What is up with the voice acting?

[IndustryStandard]

Seriously I'm not trying to start something here but the main voice actor for my character sounds like the homosexual stereotype on steroids. Then various other NPCs have passable to god awful voice acting and I swear the quality of the audio differs in subtle ways across them all, like they were recording in different environments.

Also when talking to Presley I notice HIS lips move when my guy talks. Seriously?

[Stormie]

I feel like you're either an aspiring Voice actor or an actual voice actor lol Cdawg jr in the discussions <3 [the female "me" voice seems fine to me ]

[Ardenian]

Regardless how bad the voice acting is, it amazes me how often it catches the essence of the characters (even if it is stereotypical). Alice or Sophia, for instance. Couldn't imagine the characters with a different voice acting.

Regarding the voice acting for players, I agree with you. I disliked all three of the male voice actors. Maybe they shouldn't have given the player character one. That's how many JRPG do it and players usually don't mind, do they.

[Smakit]

Originally posted by Ardenian:

Regardless how bad the voice acting is, it amazes me how often it catches the essence of the characters (even if it is stereotypical). Alice or Sophia, for instance. Couldn't imagine the characters with a different voice acting.

Regarding the voice acting for players, I agree with you. I disliked all three of the male voice actors. Maybe they shouldn't have given the player character one. That's how many JRPG do it and players usually don't mind, do they.

Just in case you (or someone else) didn't notice, you can absolutely pick to give the main character no voice - which is what I picked. Still shows the dialog in text, but no actual voice lines.

[Ardenian]

Originally posted by Smakit:

Originally posted by Ardenian:

Regardless how bad the voice acting is, it amazes me how often it catches the essence of the characters (even if it is stereotypical). Alice or Sophia, for instance. Couldn't imagine the characters with a different voice acting.

Regarding the voice acting for players, I agree with you. I disliked all three of the male voice actors. Maybe they shouldn't have given the player character one. That's how many JRPG do it and players usually don't mind, do they.

Just in case you (or someone else) didn't notice, you can absolutely pick to give the main character no voice - which is what I picked. Still shows the dialog in text, but no actual voice lines.

Thanks for mentioning it, I was indeed not aware of it. Gonna change it to no player character voice acting.

[IndustryStandard]

Where the heck is that option hidden?

[Smakit]

I only just purchased the game from the humble bundle and it was an option in the customization stuff when you create your character - I think the last screen when picking your voice the 4th option was silent.

As to whether you can change it in game after starting, I have no clue as I never had to look. Hopefully you can find it or someone else can chime in.

[Empurress MeowMeows]

Originally posted by Ardenian:

Regardless how bad the voice acting is, it amazes me how often it catches the essence of the characters (even if it is stereotypical). Alice or Sophia, for instance. Couldn't imagine the characters with a different voice acting.

Regarding the voice acting for players, I agree with you. I disliked all three of the male voice actors. Maybe they shouldn't have given the player character one. That's how many JRPG do it and players usually don't mind, do they.

I so disagree with not giving the player a voice and I am glad my character has one. There is an option to turn the voices off which is the better option than to have none to start off with and there are some of us who do kinda like the voices in the game. :)

[Sala]

You DO realize the game is very LGBT+ friendly and has two voice set for males and females to support the community right? There's three other voice pack you can pick, or you can put none. Plenty of choice.

Also: vote Antoine for mayor of Portia.

[IndustryStandard]

Nothing supports something more like some stereotypes.

[Big Smoke]

Originally posted by Zeruca:

Originally posted by ozgirlondaedge:

I feel like you're either an aspiring Voice actor or an actual voice actor lol Cdawg jr in the discussions <3 [the female "me" voice seems fine to me ]

Personally playing the demo I can confirm a good portion of the voice acting is pretty bad.

But also remember this is the company who “forgot” to pay their voice actors until they were publicly called out on news outlets.

Because China