Sinewav Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 This brings a tear to my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José the Bronx Rican Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 "I know you guys are having fun (giggle), but could you stop a sec and tell me why I am involved with this?" I prefer to think the "actress" really said that about herself, and they just included it. That whole thing was a scream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 This is why I think voice acting on everything should be abolished. This is why you are waiting all those extra months for localization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhull Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yeahhh! Splat! I'm gonna hurt you badly. I mean really, really badly. Whoever wrote that should have never been born. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnowhathuh Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Holy mother of...what the...wow....that's honestly one of the most horrendous examples of voice acting I've ever heard. I didn't know if to laugh or cry. But seriously it HAS to be fake right....seriously....? Gotta love how that "Yeahhhh!" had two syllables though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekofrog Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did I do good? :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mutericator Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did I do good? :3 Ya dun good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did I do good? :3 That'll do, pig. That'll do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did I do good? :3 Here, have a cookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohbody Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Holy shit. Uru is clearly very metro, Karen is a crackwhore, and Nicole? is just some guy. What is this from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Holy shit. Uru is clearly very metro, Karen is a crackwhore, and Nicole? is just some guy. What is this from? You know why it's so bad?Here's the deal: The voice "actors" are actually mostly family members of one of the guys on the localization team. They're not professionals and presumably didn't get paid at any kind of rate that professional voice actors are paid. The only reason the game even has an English "dub" is to get it approved for North American release. Chaos Wars has a dual-language option, and the target demographic is the American-subtitled-anime-watching-otaku crowd. In other words, the publisher knows that the people buying and playing the game aren't going to listen to the English dub anyway; they're just gonna switch the language to Japanese and get that full-on anime experience, so they don't even bother putting any effort (or more importantly, money) towards the dub. It's a pretty sneaky but effective way of saving money on localization. Plus there's the added benefit of publicity from videos like this. Anyway I've heard that it's a pretty good tactics-style RPG, so if you're into that kind of thing and want an anime-styled game, hit it up. There's your answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowStorm Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 So the localiztion guy hired his family members to do the voice acting. Man, that's sad. The voice acting is so damn . . . wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 So the localiztion guy hired his family members to do the voice acting. Man, that's sad. It's not sad. It's a way to save money. Nobody playing Chaos Wars is going to care about the English dub; they're just going to switch it to Japanese and play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenSage Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I guess maybe if it's a major japanese franchise type of game... I prefer for things to be in english. But, it's barable if the subtitles are english. My friend was playing Mario 64. He downloaded a japanese rom he found. I guess he played the game enough to not need to read; but it ruined it for me. What console is that Chaos Wars game on? That would explain why they wern't too worried about making the voice-overs decent. I would say it's somekind of handheld; and they tend to dim things down alot when they are replicating a game that's already on a better console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I am more stupid for watching this video, and I do not regret it in the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I guess maybe if it's a major japanese franchisetype of game... I prefer for things to be in english. But, it's barable if the subtitles are english. My friend was playing Mario 64. He downloaded a japanese rom he found. I guess he played the game enough to not need to read; but it ruined it for me. What console is that Chaos Wars game on? That would explain why they wern't too worried about making the voice-overs decent. I would say it's somekind of handheld; and they tend to dim things down alot when they are replicating a game that's already on a better console. It's a PS2 game. And stop pressing enter in the middle of your sentences. Write normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaNoMore Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I am more stupid for watching this video, and I do not regret it in the least My thoughts exactly. Thanks for another piece of memorable crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyne Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...!? Seriously, the dubbing is horrible. I too stopped halfway through, I couldn't take it. There's just no feeling in the dialog. Hell, I could do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Me too. I honestly remember playing Ninja Gaiden 2 with friends and we were drinking and doing voice acting during the cutscenes, and we did a much better job. Doing voice acting for a game would be super awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJT Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 bear my arctic blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maco70 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I posted this somewhere a while back... Amazing internet vids thread maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellink Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 That Uru is one gay bitch alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Playing the demo and watching the trailer, the voice acting in the new Tales of Vesperia game is just horrendous. Especially that final line of the trailer, the guy loses all hope of life it seems. Or is a mannequin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speculative Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 That is some horrid VA. I'm not sure who they would have even rounded up to do that, the dev's kids or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Some guys (and girls) got around to do their own dub of this dialogue, and although it's still bad, it's at least 2 and a half steps better than the real dub on a 1-10 scale. (no, really...they weren't really trying at all...they really did just do it for humor purposes) Regardless, yeah...this is like epic badness at its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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