[Poll] English voices or Japanese voices - What do you prefer?

[Txustra]

When playing a game, do you prefer to play it with original voices (japanese v.) or with english voices?
Why?

So, english dub or japanese dub?

 

[Deleted User]

English... I wanna understand somthng...
if there are subtitles then japanese is better

 

[DaFixer]

The same I have with movies, the original voices with English subs.
Becase mossly I don't like bad dubs, becase i'm Dutch I'm used to play/watch games/movies in another languages.

 

[Depravo]

Japanese subtitles for that authentic look with English voices so I can understand it.

 

[Deleted User]

Japanese subtitles for that authentic look with English voices so I can understand it.

Lol

Some ppl say that they prefer jap voices even w/o eng. Subs which they could understand. And I ask: WHY?!?
in story telling games you cant just shit on the story ... its not how its supposed to be...

 

[SapphireDaisy]

English so I can understand it better

 

[Chary]

Unless it's done by a quality dubbing team (Modern Funimation, Atlus) I prefer Japanese audio with subs.

 

[RShadowBolt]

Japanese people do put their soul into voice acting so yh

 

[SAIYAN48]

Japanese voices with subs, sometimes English ones.

 

[Deleted member 333767]

English. Could not care less for restoring japanese voices in games.

I can speak one asian language already and don't want to learn another! That shit is toooo hard.

 

[Zephir1991]

English. My English is still crappy, so I can learn a bit more while playing games. c:

 

[Deleted-379826]

Japanese voices because it just fits in better, although ONLY IF THERE ARE SUBS! If not there's nothing wrong with English

 

[Mikemk]

American voices, the English have a distracting accent.
Also, if you have "bad dubs" in an animated game, then the dubbing team isn't the one at fault.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Original voices. If the original voices are in english then english it is, if are in japanese then japanese.

 

[Hungry Friend]

Japanese with subs. This is especially true in Symphony of the Night because the JP fan translated version is infinitely better as far as voice acting goes, and yes that includes the PSP version too even though it's better than the initial '97 release. The Japanese voices are done professionally, plus the JP version has 2 familiars missing in other versions(PS1 version; havent played SS) called the half fairy and nose demon, which are for the most part useless because they are more or less identical to the fairy and regular demons respectively.

Also, Norio Wakamoto Dracula is pretty awesome as is Richter's JP VA. Wakamoto is the only VA I can actually name but it's all done very, very well in the original JP release. If you've watched any anime in Japanese w/subs you'll instantly recognize most of the voices.

There are a few typos in the actual translation but other than that it's a million times better, although the corny ass US dialogue has a certain charm but it gets old after a while.

 

[leonmagnus99]

japanese all the way, for most rpgs/animes Japanese sounds so much better.

i dont know they just sound more professional, the sound is more rough and when they shout and cry it sounds more dramatic.
japanese sounds more original to me XD

 

[WiiUBricker]

English. Could not care less for restoring japanese voices in games.

I can speak one asian language already and don't want to learn another! That shit is toooo hard.

Play Suikoden Tierkreis in english. Lets see how far you get.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

English dubs have moved away from the early days when they were mediocre, inaccurate, laughable and cringeworthy. Now, most of them are profionally done and very precise in word for word for its original script so now it just comes down to, if the player likes the English voiceovers or not.

That's what it comes down to. If the game is available in Portuguese/Spain/English I'll choose that over Japanese but the logic still applies whether it's good or not.

 

[Fugelmir]

If the game takes place in Japan or with people obviously speaking Japanese, then that should be the language (Persona, Oreshika, etc...), when set some place else, in Final Fantasy for instance, Japanese audio doesn't feel right.

Western words like excalibur sound like trash when spoken in katakana.

 

[Lycan911]

I always go with Japanese when possible. Hearing Japanese names being butchered by Americans who don't even try to pronounce things correctly is just wrong.