LordCBH
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This is factually incorrect.
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English voice actor of Kiryu in Gaiden is being replaced by Youtuber Yong Yea
This is factually incorrect.
Nankatsu
Member
OuterLimits
Member
Eh, that is what gets views and makes money. A YouTube channel primarily focused on positive stories would probably have very few viewers.
GymWolf
Gold Member
keefged4
Member
My brother in christ, why do you torment yourself like this?
Halo2redvsblue
Member
I don't know how he is either when he's a YouTuber that makes his income insulting the industry.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
I felt the same, and then I encounter this voice. I just hope public outcry works its magic this time, but I’m worried it will just be the twilight zone here.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Yong Yea is such a hypocrite. He can dish it out but he can't take it.
bender
What time is it?
tomato shrub
Member
Let's not forget the downgrade for Ada Wong.
It has to be that, plus Sega now hiring cheap celebs they can namedrop in marketing for the last few entries. So here you've got someone with the right ethnicity and I assume a relatively big (but not too costly) following they wanted to take advantage of.
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Skifi28
Gold Member
Yeah, the irony can be overpowering.
Hestar69
Member
Same and the japan voice so much better it's a shame....but I will always chose dub >Subs
bender
What time is it?
BlueLyria
Member
The first 21 seconds can just be used without any change to talk about him lmao
Hestar69
Member
I know I'm retarded for playing stuff in dubs but I can't help it. If I wanted to play this game would I have to play any of the other games or can I start with this one?
YuLY
Member
Maybe if you are deaf. Doesnt fit the character at all.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I stopped taking the dude seriously when he pulled the stock "if you don't vote like I do, then I don't want you as a fan/subscriber/whatever," tack. Without bringing any politics into it whatsoever, that struck me the same way Frosk's fit did. You don't pick your audience. That's the kind of bleed-through of narcissism and arrogance that usually belies a truly insufferable character behind closed doors.
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FeralEcho
Member
Breeeaking the woooooooooooold,breakiiiiiiing the laaaaaawwww
Yong Yea in the recording booth
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
I cant even take anyone seriously with a horder style of a mountain of game toys behind them as a backdrop. Dude still lives with his mom, these people literally cant hold a conversation at a gas station but in their bedroom they are second coming of Shakespeare.
Comandr
Member
Bad news: there's an enormous amount of unspoken dialog in the game. You're going to be doing a fuckload of reading either way. You might as well make the experience enjoyable.
God I feel like The Man Who Erased His Name would be the worst possible yakuza game to jump into first. The whole game is basically a celebration of Kiryu's life and the experiences the player has had with him. So many references to the past and old events, characters, etc that a new player would not get or appreciate at all. They definitely need to be played in order. 0 to 7 and then Gaiden. It's all one long continuous story.
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Stafford
Member
Bad dubs in my opinion just ruin the whole damn experience. Shenmue 1 and 2, FF15, Star Ocean TLH, Infinite Undiscovery and I can go on, insufferable in English, absolutely ear rape. Thank god we had the Japanese version of Shenmue with English subs.
But to each his own of course, but for me Japanese content stays exactly that and if there's no subs I don't watch.
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Ulysses 31
Member
A gruff seasoned yakuza that went thru a lot not a young utuber react channel voice
tomato shrub
Member
Story-wise, this game quite relies on having at least some clue about the characters. Yakuza 0 is the one to start with (followed by at least Kiwami 2 and a couple of others), but that's Japanese only. If not that, then Yakuza 7.
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Hestar69
Member
yeah he's pretty bad,heard worse but yeah. He makes peter dink from destiny 1's VA seem good
I rather be able to watch cutscenes and hear whats going on having to read stuff so I don't mind bad dubs too much.
Gambit2483
Member
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
I couldn't imagine playing Yakuza dubbed
Ulysses 31
Member
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I want to say Mark Meer of Mass Effect and Briana White from FFVIIR have both cosplayed their characters. Difference is, it was like....for a convention. Or a photo op. This guy seems to like...spend entire portions of time irl in character. Like he's developing the intense method acting of Ledger without telling anyone, except he takes gay-Superman liberties with the source material. It's giving me like Chibi/Ace Attorney vibes.
Edit: it doesn't help that the character he plays isn't instantly recognizable to people who aren't entrenched in the genre. Spirit store quality or made by Hollywood, a Mario costume is pretty instantly recognizable. To the untrained eye, dude looks like a Vegas Elvis priest.
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DarkArterialGore
Member
The problem with YongYea is that he has a robotic monotonous news reporter style delivery where every line he says sounds the same irrelevant to the emotional context of the scene. I wonder if his real voice is actually completely different much like this old meme vid...
i will as well .
Sorcerer
Member
I think Yong may be in desperation mode, he probably knows Sega isn't going to ask him to do another game judging by how the fans have reacted thus far, (unless he signed some sort of contract). He is trying to show Sega he is all in, he is Kyru. Also, I don't know if he does other voice work for games, but this may hurt his career obviously.
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YuLY
Member
Jesus Christ Lord Have Mercy...that "Judgemeeeent" at the end...
also, bro that Soylent add he did
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
I'm sorry, but anyone who unironically shills soylent during their videos deserves to be mocked mercilessly.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I’m so glad I went into this thread. This is my favorite post of 2023.
March Climber
Member
Too many people in today's age will subscribe and give views simply to hate something or at worse scour through footage to look for a single mistake. If he wants to make that big gamble to tell those who do such a thing to leave, then I guess I don't see the problem with that because I did just that and stopped watching him. Frosk's speech affected more than just herself which is what her problem was. However, she had very, very little to do with that company tanking financially which, for some reason, is the narrative that's been pushed. G4's management didn't know how to handle money properly and they spent way too much, way too fast, before gaining enough traction to do so. They were doomed even if Frosk didn't exist, but she took the fall for all of it. That's actually impressive in a way.
skit_data
Member
I mean he does a pretty damn horrible job of course but the whole vocal track sounds as if there's a total lack of processing outside of a really bad implementation of pitch correction. It's dry AF, barely any reverb or delay and by the sounds of it barely any filtering/EQing or vocal processing at all.
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Too many people in today's age will subscribe and give views simply to hate something or at worse scour through footage to look for a single mistake. If he wants to make that big gamble to tell those who do such a thing to leave, then I guess I don't see the problem with that because I did just that and stopped watching him. Frosk's speech affected more than just herself which is what her problem was. However, she had very, very little to do with that company tanking financially which, for some reason, is the narrative that's been pushed. G4's management didn't know how to handle money properly and they spent way too much, way too fast, before gaining enough traction to do so. They were doomed even if Frosk didn't exist, but she took the fall for all of it. That's actually impressive in a way.
I think it's logical enough in Frosk's case. She took an opposing position to G4's fan base (and justified or not, that's 99.99% of the time a bad call) and she was one of the front facing elements of the company. It's like finding out they removed your favorite menu item at Fast Food Place # 53. It's a corporate decision, and chances are, the people who made it aren't even in the same state as the customer, but it's gonna be the 17 year old bored girl at the window who gets to hear the rough draft of the angry letter that's going to be written to the CEO of FFP#53. It's not fair, it's not air proof logic, but it makes sense.
If you're an author, a presenter, a performer, an actor, a sales representative, basically anything that has you acting as professional liason between corporate and public interests - then the invisible ink clause of your contract is to be a lightning rod when shit peaks.