It sucks that most of the old ones are having troubles with agencies or scheduling but at least the new ones are trying their best to replicate the voice. Ik some ppl say it's on Hoyoverse's end but I still find it weird how it's only star rail and not all of Hoyoverse
Hoyoverse has next to nothing to do with the voice actors that is all done through a hired agency. Every hoyoverse game uses a different va agency. This issue is either on the side of the va agency or the va's themselves, but it's almost impossible for it to be anything to do with hoyoverse.
I played Star Rail because of Huohuo and Tail, and despite that the new VAs may sound close to the old VAs in cutscenes, the new ones are bad in battles because how sharp they sounded and the tone is different.
Mr.Tail had a very raspy voice and in my opinion that's what made it sound so good. now the voice sounds way too smooth and sounds terrible in general... then again maybe we are whining because we were used to the old voice for a decent amount of time. (the battle voicelines are indefensible tho no matter how you look at it. it sounds like they made 1 quick take and decided to go with it...)
Fr, I just got Huohuo and I really liked the old ones, but now they changed the VAs 😭 And worse than this, I play with Argenti on my team, and the new VA didn't even try to replicate the old voice (wich was so much better)...
@@mrmechpunch4653 Ill be unbiased because i play on JP and i hate English dub in games, i think the new va's are better after watching this comparison.
Aside from tail's Ult line, they both sound really good for having to replicate the originals as much as possible. And huo huos new VA sounds good, but that cute dorkiness that makes you eant to cheer her on (from the originak va) seems like its going to be very difficukt to replicate.
@@mrmechpunch4653 For me, Huohuo lost her unique afraid but still somewhat courageous personality which the old VA amazingly conveys, the new one just sounds like a generic crybaby character now 😢
New Va did an amazing job on re dub the quest Which make me wonder, why they fucked up the battle voiceline so bad? Huohuo x2 voiceline when using skill is so painful to hear now
Yeah, they're doing a good job at trying to replicate the OG voices, but that's the problem... they're trying to replicate the voices, not the sentiment or anything. There's a clear disconnect between the new VAs and the characters. The old ones understood the assignment, the new ones are just trying to emulate it. No disrespect to them, obviously. It's the agencies and directors being lousy at directing who are at fault here.
to be fair, in the case of redoing old cutscenes I'd argue that it was dumb to even replace the voice lines if they'd just been given the proper assignment and recorded any new lines from now on that'd probably be the better way of doing things.
@@typh2630 it's how they replaced the Korean version of Cyno (I know that only happened because the old VA died but it sounded like it made a ton more sense than redoing all the old lines unless they wanted to purge all signs of the old VA (which makes sense if they were awful people like the old English Tighnari VA. Less sense if there's just contract issues))
@@Eclipsed_Embers replacement of va’s and not going back to re-record their older lines is very rare. Like u said, if they were a horrible person it makes sense, but this is also an ongoing game, an ongoing game usually wants a sense of identity throughout their entire lifespan. I can’t speak on how the Korean va business is, but cultural context and things like the terms of contract is important in a discussion like this. Ofc it’s sad to see old va’s get replaced (if they were good ppl that is), but it makes sense that most of the time they do go through the trouble of re-recording lines, because it’s literally someone’s voice. If they’re no longer working under the game, it doesn’t make sense to keep using their voice because of small details like that. Again, I can’t speak on the korean example u provided because I’m literally not familiar with the cultural context, but I would assume there’s some significance in the culture behind the decision. After all, someone passing away and someone being let off are two very different situations.
i didn't even notice a change in these two until twitter pointed it out.. great job to the new VAs, honestly. a shame so many changes have happened recently.
