FINAL FANTASY XVI: English vs. Japanese vs. German vs. French Dub COMPARISON

[@lucasrodriguez8957]

I love how in japanese Joshua always refers to Clive as Brother instead of using his name.

[@Guckkasten85]

Normally I play FF always in Japanese dub or English... but I have to say German and French versions feel really good this time. Big improvement over XV

[@TearsofaLunarian]

French Clive's voice is smokey. 👀 I might replay the game in FR after the first EN playthrough. I don't speak a word of it, but I've had FR dub in FFXIV since ARR, so might as well continue the tradition. XD

[@Lcss1]

Ahah i’m fr and usually play in VO/VA but i did 14 in fr and no regret especially when i heard Feo Ul VA compared to Fr lmao, still ain’t sure if im gonna play this one in Va or Fr tho but i kinda like the Va more so far

[@Griggoh]

Me as a German I usually tend to the English dub. In recent years I’ve opened up to try out the German dub before going straight to the English one but this time it stuck with me. Clive’s voice is perfect in German for me. The angry but still proud intonation has a certain grace to it that I couldn’t feel in any other version

[@MrWinnfield]

You shouldn’t tend to the horrible English cringe version but to the superior Japanese version. Always

[@vincentoni.]

Thanks for posting the comparison! It's pretty cool to see my English and Japanese originals alongside me!

[@FinalXV]

[@vincentoni.]

@@Limulouse Thank you! Personally I'm a huge fan of french

[@MrDDboy20]

Ich hatte echt bisschen Tränen in den Augen bei deinen Lines :´) Die deutsche Synchro klingt wie alle anderen auch absolut super. Auch Jills deutsche Stimme ist so cool, richtig kumpelhaft :D Danke für eure Leidenschaft, kann´s kaum erwarten!

[@padnomnidprenon9672]

@@MrDDboy20 German version is thr best. I love it so much

[@coach_chi]

Hey Vincent! Ich habe dich auf der Dokomi getroffen habe. Ich danke dir für die Worte und ich kann jeden hier sagen, spielt es auf Deutsch! Ich bin überzeugt, dass er ihn sehr gut verkörpert! Mach weiter so ! Ich habe es gefühlt mit dir zu reden. Authentisch, sympathisch, vincentastisch und fallowartig !

[@Katatafisch.]

god damn the german voice is perfect

[@FineFictMen]

Clive's voice is sexy no matter which language. 😍

[@kesusix7067]

The German dub is perfect. Vincent Fallow as Clive is amazing.

[@Sn1pEzTV]

yes, for me personally the best version is german this time, by far.

[@Lethos1000]

Yes, after I´ve finished the game for a few days now I must say that Vincent and the rest of the german VA´s did an outstanding Job on this one. Also having Torsten Michaelis as the voice of Elwin Rosfield of all people was a nice touch.

[@ciri9142]

Jill is shit💩💩💩

[@IchLiebeMichZiemlich]

Obwohl ich alle wirklich gelungen finde, ist Vincent's dub echt am besten. Sehr selten, ich mag die deutschen dubs in der Regel nicht. Kanns kaum erwarten!

[@Half-HeartHero]

bro the german voice actor for clive was going so hard this might be an unpopular opinion but the japanese voices might be my least favorite out of these four

[@corrintel7103]

German dub is elite

[@Maverick.D.]

Spanish is better.

[@griswo3272]

​@@Maverick.D. You are wrong

[@YurimoHikashi]

​@@griswo3272German sounds so aggressive for no reason even if it's supposed to be a sweet moment

[@griswo3272]

@@YurimoHikashi I disagree

[@red-eyedxaxa9049]

I dunno on which language I should play… English, Japanese and German sounds really awesome, but the last scene with ifrit… Japanese killed everything, and the Japanese voice actors are usually very nice, if they’re evil

[@Lamasis2]

Demo is out, this was really helping to chose. And surprisingly all of them sound good.

