... But this is a video game. They are giving voice to characters that do not exist. It is exactly the same process they have done in English but, you know, in another language.
It is no more "butchered" than reading subtitles in Spanish.
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We finally know how Control will sound in it's spanish dub... and it's hilariously bad.
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It is no more "butchered" than reading subtitles in Spanish.
So, apparently, I discovered this dub was made in London.
Which is a fucking baffling decision to make.
Which is a fucking baffling decision to make.
Look, don't start this, please. Spain has put out some good work on the dubbing front, similar to Latin America. So please don't do this...
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Worth noting we've had a couple dubs done in the United States, specifically in LA, California (initial Detective Conan dub was don here), Texas, and Miami, Florida (a number of Netflix Spanish dubs). Some of these dubs have known Latino actors, too (usually from the Mexico area). So while not unheard of, quality of these dubs varied, but that's anywhere really.
Miami's dubs I heard often tended to be better if they weren't handled by Netflix, which also makes sense given what I heard happened with them on another dub in English by Netflix (the Miami studio did a number of retakes, but what Netflix often was ignored the retakes and would just use the first one, since they'd mix the audio elsewhere. If this is the same process that Netflix did with their Spanish dubs at the same studio, this would explain a LOT).
Still, that is a curious... situation, given how close Spain is in proximity to the UK, so...
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Sony and Ubisoft dubs are really good. For example we got Rusell Crown's dub actor in Spain as Bayek in AC:O and Spiderman PS4 got the same dub actor than the MCU one. Horizon is also very good. There's a lot of good examples.
but it is still acting? the new dubs aren't under control of the original creative team, they don't reflect and often can't match the original vision. this is true for video games as much as for anime or, yes, film - I would much rather the original performances that were strictly supervised and thoughtfully crafted than some slapdash localised rendition that likely won't do the original justice
this isn't always true of course; the most famous example is cowboy bebop's english dub often being held up as superior to the original, or some localisation teams going to great lengths to match and respect the original creative work, like with God of War 2018's dubs. but that doesn't change the reality that, in most cases, dubs are simply subpar to the original work
Not saying they aren't good, though. I'm saying that they don't sound good to me.
The same happens to me with movies and TV series, though. I just don't like dubbing in Spanish. And in general, to be frank.
I still remember spanish dubs like Alan Wake that were marvelous. But lately I dont know whats happening, a little off-topic, but the spanish dub for Apex Legends was hilariously bad ( at least compared to his english counterpart)
Alan Wake was quite good. And usually first party Sony games has really good dub work.
Honestly a lot of the 90s our Spanish dubs weren't very good but they were much better than this.
Honestly a lot of the 90s our Spanish dubs weren't very good but they were much better than this.
Please don't start that shit here.
Same goes for you.
It's not just that the dub is bad. Is also of incredibly low quality. Like if it was recorded inside of a tin can.
Sony's are pretty much the only games I play in Spanish in certain cases. Like Horizon.
Sony's are pretty much the only games I play in Spanish in certain cases. Like Horizon.
So, as someone who does not normally play games with the spanish dubbing as I speak English, was Quantum Break similarly bad? If not does this reflect the lower budget this game likely has?
Get that thinly-veiled xenophobia crap outta here
I hope you can choose voice language and text language separately or this is gonna be a problem.
Quantum Break did not receive dubbing in Spain. Xbox One sales were so low that Microsoft stopped dubbing things here.
Quantum Break was not dubbed. You can probably find other AA games with a much better dub or at least passable.
Basically this.
Sunset Overdrive on the other hand was quite fun and enjoyable
There should be an option to change it although some developers lock the language in the game to the one selected in the console. Even if it doesn't include different languages on the disc nowadays you can download a language pack in a matter of minutes.
He knows exactly what he's doing. Don't fall for it.
What do you get from starting shit nobody asked for?
Glio already replied to you, but the spanish Dub for the first Max Payne (made by Remedy as well) was the shit (not for the sequel, which was a hot mess)
This is ridiculous. Maybe Spanish dub really did peaked in 1998, uh.
Also THIS.
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me, i'm suprised that people seem to be thinking that the english version is all that much better. still interested in the game, but the voice work instantly became a huge negative for me from the first time i heard it...
Sounds like a typical latin vg dub to me.
