Seriously. Having some characters unvoiced sucks, especially in Genshin where there's no replaying cinematics or waiting to run event stories. But I don't want A SINGLE ONE of those VAs replaced*. Those VAs ARE the characters.
*Excepting actual causes to replace, like with Tighnari.
Yeah Tighnari’s and Moze’s old VA (before Ben Balmaceda), cases like those are necessary. I’d rather have every character unvoiced than allowing the studio to replace a VA for going on strike
The fact people are even trying to debate this. There isn't a single person i would recast in the entire game because everyone was doing a phenomenal job. I feel like people are trying to gloss over this happening WAAAAY too quickly, especially for such an iconic character.
their bullshit really soured those games for me. before seeing what they were doing to va's i was even thinking of adding some money to zenless zone. then decided just to keep playing free, though after a while it just started grating at me more and i stopped. even getting more anby can't me back.
It only exists because people are getting replaced and now it’s just a part of the game’s culture that people are theorizing/imagining wistfully about.
I know you're joking, but I doubt he would want to take work away from an actor. Especially when the new actors coming in are agreeing to scabbing for Mihoyo's billion dollar properties for 40 bucks
Not to mention that outside of fan projects like YGO Abridged, HFIL, and Solid JJ sketches he’s out of the voice acting industry anyhow so he’s not taking up roles. Doesn’t mean he can’t support or express solidarity with other VAs given Marin and a lot of his other friends/peers are still at it.
I don't play gacha games so I'm not sure on the pricing, but imagine getting paid so little for the role you can't even afford the character you voiced
I expect it was probably about 500 for about 2 hours of work, which sounds like a lot until you remember that they aren't doing these daily and even still, mihoyo is going to make more than enough money off people attempting the pulls and by using AI to replicate their voice in the future
Characters being unvoiced is an inconvenience because striking is supposed to be inconvenient. It should be prompting you to complain to Hoyo that they get their dub studio to sign the interim agreement.
I used to go on Reddit so much in the past cause it would genuinely show me great threads. Now it feels like it’s just one negative thread after the other with the most aggravating opinions and people 😭
It was super depressing to see so many people on the ZZZ reddit saying shit like "good, at least the character has a voice now" in response to the recasting.
Like, yeah, I want the characters to be voiced again. But not at cost of throwing VAs under the bus.
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*Excepting actual causes to replace, like with Tighnari.
they were speaking against being commoditized through AI
i hates this so much
JUST BLOODY PAY YOUR TALENTS, HOYO
not wanting to pay your employees makes you look so impoverished and awful
it stinks :(
It only exists because people are getting replaced and now it’s just a part of the game’s culture that people are theorizing/imagining wistfully about.
Replace NONE of them.
At one point it was actually kind of a minor dream to get the chance to do some voice work for Zenless because I fell in love with the animation work
Now I’m just sad and angry over it all.
Like, yeah, I want the characters to be voiced again. But not at cost of throwing VAs under the bus.