Okay honestly both the new VAs of tail and huohuo sound pretty similar to the old one, so it's not that bad. But there is a hint of cuteness in huohuo's voice that no one can replicate except the old va. I'm going to miss that. But honestly, the character that actually got ruined was argenti. The new voice is so bad. Also, i know for argenti and tail, there was a reason that they changed the va. I don't remember what was it but i know there was, but why did they change huohuo's va. I actually don't know. Please if anyone knows, tell me. If the reason is that they changed tail's va to huohuo's had to be changed to, it's so stupid. I'm sure that they once changed the va of oz in genshin but fischl's va stayed the same
Bit of a hot take but I like the new voices more than the old ones since HuoHuo sounds more scared and Tail sounds more serious it’s weird how that works for me
@@15harry150 well, ppl overreact these days alot about small things, if there is nothing to complain about, they will find something anyway. Personal, i have no issues with these new voices at all, if there are reasons for the VA to leave, get replaced, by what ever reason (and to be honest, its a contract between the company and the VA, not our business), then its up to them to handle it and not making a big public drama, because this may result just in a another take of cancel cultur 2024. With ppl having nothing else to do then spend there time in the wide web and being not accountable for the things they do mostly, like sendhing death threats to ppl who are not in charge or responsible at all, but hey...
I’m okay with the normal talking and cutscene lines, however I’m not a fan of the combat lines. Much of their tone sounds different. Tail had such a cool aggressiveness in his voice during the ult which is now toned down and his big booming voice isn’t as “booming” anymore. Huohuo just doesn’t give me the same queasiness and nervous energy, but does the have the scaredy cat aspect down. I don’t hate the new voice actors and I applaud them for trying to stay true to original. It just sucks that it came out with no warning. People who played with the character and really cared about them (me included) are just very bitter because of it. Again, no hate to the new VA’s and I really wish them the best of luck doing the voices. But such drastic change has adverse effects especially when it deals with something huge as a character’s voice.
@@15harry150that’s because then that would’ve been the original. No one likes unnecessary changes to something that was already good. In other people’s opinions, something already perfect. The original voice contributes a lot to the character and to the personality of them. It is what helps form the image of them in your mind. This means that even slight tonal differences and small nuances due to a different voice actor will make a whole character sound so different to some people. Because of this, it tells them that it is still Huohuo just not the same Huohuo. That’s what sets them off. If this new voice was the original, then yes of course people would complain still. But that’s how it is. The original sets the bar, not in terms of better voice acting or performance, but for the character. Any change in that, is definitely due to cause disruption.
If theyre not side by side, i wouldnt be able to notice/hear the difference, im amazed they didnt try differently and just tried to replicate the original as much as they can, to the best of their ability. As for argenti though, hes being replaced by markiplier in my head
Ok, both voice actors did a good job at recreating the lines, especially with Huohuo. They are so close IMO that it sounded more like a different voice direction than switching the voice actresses. Tail sounds fine overall too.
Im still getting use of the new va. Honestly hearing the new va is a bit unsettling well sure they try their best but i feel they don't connecting the characters to bring them to live. What i hear is like they mimic the voice for replacing them. I play hsr since the release day their voice really connected the characters. Now seeing two va was replaced it doesn't feel the same anymore. Huohuo old va fits her character but the new one did good but feels like they forcing to replace old one. Btw mr. Tail old va are same va in Argenti. The new va did great to voice Tail but in Argenti cast it feels off the raily the voice is... Too smooth and didn't feel like beauty man i know 😅 I don't complain the story but the battle voiceline... Ummm it hurts 🥲
@@eastonair exactly. You really need to hear the combat voice lines to see what people are talkking about, because truthfully, the voices in the cutscenes ARE fine. There really is NOT much of a difference. It's the combat lines that we hear 90% of the time that are messed up.
