I did not read those news, but the trailer kind of gave it away.

Honestly, this game is looking really good.As I said before, sucks that it isnt turn based, but Im not against this style.The only thing so far that bumps me out is that they are slicing this game in pieces.

*sigh*

I agree with your argument but when ff7 came out most gamers in the US didn’t care about rpg but the game was so spectacular that everyone ended buying it anyway, if square delivers a quality product it will sell regardless of the gameplay style, besides most people disliked the ff15 combat so what’s the point of keeping it?

What do you have against "raspy, edgy and stoic deep" voices?

I would love FFVII Remake to be turn-based, but at the same time, as a hopeless optimistic with things I want to go well, I can't shake the hope that the FF7R gameplay will be fun.

I see where you are coming from. But this situation could be one of higher ups asking themselves: "How can we make this sell better?" and then someone coming with and the company agreeing to the idea that action is the best way to go, regardless of how true that may be.

I think that works of fiction should be required by law to have characters that can be identified with any particular group to shift tone of voice, personality, appearance, etc. every few scenes so that a single character can properly represent the complete variations within a whole group so that everyone is happy and won't complain.

We just need a small text with the character name on screen each time the character changes so that we know the character is still the same person. Practical solution found.

Nothing. I hate how Japan thinks all black people sound like that. As much as I hate Kotaku and their left wing pandering, they were on point this time and concluded as much as well.

https://kotaku.com/fans-are-concerned-about-barrets-voice-in-the-final-fan-1834678296/amp

About time we got something... They need to stop with the dilly dally.... Shilly shally...

I think it's more a case of Barrett being a bulkier character hence he has a rougher voice. And is Japan really in charge of hiring the English voice actors?

That's an excellent question. I'd imagine that they outsource it to a casting agency, and Square Enix looks at the final product when it's completed. I don't "think" SE does motion capture with their voice acting like Naughty Dog and other studios, they just wipe the Japanese dialogue that was already recorded and the localization department who's in charge of English dialogue does the rest.

That'd be a good thing to Google.

If it is done by a separate studio that's located in the states, then Barrets stereotypical voice is even more shameful. That's just me though, I realize everyone isn't unhappy with his voice.

Regardless, SE's HQ in Japan undoubtedly looks and officially approves of the final results of the English localization.

If Square Enix aren't the ones responsible for the final product of the English voice over, then I'll be at a loss for words... 

I'm just glad Japanese don't give a shit about complaining like this. Barret sounds fine. Would it be better if he had a softer voice, but spoke in ebonics?