Yol dok, Dovahkiin.
Anyone played Splinter Cell: Conviction? That one's a classic for me.
huh, never knew that devil may cry was originally going to be re4
Archived M2K2 Forum
http://kotaku.com/5941179/its-time-for-jrpgs-to-get-rid-of-voice-acting
lol why does this site exist again?
lol why does this site exist again?
red chamber dream
normally i wouldn't click but i couldn't resist ... okay, so people do realize that jrpg voice acting doesn't HAVE to be bad, right? the reason it so often sucks is that english actors "have" to match up with the characters' lips, which, due to the huge differences between japanese and english, means you wind up with all these weird pauses and stretched out syllables and all kinds of dumb shit.
on the other hand, the japanese voice acting is generally great. but it's obscenely expensive to put the japanese voice track in international releases because of all the royalties japanese voice actors get paid.
ok, so how do we solve this? couple options:
a) forget about lip syncing entirely (probably won't happen because publishers think people care about that).
b) programmatically change the movement of the lips depending on the language. a lot of work, sure, but it's much less expensive than paying out multiple royalties per actor.
c) just wait until the american games industry catches up to japan in terms of getting top-notch voice talent and paying them royalties. there are several very good voice actors who do lots of games, but in general it's not as highly sought-after by the good actors because it's a lot of work and doesn't pay as much as, say, a cartoon where you get royalties.
on the other hand, the japanese voice acting is generally great. but it's obscenely expensive to put the japanese voice track in international releases because of all the royalties japanese voice actors get paid.
ok, so how do we solve this? couple options:
a) forget about lip syncing entirely (probably won't happen because publishers think people care about that).
b) programmatically change the movement of the lips depending on the language. a lot of work, sure, but it's much less expensive than paying out multiple royalties per actor.
c) just wait until the american games industry catches up to japan in terms of getting top-notch voice talent and paying them royalties. there are several very good voice actors who do lots of games, but in general it's not as highly sought-after by the good actors because it's a lot of work and doesn't pay as much as, say, a cartoon where you get royalties.