I’ll give you some brief theories He got replaced due to bugs He got replaced due to them lying about the bugs and never treated him fairly Saga strike(seems the least plausible since the current va for argenti is with SAG-AFTRA so he could’ve been striked aswell) Mr Tail/ Argenti’s VA were sick and so was his son We mainly don’t have a reason form Honksi star rail yet so take this as a grain of salt(I don’t have much information on Huohuo’s VA)
Well I guess now I will always skip huohuo, I was thinking of taking it out to have a healer but with this change I won't take it out I already have a lot of supports just because of the VA I was going to take it out but this horrible change doesn't convince me 😷
I was truly considering to get Huohuo, however with this change, I can’t bring myself to hear a different Huohuo. I’m just too used to the old voice that every time I’ll hear the new one it’ll just make me sad again. I don’t pull for meta anyways. I will still support the new VA’s, but it’s just that those characters won’t be the same to me.
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0:05 lol I forgot how good Guinaifen's VA is
I thought this was a Gui's video instead of Huohuo and Tail...
Honesty as much as im going to miss the old VA, the new VA did an amazing job at trying to replicate the OG voice's
No lmao
Copium
too bad its not the same with argenti
@@someoneinasiathat ill be mourning in the next few days as he is also my main ;-;
@@someoneinasiai cope the fact that he sounds like markiplier
It sucks that most of the old ones are having troubles with agencies or scheduling but at least the new ones are trying their best to replicate the voice.
Ik some ppl say it's on Hoyoverse's end but I still find it weird how it's only star rail and not all of Hoyoverse
it's because of them. not hoyoverse. they did noting wrong
HSR uses a different agency than genshin
Hoyoverse has next to nothing to do with the voice actors that is all done through a hired agency. Every hoyoverse game uses a different va agency. This issue is either on the side of the va agency or the va's themselves, but it's almost impossible for it to be anything to do with hoyoverse.
I played Star Rail because of Huohuo and Tail, and despite that the new VAs may sound close to the old VAs in cutscenes, the new ones are bad in battles because how sharp they sounded and the tone is different.
Mr.Tail had a very raspy voice and in my opinion that's what made it sound so good. now the voice sounds way too smooth and sounds terrible in general... then again maybe we are whining because we were used to the old voice for a decent amount of time. (the battle voicelines are indefensible tho no matter how you look at it. it sounds like they made 1 quick take and decided to go with it...)
Yeah her new battle voice lacks that extremely good long nervousness, it's too fast...
Fr, I just got Huohuo and I really liked the old ones, but now they changed the VAs 😭 And worse than this, I play with Argenti on my team, and the new VA didn't even try to replicate the old voice (wich was so much better)...
Tail sounded like a strict dad that cares for you and I could just vibe with it
But with the new one I just...
Ehhh it's kinda good I guess
@@mrmechpunch4653 Ill be unbiased because i play on JP and i hate English dub in games, i think the new va's are better after watching this comparison.
Aside from tail's Ult line, they both sound really good for having to replicate the originals as much as possible.
And huo huos new VA sounds good, but that cute dorkiness that makes you eant to cheer her on (from the originak va) seems like its going to be very difficukt to replicate.
What did you edit bruh
Tail’s ult line is absolutely atrocious like wow it’s bad and I know what you mean with HuoHuo voice it just doesn’t sound the same with the new VA
@@johncabrera9745 the downgrade is immesureable. It sounds like the replacement didn't even try.
You nerds sit here and criticize people who are millions of times more talented than you like its supposed to make you less of a loser 💀💀💀
@@mrmechpunch4653
For me, Huohuo lost her unique afraid but still somewhat courageous personality which the old VA amazingly conveys, the new one just sounds like a generic crybaby character now 😢
And on top of that argentis new VA didn't even sound that similar 💀
the new argenti va sounds like he's gonna fight the beauty instead
margentiplier
Right? He doesn't sound like he's a Knight protecting the beauty
Y'all are high. If you did a blind test, you'd get it wrong.
For me, it sounds the same, but with a different intonation
New Va did an amazing job on re dub the quest
Which make me wonder, why they fucked up the battle voiceline so bad?
