Well, I am quite curious to replay en français then! (in a million years when I will finally unwrap the Bioshock Collection)
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Bi-lingual gaf: Which games have the best non-native dubs?
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Bjoern the Smexy
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The German dub of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 are probably the best German video game dubs in existence, thanks to then using like 99% of the original voice actors for all the Disney characters and very well known anime voice actors for all the Final Fantasy and original KH characters.
Right after that comes Zelda BotW's German dub. Every character's, well, character is perfectly portrayed by their VA. All around very well known VAs except for one person who seems to be a newcomer. Highest quality dub Nintendo has done for now.
Also I have a soft spot for the German dubs of the old Lucas Arts adventure games. They are actually really bad, but that mattress then so good.
By the time Sam & Max came out their quality rose and probably saw their peak with Grim Fandango and Money Island 3.
Also I have to hand it to Ubisoft for actually creating some really good German dubs for their games because they tend to use the creme de la creme of German VAs in their games.
Right after that comes Zelda BotW's German dub. Every character's, well, character is perfectly portrayed by their VA. All around very well known VAs except for one person who seems to be a newcomer. Highest quality dub Nintendo has done for now.
Also I have a soft spot for the German dubs of the old Lucas Arts adventure games. They are actually really bad, but that mattress then so good.
By the time Sam & Max came out their quality rose and probably saw their peak with Grim Fandango and Money Island 3.
Also I have to hand it to Ubisoft for actually creating some really good German dubs for their games because they tend to use the creme de la creme of German VAs in their games.
The DmC reboot sounds really good in spanish to me for some reason.
EDIT: Plz don't take this seriously
EDIT: Plz don't take this seriously
wapplew
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A little off topic here.
I have to criticize Sony on how they handle multilingual version of game, it's so bad and anti consumer.
There are separate version of same game, English, Japanese, Chinese, force you to double/triple dip. Separate version of DLC and Save file too.
Everyone else let you buy once and change language according to your system language, even Nintendo do that.
I have to criticize Sony on how they handle multilingual version of game, it's so bad and anti consumer.
There are separate version of same game, English, Japanese, Chinese, force you to double/triple dip. Separate version of DLC and Save file too.
Everyone else let you buy once and change language according to your system language, even Nintendo do that.
I think the English dub for FFXV is superior, mostly because it doesn't have Japanese Prompto.
Games like Kingdom Hearts also really benefit from their English dubs - I just can't process Japanese Disney characters (not to mention the random celebrity VAs the series has used have knocked it out of the park - Christopher Lee, Leonard Nimoy, Billy Zane).
Umm... I thought the Serbian in GTAIV was surprisingly well done too. That's probably the only time I've ever even heard my native language used in a game.
Games like Kingdom Hearts also really benefit from their English dubs - I just can't process Japanese Disney characters (not to mention the random celebrity VAs the series has used have knocked it out of the park - Christopher Lee, Leonard Nimoy, Billy Zane).
Umm... I thought the Serbian in GTAIV was surprisingly well done too. That's probably the only time I've ever even heard my native language used in a game.
Blizzard is usually pretty good with dubs. Dunno about other languages, but Korean and PT-BR Overwatch are good.
Lúcio in PT-BR is phenomenal.
Lúcio in PT-BR is phenomenal.
Namegoes_Here
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FF XV German dub is good if you pretend Cindy smoked cigars from the age of 5.
AlfredX1990
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I've gone through so many bad dubs during my childhood and teen years that when I finally got comfortable with my English I stopped playing with native dubs, even though I'm finally fluent enough to even understand when a dub is bad in English the amount of bad dubs is insignificant compared to bad dubs in my language (Latin America Spanish, to be more specific Argentinian Spanish, where Spanish is pretty different even when compared with the rest of Latin America, not to mention that sometimes you only had European Spanish as the only Spanish option and that suuuuuuuuuuuuuucked)
Sora the Cat
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Latin VA for Alan Wake was really good.
NinjaCoachZ
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Before I started playing FFXV I told myself I'd just switch between English, French, and Japanese voices depending on my mood, but I ended up liking the English track enough that I never felt the need to switch. I think I might try out the French track if I do another playthrough.
Uhhhh...lol
Apoleptica
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Although there's barely any dialogue the English dubs in the souls games and bloodborne are really good.
That's interesting, didn't know that.
That's interesting, didn't know that.
i'm 50% serious
They're the only dubs too. English audio, Japanese text for the Japan versions.
Pretty sure you are judging this off the terrible video comparison that inverted the languages.
Russian is terrible. The "good russian" was in fact the french Zelda.
That game was the first time I enjoyed the German dub. It's fantastic.
RocknRola
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Uncharted in Portuguese (the OG, European kind 
) absolutely nailed it!
Horizon Zero Dawn also did a great work, though mostly with Aloy's voice and another mid-late main character (generic NPC's are very much hit and miss).
