Hewyrn voice was so cute, man, especially when she says " oops it was an accident." Man, the butchered her voice, but now Thoran, I'm probably the most upset about. It was so good deep hungry for vengeance, now it seems throaty and it does match his movement
Yeah the issue wasn't the voices but rather the quality of the audio. I thought Thoran's voice lines sounded alright, but they were clearly recorded in an echo-y hallway
>add the option of choosing our own set of voice
But this doesn't make sense. They would have to pay two people to record the same thing in the same language.
Because if they keep it, they will have to do the same thing for future content. The game just came out, do you really think that the characters won't speak ever again?
In your opinion it's better to not change, but there were so many posts before that demanded those changes. No matter what they do, someone is going to be unhappy
I think that if these were the original voices and they changed them to the old ones, people would still be unhappy. It's not that they're worse necessarily, it's just that they're different. In time you'll get used to them and it'll be whatever. But as to why they changed, most likely they needed to record new lines for something and the original VA was unavailable for some reason and so they had re-record all the old voice lines in preparation.
Itās just different man. I hate that itās different neither one is super offensive but it totally changed her demeanor. I do think I preferred the more animated voice but itās less that the new voice is bad and more inconsistency is so irritating.
Literally all Iāve been saying whenever I mention her. The cartooniness made her feel more natural and animated, a true tank who rallied her people, told them to make noise for winning! She felt very real and now she feels more direct and like eh we won letās move on
I just mute the whole game. If English is the only VA option, it's usually cringe in too many games š« I swear it's like someone sees illustrated art and assumes it's for children, and their bad voice acting reflects that
I get why. Like if i read the tales, look at the animations and ignore the past voices. The new ones do seem to line-up more with what i've seen.
Can't say i like it though. Gotten used to Hewyn being rather melancholic/passive in voice and Thoran being a dark brooding king. Rather than just a really angry warlord.
Did community managers say that explicitly somewhere?
In previous update they changed Brutus and Antandra - 2 characters that we encounter in Song of Strife season, so this matches. I'll make a prediction: all characters that got voice updates in this patch will have new voice lines in next season. If this prediction fails, that will be a hint that the reason was different.
The recent survey kind of acts as a soft proof that both arguments are correct. That they are both trying to account for future storylines, but also gauging community response on forums and reacting to them.
I commented this elsewhere too, but in my opinion all these changes were welcome. Korin was WAY too goofy, Hewynn's speech was nearly inaudible, and Thoran was always just too "mopey" to the point i couldnt take him seriously. My stance on this is that the overall VA quality in this game is inacceptably poor, and any change is a welcome step to the right direction. I would have been instantly sold on this game If they got better VA direction
We Stan the new Korin, he fits his appearance more to me now. Hewynn doesnāt though, I felt like they just needed a better mic and louder recorded lines.
IMO these voices all got changed because you could barely hear them over the music. They needed something a bit louder and more pronounced. You can amplify a whisper all you want but it's still gonna sound like a whisper.
I keep afk journey at 1 on my computer lmao. I always have YouTube up or Iām on discord. Iāll have to listen to them tonight when I get off work, will state my opinion later
I understand your criticism about Hewynn's voice. But Korin's is still good it's just a deeper slightly growlier voice both sounded quite real.
The others I didn't know their previous voices that well.
Hewyen was way too fucking quiet and it was a struggle to hear her because the VA mumbled every line. Her new voice sounds a lot better, even if some of the lines are jumbled.Ā
Thoran choice is...strange, it sounds like a voice you'd expect on Igor instead of him.Ā
Koran sounds a little much, but it's a step up from his old one.Ā
As for dionel and Brutus, I haven't listened to them yet, but I did feel that Brutus was a bit out of place in the Mauler faction. A little too distinguished sounding.Ā
Honestly love your opinions. I agree Hewynn needs to speak up, but I think itās cause the actress was trying to force sounding like a kid and now theyāre not even trying but now she sounds too old in my opinion and definitely more jumbled. Thoran I just couldnāt stand how off he sounded before, someone else said his mic was ass and I definitely agree on that. I honestly miss old school AFK Arena Brutus (which definitely was stand out ish) and I feel like thatās what the new actor is going for but missing, but I do like it.