Huohuo x2 voiceline when using skill is so painful to hear now
Funny, I didn't like her old battle voices but loved the new one.Old tails better tho
Argenti’s delivery of most of his boss battle lines also sound effed too…
@@blackphoenix9000 ikr😭
@@blackphoenix9000Yeah, he sounds way less enthusiastic and just sounds angry instead
Yeah, they're doing a good job at trying to replicate the OG voices, but that's the problem... they're trying to replicate the voices, not the sentiment or anything. There's a clear disconnect between the new VAs and the characters. The old ones understood the assignment, the new ones are just trying to emulate it.
No disrespect to them, obviously. It's the agencies and directors being lousy at directing who are at fault here.
nah dont see it. the new is fine, with emotion even
to be fair, in the case of redoing old cutscenes I'd argue that it was dumb to even replace the voice lines
if they'd just been given the proper assignment and recorded any new lines from now on that'd probably be the better way of doing things.
@@Eclipsed_Embers that’s not how stuff goes in the voice acting business tho… what💀
@@typh2630 it's how they replaced the Korean version of Cyno (I know that only happened because the old VA died but it sounded like it made a ton more sense than redoing all the old lines unless they wanted to purge all signs of the old VA (which makes sense if they were awful people like the old English Tighnari VA. Less sense if there's just contract issues))
@@Eclipsed_Embers replacement of va’s and not going back to re-record their older lines is very rare. Like u said, if they were a horrible person it makes sense, but this is also an ongoing game, an ongoing game usually wants a sense of identity throughout their entire lifespan. I can’t speak on how the Korean va business is, but cultural context and things like the terms of contract is important in a discussion like this. Ofc it’s sad to see old va’s get replaced (if they were good ppl that is), but it makes sense that most of the time they do go through the trouble of re-recording lines, because it’s literally someone’s voice. If they’re no longer working under the game, it doesn’t make sense to keep using their voice because of small details like that. Again, I can’t speak on the korean example u provided because I’m literally not familiar with the cultural context, but I would assume there’s some significance in the culture behind the decision. After all, someone passing away and someone being let off are two very different situations.
wth? Somebody take me back to 2.3 😭
i didn't even notice a change in these two until twitter pointed it out.. great job to the new VAs, honestly.
a shame so many changes have happened recently.
I don’t really like how different Tail’s VA is, but it’s not bad.
Huohuo’s is fine.
Please don’t hate on the VA’s for this!
Courney, Adam, Megan and Aaron did amazing voicing them and don’t deserve any hate as we don’t know the exact reason for recasting
They both did an AMAZING job replicating the original voice lines just in these clips alone.
Only Issue I have with the new VA's are the new combat voice lines. It sounds so off, especially the ultimate. It doesn't have enough impact
I like both it will take a bit a time to get use to the new va's since i been using huohuo as my main healer since her debut day.
Saddies. We truly are living in the worst timeline 😔
Time to microwave a banana, I guess
I like both the old and new voice
no wonder huohuo didnt come home atleast i experienced huohuo and tails old va's 😢
if i didn't know it i wouldn't have even noticed it
Huohuo sounds fine if not better, its the tail that's bad. It reminds me of Digimon USA dub
Okay honestly both the new VAs of tail and huohuo sound pretty similar to the old one, so it's not that bad. But there is a hint of cuteness in huohuo's voice that no one can replicate except the old va. I'm going to miss that. But honestly, the character that actually got ruined was argenti. The new voice is so bad. Also, i know for argenti and tail, there was a reason that they changed the va. I don't remember what was it but i know there was, but why did they change huohuo's va. I actually don't know. Please if anyone knows, tell me. If the reason is that they changed tail's va to huohuo's had to be changed to, it's so stupid. I'm sure that they once changed the va of oz in genshin but fischl's va stayed the same
The Oz VA change was only in CN. They replaced him because he was cheating on his wife or something, I don't remember the details.