[@Totchi85]

German Clive is the best imo

[@waltdisney26]

The first time i play a final fantasy game in english. Normally i play japanese (full text and voices). And also normally i thought japanese versions are better. Not this time. English (specifically and maybe it is because of the fact that it is British English) is better this time. I might use japanese in my second play. To those who might be inclined to identify and shame “weeaboo”, for your information my Japanese language level is N1. I lived in the UK during my formative years (hence my bias to british english) and took french in university (that left german as the only language i don’t understand in this video).

[@woljay9362]

What happened to the Spanish dub? First time FF is VA’d in Spanish and its amazing! All the dubs besides English, ironically, are more immersive…

[@fioreolivares1638]

I thought that too. The English voices kinda bummed me out and made me depressed. lol. They were good in English too, but just the tone of it, I guess wasn't my favorite except maybe Joshua's voice. All the other languages made me feel more into it. But that's my opinion.

[@breakloop]

As someone who is accustomed to both cultures, Japanese game companies should really stick to animating with Japanese VA's. I see the appeal of basing it off English for this iteration and it looks like they did put effort into make it seem more natural than their usual awkward attempts but after a few hours into the game, I cannot not notice the overall subtle Japanese demeanour and sentiment when it comes to things like body movement, line delivery and scripting. The persistence in trying to constantly fuse the two most juxtaposing customs on this planet to come up with a natural product is really commendable at the very least.

[@prinzludwig8052]

1. German 2. Japanese 3. English 4. French

[@mythraaegis2824]

Würde ich genauso schreiben. ^^ Vincent Fallow ist einfach ein Hammer Synchronsprecher!

[@savage7832]

Ich würde an 2. Stelle Englisch setzen und an 3. Japanisch oder Französisch. Bin mir noch nicht sicher.

[@jlb7989]

Jo würde ich auch so ranken.

[@WispFigment]

I think all the va teams did well in this game. I liked the French version alot, felt very natural compared with alot of other French va

[@lasbomaye0072]

Fr vocal is cool

[@j-plarouche9959]

im kinda sad because good french dub is kinda rare in games but there is something about the english cast and their delivery that compels me to play the game in english

[@Jokow_]

En France non en vrai on a de bons doublages de partout je trouve

[@j-plarouche9959]

@@Jokow_ c’est peut-être une question des jeux que je joue ou de mon historique de joueur mais le doublage français est rarement au niveau pour moi

[@Jokow_]

@@j-plarouche9959 Je vois, t'as joué a FFXV ?

[@j-plarouche9959]

@@Jokow_ oui et c’est pour moi un des exemple de doublage qui me derange mais je suis pas certain pourquoi

[@TheGrimusic]

@@j-plarouche9959 Je suis très d'accord. Autant pour les films et films d'animation on est très bons. Mais dans le JV je sens que nos doubleurs ou les personnes qui les dirigent ne comprenne pas bien l'essence des jeux. Du coup le dosage des émotions, je trouve, n'est jamais vraiment le bon. Dans FFXV par exemple, la scène du dernier feu de camp, quand tu écoutes la VJap et la VF, pour moi y'a un monde qui les sépare. le "Wari... Yapatsure wa" en Jap ... woaaaw. Ici sur FF16 je trouve que le Clive en VF a toujours cette façon se soupirer ses fins de phrases d'une manière qui le rende plus dépressif qu'habité par la vengeance.

[@olafbaran4363]

For 35 aniversary of Final Fantasy this could be first part With polish dubbing

[@TehGriffzor]

I don’t say this a lot, but the English VO just fits perfectly. The fact that they took the time to have the script translated from Japanese to English before recording, then back to Japanese to make it more accurate really shows the attention to detail that Yoshi P is taking with this game. This is a first, but my first playthrough will be in English, just because the actors are so good!

[@trifurobert1349]

Like Dark Souls

[@juleswinnfield1246]

english sounds horrible

[@fioreolivares1638]

I prefer the German and French voices, to me it suited it better. Plus it helped me brush up on some of my French that I'd kind of forgotten. 😂 I do like Joshua's voice in English, but Clive kinda bummed me out. But that's just me.

