why original audio hate?

[Arras]

From my Japanese gamer friend: "It's hilarious. If you actually could understand Japanese, you would see that a lot of Japanese voice acting is horrible as well. In the end it just falls to worshiping everything that comes from Japan."

i never said the japan voices are better i just said the american ones are shit.

Such as...?

Also it's incredibly hard to tell if a VA is great in another language if you don't understand it.

Actually, that's the best thing about it. Even if it has the most horrible Japanese VA ever and, like, crappy but nowhere near as bad English VA, the Japanese one would not sound as bad because you can't understand it in the first place. Yes, it's being ignorant, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

So you would know that Japanese dubs can be just as hit-or-miss as English, right?

I mean, I have to admit myself, that I can't pick out bad Japanese voice acting, as I can't understand the language, much less recognize the proper tones or inflections that should be used. I don't know what robotic or flat Japanese voice acting sounds like. The only opinions that I have are quoted statements from a few of my Japanese friends on Facebook.

Well all voice acting can be like that and it also depends on the acting and the script and that can easily be picked out, I guess its easier for some than others but there is alot of anime, movies etc that is quite horrible in Japanese, sometimes I find it better in Chinese.

How much? A few threads ago I remember you saying you only had a basic comprehension of written Japanese.

Learning writing and speaking is 2 different things, speaking is always easier to learn while in writing you got to know the 3 writing systems. Take the JPN P4G when you enter your name the first time the characters are written in Hiragana and you have to scroll through to get the Katakana and Kanji letters. I can speak badly but I listen and understand fine, I can't really read though which does make playing games that aren't fully voiced hard.

Out of all the English voice acting I do prefer British voice acting more it just has something that sounds right and fits with the characters, it might be the accent or the effort the actors put in or whatever but they seem to be quite good majority of the times.

I don't know. :L The only game I can think of is Xenoblade and that had horrible stereotypical, over-exaggerated cockney accents on all the villains which made them all sound like pirates. >.<

Well that was the only example that popped into my head the other was gonna be Professor Latyon and I loved that in English, the Japanese version of it was okay but it lacked something that the English or rather bristish one had.

 

[weavile001]

i dont care for the audio,but i prefer in english.
japanese audio/voices are strange...

 

[Wizerzak]

I don't know. :L The only game I can think of is Xenoblade and that had horrible stereotypical, over-exaggerated cockney accents on all the villains which made them all sound like pirates. >.<

Well that was the only example that popped into my head the other was gonna be Professor Latyon and I loved that in English, the Japanese version of it was okay but it lacked something that the English or rather bristish one had.

Yeah, I didn't mind most of Xenoblade (though I didn't get far into the game) as most of the acting was great, if a little repetitive. Professor Layton was much better though IMO and I actually enjoyed the scenes / narrative in that.

 

[Hadrian]

From my Japanese gamer friend: "It's hilarious. If you actually could understand Japanese, you would see that a lot of Japanese voice acting is horrible as well. In the end it just falls to worshiping everything that comes from Japan."

That. I've had the same thing said from a Japanese friend I know too.

hey guys I'm opening a thread in the hacking section offering my services as a british voice actor for fandubs

I'm classier, use me.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

I don't know. :L The only game I can think of is Xenoblade and that had horrible stereotypical, over-exaggerated cockney accents on all the villains which made them all sound like pirates. >.<

Well that was the only example that popped into my head the other was gonna be Professor Latyon and I loved that in English, the Japanese version of it was okay but it lacked something that the English or rather bristish one had.

Yeah, I didn't mind most of Xenoblade (though I didn't get far into the game) as most of the acting was great, if a little repetitive. Professor Layton was much better though IMO and I actually enjoyed the scenes / narrative in that.

I didn't get far into it either but far enough to judge the voice acting though, who doesn't enjoy the scenes in Professor Layton. Its voice work is fantastic which makes me wish that JRPGs that get localized can get localized with British voice actors I could really see myself enjoying them more if it was like that.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I mean I understand and even prefer original language if the game has horrible VAs, but people overdo it. Games with fine VAs get dubs requested for them because people are complete weaboos. Like for your Arc Rise Fantasia I can see it, but for every Japanese game? No way.

