured someone would know instantly if it was/wasnt him.
Even so, Im glad to see I'm not the only one here who thinks its not him. I usually have a keen ear, and it sounded so different. So if it is him, I'll be really confused and impressed that it changed so much.

That said, I hope Bailey returns if it isnt him. While I dont mind this mysetry voice, I am quite partial to the original voice.

[Connor]

Is it such a big thing if it’s not him? I liked G’raha’s voice before but the replacement seemed pretty inevitable to me lol. They probably can’t afford Johnathan Bailey anymore…

Maybe it’s like a stunt double lol? He wasn’t available so they got a ‘G’raha-adjacent’ VA lol

[Tesco]

maybe he was too busy filming bridgerton season 4

[Pricia]

maybe he was too busy filming bridgerton season 4

He's not in it.

He was doing a play though, so that doesn't leave much time for anything else.

[Bantochan]

He's not in it.

He was doing a play though, so that doesn't leave much time for anything else.

He is in season 4. He's in the second half which hasn't aired yet.

[Vespar]

Is it such a big thing if it’s not him?

Its not that its a bad thing. Many of us have grown to love G'raha's character because of Bailey's voice acting performance. Having them change VAs without warning feels jarring and to some upsetting.
Honestly, voice acting adds a lot more than you might think to a character. For myself, it remains to be seen if this mystery voice actor will have the same impact with G'raha that Bailey's performance has had up until now, or if it will dampen my love for the character.

[Laerune]

If it was Bailey his staff would have said so, since they and Square Enix are refusing to answer, I think he has been replaced.

Koji also had a interview with Trash Taste and he mentioned how they prefer to not replace voice actors unless the voice actor has become too famous. He also said that somthing would change and we would not like it.

If it's temporary, it's fine, but if he has been replaced and SE is silence on purpose then shame on them.

[BedtimeBear]

I did 7.1-7.4 last month and yes I feel like i'm being gaslit here. The recent patch is not him.


Again, he's kinda booked and busy now so a temp replacement is understandable.


If he's costing too much going forward, I can't really blame SE here.