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Hey Elentor, it's great to see you back! I think I still associate your voice with Aps for some reason! Very excited to see this as a screenshot LP too. Keeps it different from the boatloads of videos out there, better for the little details. Although on a video note: Elentor posted:Truth be told, the JP VA in this game is... surprisingly restrained. For real, let's compare the English and Japanese versions: Even the guard getting taken out sounds more realistic and restrained. Instead of big doofy mouth noises, its basically just breaths. Jessie delivering that kick without PANTING is so much cooler. It's like people on an actual mission. Goddamn. I think Cloud's voice acting is a pretty good fit, but I have a lot of issues with the casting and direction of a lot of the others.
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Game design peeps: Would it have solved things or helped If they'd showed a new health bar for each phase? I suppose it'd make it harder to prioritise item use, etc. if you can't tell how long the fight is going to be. And I guess segmenting the healthbar into phases would spoil the surprises?
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May 28, 2020 11:37
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I hate, hate, hate the Reactor inside-job change. One of the worst things they did. It makes the idea of Shinra conspiratorially dropping the plate way less shocking, because we're shown they'd blow up their own people and blame the terrorists right off the bat. You completely lose that level of escalation and villainy. The idea of ragtag eco terrorists making unpredictable bombs in the slums and what that really means is such a rich story to play with too, but now the Remake has all these mixed messages on it.
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Jun 5, 2020 13:56
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Onmi posted:Yeah, there are at least two moments in OG FF7 were it's implied that not only is the reactor bomb extremely strange, but that Shinra is already aware of and allowing it to happen for their own game (The entire reactor 5 mission, which has President Shinra mock their actions as a waste of fireworks, in the hideout, Jessie wonders what happened with the Bomb to begin with, as she followed the specifications.) OG Jessie's line is "What a blast. Think it was all because of my bomb? But all I really did was just make it like the computer told me. Oh no! I must've made a miscalculation somewhere." I think it's a helluva reach to think this line implies an otherwise unmentioned conspiracy plot, as opposed to someone just making a mistake. And the latter is a far more interesting story. Especially when OG Jessie's final words on the plate support are wondering if she deserved to die for killing so many people.
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Jun 5, 2020 17:52
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No more anime grunt noise comparisons then, haha? (Glad to see you back by the way!) I just keep thinking how much more meaningful this segment would be if it was your fault (the game literally makes you, the player, set the timer on the bomb, after all), and not secretly Shinra's doing.
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Jun 30, 2020 18:27
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Can anyone tell a dumb english person who doesn't know the phonetic alphabet how Zé Farofa is pronounced? All I know is that r is either a h or silent in Brazilian Portuguese - so Zay Fah-ho-fa?quote:Ultimately, I don't think anyone reading this wants (I hope) for me to give my honest opinion. quote:quote:Then I had a scary thought. What if the comedic timing of Cloud turning and seeing Sephiroth was unintentional and instead I'm meant to be, like, super scared and startled at this revelation. The MGS1/Shadow Hearts translator Jeremy Blaustein talked once about how cheesy B-movie vibes are very genuine and popular in Japan (I think specifically on the subject of the lines involving "Love blooming on the battlefield"). From what we see in Japanese games, I assume this is still the case because it explains a lot of stuff like this.  quote:Fun fact: I have a friend who has never played a Final Fantasy and screams Nomura jokingly whenever she's shopping and finds a piece riddled with zippers. quote:
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Jul 16, 2020 19:06
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Hot take o'clock: I really can't stand Aerith's English voice! I know the VA pretty much sounds like that IRL and seems like a nice youtuber who was super enthusiastic about the part, but she just sounds like generic cloying high pitched unnatural anime little girl and it really grates on me. The mocap being very cutesy anime pose is also not helping. We're pretty early on here so there's not much to go off, but I seem to be the only one who doesn't think she was a good fit, and I wonder what I'm missing. I think Jessie's voice would fit her better? But there's also the battle between the confident badass "Are you done?" Aeris of the OG that I remember and am probably overcorrecting for the submissive "staff chick" stereotype the EU made her into. The truth is probably in the middle.
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Jul 25, 2020 00:58
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