I like the english dub. But is anyone else annoyed by the personality changes for some characters?
This goes especially for 9S. In Japanese he's dutiful, conscientious and at times obedient. In the dub however he sounds more cocky, almost annoyed at times. Which gives the same sentences a completely different color.
I think 9S was fine. 2B's change in character drove me up the wall though and 21O's was a bit offputting too.
Dylan Williams
I personally didn't play with the dub at all. From I've heard 9S is actually okay. But I've heard 2B in some videos, and I must say the eng dub is awful and completely changes her tone and personality. Why even bother with the dub, when the game comes with dual audio? I liked english Pod 042 though. I just played through SMT4A before starting Automata.
Connor Nguyen
Should probably not hire some second-rate brony crackwhores to do your VO
Blake Sanchez
>dub
You deserve the shitty voices.
Camden Reed
how's 2b in english? Japanese 1b is stereotypical no personality girl
Ryan Reed
English 2B traded in the melancholy and despair for sarcasm. In the context of the vdeio game it makes for much poorer characterisation.
Jason Lee
2bs japanese voice actress is the same as mikasa on attack on titan and they're basically the same character so she's used to it
Hunter Bennett
They all sound like snarky strong womyn.
Michael Reed
Is v2 crack out yet?
Jeremiah Ortiz
They missed out so hard by not doing that in-game. Would've been mad cute to see A2 hit the pod on the noggin.
Joshua Miller
English 2B and 9S ain't bad but they simply don't fit their characters as well as japanese dub does. Ishikawa captured 2B's personality perfectly. She's not a sarcastic bitch, she's a weak, depressed person hiding her true feelings. While 9S' english voice acting is superb on route C, he sounds like a nerd. Hanae's voice, however, is extremely calm, smooth and even collected at times.
At the same time dub has some 10/10 voice actors like 042 who is voiced by the same guy who did Legion in mass effect.
Blake Scott
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Ian Collins
nip 042 sounds like some kind of daemon king though, which I think we can all agree is much better
Cameron Myers
Japanese 042 voiced the best dad in the world, which fits as well.
Landon Bell
I agree entirely, I haven't had a full japanese playthrough yet simply because I have to hear Emil with his original VA.
>tfw Taro games will never have such a great dub like Jamison, O'brien and even Laura
John Flores
dude i already fucking told you to stop talking about this game
Isaac Long
>ameriburgerdub >all the characters bitch and moan constantly and are suddenly unlikeable assholes what did they mean by this
Sebastian Watson
Does the English version have dual audio?
Ryder Lopez
I just can't stand japanese voices.
William Hughes
>Japanese 042 voiced the best dad in the world >voiced Utu from Druaga, and Nidai from Danganronpa 2 No wonder he sounded familiar.
Nathaniel Rogers
>In the dub however he sounds more cocky, almost annoyed at times.
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Noah Butler
but dub asura is best asura
Oliver Brown
Yes, all versions actually.
Joseph Lopez
Definitely thought she sounded like some roastie whore, now I know I was spot on. Dubcucks lose again.
Brayden Adams
It blows my mind out that Pod 042's personality is based on a character that saw #9 and #2 almost in a fatherly way
Samuel Jackson
Wut
Gabriel Robinson
Pod 042's personality is based on Zinnia, an Android that planned and created Project YoRHa
Nathaniel Richardson
Where is that confirmed? Considering the pods are AI and have no machine core shittery I don't see why they even would need personality data to be based on, they unlike androids, were not meant to be sentient afterall.
Brandon Jenkins
>he hasn't kept up with supplemental materials This is Yoko Taro land user. Manga, novels, audio dramas, orchestral concerts and stage plays. Gotta milk those otaku for every yen they have.
Tyler Gonzalez
I meant exactly which one did say this, I cba to look for new shit every day
Gavin Richardson
>cba Looks like you're just lazy.
Robert Collins
The idea for the personality change was because of the culture gap. 9S is supposed to be a enthusiastic nerd who is still wet behind the ears, although i am fairly certain he is supposed to be cocky on the both versions of the game...
Likewise, They also wanted to portray 2B as a professional soldier who only thinks about the mission and thus in the nip version, 2B is stoic (their stereotype for professionals) while in the western version she is cold and serious.
Of course her true personality is the same in both versions, it's only the facade that changes.
Jayden Adams
Well yes, thats exactly what it means, I cant be bothered to look what tidbit of new information gets translated from chinese to russian to japanese to english every day, I read a bucnh and then I wait a month or more.
considering the Automata additional info is a clusterfuck of shitty information with no single point gathering it in any proper form, I can hardly just go and check myself which one contains the bit of information you are claiming to be true, without reading everything.
Colton Rodriguez
>The idea for the personality change was because of the culture gap.
Lets not make excuses for shitty localization work.
William White
They are all in a pastebin in /vg/
Cameron Sanchez
So you don't know which one says this, ok.
