04-19-2014, 09:50 PM
(04-19-2014, 09:30 PM)Hexadecimal Wrote:(04-19-2014, 09:27 PM)GameWizard001 Wrote: That's true. Most games made by a Western company usually go for the biggest macho look they can. Look at Gears of War.
Also with JRPGs you have the hilarious moments of wondering if a character is a guy or a chick, especially if they don't have voice acting to give you a hint. Some of those dudes are way too pretty.
I've never seen an English voice actor able to properly pull off an androgynous voice. I had suspicions right away that Naoto in P4 was a girl since "he" was too old to still have a voice like that.
If it's an older game, or there's zero voice acting, it's way easier to get confused.
Yeah, unless it is a young voice actor playing the part who still has a rather high voice so it could be a boy or a girl, you can't really tell unless the actor is older than the character. Like with Ellie from Last of Us. Ashley Johnson the actress playing her is 30 years old playing, what a 14 year old?
On story side, JRPGs always do have a lot more interesting stories to follow. Valkyria Chronicles alone is a great RPG. You can recruit a ton of characters along with the main ones to help you, you set up a squad based on who prefers to be with whom. They actually have a bit on their stat screen on who they work best with or what environment they excell at.
What was even more interesting was, if a character falls in battle and an enemy touches them, that character is dead and gone forever! Only can get them back when you start the game over.