 

[Issac]

Considering Anime, I enjoy Japanese voice actors over american dubs any day of the week. I do realise that they probably sound just as "shitty" for a Japanese person, but for me it doesn't matter. The voices suit the animation and style, since that's what I'm used to.
But apart from that, I also think that it's more bearable to hear bad voice acting in a language I don't understand, and therefore won't notice... Then again, I'm fairly used to reading subtitles, since I live in a country where dubs aren't common at all. (except childrens movies)

EDIT: YES I must say this is only for ---> BAD

 

[Taleweaver]

From my Japanese gamer friend: "It's hilarious. If you actually could understand Japanese, you would see that a lot of Japanese voice acting is horrible as well. In the end it just falls to worshiping everything that comes from Japan."

So...Japanese people don't talk like overpumped anime people or angsty JRPG characters?

(okay, I already figured as much...but I like the idea of Japanese people cringing when reading it)


Anyway...I like my games the way I like my movies: the original language with subtitles. I don't care if the quality is better or worse (most of the time, I find it depends on the individual actor, not the game). But with original, the lips move more synchroneous* and gives a sense of localization.



*this isn't as obvious in games as it is in movies...but it's still a factor

 

[BORTZ]

hey guys I'm opening a thread in the hacking section offering my services as a british voice actor for fandubs

Actually i liked the british dubs in Xenoblade Chronicles for a change.

 

[Hells Malice]

From my Japanese gamer friend: "It's hilarious. If you actually could understand Japanese, you would see that a lot of Japanese voice acting is horrible as well. In the end it just falls to worshiping everything that comes from Japan."

i never said the japan voices are better i just said the american ones are shit just play an jrpg and you see no effort put in and everything sound corny plus all these one liners that is so typical america and then tell me that its good. unless the game came from american i don't want american voices in my game.

Hi, it seems you're in the 1980s.
I suggest finding a time machine ASAP and getting back to the present time, where voice acting is good and has been for about 12 years.
EDIT: Bar some landmines. But we'll always have those.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

I think Enchanted Arms would have a word with you.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

Metorid: Other M has pretty shit voice acting, too. So dull and monotonous.

 

[Hells Malice]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

I think Enchanted Arms would have a word with you.

Arc Rise Fantasia would like to have a word with both of you.
Granted, it grew on me since I hate turning off a dub. Still. Suuure takes a lot of getting used to. Suikoden Tierkreis didn't even have a bad dub AFAIR, the main character just spoke fast (which was part of his character to begin with and not a VA fault).

 

[weavile001]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

what!?
it was one of the best voice acting from the ds

 

[WiiUBricker]

Suikoden Tierkreis... worst english voice acting evar.

what!?
it was one of the best voice acting from the ds

It was one of the few DS games with actual voice acting. But it was bad..really bad. If it wasn't for the undub I probably would not have finished it.

 

[emigre]

Suikoden Tierkreis had a solid dub in all fairness. Hells is right about Arc Rise Fantasia which falls into the 'so bad its great' category. Most Japanese games which see a western release for the most part have good dubs for the most part (HI CATHERINE!). The belief english publishers put no effort into dubbing really isn't true and dub quality is continually getting better.

 

[the_randomizer]

Name a game from a decent company, made in the last few years which has a "shit" American dub.

Here's my list of horrible American English dubs: Most* dubs in videogames are as bad as 4Kids dubs are in anime.

1) Square Enix, Star Ocean 4 English dub, listen to Lymle in Japanese, then English, and then people can tell me that American dubs are "superior". The game is less ear-raping in Japanese, but I say that because I've studying the language since 2002, 'kay?

2) Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Namco Bandai, whiny protagonist is whiny. Johnny Young-Bosch should have made his Emil voice consistent with his more intimidating tone throughout the game and not his weaker, more pansy voice.

3) Square Enix, Final Fantasy X, Tidus' voice is like pouring salt on an open wound while being emasculated; He complains about everything and James Arnold Taylor is sure as heck good at that.

*The exception is The Last Story, I actually enjoy the British accents because they make the characters all the more awesome, and give the game a certain aura to it. I love it!
Other than this game, a majority of American/English dubs suck bollocks.

 

[Law]

From my Japanese gamer friend: "It's hilarious. If you actually could understand Japanese, you would see that a lot of Japanese voice acting is horrible as well. In the end it just falls to worshiping everything that comes from Japan."

That. I've had the same thing said from a Japanese friend I know too.

hey guys I'm opening a thread in the hacking section offering my services as a british voice actor for fandubs

I'm classier, use me.

no way check my thread people totally think I'm super posh and went to private school because I don't sound like a brummy