[@TehGriffzor]

@@fioreolivares1638 if it wasn’t for the lip sync being in English I’d be tempted to try it

[@Krulakk]

cid sounds like a 70 year old birtish man... voices should fit their age, not just their personality. german best dub.

[@M1tZk1]

German dub are one of the best, but this time it is just on a whole new level

[@kevingame3198]

Like xenoblade ff16 used British accents

[@tsf1769]

juch der va fürn hauptcharakter is so gut

[@user-ko5ul7yi1x]

It's like the Clive's VA is a multilinguist; They captured the same vibe.

[@belludinaarkozia2240]

alors ça va être vite fait ! 1= JAPONAIS 2 = FRANCAIS 3) ALLEMAND 4) ANGLAIS

[@talinatasmin7249]

Deutsch 👍 aber Französisch hört sich witzig an 🤣🤣🤣

[@Otto505]

Die Leute sagen, dass Deutsch aggressiv klingt. Aber niemand spricht darüber, dass Französisch nie ernst klingt

[@Robby_1988]

Wir deutschen, sind einfach die besten in Synchros, egal in welchen Filmen oder Games, schaut die Kommis an, die meisten ausländichen feiern uns

[@Getsudera]

It is also in Latin American Spanish

[@Luis-.]

@@RuberDildo ahora dilo sin llorar porque llego en latino y no en español de españa ajasjjas

[@laynemeek8810]

​@@Luis-. el idioma latino NO EXISTE, se llama CASTELLANO y lo que denominais "latino" no es más una forma del castelleno desvirtuada te guste a ti o no, así que la pataleta y el lloriqueo a otro lado. Después de ver el trabajo japonés de voces y INGLES no "el Yankee" que también es devirtuado, el trabajo latino respecto a las demás versiones es UN CHISTE DE MAL GUSTO, porque vamos un juego basado en Europa, medieval, caballeros, espadas etc.. ponerlo en "latino" ES UN SACRILEGIO. Precisamente gracias a esa armaduras y espadas existe el "latino" hoy día que vuelvo a repetir viene del CASTELLANO, así que no lo olvides CAMEPON.

[@Luis-.]

@@laynemeek8810 y en que momento llore yo? Estoy feliz de que salga en mi idioma

[@martinfonzalida2329]

you forgot latin spanish :

[@jooheeforever1796]

Japanese dub still, for me, is the best.

[@HeiwaJiyu]

Not a fan of the german dub tbh. Somehow sounds weird to me. Probably gonna play it in english since it fits the tone of the game the best imo.

[@christinemeixl2099]

Wenn sie Britisches Englisch gewählt haben, weil die Story in einer Umgebung spielt, die dem Europäischen Mittelalter nachempfunden wurde, warum dann dieses LatAm-Spanisch?

[@nicolapendragon]

Why not the italian dub?

[@MrWinnfield]

Japanese will always be best because they are the best voice actors on the planet

[@hermonylee6123]

I know both Japanese and English, I would say Eng version is way better. I’ll probably play it in English. Japanese just doesn’t fit this like of genre

[@Half-HeartHero]

honestly, i agree

[@om_ikis]

Yeah, like DMC and RE Even though they made by japanese, but the characters is westerners

[@waltdisney26]

賛成🙋

[@xHaidax]

Why did they change so much in german?

[@Imperatorwerry]

German language is more like the Japanese version. Actually German translation is more often accurate to the Japanese than English. Japanese has about 10M word's, German 5M and English around 180k word's. Btw I'm an German dude who sucks in English and a little bit Japanese. kyonen Kara nihongo wo benkyou shimasu. Sono gemu wa totemo tanoshii desu.

