FFXIV ENG Voice Changes 

and became british

Totally agree here

He also throughout the story, he gets taller with Alisaie. My female Miqo'te is the shortest you can be for the race and in ARR, I think he went up to my chest in height, now we're in Shadowbringers and he's almost as tall as my character. lol The twins are growing and we're witnessing it as the story progresses. It's great!

I actually feel like he sounds like a teenager in HW and beyond, and in ARR sounded like an adult trying to voice a child

trauma puberty makes you british

Absolutely. The actor's portrayal is up there with Shohreh Aghdashloo for that smokey goodness. Different, but just as unique and interesting.

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON.

I just finished ARR and transition to Heavensward She went from a commander to a.... well maybe her when she started her career as a babe and not had to deal with the kind of shit the commander of a pirate faction would have to endure. The last thing old Merlwyb said in ARR was "DAMN IT ALL" before storming off. It was a great example of the kind of bluntness in her life that had probably moulded her. I'm just hearing her new voice for the first time, and there is nothing in that. They should have re-recorded ARR with the new actors, to prevent all new players from having experience this very jarring transition. It would be in the players interest that they never know differently.

Saaaaaame!! I miss Merlwyb’s original voice ;3;

The power in that voice was amazing. The new VA has exudes the power of a wet fart. Though it does seem to match closer to the JP VA. She was one of those super rare cases like Cowboy Bebop and FMA where the DUB is better than the original VA.

Such a horrible incident

@@harakiribanzai2483 what happend?

@@dracotheshadowphoenix she died I believe. Murdered if I recall. May she and her children rest in peace.

Not the original one. Yugiri had 3 voice actresses. The one who voiced her in Heavensward was the one who tragically passed.

Sian Blake was the voice actress for her in Heavensward. Churns my stomach to know what happened, but I'm glad the piece of filth was brought to justice. Damn = /

Is it just me or her old voice actor sounded like Elenwen from Skyrim

You could hear her voice struggling later on in the game though. I guess older voice actors really struggle with the constant multiple recordings and straining their voice for not the greatest pay.

@@O.M- it is her. She also voiced Meridia.

His ARR voice made me think he was plotting something when I first met him. Of course, as time went one, he started fumbling the ball more and more.

nah, they just made his Bri'ish lmao

I agree Alphinaud certainly sound cheeky and full of himself, but i feel it fits and he learns and get more mature after failures. Fun Fact: Old Alphinaud was Sam Riegel and Old Thancred was Taliesin Jaffe both from Critical Roll (Popular DnD Stream on Twitch/RU-vid).

He sounds comically British. His accent is so thick you can cut it with a knife. The voice acting is better but the voice sounds horrible.

@@ArvelDreth I dunno, I still remember him as smart, cheeky and cocky. Very fitting for him.

agree, but the new voice had a little subtle "sus" in it, so I personally like it a lot more

New actress is better at acting though

Very much the same inflections and vocal habits. Either they intentionally got someone with a similar voice or the VA is amazing. Yda is pretty good too.

@@XXXmarkysanXXX a little SUS?

@@UmatsuObossa But the first one in ARR is not just a VA, but an actress

It's grim up north.

SLOPPEH!

Sam Rigel wasn’t able to consistently keep up the accent so the change over was for tge better IMO. Honestly the only things lost here for me are Talesin and maaaybe Thancred’s VA in ARR. I really appreciate the change to not have all Lalas be squeekers. That would have gotten so old.

@@gateauxq4604 Taliesin *was* Thancred's ARR VA.

Would it be wrong to redub the ARR cutscenes with the new VAs? No offense to the original VAs and not to undermine them, just for the sake of consistency. Just where appropriate.

great now I can't unhear sam and taliesin.

