Though it would be nice to see some Shin Megami Tensei Games on the PS3 or next Generation systems in the future :)

So in the end, I think it’s TRULY what you are used to. If you are used to listening to Japanese, even if you don’t understand it, you can catch the emotion in the acting, and the meaning of intonations, etc… but if you just know English, the dub will sound better.

But take my word for it, from someone who is bilingual English/Japanese, that English dub is kind of meh.

Now on an unrelated note, but related in a sense that they are available in Japan, can we get Einhander and Bushido Blade PS1 Classics, please? I bought them on Japanese PSN, but since the account doesn’t match, I can’t have them on my PSP at the same time as my NA PSN games… just a little complaint. You know, while we’re talking Japanese games.

The script is not what I’m talking about. It’s the performance by the voice actors. That’s what a director does. He gets performances from his actors. A director directs his actors to perform roles that he envisions as the director. That’s his job. The English director has his own idea of what he wants his actors to do. This vision is not the same as the original director’s vision. So you get performances that aren’t good and don’t fit the original intent of the characters. Some games get the original director involved and that is fine, but they did not do that with this game as far as I know. Also, I’ll disagree on Persona 4 as I like the v/a for Rise in Japanese way more than the English v/a. But overall, the P3 and P4 dubs aren’t bad. I am not liking what I am hearing from Catherine whatsoever though. Troy Baker is the worst of it, but the rest aren’t very good either. Voice of Catherine did the English voice of Welch in Star Ocean 4. o_O

REALLY, do you even know what the word “Localization” means? Would you take a script of foreign language, translate it to English, and then tell the English speaker to say his lines, with 100% likely half the script is going to have incorrect grammar, and the culture is different that is has to be americanized, making it “different” thenwhat the director intended. I could easily tell you Catherine is not Japanese because she has nlond hair and blue eyes, yet she talks Japanese so fluently. In English its much more realistic, the ONLY one I thought was “Eh” was yes, Troy Baker, but that didn’t bother me at the slightest because it still fit Vincent character. I can also arguably say that the Persona 3/4 English cast is better than its Japanese cast, there are times when American voice actors just do a better job, Persona is one of them.

Regardless of not having an option, it’s just plain dumb that it’s your reason for not playing Catherine. You might as well buy it on Ebay for $80 and see if the Japanese audio is worth the price.