Remake Voice Actors Announced

[Tetsujin]

Didn't someone say Troy doesn't do Japanese games any more?

Doesn't sound like it would be true, he's in Death Stranding after all.

 

[FFShinra]

In that case, I expect Baker to show up somewhere.

 

[Ite]

Ditto on Aerith’s voice sounding a little too cute-sy, if that’s even a term. Oh well, as long as it doesn’t enter Vanille territory then we’re good

I've been listening to her let's plays, because she doesn't have any professional clips that I can find. I'm trying to reserve judgement for now. I certainly think she has a better chance of nailing it than anyone who has tried before, because she has the advantage of not already disappointing me lol

Compilation Aeris has always been too cutesy, too demure, and too infantile for me. But she had those moments in the OG as well, it's just my imagination glossed over them - its easier when its text and lego sprites.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I always imagined her with kind of a shrill voice in the original, to be honest, with her overall personality just making her endearing despite that and those more infantile personality moments.

 

[Sprites]

She did have those moments in the OG to be fair, look how she handles Barret at the Gold Saucer for example that was quite an immature moment from her I thought.

I like her voice if I'm honest I think I haven't heard enough yet to really make a full decision but I like it so far.

 

[ForceStealer]

Compilation Aeris has always been too cutesy, too demure, and too infantile for me. But she had those moments in the OG as well, it's just my imagination glossed over them - its easier when its text and lego sprites.

She did have those moments in the OG to be fair, look how she handles Barret at the Gold Saucer for example that was quite an immature moment from her I thought.

I'm glad we acknowledge this. I totally understand the concern of SE thinking her pure and innocent, given the way they've directed VAs (particularly Suvari) to speak way higher than their normal speaking voices.
But I do think fans have a way of going too far the other way, thinking she was this rough and tumble badass bitch. She certainly had elements of that, she didn't take other people's shit if she didn't want to, but there was no shortage of moments where she (at least) put on airs of being cutesy or naive.

I reserve judgement on this voice until I've heard more. But I think that if a high voice is what they want, it's good that they got someone who actually has a high voice so that she'll still be able to emote at that register.

 

[Ite]

Everything in moderation. She's light and fun when she can afford it, but she has a deep well of inner strength. This gif gives me hope:

 

[Random Nobody]

I've certainly heard worse on the stereotype side of things.

i'm not entirely sure what this means, but there's a reason people were taking the piss out of the line from the initial teaser. the cadence of his voice sounds unnatural because it's got the kind of exaggeration you don't really expect to/do not hear outside a pulpit.

i mean it's joaks, but iono if i can take that seriously.

 

[pxp]

Is this Britt Baron's closest Tifa impression thus far (no voice acting)?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1059890657655803904

 

[Ite]

In reading the dialogue from the OG, I always heard Barret as boisterous, preachy, almost sermonizing all of his lines. It plays into a certain stereotype (the gospel preacher kinda thing) but for me, that's his character. He IS boisterous and preachy. Rude, on the other hand, is a black character who doesn't play into that stereotype, and that is why it is so so important to have ample representation.

 

[ForceStealer]

Everything in moderation. She's light and fun when she can afford it, but she has a deep well of inner strength. This gif gives me hope:

Can't...stop...watching...

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

In reading the dialogue from the OG, I always heard Barret as boisterous, preachy, almost sermonizing all of his lines. It plays into a certain stereotype (the gospel preacher kinda thing) but for me, that's his character. He IS boisterous and preachy. Rude, on the other hand, is a black character who doesn't play into that stereotype, and that is why it is so so important to have ample representation.

Quoted for Extra Like. I always read his lines (e.g. "The planet's dyin', Cloud" or "It's the sign of the times") the same way.

 

[Ite]

Quoted for Extra Like. I always read his lines (e.g. "The Planet's dyin', Cloud" or "It's the sign of the times") the same way.

My first play, Barret said: "The Planet's dyin', Xander!" and for me it's such a clear sound in my head, one of the clearest in the game for me. Maybe the extra syllable in the name slows this line down some, but I remember hearing his plea, crystal clear - not as an admonishment, but as a desperate invitation. His goal isn't to be big an' bad. His goal is to heal the world.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Right on! Precisely that!

 

[Random Nobody]

In reading the dialogue from the OG, I always heard Barret as boisterous, preachy, almost sermonizing all of his lines.

which is fine. that's not how i ever interpreted his character, but again, it's less about interpretation and more about sound. it would work if they got td jakes to do his lines, but since they didn't, it sounds more like a shoot and a miss in that department. because it doesn't sound natural to my ears, it's grating.

Rude, on the other hand, is a black character

 

[Ite]

because it doesn't sound natural to my ears, it's grating.

I'm a little worried that the actor will be directed to do the lines according to how a white producer thinks a black man should sound, and that my ears will pick up on the actor's less-than-100% commitment to it. Certainly the "LOAD OFFA YO SHOWDAHS" line was a bit much.

If it comes from a place of authenticity and passion, then I'm all ears. Here's hoping!

 

[Random Nobody]

I'm a little worried that the actor will be directed to do the lines according to how a white producer thinks a black man should sound

that's what it already sounds like, which is why I'm sceptical.

 

[Ite]

All the more reason we need a Voice Toggle. Please please pleeeeease.

 

[ForceStealer]

Then you can listen to what a Japanese producer thinks a black man should sound like

 

[trash panda]

that's what it already sounds like, which is why I'm sceptical.

Welp, thanks for saying what I was thinking. Lmao.

 

[Random Nobody]

Welp, thanks for saying what I was thinking. Lmao.

this is the ghost of steve burton punishing me for my past 15 years of shit-chatting from beyond the grave.

 

[Lex]

I cannot stress how excited I am for the party banter:



CLOUD IS SO SASSY I LOVE IT!

From Jason Schreier's impressions article

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1138924827941658625

 

[Tashasaurous]

You will be deeply missed as Cloud Strife so much, Steve Burton. You're forever in everybody's hearts!

 

[FFShinra]

Am I just normally oblivious to such things or are the actors (both OG and new) a lot more engaging on twitter than most? Honest question.