Colton Campbell
Nip 2B's facade is pathetic though and it does a good job of telling the player that something is up whereas English 2B just comes across as a sarcasmo bitch and it only those few contradictory actions that she occasionally takes that peel back the curtain.
I think in a novel or movie English 2B would be the better character but in this specific video game it's shitty in comparison.
Jose King
I do know but since you are a little bitch about it you can look it up on your own.
Dominic Foster
I asked which story it is and you went bitching about my laziness of why am I not reading all of them constantly, the pastebin is a piece of shit as you should know, because its just like you.
Landon Perry
>went bitching about my laziness >thinking every person you talk to is the same one.
Xavier Robinson
>I'll butt into a conversation to feel good about myself and nothing more
All I know is that theres a good chance everyone I talk to here is a piece of shit, and you just reinforced that.
Alexander Howard
So do the Pods still plan on making a next generation of Combat Androids?
Andrew Price
>Automata additional info is a clusterfuck of shitty information with no single point gathering it in any proper form
>Butt into a conversation You are fucking retarded user.
These are my posts, you were just being retarded and assumed a single stray poster was the person you were talking to all along
James Gomez
They never planned to, nor do they have resources, nor do they have free will. Next step of project yorha was in simply removing all evidence about the project and maybe sending accumulated combat data to the Army of Humanity and even that is not confirmed.
Gabriel Sullivan
Your useless comment got a mean answer, you must feel very hurt then user.
Noah Foster
Probably won't since Pod 042 and Pod 153 refused to delete the data.
Michael Gonzalez
>They never planned to That's the sole reason why Pods exist (aside supporting YoRHa Androids). Pods are the de facto Managers of Project YoRHa and were supposed to start a new cycle after Bunker got blown up when the remaining Pods hunted down every YoRHa Android that was alive.
Evan Martinez
>Pods hunted down every YoRHa Android that was alive
How exactly would they do that?
Ryan Jackson
>That's the sole reason why Pods exist where the fuck you're getting this shit from sole reason of Pods existing was in clearing up all the traces of evidence after a project it was never meant to be a cycle in any shape or form, YoRHa existed to establish the presence of a ghost of humanity on the Moon and were removed according to the plan
Tyler Hughes
Does 2B like 9S or she's just protective?
Zachary Flores
Guns and Pod programs
Hudson Martinez
She loves him.
Isaiah Stewart
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Jonathan Jones
Every YoRHa Android has a Pod (aside A2), there's a side-story about an Android about to get whacked by a Pod.
>it was never meant to be a cycle in any shape or form Depends how you want to look at the files presented ingame. One file about the backdoor mentions how after all shit went down and current YoRHa was wiped a new generation of Combat Androids would be created with the data gathered with in Project YoRHa.
Jonathan Watson
She literally dies from Grief because 9S didn't wake up in the fake concert script ending.
Joshua Sanders
I thought CBO's description was 9S' feelings
Asher Wood
>new generation of Combat Androids would be created with the data gathered with in Project YoRHa Yes but you're pulling the bullshit about Pods from your own ass. Generations of combat androids were created constantly, Anemone belongs to 8th descent forces from the 200 years ago and all androids of that gen were called after flowers. Zinnia was a part of that gen as well most likely.
Carson Wood
Evidently you thought wrong.
Dylan Sanders
No, virtuous treaty is his feelings. They are swapped to show that their fates are intertwined.
Nathaniel Bailey
>expect more batshit lore >get sob love story between metals instead
Nathan Wood
English Weight of the World sounds after ending A and states that she needs him more than ever right now. Japanese Weight of the World sounds after ending B and states that the only thing she wants is a life together with him. Who knows what chaos language version talks about but it's probably the most positive and hopeful out of 3 so it concerns their shared fate after ending E.
Ryan Peterson
My exact situation with SMT4A. Couldn't get Odin out of my mind when I heard 042.
Justin Brown
Their love is the most batshit thing in entire story though.
Tyler Scott
I've no idea of they changed their personality because i know shit all about japanese, however, i think it sounds better in japanese, which is probably retarded. But i can remember two instances that made me stick with japanese in future playthroughs, the first one is when 2b slips almost calls 9s "Nines" in the castle and 9s gets annoyed, sounds funnier and more emotive in japanese where as in english he just goes "ugh" and also whenever they tell him "only one confirmation is needed" in english he just goes "yeah yeah" which i'm sure is the same thing he is saying in japanese(probably), but again, it sounds better in japanese.
I don't know, i feel like they took the whole "they are robots" a bit too literally in english because they all sound pretty dead inside, except for 9s, but he sounds better in japanese.
Xavier Peterson
>Yes but you're pulling the bullshit about Pods from your own ass. How? They are literally the last part of YoRHa that exists and are supposed to save the combat data of YoRHa and also chase every remaining YoRHa Android once the Bunker was blown the fuck up. I mean it's not stupid to assume that Pod 042, based on Zinnia's personality who created YoRHa would also be responsible of ending it in the end. Pods were the very last key actors of Project YoRHa.
