Which language do you set voice acting at?
Japanese
83.7%
108
English
16.3%
21
129 votes
| I have no idea if the European version of the game offers other languages, but since this is an English anime website, I assume the very vast majority of people will play the game with one of those two. So which one do you use/prefer? I really appreciate the fact that the Japanese voices were left in the game, and I'm amused by Maximilian being voiced by the same person who did Lelouch's voice, which brings flashbacks of Code Geass, especially when he's issuing orders. On the other hand, the English dialogue script is not an exact translation of the Japanese speech, which bugs me a bit. I keep thinking "That's NOT what she said!" when I read it. |
gokieksNov 16, 2008 9:55 AM
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| It's sad that thay didn't translate it exactly. I set japanese voices. It's good to hear well known voices. :P |
De-JaY said: It's sad that thay didn't translate it exactly. I set japanese voices. It's good to hear well known voices. :P ^ same and it really is a shame about the translation |
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| I played through it in Japanese in my first playthrough, though I plan on playing it in English on my hard mode playthrough. I sampled a bit of the English track, and it's pretty solid. |
doubletacoNov 17, 2008 10:05 PM
| Japanese cartoons and comics. |
De-JaY said: t's good to hear well known voices. :P That's why i play it in english, Steve Blum is my favorite VA ever. (Zaka, and a few random recruits) |
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| English isn't too bad. I switch back and forth for some odd reason. but mainly japanese. i say...65% japanese, and 35% english voices. : D |
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GoTF said: De-JaY said: t's good to hear well known voices. :P That's why i play it in english, Steve Blum is my favorite VA ever. (Zaka, and a few random recruits) Every recruit in the Japanese version has his own VA |
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| Really? Like i care. 1000 Steve Blums are better IN MY OPINION than 1000 different Japanese voice actors that i can't understand or care who they are. |
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GoTF said: Really? Like i care. 1000 Steve Blums are better IN MY OPINION than 1000 different Japanese voice actors that i can't understand or care who they are. You suck then There are really awesome Japanese VAs in VC including Fukuyama Jun, Mamiko Noto, Nakai Kazuya, and much more. |
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| Yes, because people obviously aren't allowed to have a preference if it doesn't comply with your own. |
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Hamel said: You suck then There are really awesome Japanese VAs in VC including Fukuyama Jun, Mamiko Noto, Nakai Kazuya, and much more. lol wtf? other people have opinions you know? go grow up. |
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| No one has a better opinion than me EYEZOOM and I wasn't that serious I just wrote the 1st comment [Every recruit in the Japanese version has his own VA] just so he will know and that's it I didn't say one was better than the other after that I just went along with the angry comment |
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| I like both options, which is pretty surprising considering I generally loathe English dubs of anything. I swap between them 50/50, I suppose, but it's always jarring to go from one to the other... I end up expecting their lines to come out in one voice and they sound completely different hehe. |
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| I started off with the English dub, but Edy's voice actor grated on my nerves. So, I rather rapidly changed to the Japanese soundtrack. I'm the same with most of my games, I just feel that the Japanese soundtrack is a bit more authentic to the original vision. Then again, I couldn't hear Snake's voice in any other language, so I guess I'm rather fickle on the subject. |
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| I`ve made sin, havent even tried the english dubs`s on the game for I dislike greatly to use em while watching anime. Suppose I`ll have a new go with english then, thou almost with 100% sureness I can say that their quality isnt close to the japanese one, imo. |
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| Yeah, so backlog be damned, I'm playing through VC for the 3rd time, this time with English voices, and Edy's voice makes me want to stab her with a dull knife. Ugh. |
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gokieks said: Yeah, so backlog be damned, I'm playing through VC for the 3rd time, this time with English voices, and Edy's voice makes me want to stab her with a dull knife. Ugh. You have piqued my interest. Time to torture myself. BTW anyone gotten A's in Hard mode Skirmishes? What levels do your guys need to be to get them? I'm on my second play through right now...class levels 14-16. |
Fui said: gokieks said: Yeah, so backlog be damned, I'm playing through VC for the 3rd time, this time with English voices, and Edy's voice makes me want to stab her with a dull knife. Ugh. You have piqued my interest. Time to torture myself. BTW anyone gotten A's in Hard mode Skirmishes? What levels do your guys need to be to get them? I'm on my second play through right now...class levels 14-16. I did the Hard Missions at max level and they are still pretty challenging. By the way the max level is 20. |
| I'm playing with the japanese voices....although I've also noticed the translation issues. |
Charliehsv said: I'm playing with the japanese voices....although I've also noticed the translation issues. Yeah they translation is quite abominable. It just keeps getting worse...orz. |
| i have the voices set in Japanese and for me it sounds much better tho i compared both and love the fact that you can choose the language, wish some other games i've played had that option |
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| Played through the first time in English and now I'm playing it again in Japanese. I just miss Catherine in english cause it's so much better hearing her with the irish accent as opposed to japanese. |
| Depends. I like both; but I mainly use English. I prefer Welkin's English VA, same with Maximillian's. I don't think Jun's voice fits with Maximillian at all, maybe due to originally being used to the English VA. It just felt weird seeing a blonde guy with a Zero voice. |
BusterMachine0 said: Depends. I like both; but I mainly use English. I prefer Welkin's English VA, same with Maximillian's. I don't think Jun's voice fits with Maximillian at all, maybe due to originally being used to the English VA. It just felt weird seeing a blonde guy with a Zero voice. i disagree, i've went back to compare scenes in Japanese and English and i really don't like them and i think Welkin and Maximillian Jap voices suit them more than the English. i think Jun Fukyama suits Maximillian because i see Lelouch and Maximillian similar in aspects like both are princes, both have a bit of an arrogance about them. |