Sly Cooper was also very well done too.
Hmmm. Those are all the ones I can think off from the top of my mind. I supposed the many PES and Fifa games also do a decent job.
) absolutely nailed it!Horizon Zero Dawn also did a great work, though mostly with Aloy's voice and another mid-late main character (generic NPC's are very much hit and miss).
Sly Cooper was also very well done too.
Hmmm. Those are all the ones I can think off from the top of my mind. I supposed the many PES and Fifa games also do a decent job.
SmartWaffles
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The only Chinese dubbed games that are acceptable are Blizzard ones. Half Life 2 is OK but feels rough now. Rise of the Tomb Raider gets a lot of praise but I think it is kinda bad.
Stairouais
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I agree with the French BoTW praises. Some actors are Ghibli dub usuals, wich are always great in French.
RoadHazard
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Sony's Swedish dubs (which they do for children/family games like LBP, R&C, etc) have been pretty good I think. For the few seconds I've heard them. Because F that noise, give me the original English VA please.
It's pretty good, but personally I don't like the Zelda dub very much. I can't tell exactly why but it seems a bit out of place. Drama scenes are not bad, but daily scenes like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIZvqzUkI&feature=youtu.be&t=20m35s feels too exaggerated at her intonation for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-nOwIZkeZ8
Exquisite
Real answer; I remember the Swedish LBP dub being good, they used a radio host as the narrator.
Exquisite
Real answer; I remember the Swedish LBP dub being good, they used a radio host as the narrator.
Triscuitable
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Funny you'd mentioned Metro. The Russian audio track is actually the original (native) language for the game; it's the version released in English that's dubbed over. According to a buddy of mine (a native speaker), the English dub is fairly on-par.
Agree. I usually play on English but my GF wanted to tag along for this so I set the console in spanish and was very pleasantly surprised at how good the dub is.
Spanish Zelda dub if full of voice actors from lots of Animes.
And there's a reason why I don't see Anime in Spanish...
Fandango831
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The Metro series is pretty sweet! A couple of games that I prefer the native Russian w/ English subs, but the English dubbing is also great.
that is actually the native language, English is non-native. TW3 was written in Polish and then translated in English during development
I don't think I've heard any good Arabic dubs yet. Even Uncharted 4 which had a freaking Arabic box art and subtitle :\
On the other hand I'm glad they exist. A decade ago the idea of Arabic subtitles or menus was laughable, and until today the are still not guaranteed or expected.
On the other hand I'm glad they exist. A decade ago the idea of Arabic subtitles or menus was laughable, and until today the are still not guaranteed or expected.
It wasn't dubbed, but according to everyone who played it in Arabic it was the best Arabic localization ever. People who aren't familiar with the series nor RPGs got it and loved it because of the Arabic writing.
The less you know a language the less you can recognize how bad it sounds. The first time I saw a white woman talk perfectly like an anime character I realized how unnatural anime sounds.
foobarry81
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I've always liked the dubs on the Professor Layton games in my mother tongue. Which is a bit of a rare thing.
keraj37
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Yes I know. I didn't hear any English of Witcher 3, but not only script in Polish is good but also voice acting, which I bet is better then English. CDP Red payed a lot of attention to its native language.
I always play games in Swedish if possible. Too bad Ubisoft removed Swedish text some time ago...
Kain-Nosgoth
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batman arkham serie in french is pretty good, especially the joker, love his voice since childhood, they also used the same voice actor as the batman animated serie (can't really decide who i prefer between mark hamill and him, Pierre Hatet) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvMJYWvFfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvMJYWvFfQ
guybrushfreeman
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Great thread. Wish I could choose any language other than English for BotW it's absolutely awful
Psyrgery ES
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I don't think I will ever say that a non-native dub is better than the native one, but there are some great European Spanish dubs.
Max Payne 1 comes to mind for example.
Microsoft has always had great european spanish dubs as well, but only until recently, now they have told us to fuck off and do not dub anything.
Recore, Forza Horizon 3, Quantum Break werent dubbed and they almost leave Gears 4 undubbed.
EDIT: And Ramon Langa (eur spanish VA of Bruce Willis) always does a magnificent job, he dubbed Soldier:76 in Overwatch
Max Payne 1 comes to mind for example.
Microsoft has always had great european spanish dubs as well, but only until recently, now they have told us to fuck off and do not dub anything.
Recore, Forza Horizon 3, Quantum Break werent dubbed and they almost leave Gears 4 undubbed.
EDIT: And Ramon Langa (eur spanish VA of Bruce Willis) always does a magnificent job, he dubbed Soldier:76 in Overwatch
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Tales of the Abyss had a surprisingly good dub, especially for the time. English Luke and Japanese Luke are almost perfectly analogous with each other. Same can be said for most of the cast sans Tear, who is still good in English (just too old-sounding).
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