Yakuza Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

[MartyG]

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You're not forced to turn the English voices on you know.

[importaku]

Thank god that's the case, but my point still stands. Why would anyone do it to themselves, the english voicework for yakuza is middling at best. I made the misfortune of trying it out of curiosity, none of the voices suited the characters at all. It would be like playing red dead redemption 2 and having all the voices dubbed in japanese, it breaks immersion & sounds stupid.

Sega would be better off using those resources elsewhere.

[Golgo]

I don't see the need to get so affronted. I would only use Japanese language option but some people might just prefer a dub, or indeed struggle with reading subtitles and need it as an accessibility concession.

[MartyG]

Because not everyone wants (or can) read a lot of text, and why should they? If people prefer English voice actors in the games they spend a lot of money on to maximise their enjoyment, that's entirely up to them.

The English soundtrack has been absolutely fine in previous Yakuza games - not everyone enjoys games the way you or I do, and I wouldn't force them to.

[Cepp]

Thank god that's the case, but my point still stands. Why would anyone do it to themselves, the english voicework for yakuza is middling at best. I made the misfortune of trying it out of curiosity, none of the voices suited the characters at all. It would be like playing red dead redemption 2 and having all the voices dubbed in japanese, it breaks immersion & sounds stupid.

Sega would be better off using those resources elsewhere.

I tend to use subs and I do prefer Kiryu's JP VA, but Like a Dragon's English VA was fantastic so it's not a given.

[wakka]

The non-optional English VA in Yakuza 1 was truly legendary. Shotteh de fock opp!!!

The Western cast's mangling of all the Japanese names was a particular highlight.

[briareos_kerensky]

At least it had Mark Hamill as Majima.

[fishbowlhead]

At least it had Mark Hamill as Majima.

Did not know this, that’s brilliant.

[briareos_kerensky]

Did not know this, that’s brilliant.

Yeah, and it's kinda a hard to notice if you don't know, he's abviously not as young as Luke Skywalker and despite the character he's playing, it's a very different performance from the Joker in the Batman animated series.
But then again, Hamill was always excellent as a voice actor, he covered a plethora of big and small roles each very different from each other.