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Do you prefer to play video games with Japanese or English voice acting?

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Do you prefer to play video games with Japanese or English voice acting?

199 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you prefer to play video games with Japanese or English voice acting?

    • Japanese
      25
    • English
      102
    • As long as I can understand what their saying somehow, I'm fine.
      53
    • Don't mind it either way.
      19

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Personally i prefer english voice acting even though it isnt as good as the japanese, i dont know japanese so its kinda hard to understand what they are saying

But i have to agree that japanese voice actors are better most of the times :)

Edited by Nikolasvanitas

Pretty much both since I speak both English and Japanese.

I prefer to play games with English voice acting. I like to be able to understand what they are saying and sometimes I get tired of reading the subtitles. Although, there are some really good Japanese voice actors that are entertaining to listen to sometimes even though I don't understand a word they are saying. :P

Depends which I like better.

Japanese! eventhough I don't really understand them lol I just like how they sound :)

English voice acting

I prefer German because it's my language, but especially J-RPGs don't get localized VA....only games made in the west...

but when I have the choice between English and Japanese...I would prefer Japanese because there are only a few English VA's I really like (for example Crisis Core)

the English voices for Final Fantasy X caused that I have canceled the game after a few hours.....

 

BUT....I'm watching a Let's Play for Lollipop Chainsaw and this have to be with English voices because there is a joke with Japanese language and the locations and characters are American

I like to play games that have subtitles.

I prefer the Japanese voices (I assume they are going to have subtitles right) over the English it just sounds better to me.

The language that the game was made in usually sounds better, IMO. Japanese games sound better in Japanese, and American and other English language games usually sound better in English. After all, the games were made with that language in mind, so some jokes, puns, etc. that only specific language speakers get don't translate well. But occasionally, you'll find a work with superb localization. Kingdom hearts, of course, is a good example, though it falls short here and there. A really good example isn't exactly a game, but an anime (of course there were a couple of localized games released here based off it) is Fullmetal Alchemist, it's my favorite dub to date.

Edited by Wally

As long as I can understand what their saying somehow, I'm fine.

Please correct this =x

Well, English, seeing as I'm English. But I'd settle for Japanese voices with English text/subs if I had to.

I don't know about you all, but I for one wouldn't want Japanese voices on Western developed games. Japanese voices sound cool when they fit their characters, so typically in Japanese games. The best Japanese voices are the really deep, semi-croaky, male voices that sound like absolute bosses (like Xemnas' jap voice, for example). There are some great English versions for these voices as well, but I cbf listing them.

Personally, I think the best dub ever is Iron Chef. The way they try to convey the feeling is hilarious, especially because the words and mouth movements are not in sync. "Mmmmmm. . . .this is very good. I like how the beef is very tender. The sauce complements it very well too. Mmmmmm. . .)

 

P.S. I'm not a huge fan of the super high pitched japanese female voice; it annoys me at times.

I prefer English, but if there's no English, Japanese with English subs.

I don't care as long as the voice acting doesn't annoy me. But most of the time I prefer English. o3o

I don't speak Japanese, but if theres English subtitles I couldn't give a toss =)

I don't speak Japanese, so I only prefer to hear English voices. I normally don't like Japanese with English subtitles, but the only exception I made was for Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

For some reason i prefer Japanese. o.O

As long as there are english subtitles on the Japanese one then I don't mind either way if the voices sound good.

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