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[Laddy]

Originally Posted by Ouch! ^

Originally Posted by Laddy ^

I like the story, and yeah the writing's a bit overdone, but it's not bad. Hey, the game's not even close to being done, right? Give it some time, it's far too early for Eoff, er, us to be picky, k?

Actually, given that the game is coming out in Japan shortly (nine weeks), it's probably almost completely done if not already completely done.

I'm referring to the English, i.e. lip-synching, melodramatic translation.

Story and smurfola is done and there's nothing we can do about it.

[Zerokku]

Originally Posted by DarkMassacre ^

Originally Posted by Zerokku ^

God damn that was awful. Melodramatic much?

As if Final Fantasy has never been melodramatic.

Of course the old games have melodrama. How the hell else are you supposed to convey emotion with tiny sprites and a few lines of text.

Thats a far cry from soap operaesque teen angst.

[Calarandir]

Originally Posted by Rocket Edge ^

Originally Posted by Loony BoB ^

What piqued my interest was the little chatbox down the bottom left when they showed off some gameplay bits. What was that? People interacting online or the characters commenting based on where you travel to? Or NPC chatter?

Yeah I noticed that too, what's the deal with that?

The voice acting seemed decent to me, although for some reason a select few have Australian accents. The game looks great, I just worry it's going to be set in a really futuristic world. I wouldn't exactly be a big fan of it.

I hope it's NPC chatter personally, it would seem more realistic to overhear what NPC's are talking about among themselves and would help to give the world a lot of depth.

[smittenkitten]

I laugh at the silly voicing. Definetly going to get it when it comes out though, looks awesome.

[Skyblade]

Originally Posted by Calarandir ^

Originally Posted by Rocket Edge ^

Originally Posted by Loony BoB ^

What piqued my interest was the little chatbox down the bottom left when they showed off some gameplay bits. What was that? People interacting online or the characters commenting based on where you travel to? Or NPC chatter?

Yeah I noticed that too, what's the deal with that?

The voice acting seemed decent to me, although for some reason a select few have Australian accents. The game looks great, I just worry it's going to be set in a really futuristic world. I wouldn't exactly be a big fan of it.

I hope it's NPC chatter personally, it would seem more realistic to overhear what NPC's are talking about among themselves and would help to give the world a lot of depth.

I thought it was fairly obviously character/NPC chatter. You can, after all, see the character icons during the comments. Lightning is making the first one we see "No comments about the scenery", and the comment "If they trap us in here, we're dead" is also made by a character (don't know his name, but the little blonde kid). The other comments "Pulse has been trying to invade Cocoon for ages, huh?" and "Carbuncle's so adorable, I want to get the plushie" would be NPC chatter, which is why the "Talk" button appears, so that you can hold a conversation with the NPC who made the comment.

That's how I saw it, anyway.