/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2293772

One of the reasons it likely disappoints you is shitty voice-acting and (once again, Japan! X_X) exclusion of all party chat. One of the saving graces of Stahn's character is his infectious enthusiasm, conveyed by a nigh-flawless Japanese voice track performance. Otherwise he'd appear downright clueless and shallow. Tales of Eternia, by contrast, leaves you to get to know the main characters of that game at the tender mercies of subpar English voice actors who aren't nearly as good as they so obviously THINK they are. This combined with the painfully awkward omission of the party chat feature (to the point where if you didn't know that they'd fucked the game you'd seriously be wondering "Why do I have both cooking AND camping???") already leaves a sour first impression. The downright misleading title change and markedly faster battle engine could well complete the alienation you describe. I find it funny as all hell their ineffectual marketing shenanigans "backfired" on them a few years down the road when they actually made a REAL ToD2 and it never stood a chance in hell of getting ported, likely because brand confusion was now legitimately a problem in the west and not just a paranoid delusion of their marketing department.