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ERROR_404 said: i think Jun Fukyama suits Maximillian because i see Lelouch and Maximillian similar in aspects like both are princes, both have a bit of an arrogance about them. i agree their characters and personalities are similar, it's just weird having Maximillian with lelouch's voice. |
| Ha i play the game in english because i only worked out i can have it in jap half way through i plan on changing it my next time through it :P o well x |
| I hate Welkin and Alicia in the English dub, so I use Japanese. Thinking of playing through the third time in English though. |
| I've only played with english voices cause... just cause... Damon is hilarious in english XD |
Link91 said: I hate Welkin and Alicia in the English dub, so I use Japanese. Thinking of playing through the third time in English though. Reallly? Cause while on occasion I thought Alicia's lines weren't delivered as best that they probably could have been in English, I thought Welkin was perfect in english. |
Barbobot said: Link91 said: I hate Welkin and Alicia in the English dub, so I use Japanese. Thinking of playing through the third time in English though. Reallly? Cause while on occasion I thought Alicia's lines weren't delivered as best that they probably could have been in English, I thought Welkin was perfect in english. I just somehow feel his voice is completely wrong and it irritates me quite a lot. |
Link91 said: Barbobot said: Link91 said: I hate Welkin and Alicia in the English dub, so I use Japanese. Thinking of playing through the third time in English though. Reallly? Cause while on occasion I thought Alicia's lines weren't delivered as best that they probably could have been in English, I thought Welkin was perfect in english. I just somehow feel his voice is completely wrong and it irritates me quite a lot. "aaah i love nature". That is the only thing i liked about him, i dunno why XD. But yea his voice sounds really wrong XD. |
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| I hate english dubs. I prefer not to subject my ears to such torture; Japanese every time. |
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| I first played through with English voices and now I am re-playing the game with Japanese voices. I thought overall the English voices were pretty decent..though I like the Japanese voices too...the only thing with the Japanese voices is that the subs refer to the English voices rather than being directly translated from the Japanese voices. |
| First time in English, second time in Japanese. |
| First playthrough in Jap, second in Eng, third half and half. I kind of like playing through with Japanese more because the subtitles are not 100% identical with the Japanese voices so it surprises me a little bit sometimes and sparks my interest whereas with English I can just skip the voices completely since I'm a fast reader. Not to mention that hearing the voices of Suzaku, Lelouch/Zero, and Kitsu Chiri/Minami Kana in Japanese is the only way to go. |
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| I'm playing the game with English voices and have been pleasantly surprised by the voice acting. Of course I'm watching the anime as well. I have no preference between the two and think the English voice actors have been picked well. However perhaps I should listen to the voice acting in the game as well though, I persume though it is the same people for the characters as it is in the anime. |
| When I do get around to playing the game, I'll do it in English first, turning on Japanese when I get bored of hearing it. I'm used to the Japanese voices from the anime, but the English cast is full of great people. Besides, I love making VA comparisons in English dubs. And I don't care about the translation because it's not a translation, it's a localization. Of course things are going to change, or else there'd be awkward lines. |
| Japanese, hands down! I can't stand English voiceovers in anything really and avoid them like plague if possible. ^O^ Heh, ok, maybe I was a bit harsh but I do prefer the original voice acting in everything, be it Japanese, English, Swedish or Swahili! ^^ |
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kariohki said: When I do get around to playing the game, I'll do it in English first, turning on Japanese when I get bored of hearing it. I'm used to the Japanese voices from the anime, but the English cast is full of great people. Besides, I love making VA comparisons in English dubs. And I don't care about the translation because it's not a translation, it's a localization. Of course things are going to change, or else there'd be awkward lines. Well they often give the characters completely different lines, changing the conversation and meaning entirely. But if you don't notice or don't care then I suppose it doesn't matter. Then again what's the point of translating if nobody notices or cares anyway? |
| There's some things that don't work in English that make sense in Japanese, and there's always the task of adding more flavor to the lines. Sometimes directly translated text is dry. Now, yes, it's bad when important lines totally lose their meaning or the translation has spelling/grammar errors and inconsistencies (see: some games by Working Designs, Ar tonelico 2) There's always going to be sub vs. dub wars, I personally just don't like when people put the English dub down simply because it's an English dub. |
| I really just don't like dubs.. with any show really, not just anime. I suffered thru E's Otherwise on English dubs and was told that the dubs on this show were pretty good, but I really didn't like them. Some of the characters sounded reused, others sounded 'off' and others again just didnt match the facial expression with what they were saying. In general I don't go with dubs, simply because of the 'cheap' aftertaste that they leave. Only if the characters have been thought out really well, in terms of who is going to voice them, I would watch a dub (yes, i.e. pokemon, or yu-gi-oh) |
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Hamel said: De-JaY said: It's sad that thay didn't translate it exactly. I set japanese voices. It's good to hear well known voices. :P ^ same and it really is a shame about the translation Official translations of pretty much anything usually is quite half-assed, so of course, if there's an option, Always the Japanese voices : D (Did this for Eternal Sonata, ps3-version too, and I tried the english voices, but I quit after the opening scene xD.. Yeah it was that bad) jaioni said: Heh, ok, maybe I was a bit harsh but I do prefer the original voice acting in everything, be it Japanese, English, Swedish or Swahili! ^^ No no no, sure, original is usually the best, but Not Swedish, even though it would be original in a Swedish whatever-media-it-could-be xD. Would prefer an english voiceover over a Swedish original : D |
OosranAug 19, 2009 12:40 AM
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For Japanese voices are much better and I hate when any anime being dubbed!  |
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| Japanese of course (though english dub is pretty good also). I was also little disappointed and confused when I tried to search ending of the game from youtube. I could only find it in English. =/ |
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