I had a Gamecube last gen, no voice acting was pretty much the default there. Hell, Nintendo still doesn't use much voice. Can't fault them, especially with characters that just look Japanesy, VAs try to voice them like that then and that usually ends up painful. Especially the "loli" characters tend to suck, sounding screechy as hell.Slycne said:
I don't understand this recent tendancy for crappy localization from Squeenix, usually they do such a GOOD job, I mean look at Dragon Quest VIII, several world regions each of which uses a different dialect from the British Isles? That's a fantastic localization, they did something similar with FFXII, the people from Rabanastre had some sort of American accent, the Arcadians were very proper English accents, I think the Nabradian's were another accent from the Isles and I think the people from Bhujerba were Polish. What ever happened to that?Slycne said:
I have to say that combat was a truly redeeming factor in SO4. It was faster paced than SO3, more strategic, and controlling each character felt like a unique experience.sanzo said:
I felt the same way, with the exception of the little girls, the voice acting was the same as any other game. Most of the problems were more do to poor writing then poor voice acting. Had they not done voice overs the dialog would of been just as bad, only forcing you to read it.Lvl 64 Klutz said:
Aye, I've always wondered why, when it comes to Japanese RPGs that the main protagonists almost always seem to punk ass little 14 year old kids (or generally kids anyway) who are somehow tasked with saved the entire world from destruction. Is this some kind of cultural factor that I just don't understand? This may explain why the only JRPG I have actually purchased was Lost Odyssey which gracefully saw fit to make the principle characters a little more mature (900 odd years or so to be more specificCodgo said:
). Okay, so it still did have kids, but at least they weren't heralded as mankinds only hope for survival.
Also, thankfully, the cheesy name can be explained with an important plot point about halfway through the game.MarsProbe said:I will say one thing though - I may not be buying this game, but personally I think Edge Maverick is an alright name - provided it stays within its JRPG environment!
So, he's some kind of "Maverick" right? That, and he was born on the "Edge" of space, which is surely an achievement in itself. I am of course just theorising here.Lvl 64 Klutz said:Also, thankfully, the cheesy name can be explained with an important plot point about halfway through the game.MarsProbe said:I will say one thing though - I may not be buying this game, but personally I think Edge Maverick is an alright name - provided it stays within its JRPG environment!
The Suikoden Series also manages to break past the Final Fantasy seres, by presenting much more realistic stories,characters and worlds, sadly the DS incarnation does not to its pedigree justice.sanzo said:
Agreed, it shows that there is still hope for Japanese RPG developers. The funny thing is that one of the things that makes it so interesting is the "dating sim" gameplay mixture, something that japanese developers felt had no place outside of Japan. Granted in Persona 3/4 it's not all about "dating," it's about getting to know the various characters that surround you in the world. Makes it a much more meaningful experience.sanzo said:
You know, at the end of the game I was left slack-jawed. There was a part of the ending that Reimi's line must have just had the note "freak out" and she took it quite literally. Probably the only time I've ever enjoyed a tantrum, as it was unusually believable considering the rest of the game.CantFaketheFunk said:
