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[SPAW]

This will change though. They probably just made a quick dub over the Japanese trailer.

Probably, but they really could have waited to fix stuff like that up. it ruins the experience

 

[NHarmonic.]

Great voices! i haven't got any single problem with them, they fit pretty well...

Spoiler

why can't i play as the most manly character ever; Gladiolus? :C

 

[Angelcurio]

Can someone upload it to Mega? Youtube and Facebook are blocked at work.

 

[SoraanTribal]

I don't really like how Noctis' voice is so gruff/low... that doesn't really fit his character very well to me. Or maybe it's just hearing the Japanese voices for so long throwing me.

 

[Village]

Promto has radical dude voice.

They did their jobs correctly

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Thought Noctis' voice pretty cool.

 

[Dark_castle]

Also, Noctis's voice is way to deep. Doesn't suit him at all.

I thought it was fine. We don't need another sharp, high pitch voice in a JRPG protagonist.

 

[cackhyena]

lol terrible

 

[Lelcar]

Jack Fletcher is usually in charge of directing the english Final Fantasy games and he has a personal policy in which he doesn't let previous Final Fantasy voice actors become main characters again. So Troy Baker as a main character seems unlikely.

 

[Sinfamy]

The voices are perfect.
These characters are high class nobles and royals.

 

[Vashetti]

How bizarre. They sound great, but it's strange after all these years to hear them with English voices.

Noctis' voice is a little deeper than I'd imagined though. Oh well.

 

[Hiko]

Of course there has to be the one random guy with a British accent. Can't be a dubbed jrpg without that.

The dubbing overall made me cringe. But that's about what I expected from this game.

 

[drgambit]

Not liking the English voices at all. I guess I'll stick with the Japansese voices.

I agree, I hope there's an option for the Japanese voice track & subs.

 

[komorebi]

Yoko Shimomura. Yes, we're getting a whole Final Fantasy game's worth of Kingdom Hearts/Xenoblade music. Probably what excites me most about the game.

Me too but to be fair, she composed only a fraction of Xenoblade. Her tracks were incredible though. She's one of the only composers in the industry who's work is consistently amazing.

 

[RocBase]

Just watched a bit of it and am already swooning. HNNNNNNGGGGG, MUCH LOVE!!!!

 

[ThatStupidLion]

that car throws me off so much.

i can't handle the mix of styles

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

I thought it was fine. We don't need another sharp, high pitch voice in a JRPG protagonist.

No not high pitch. There isn't only two sides to this. His voice in Japanese fits perfectly. Something closer to that would be much better than another deep voice protag in a game.

 

[Wagram]

Too early to tell but some of it sounds rough. I said the same thing about some of Lightnings lines back in the day but they definitely go back and change them.

 

[Philippo]

Obviously still need a lot of works, i'm sure the voices themselves will improve with time (just look at the lip-sync).

Still, Noctis sounds too Batman-ish, Gladio is ok, Prompto is actually good and much more bearable than JPN voice, and Ignis is not British enough.

 

[Ishida]

i can't handle the mix of styles

 

[Kasper]

It may just be nostalgia speaking, but from listening to this I feel like Final Fantasy voice overs has gotten worse since the PS2 days. Both X and XII were far better to me than this and XIII.

 

[komorebi]

Still, Noctis sounds too Batman-ish, Gladio is ok, Prompto is actually good and much more bearable than JPN voice, and Ignis is not British enough.

What I can't handle are the names in this game. I understand that its "Latin inspired". Okay. But fucking Prompto? I mean come on.

 

[016]

found a youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1NTTYw-0Nw

 

[koutoru]

The thing I don't like about this is that if you want to have dual audio they're probably going to make you download all the cut scenes again just to have the lips re synced properly.

 

[Asd202]

Obviously still need a lot of works, i'm sure the voices themselves will improve with time (just look at the lip-sync).

Still, Noctis sounds too Batman-ish, Gladio is ok, Prompto is actually good and much more bearable than JPN voice, and Ignis is not British enough.

They probably recored the trailer lines while doing the voice work for the demo and put them onto the original TGS trailer so I wouldn't worry about lip-sync.

 

[daveo42]

I was expecting Noctis to sound a little less gruff. Any shouts or yelling or even boisterous dialogue sounded so off too. Thank god for a Japanese track being included. I don't think I could hand 30+ hours of that.