Jose Allen
So it was love at first contact, kinda hope it was from friends to lovers thing
Hudson Garcia
Save, not rebuild and restart the Bunker on their own.
Jordan Baker
>I've no idea of they changed their personality because i know shit all about japanese You don't even need to know it for the most obvious cases, it's all in the tone and delivery. The first example that comes to mind is 2B's response to the multiple Engels emerging at the end of the prologue.
Luke Rodriguez
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Carter Brooks
>In the moment she tries to suppress those forbidden feelings, 2B feels something else well up within her, as if to resist that. Memories of 9S.
>His voice as he'd shout, '2B'. The smile he made when when he told her how fun it was to have a partner — it was such a bashful smile. She wonders during which mission it was when he was so shocked by her unexpected clumsiness, as well.
>She can feel a lump form in the back of her throat, as her chest tightens, and she grits her teeth. For the first time, she understands the pain caused by the memories of those left behind. But this is her own fault. She's the one who's accumulated more memories than necessary.
It was a really painful feeling for her and she even tried to shake it off at first but absolutely failed.
Nathaniel Williams
>not rebuild and restart the Bunker on their own. Of course not, what I was going for was rather that Pods would inform the Satelite bases responsible for extracting Machine Cores to start rebuilding it. But you convinced me after having read some stuff again that Project YoRHa was in fact not meant to be repeated.
Kevin Stewart
The purest love.
Tyler Harris
Holy crap, 2B is covered in mackerel juices! Will she be alright?
Cameron James
Once 9S apologizes she will be fine.
Christian Clark
Timestamp - 1:07:00 Gonna need some clarification on this Pods can do what they please if the Bunker is not around. Yokoo describes them to be the 'kuromaku' (wire-puller, the one who has been pulling the strings behind everything). (Post ending C/D) If there are any remaining YoRHa units (like 4S), Pods will kill them in order to carry out the next stage of Project YoRHa. This was not explained ingame because there was no need to. the more you know
Thanks, I actually thought I read it in a QA but apparently it was from the interview.
Austin Hernandez
How many joke endings you've got?
James Harris
>042 is joined by other Pods while saving main characters >by the end of E all Pods are probably freed from their programming >moon server declares the end of 14th machine war later in timeline and no further wars are mentioned which means Pod 006 was probably freed from his programming as well
Elijah Parker
Pod 043 has a far better English voice actor.
Jayden Wright
>freed The reason why Pod 042 and 153 overcame their programming was because they shared so much time with 9S and 2B. It's not a universal event where all Pods overcome theirs.
Christian Martin
>042*
Mason King
Congrats on outing yourself as a crossboarding faggot, faggot
Dominic Morgan
post smol toobies
Jonathan Perez
>backgrounds of Cruel Blood Oath and Virtuous Treaty have lone beasts >weapons are talking about why 2B and 9S can't be together >concert script 3 talks about A2 killing 2B and 9S prior to the game events and is called "Beasts who kill one another" The level of cross-media bullshit Taro goes for is unbelievable.
Gabriel Parker
It's pretty annoying, I wish all that shit would have been ingame especially shit like post-Ending E and Memory Thorn/Cage/Beasts who kill one another
Parker Morris
I always wonder why pod program were so much stronger than the actual yorha units and now I know why.
Robert Morales
Pods are actually shit at fighting. Even unarmed Healer model can crush a Pod. And there's not many of them left, too. I bet that they killed surviving YoRHa units like 4S when those were distracted or sleeping.
Christian Reed
>Pods are actually shit at fighting Pretty much all the fighting in the game is done by the pods. They're actually the muscles behind the melee attacks. Androids don't actually swing those giant swords using their own strength.
Jackson Rivera
That can't be true. A2 didn't have a pod at first, nor did the three renegade YoRHa units in that sidequest.
Elijah Young
Nope, all fighting is done through NFCS which is inside the main characters. 9S breaks it after going on one-man genocide crusade. Pods are linked to them and act like extension of their bodies.
Kayden Martinez
>he doesn't know how strong Pod Program: Blade times 3 is
It destroys goliath class enemies under 10 second when charged. I killed the final spider boss under 30second with blade.
Leo Richardson
This is only possible because they are linked to androids. Read the novel about the moon server and Healer girl, it shows an actual battle between a Pod and unarmed android.
Ethan Murphy
I like the open ending that we got with E though the cut scene could of been a little longer.
Thomas Ward
Thematically less is more when it comes to E. It is literally the player wresting control of the narrative and as such having anything more than the bare minimum would be too much as it woudl diminish that.
Lincoln Watson
The concert ending follows Route C
Lucas Sanders
English or Japanese N2?
Sebastian King
Japanese N2 is Alucard and Kotomine Kirei. You can't beat that.
Joshua Green
I'm in agreement, but I figured there might be some people that prefer the businesslike tone of the english VA.