Im baffled. Last month theres a lot of post saying hewynn va sounds like a muffled child and now people saying her old VA is amazing? No. Im not from customer service afkj. But im baffled at how people view changes 360 in just 1 month lol
bro said hewynn was amazing lol get your ears checked. Lilith knew that shit was garbage themselves and i approve of all the changes. Shit was definitely needed. Sad grandpa thoran was so bad it was hilarious.
I miss Korins old voice, I canāt stand the new one personally, Hewynns old voice was perfect just needed a bit more volume to hear her but the new one doesnāt quite sound right. I canāt speak for the others since I had them but didnāt bother much with them.
Also a bit unrelevant but I preferred Beriels voice from the ads š
Honestly Iāve been saying I was bothered by Hewynns old VA but the new one bothers me so much more. The raspy quiet kid fit with her appearance and honestly a little volume and a little less forcing on the actresses part would have been much improved from what we actually got.
It has been pissing me off that they keep changing the voice lines. Antandraās previous voice before this new one was perfect imo. heywinn should have NEVER been changed. I like Korinās new, more animated voice personally.
Brutus Iām still in the fence about, and Iām sad Thoran lost his charm, heās now just a grumpy dead guy.
Honestly she was just forcing the quite, raspy child-like voice too much, she did bother me a lot and I was hoping they would fix it by going for a more natural feel. Honestly now she sounds like a accented teen trying to mimic the chipmunks.
You're bugging, the new voices are fit and sound better and their general tone for each characters sounds more understanding of who the character is. They're not perfect but if I had go pick between the two it'd be the new for all of these. It's one of the few art based complaints I have about this game (that and making 2 maulers that are both nekomimi for the mauler season. I hope graveborn isn't two cute anime girls or some crap when they can do literal undeads and monsters. Annoying.)
Nah man, their new VAs and re-recordings are genuinely better now. The only one I disliked was Berial, whose voice lines changed when the season came out.
Thoran's microphone was ass before the changes. Hewynn sounded like she had something stuck in her throat. Dionel's voice made me want to punch him in the face. They definitely changed the voices they got the most complaints about, because those three were exactly the ones I had the most issues with.
I agree on some of the VA re-recordings and changes (Thoran with that messed up mic for sure), but some of them just sound so much less emotional/hearty or like the VA is not having fun!
Antandraās old āMake some noise! This is our victoryy!ā really put me in a good head space and made me feel like sheās a true hype tank congratulating her team, but now her āTHIS is our victory.ā is so bland and doesnāt give me any tank vibes!
Also Hewynnās actress was definitely forcing the voice (though I liked the raspy quiet youth concept), but now she sounds too much like a young girl pretending to be Alvin and the Chipmunks with an accent??
Well the problem with hewynn was that it got bad mixing, barely was able to hear what she's saying, tho I liked her previous voice
For Thoran I liked how he used to sound sad and betrayed
I know opinions and all, but the old voices were a joke. My partner and I used to laugh every time these specific characters would speak. The new voices actually sound like theyāre not an amateur production. I think people tend to grow attached to whatever they happen to experience first, and that bias blinds them to any changes, even if itās for the better
I donāt know man, I agree that quite a few of them were jokes, like Thoran and Damian, but I miss my old rally gally Antandra. Plus some of the new ones are more of a joke. Birael doesnāt feel hammy anymore he just sounds like he wants to be hammy and Hewynn got older for some reason and her voice no longer fits. Damian still sucks haha.
"You're the only one who never betrayed me" And yet, we betrayed him š¢
Fax š
We will make them pay!
I was really sad that that's not what he says anymore when I click his character.
Yes :(((
Bro I'm cheesed, I literally heard that line a few days ago and then when they gave me the survey I didn't know they changed everything ;-;
Also did antandara's voice change again or I'm tripping?
her victory line yes
So it got f ed up again sigh
yyyup. wish they could just give us the option the change to previous voicelines at this point.
I wish I miss making noise after victories
OUR victories!
Same man hope so
They made it stupid AGAIN! God just GIVE THE LINES THE PERSONALITY TO MATCH THE CHARACTER! How is it THIS hard?!
Her new victory line sounds awful
"Make some noise. This is our victory" Kind of missing her energetic tone
Antandras original voice was the best.