[@xHaidax]

@@Imperatorwerry Oh thats very interesting because i read that the english version is more close to the japanese version and for what i expierenced it also seemed that way for me. But i could be wrong^^ Im also german :P

[@jlb7989]

@@xHaidax Nee, japanisches Skript ins englische übersetzt, da geht mehr verloren als wenn man es ins deutsche übersetzt.

[@yowyld2422]

1.english 2.german 3.japan 4.france

[@tonertonki]

I am concerned with the lyp sync, all the voices don't match the lips aside from the english, I hope they fix this.

[@akllanjur]

French !

[@zencollettivo8621]

And... where is Italian?

[@FinalXV]

Thanks for the heads up! The Italian version was revealed only a few hours ago so it didn't make it into this video. That said I'm definitely gonna add it in the next dub comparison 🙂

[@zencollettivo8621]

@@FinalXV Can't wait to see the comparison. Thanks a lot.

[@luiviltov]

You're missing the Spanish version.

[@Kakarotto-p1o]

Mad stalker on est la!!!!!

[@annekuhnemund8580]

Französisch kann ich nicht ernst nehmen 😅

[@claudepasquale1000]

Deutsch kann ich niemals ernst nehmen . In Deutschland sind viele Jugendliche Nazis .

[@1chibanKasuga]

where is italian???????????????????

[@Dudldom]

As a German I cannot stand German voice acting in like 99% of cases. In this one, since it is so European medical focused I kinda like the French dub.

[@annekuhnemund8580]

Ich bin der Meinung das unsere Synchronstudios gute Arbeit leisten. Nicht immer ist das Englische das Beste.

[@Luiss99]

Bro the japonese version is kinda the worst one. I just cant fking belive this lmao. Is always the better one.

[@Fain255]

No Spanish, same as FFXIV.

[@Luis-.]

tiene doblaje latin american spanish

[@Fain255]

@@Luis-. Ah! Que bueno saberlo. Igual nomás lo jugaré todo en Inglés, pero que bien que tiene doblaje Latino, el Español que sí importa

[@TheBlackbirdii]

for the first time i didn't like the MP voice in japanese , the english shounds way better , German sounds bad too

[@RandomTrX]

The german voices are amazing! Especially at the last scene with Ifrit, german is the best there imo. The english pronunciation for "Ifrit" doesn't really fit the loud and aggressive voice and atmosphere there, meanwhile "IFURITO" in JP and the german pronunciation just fit more, imo.

[@TheBlackbirdii]

@@RandomTrX ifrit is arabic word and the english and french pronouciation are very close to the root of the word

[@Silphiroth]

in what world does german sound bad?!

[@padnomnidprenon9672]

@@Silphiroth french-german-english speaker. Thr german version is awesome and the best I feel

[@HeiwaJiyu]

@@RandomTrX I disagree. I tried to play in with german voices, but I just couldnt. Somehow it sounds super weird to me and doesnt really fit the tone of the game imo. Personally I enjoy the english voices the most.

[@orochiiori42]

All localisation is good

[@but_iWantedTo_speakGerman]

For the life of me I can’t understand why they went out of their way to make the game resemble Europe and the the indigenous peoples of The British Isles, but the text is filled with spelling errors because of the United-Staters. Doesn’t make any sense. That’s not in honour of Europeans at all. In fact it’s laziness and erasing part of the people they were inspired by. United-Staters colonising everything and everyone.

[@AdamW-eo2yq]

It’s not that deep, Besides although the voice actors are English, the people who made the subtitles/ script are Japanese and as English as a second language is learnt more in its American dialect than British, it makes sense it’s American English. We’ve got so used to it that we understand American English perfectly in England

[@but_iWantedTo_speakGerman]

@@AdamW-eo2yq English comes from the English. Americans spelling words wrong doesn’t make it right. We never asked this to happen to our language

[@RaijinGod-Indra]

​​@@but_iWantedTo_speakGerman I understand what you're trying to say but there's no getting through to Americans, they want to be in everything despite it having nothing to do with them, its our language yet the subs are in American English, its not hard for them to change it. It's weird but try not to let it bother you.