voice acting

[SnM]

Tomokazu Sugita and Satomi Arai? Yes please!

[Vino]

I disagree with Vino, but understand why a dub wasn't persued it was done in this case. In most cases though, I would personally hope for at least an option to choose as I will 99.9% of the time go with the English when given the choice.

Aksys in particular seems to avoid dubbing more often than not, and although it doesn't stop me from supporting their games, it does really bother me in stuff like Record of Agarest War where there's dialogue in battle for example that can't be subbed, meaning I end up having no clue what they're going on about.

Oh yeah, for sure having the option to choose is always the best solution. I probably should've been more clear on that.

Going off topic, the specials in Record of Agarest War look ridiculous.

[Wyrdwad]

Lumina: As Pringles noted, *everything* is subtitled in Corpse Party -- even the voiced-only lines that were not accompanied by text in the original Japanese version have been given automatic on-screen subtitles in the English version. We made certain of this, as we didn't want anything to be left out.

...Actually, to be fair, I guess not EVERYTHING is subtitled, as the lyrics to the game's handful of songs remain untranslated (we took a vote in the office, and decided that on-screen song subtitles would be cumbersome and detract from the visuals). But if you know anything about Japanese pop music, I think you'll agree that that's probably for the best.

-Tom

[Lumina]

Oh I was more just talking in a general sense, but it's nice to know that about Corpse Party. That's how it should be any time the original voice acting is kept, in my opinion. It doesn't bother me near as much if that's the case.

[Wyrdwad]

I do know what you mean -- our own Wizardry PS3 has short Japanese voice snippets when you talk to NPCs in the town, and they aren't subtitled, so we're a bit guilty of this ourselves. But if ever that situation should arise again in one of our future games, feel free to ask about it here, and we'll do our best to identify what exactly is being said for you.

(In Wizardry's case, BTW, you're not missing much: my favorite is the guild master, whose main voice clip that he says almost every time you talk to him is, "Kore wa Girudo!" -- literally, "This is the Guild!" Thanks, man, I never would've figured that out!)

-Tom

[PringlesXD]

Kinda like in Fate/Extra. It's also like that in Persona 4, but Atlus voiced them, so it's good.

[Lumina]

It's great that you guys are willing to be so transparent, it speaks volumes about your character.

[JapanFan]

will we be able to turn those off?
japanese voices are annoying.

Atleast their not Spanish or French voices.

[Shizuka]

I'm glad to know XSEED went the extra mile to make sure we get the best experience.

[Akai Shuichi]

Oh just began playing....SERIOUSLY!?!?!? Satomi Arai + Rina Satou!?!?!? Best friends???????

Really, two awesome seiyuu who are doing a great job, but it'll take time to take them seriously if you've previosly watched Railgun xD

Also...Keima!!!