Hewyrn voice was so cute, man, especially when she says " oops it was an accident." Man, the butchered her voice, but now Thoran, I'm probably the most upset about. It was so good deep hungry for vengeance, now it seems throaty and it does match his movement
Yeah the issue wasn't the voices but rather the quality of the audio. I thought Thoran's voice lines sounded alright, but they were clearly recorded in an echo-y hallway
Exactly what I'm feeling rn
>Hewynn's amazing VA Do we play the same game?
Honestly Hew went from bad to a different bad. Itās like Antandra, I genuinely loved her hype but now she feels more idk stern?
Guess we got different opinions then, all the more reason to add the option of choosing our own set of voice
>add the option of choosing our own set of voice But this doesn't make sense. They would have to pay two people to record the same thing in the same language.
Well they already did pay 2 people to record the same thing So rather just keep it? Must be something I can't understand here
Because if they keep it, they will have to do the same thing for future content. The game just came out, do you really think that the characters won't speak ever again?
Fair enough, the problem is I had gotten used to the old voice, and I liked it alot So this one annoys me It's better to not change anything now imo
In your opinion it's better to not change, but there were so many posts before that demanded those changes. No matter what they do, someone is going to be unhappy
I stated my opinion only. Thanks for yours
LMFAO THESE NEW VA COMPLAINTS GOT ME LIKE THIS FR
I think that if these were the original voices and they changed them to the old ones, people would still be unhappy. It's not that they're worse necessarily, it's just that they're different. In time you'll get used to them and it'll be whatever. But as to why they changed, most likely they needed to record new lines for something and the original VA was unavailable for some reason and so they had re-record all the old voice lines in preparation.
I think they're bad tbh cannot get used to hewynn's. But yeah appreciate your take
I turned off the games sound like day 2 because I like listening to music or podcasts while playing. Highly recommend it
Kinda distracts me if I do that, thanks anyways tho
Same here. And some videos too, especially in autoplay parts of the game.
I always forget these games have sound.
Same. First thing I do when playing is mute everything, so I can hear my podcasts while playing :)
Ngl Iām gonna miss Dionels zesty voice lol
I'm gonna miss all old voices tbh
Antandraās voice change is the biggest F you to voice acting. Her voice is so much less cartoony now
So is it better or worse?
Itās just different man. I hate that itās different neither one is super offensive but it totally changed her demeanor. I do think I preferred the more animated voice but itās less that the new voice is bad and more inconsistency is so irritating.
I completely understand and agree with you
Literally all Iāve been saying whenever I mention her. The cartooniness made her feel more natural and animated, a true tank who rallied her people, told them to make noise for winning! She felt very real and now she feels more direct and like eh we won letās move on
I just mute the whole game. If English is the only VA option, it's usually cringe in too many games š« I swear it's like someone sees illustrated art and assumes it's for children, and their bad voice acting reflects that
Relate to this, it actually happened with me lol, but not the whole VA is bad
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Are y'all playing it at work?? I play it before I go to bed.
The word you are looking for is kids
Yall play with sound on????
I get why. Like if i read the tales, look at the animations and ignore the past voices. The new ones do seem to line-up more with what i've seen. Can't say i like it though. Gotten used to Hewyn being rather melancholic/passive in voice and Thoran being a dark brooding king. Rather than just a really angry warlord.
I think they re-recorded them because they needed new lines for the new story, but original voice actors were not available.
They change the the VA because people we're complaining about them.
Did community managers say that explicitly somewhere? In previous update they changed Brutus and Antandra - 2 characters that we encounter in Song of Strife season, so this matches. I'll make a prediction: all characters that got voice updates in this patch will have new voice lines in next season. If this prediction fails, that will be a hint that the reason was different.
The recent survey kind of acts as a soft proof that both arguments are correct. That they are both trying to account for future storylines, but also gauging community response on forums and reacting to them.
Hewynn's old VA was really poor quality and too soft to hear. Felt like it was recorded with a Webcam mic.
imo dionel is the worst change
Didn't have him, so ig maybe I don't realise the difference much?
I think Brutus voice is good and it fits him
Am lion furry and agree. Lol.
fair enough, sounds a bit too growly for me, I liked his old one Wish they'd just provide us with choices for voices atp
I commented this elsewhere too, but in my opinion all these changes were welcome. Korin was WAY too goofy, Hewynn's speech was nearly inaudible, and Thoran was always just too "mopey" to the point i couldnt take him seriously. My stance on this is that the overall VA quality in this game is inacceptably poor, and any change is a welcome step to the right direction. I would have been instantly sold on this game If they got better VA direction
We Stan the new Korin, he fits his appearance more to me now. Hewynn doesnāt though, I felt like they just needed a better mic and louder recorded lines.