 

[Village]

No not high pitch. There isn't only two sides to this. His voice in Japanese fits perfectly. Something closer to that would be much better than another deep voice protag in a game.

I disagree , I think he sounds fine. I like noctis with a deep voice, different types of voices can come out of different types of people.

 

[SPAW]

I thought it was fine. We don't need another sharp, high pitch voice in a JRPG protagonist.

thank good, no more Tidus "hahaha!".

 

[Manu]

I really like Noctis' voice. The others, not so much. They'll take some adjustment for sure.

 

[MissDeviling]

Thank god for a Japanese track being included. I don't think I could hand 30+ hours of that.

Wait when was this said

 

[Leunam]

It bothers me that someone has an accent when presumably they're all from the same country, but okay.

This happens in real life too, you know.

Sounds fine to me. I don't have a preference but I'll probably just stick to English voices.

 

[Village]

Wait is glasses dude british

I'm ok with this

 

[silva1991]

At first I was like meh probably because I heard them for the first time ,but when I replayed it I thought it was pretty good

 

[nbnt]

Hey, that wasn't bad at all.

Just gimme this game already.

 

[Atlas157]

I think everyone sounds alright but I didn't expect Noctis to have a gruffy voice.

 

[Asd202]

Was the "she made it out alive?" line in the original trailer?
Edit:
Just checked it was"I trust she's well" that a pretty big change that gives a lot more context, guess some shit already went down story wise. I'm speculating but I think Luna is the new Stella.

 

[Vitanimus]

byeeeeee this sounds terrible. the random british accent is especially off putting

 

[koutoru]

Wait when was this said

Tabata predicted that the game would take 40+ hours to beat.

EDIT: as for the jpn track, as mentioned before he said he would try to include dual audio in an interview at tgs, not a conformation though.

 

[daveo42]

Wait when was this said

Tabata mentioned at the Japan Expo that they were going to try to include dual voices.

Unless you meant game length, then I was just making up a number cause this will probably not be a short game.

 

[MissDeviling]

Tabata predicted that the game would take 40+ hours to beat.

No, I mean the Japanese track being included.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

I disagree , I think he sounds fine. I like noctis with a deep voice, different types of voices can come out of different types of people.

Yep, they can, but that's a silly argument for justifying a voice. We can have him sound like Hamtaro then, and it's fine because different voices can come from different people. I'm being silly of course, but right now Noctis's voice sounds way too deep and I don't like it.

 

[Village]

byeeeeee this sounds terrible. the random british accent is especially off putting

But British people exist in real life?

 

[TGO]

I heard the voice of Tidus, I'm sure of it.

 

[Dark_castle]

No not high pitch. There isn't only two sides to this. His voice in Japanese fits perfectly. Something closer to that would be much better than another deep voice protag in a game.

I suppose, but it's really not that bad. Could be worse really.

Prompto's voice work was surprisingly well-done though. I imagined he would be the most awkward, cheesy sounding character in the group, and he still kinda is, but also humorous at the same time. It reminds me of Krillin's voice in TFS.

 

[Athreous]

I prefer the japanese voices, but well, the demo might with english voices too!

 

[APZonerunner]

Jack Fletcher is usually in charge of directing the english Final Fantasy games and he has a personal policy in which he doesn't let previous Final Fantasy voice actors become main characters again. So Troy Baker as a main character seems unlikely.

Based on the way Baker speaks about FF13 these days + his newfound fame, one wonders if he'd even go back if asked!

This is definitely just a dub over the trailer footage, anyway, as the footage is identical - I wonder if there's a running build with any English yet?

 

[artsi]

I'll play with Japanese voices, but that wasn't bad. Anyway my hype is refreshed again.

 

[TriGen]

I thought it sounded fine. I got no problem with this one.

I'll admit the very beginning sounded rough, but the rest of it worked.

 

[Philippo]

They probably recored the trailer lines while doing the voice work for the demo and put them onto the original TGS trailer so I wouldn't worry about lip-sync.

Yeah, just seems like a quick job, although this doesn't make much sense since the demo isn't actually coming out in March, which makes the rush weird.

 

[SPAW]

byeeeeee this sounds terrible. the random british accent is especially off putting

While I agree that Ignis sounds hideous, the general level of these voices are way above most dubs I have heard. Tabata also stated in Paris that they would look into bringing the Japanese voice track with the international release.