@@acgearsandarms1343 Like how Destiny did when switching from Dinklebot to Nolandroid

I'm a bit of a Gideon Emery fanboy but honestly I agree

Correction: Alphinaud’s voice was played by Sam Riegel! Sam frickin Riegel! 💕 (He may or may not voice a ninja turtle lol) In seriousness though the last VA crew weren’t given ample time to prepare and were kind of rushed through the process. That’s why even though the VAs themselves are talented, their scripts often had a lot of voicing errors. You can literally hear the difference in the delivery of their lines now vs then. SE are taking better care of them now. So glad Yoshi P and their team took over.

@@e.k_liadon There is no correction here, Sam Riegel voices Donatello.

@@e.k_liadon ARR's voice acting sounds like they just gave the voice actors the scripts with only their individual lines and said "just read this." Later voice acting sounds like they had some actual direction, maybe a storyboard or early animation samples for context.

I just got to Heavensward and just before Tataru was sooo cartoonish it was WTF ?! Then voice toned down and fit the scenes

Yeah, ARR voice acting being a bit off sounded like a problem with direction.

I actually kinda miss Urianger's old VA, since it was the same as Ignis in FFXV: it had the tone of responsibility and maturity....sometimes, the new Urianger feels like he's smug with his knowledge XD

Fun fact the voice actor who does the voice for the character Urianger is the same voice actor who does final fantasy 12 Balthier.

@@nathanosworth4640 it was Balthier/Biggs(7R)’s voice actor, not Ignis’s

@@LuisRodriguez-vc6ff And his current VA voiced Metal Face in Xenoblade Chronicles.

@nathanosworth4640 Emery Gideon didn't voice Ignis , he voiced Balthier in XII . Adam Croasdell voiced Ignis . And unlike Urianger , Ignis did more than studying and divining . He was the steward of the group and the more diligent of the group .

Yes! Tracy just lacks the “oomph” that makes Merlwyb so badass! I miss her old voice ;3;

Literally the only 'old' voice I wish they hadn't changed - her old voice was just so perfect for a tough commanding woman. The most recent voiced scene was better than the ones in stormblood (where she sounded positively girlie) but still not as good as the original.

I just figured they were trying to emulate the Japanese version. They do higher pitched voices, seemingly, for that given their sizes.

@@ssjup81 So in the Japanese voices the Lalafell dont all sound high pitched some of the ones in Ul'dah actually had rather deep voice actors doing lines and Pipin is voiced by the person who's known for Adult Link shouts in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time who's also done a bunch of other stuff since

Dunno man, it made lalafel voices actually Unique. Sure it sounded weird in the beginning, but when its a pattern of the race. It makes a lot of sense. The new case everyone sound the same. Average "Wolverine-fallen hero-cool guy voice nº1" and "Average female voice nº1" I hardly can distinguish the characters(With exception of Alphinaud)

Papalymo didn't get the writing he deserved. And frankly the switch from Yda to.. Yda was weird. Why did the character go from a complete ditz to a pragmatic strategist?

@@jasondeutschbein8102 Because she wasn't acting anymore? Come on, they say it literally right as it happens lmao

Agreed. I still miss Papalymo to this day. Finest Pupil indeed. So many people have cheated death, yet he, mostly alone, has not. :(

@@YaMamasAss who said

@@ProfessorGunk Lyse did. She was just acting how she remembered Yda did, she stops pretending to be Yda and starts acting like herself which she originally could only do with Papalymo

i’m in the exact same boat, i remember being so upset when starting HW and hearing alphinaud’s voice chance, but listening back i just think that the new one fits so much better lol

Could you imagine Yda/Lyse with that high-pitched bimbo voice taking charge of the Ala Mhigo resistance?

@@Galacticavatar Nope I wouldn't. Hence why I said it wouldn't match XD

Whenever I hear that voice, I'm reminded of Rachel Alucard from BlazBlue, voiced by the same actress. A gothic aristocratic condescending vampire. Couldn't be farther from Yda.