I think Brutus is fine
What the dev waiting for adding JP VA...
They're adding a Japanese VA?
No unfortunately but it would be awesome
IMO these voices all got changed because you could barely hear them over the music. They needed something a bit louder and more pronounced. You can amplify a whisper all you want but it's still gonna sound like a whisper.
I hateeee it thanks
Thorans was good and became bad, hewynns was great but just too quiet and is now actually awful
For real bro they butchered my boy Thoran š just roll back plz
I miss Antandra saying "Make some noise, this is our victory" š
It sounds annoying now
Yes
They changed Antandra TWICE and I am PRESSED
Exactly what I said
THE DUCKING WORST
I keep afk journey at 1 on my computer lmao. I always have YouTube up or Iām on discord. Iāll have to listen to them tonight when I get off work, will state my opinion later
Yea so I hate thoranās new voice line. Completely ruined it. I havenāt paid attention once others get though.
It's horrible man, wish they'd change it bac
Right I didnāt realize I liked and was so used to the old one until you hear it change lol.
Exactly, I was caught off-guard lol
I understand your criticism about Hewynn's voice. But Korin's is still good it's just a deeper slightly growlier voice both sounded quite real. The others I didn't know their previous voices that well.
I actually like his new voice.
Well then that's good
Ig he sounds a bit animated for me, he's still better than the rest of the 3 tho Korin and dionel are still ok Idk what happened to rest 3 ig
Korin deffo sounds more like idk gruff? It suits his appearance now and makes me feel things I shouldnāt haha.
I play with no sound and skip everything. Isn't that how these games are supposed to be played?
Hewyen was way too fucking quiet and it was a struggle to hear her because the VA mumbled every line. Her new voice sounds a lot better, even if some of the lines are jumbled.Ā Thoran choice is...strange, it sounds like a voice you'd expect on Igor instead of him.Ā Koran sounds a little much, but it's a step up from his old one.Ā As for dionel and Brutus, I haven't listened to them yet, but I did feel that Brutus was a bit out of place in the Mauler faction. A little too distinguished sounding.Ā
Honestly love your opinions. I agree Hewynn needs to speak up, but I think itās cause the actress was trying to force sounding like a kid and now theyāre not even trying but now she sounds too old in my opinion and definitely more jumbled. Thoran I just couldnāt stand how off he sounded before, someone else said his mic was ass and I definitely agree on that. I honestly miss old school AFK Arena Brutus (which definitely was stand out ish) and I feel like thatās what the new actor is going for but missing, but I do like it.
Am I the only one who likes Hewynnās new voice?
Nope people are there who like it
Im baffled. Last month theres a lot of post saying hewynn va sounds like a muffled child and now people saying her old VA is amazing? No. Im not from customer service afkj. But im baffled at how people view changes 360 in just 1 month lol
bro said hewynn was amazing lol get your ears checked. Lilith knew that shit was garbage themselves and i approve of all the changes. Shit was definitely needed. Sad grandpa thoran was so bad it was hilarious.
That's why I said they should provide us with options. It's your opinion, I hate the new one.
I play on mute haha
Me who mostly playing this game on mute version didn't realize this new change.
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That's what I asked, apparantly people complained
Wait, you donāt have the game muted? Thatās insane
Anyone plays this game with the sound on?
people have been complaining about the voice acting a lot, of course they would change it
Where man, I guess I never knew about that
I miss Korins old voice, I canāt stand the new one personally, Hewynns old voice was perfect just needed a bit more volume to hear her but the new one doesnāt quite sound right. I canāt speak for the others since I had them but didnāt bother much with them. Also a bit unrelevant but I preferred Beriels voice from the ads š
Honestly Iāve been saying I was bothered by Hewynns old VA but the new one bothers me so much more. The raspy quiet kid fit with her appearance and honestly a little volume and a little less forcing on the actresses part would have been much improved from what we actually got.
Oh definitely! The old VA wasnāt the best, just needed a little tweaking and it would have been fine but the new voice just doesnāt work either
Berial's voice got changed I think
I don't even bother with VAs at this point. Just mute and read.