Well that's atrocious. Also I miss GamesAjare. At least Anait is still alive
Alan Wake was good actually. But miles away from OG English voices. Also the same team did a lot of first party MS games back in the 360 days.
Look, I understand spanish accent from Spain can be funny in latam ( the same happens the other way around ) but dubs from Spain are usually good, the spanish dub industry is top class.
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Just to give some info about how localization works.
Usually is the publisher who deal with the localization, not the developers, so in this case 505 are to blame if they hire a cheap studio. The developers send the original audio files, and some spec targets that are to be met by the sound engineers. These are different for each game, and some times there are some requirements that are stupid and make the dub worse but hey, the client ask for one thing and so you deliver. Also when doing the original voice acting I suppose that there is someone in charge trying to give it a certain direction and make it cohesive, but when dubbing, although there is a director on the booth, you really have to do it very fast and many of the times the directors know nothing about the game.
And on the topic of latin vs spanish... I think is quite often that one company does both, at least it was like that in the place I used to work. The audio was recorded in Mexico and then sent to us (in Spain) where it has to be processed in order to meet the requirements that are made by the client, so there are rally no big differences between them. There are great actors in both countries and in the end it is the client who defines the quality of the product...
Usually is the publisher who deal with the localization, not the developers, so in this case 505 are to blame if they hire a cheap studio. The developers send the original audio files, and some spec targets that are to be met by the sound engineers. These are different for each game, and some times there are some requirements that are stupid and make the dub worse but hey, the client ask for one thing and so you deliver. Also when doing the original voice acting I suppose that there is someone in charge trying to give it a certain direction and make it cohesive, but when dubbing, although there is a director on the booth, you really have to do it very fast and many of the times the directors know nothing about the game.
And on the topic of latin vs spanish... I think is quite often that one company does both, at least it was like that in the place I used to work. The audio was recorded in Mexico and then sent to us (in Spain) where it has to be processed in order to meet the requirements that are made by the client, so there are rally no big differences between them. There are great actors in both countries and in the end it is the client who defines the quality of the product...
Democracy, fuck yeah.
Not sure why you talk about democracy with a fucking fascist on your avatar
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But 2.676.950 voted him :)
2.676.950 idiots, congrats.
Which also means that roughly 34 million didn't vote for him.
Idk about y'all but I eat up bad spaniard spanish dubs. Will deliver a lot of hilarity to me. Idk why folks need to bitch about Spanish or Latin dubs. I've been consuming media in both since forever, ignoring my spanish half of the family from the equation, its never bothered me to hear the switch. It's no more jarring than jumping from a show made in Dominican Republic to Mexico to Colombia.
Y'all need to do better, though I'll concede that I wish Pokemon would have a latin spanish translation. Some words or phrases just go over my head :(.
Y'all need to do better, though I'll concede that I wish Pokemon would have a latin spanish translation. Some words or phrases just go over my head :(.
Let's not start with the Spain/Latam Dub please. There's shit on both kind of Dubs.
This on the other hand, it' some kind of art
This on the other hand, it' some kind of art
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Eh, that I don't have much of an issue with. It's part of localization, unless they change it so much it straight up doesn't make sense (Cristal Jungle made sense for Die Hard 1... not really for the rest of them), A Todo Gas still is car-related, so it's not really bad per-se.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" being localized as "Forget me!" should've been prosecuted though.
Well, it's more of localization than a straight translation. You're taking an idiom in English and exchanging it for one in Spanish that has similar connotations. It's not a bad adaptation, strictly speaking. It just sounds a bit dumb.
Wow... It's really low budget. Not only the VA, but it seems like the voice track hasn't been processed in any way. Super weird.
I bet they will answer the complaints (if they do), "well, Quantum Break didn't have dub and you moaned all over the place, now at least you have one"... Although I guess this has nothing to do with Remedy, it's the publisher...
We could make another topic about what we do with movie titles. It's amazing.
Although, I must say, I've been living in France for a while now, and I have seen they do the same, or even worse.
I'll never understand marketing rules...
I bet they will answer the complaints (if they do), "well, Quantum Break didn't have dub and you moaned all over the place, now at least you have one"... Although I guess this has nothing to do with Remedy, it's the publisher...
We could make another topic about what we do with movie titles. It's amazing.
Although, I must say, I've been living in France for a while now, and I have seen they do the same, or even worse.
I'll never understand marketing rules...