@@Galacticavatar She'd probably change the voice to show that she's a different person (I know some characters voiced by her which have aggressive tones, namely Scarlet from Trails of Cold Steel)

Merlywb's is the most tragic change. I can't watch scenes with the new voice actress without cringing.

I think it suits him as a dad now.

Yda/Lyse voice for me.

as I just got the first cut scene of HW Alphinaud is pretty bad, like there is no snark left and he became british? or do they all become british?

@@ProfessorGunk They changed studio so now they record in the UK. Alphinaud is a little rough at first but it's a fit eventually. After the events of ARR he's in more of a humbled role who looks up to certain other characters in the story for a time.

Welp, now I can't unhear the voice of our elder god.

As well as that, the ARR Urianger is Fenris of Dragon Age 2 fame. And I guess Samson too.

No-one talks about Papalymo. He was a crap character and a bit of a bully towards Yda.

@@Galacticavatar well voice wise he definitely improved. Don’t remember him being too much of a bully though

yeah, i just replayed ARR and HW, and i don't get the bully vibe. i definitely get an "annoyed by her general impulsiveness and tendency to not think things through" vibe, that sometimes creeps over into snarkiness, but it never came off as bullying to me

You can say that again, I mean... even though he takes a more tactical approach to things, he's still snarky at times

I like how Alphinaud sounds like he has it together and then he just drops it comes Heavensward-onwards, because his refined voice was just some affectation he did to distance himself.

Yep, the whole "From tragedy and sacrifice, we rise to greet a new dawn" line might've sounded about 10x more cringey

It does! But that doesn't fit his face now that we see it. I think it sounds too old for him, but it is one of the better original voices.

@@leonie7754 well I guess the VA referenced the fact that Urianger is a little bit old fashion - in his manner of speaking and I have no idea if Elezens live hundreds of year that would probably consider his age - old.

It's funny, cause his new VA could probably be legit heard as a BBC announcer. Hell, he played a villain in a BBC radio drama.

Great, i'm not going to be able to unhear that when playing through the story with my alts lol

Best thing to ever happen

@@Umbruhh Except with Urianger, I loved Balthier's VA

Oh, I was wondering why all the VAs changed to begin with. I never knew there were companies that supplied VAs

Pity they didn't renew the contract.

Alphinaud as a character was super unlikeable. He was a rich, stuck up snob who thought way too highly of himself despite the fact that he couldn’t actually deliver and it was the WoL’s efforts that created the change he was looking for. Then when he created the Crystal Braves, his Ego was on max! Lol I honestly think if Colins voiced Alphinaud in ARR he wouldn’t have the same level of “arrogant rich prick” that Sam Riegel brought to the table. I think Colins’ depiction of his voice after ARR really reinforces that sense of “Just got my Ego shoved up my ass,” that Sam’s depiction wouldn’t bring to the table. I think the timing of voice changes for Alphinaud was perfect storyline wise in that respect.

Bethan Cullinane is Livingway and Mappingway's voice. Haley Alexander voiced Nanamo in 2.0. From what a search says.

They get much better the deeper into the game you get, just like how the ARR voices got much better with each patch all the way to 2.5. It also doesnt help that the actual _quality_ of the recordings in Heavensward is pretty bad too. Merylwyb in particular has some very good voice acting in Shadowbringers.

Yeah I'm just getting to stormblood and i actually prefer all the original voices over the new ones. they just sound so generic and vaguely british

@@Chocolate83Bunny they sound *vaguely* british because most of the voice actors ARE british and the recording studio is based in the UK. how can they be generic if they're authentic? or would you rather them sound vaguely american?

“Urianger” “worse” NAY

@@kyoutasan3506 I'm not sure why you would use an American VA company for a game with no American accents in the first place.

I used to love his ARR voice and was bummed when it got changed. But I've now gotten used to his new VA (after hearing it for so many years) so I prefer it. :x

I knew Papalymo's voice was way too familiar.

Tall girl supremacy.