Osiris wrote:I'm not sure what to say, then. You might want to try a PS2 forum. I've never had any problem with mine.
Charlie Johnson wrote:So, I just finished the japanese version of MGS2 yesterday, the japanese voice acting is far better, than the english one, but for some reason the japanese version has some slowdowns, for example in the tank hangar where the marines are standing, those slowdowns aren't in the PAL version.
One of the things about having Akio Otsuka play both Snake and Solidus in MGS2 is in one of the trailers, where Solidus says, "This is my son... I taught him everything." This intentionally made Japanese-speaking audiences think that Snake had a son (until they'd actually played the game), as at that time they didn't know he was playing both characters.
Yup, and this continues in the game, of course, by now I know that the leader of the terrorists isn't Solid Snake, but when Solidus makes his first appearance, the scene where you have to listen with the directional microfon, you can just see a man in a big cape, who sounds exactly like Solid Snake, (Although he sounds a little bit different, than Solid Snake, later in the game.) but in the english version you can hear instantly, that it isn't Solid.
That's the same with Olga, where the players are supposed to think, that it's Meryl, when you first meet her. But it didn't work in the english version. One reason for that, might be the fact, that Meryl never had a russian accent.
However, I was a little disappointed with Emmas death scene. Otacons voice acting in the english version sounded ridiculous, especially his crying, which sounded absolutly fake. Now I was thinking that this scene would sound way better in the japanese version. The actual dialogue was better, but Otacons crying...it wasn't that good either, in the japanese version. But there were many other scenes which sounded way better, for example the cutscene, where Pliskin reveals his true identity and screams at Solidus, while he's flying in the Kasatka. In the english version it didn't really feel like he was screaming, or angry, compared to the japanese version. Or Vamps first death, after the battle with Fortune. Fortunes japanese voice acting in this scene is also better, especially since her cries in the english version where totally out of place, you can see a closup of her face, she's barely moving her lips, but cries like...like...I dunno, but it's sheer overacting.
Like Raidens "HANGING MODE!?".