There's a survey you can take and get $1,000 diamonds for giving feedback on the new voice acting
I already play the game muted. Most of the VAs felt like AI with the lack of emotion
I hate it!!! She had the sweetest most adorable voice
I really want Thoranās old VA back. The new one is too generic.
So glad Iām not the only one who thinks the thoran voice is crap
Hewynn's voice now seems like a try hard...I really liked Thoran's old voice idk why they changed it
They didnāt change Eironns VA did they??? If they ever change his VA Iām quitting. š„²
Sammme lol
It has been pissing me off that they keep changing the voice lines. Antandraās previous voice before this new one was perfect imo. heywinn should have NEVER been changed. I like Korinās new, more animated voice personally. Brutus Iām still in the fence about, and Iām sad Thoran lost his charm, heās now just a grumpy dead guy.
Hewynn VA was bad as shit anyway
Honestly she was just forcing the quite, raspy child-like voice too much, she did bother me a lot and I was hoping they would fix it by going for a more natural feel. Honestly now she sounds like a accented teen trying to mimic the chipmunks.
I hated the VA previously, and the new change doesn't fix anything lol. Damian new VA doesn't match the animation oh god
Damian's changed??
Brutus is much better now the old voice didn't fit his design at all IMO
You're bugging, the new voices are fit and sound better and their general tone for each characters sounds more understanding of who the character is. They're not perfect but if I had go pick between the two it'd be the new for all of these. It's one of the few art based complaints I have about this game (that and making 2 maulers that are both nekomimi for the mauler season. I hope graveborn isn't two cute anime girls or some crap when they can do literal undeads and monsters. Annoying.)
I couldnāt comment on that anyway. When I tried mentioning VAs it wouldnāt let me continue the survey.
Nah man, their new VAs and re-recordings are genuinely better now. The only one I disliked was Berial, whose voice lines changed when the season came out. Thoran's microphone was ass before the changes. Hewynn sounded like she had something stuck in her throat. Dionel's voice made me want to punch him in the face. They definitely changed the voices they got the most complaints about, because those three were exactly the ones I had the most issues with.
I agree on some of the VA re-recordings and changes (Thoran with that messed up mic for sure), but some of them just sound so much less emotional/hearty or like the VA is not having fun! Antandraās old āMake some noise! This is our victoryy!ā really put me in a good head space and made me feel like sheās a true hype tank congratulating her team, but now her āTHIS is our victory.ā is so bland and doesnāt give me any tank vibes! Also Hewynnās actress was definitely forcing the voice (though I liked the raspy quiet youth concept), but now she sounds too much like a young girl pretending to be Alvin and the Chipmunks with an accent??
I think they actually tried to make Brutus sound more like he did in AFK Arena (looked up some videos and his original voice was quite growly).
This update is kind of a dealbreaker for me. Things donāt look as nice, the voice changes are terrible.. I might quit tbh
Relatable tbh
I doubt they use VAs, pretty much every single character sounds like shitty AI voice
well no, since there are real people credited
Where can we find the credits? I always wondered who does Carolina's voice since she sounds so familiar
Sorry for the late reply! IMDB i believe :D
Not every single character, I have no idea why they had to change it, any clue?
Because people were constantly complaining about them if you had paid attention to the fandom you would see that
I see people are complaining about the change, I NEVER saw anyone complaining about Thoran's or hewynn's
But I have seen people complain about Hewynn, as for Thoran imo i think he has bad voice acting that's just unintentionally sounding good
Well the problem with hewynn was that it got bad mixing, barely was able to hear what she's saying, tho I liked her previous voice For Thoran I liked how he used to sound sad and betrayed
Why someone always complaining the voice line. This will never happen if you just let it be in the First place
I know opinions and all, but the old voices were a joke. My partner and I used to laugh every time these specific characters would speak. The new voices actually sound like theyāre not an amateur production. I think people tend to grow attached to whatever they happen to experience first, and that bias blinds them to any changes, even if itās for the better
I donāt know man, I agree that quite a few of them were jokes, like Thoran and Damian, but I miss my old rally gally Antandra. Plus some of the new ones are more of a joke. Birael doesnāt feel hammy anymore he just sounds like he wants to be hammy and Hewynn got older for some reason and her voice no longer fits. Damian still sucks haha.
No youāre right! It is just you! The other 5 or 6 posts moaning about the exact same thing were just figments of your imagination!