@dramorian4486 it was having some sort of relationship with his fans specifically younger ones if i remember
All we need now is Alex Organ voicing Moze, and we have a family reunion
Moze will be voiced by Ben Balmaceda, who is also Kaveh from Genshin
It’s funny how basically all of 1.5 got replaced lol
I also miss the dialogue when MC and Huohuo with Tail stuck in the labyrinth. Huohuo's crying is what I'm so curious how the new voice would be lol
they sound so good here honestly but they need to work on the battle voice lines.
I can excuse huo huo VA did an amazing job capturing the scared child essence that is huo huo. But my boi Argenti got done dirty…
The new voices sound as good as the original’s in my opinion
Huohuo's both Eng Va sounds the same so it's fine honestly, but Tail? It's okay but, i prefer old Tail and specially old Argenti 😢
Actually...I don't hear much difference. Still I'm not pulling for fuofuo tho
Honestly when ever i use Huohuo's burst it felt so strange
Huohuo new va sound better than her old one tbh
I prefer the old one, it gives the character more personality... It suits much better. 🥺
Bit of a hot take but I like the new voices more than the old ones since HuoHuo sounds more scared and Tail sounds more serious it’s weird how that works for me
Yeah, I agree with you
the fact this is a "hot take" shows how sensitive the HSR community is. If this were exhibited as the original VA people would say they prefer this.
@@15harry150 well, ppl overreact these days alot about small things, if there is nothing to complain about, they will find something anyway. Personal, i have no issues with these new voices at all, if there are reasons for the VA to leave, get replaced, by what ever reason (and to be honest, its a contract between the company and the VA, not our business), then its up to them to handle it and not making a big public drama, because this may result just in a another take of cancel cultur 2024. With ppl having nothing else to do then spend there time in the wide web and being not accountable for the things they do mostly, like sendhing death threats to ppl who are not in charge or responsible at all, but hey...
I’m okay with the normal talking and cutscene lines, however I’m not a fan of the combat lines. Much of their tone sounds different. Tail had such a cool aggressiveness in his voice during the ult which is now toned down and his big booming voice isn’t as “booming” anymore. Huohuo just doesn’t give me the same queasiness and nervous energy, but does the have the scaredy cat aspect down. I don’t hate the new voice actors and I applaud them for trying to stay true to original. It just sucks that it came out with no warning. People who played with the character and really cared about them (me included) are just very bitter because of it. Again, no hate to the new VA’s and I really wish them the best of luck doing the voices. But such drastic change has adverse effects especially when it deals with something huge as a character’s voice.
@@15harry150that’s because then that would’ve been the original. No one likes unnecessary changes to something that was already good. In other people’s opinions, something already perfect. The original voice contributes a lot to the character and to the personality of them. It is what helps form the image of them in your mind. This means that even slight tonal differences and small nuances due to a different voice actor will make a whole character sound so different to some people. Because of this, it tells them that it is still Huohuo just not the same Huohuo. That’s what sets them off. If this new voice was the original, then yes of course people would complain still. But that’s how it is. The original sets the bar, not in terms of better voice acting or performance, but for the character. Any change in that, is definitely due to cause disruption.
To me the old voice is smoother but the new one isn't bad.
new huohuo sounds more like her jp va and I like that tbh
Wow I can't tell the difference for Huohuo
If theyre not side by side, i wouldnt be able to notice/hear the difference, im amazed they didnt try differently and just tried to replicate the original as much as they can, to the best of their ability.
As for argenti though, hes being replaced by markiplier in my head
The Argenti change was more noticeable than Huohuo
Houhou's new lines sounds so forced in battle 😔 (she sounds like Nahida in 3.0)
Courtney Lin voice will always be in my hearth I suppose 😔😔
Then we have argenti...where now he just sounds like hes a done and tired himbo knight
I miss old va 😭
Ok, both voice actors did a good job at recreating the lines, especially with Huohuo. They are so close IMO that it sounded more like a different voice direction than switching the voice actresses. Tail sounds fine overall too.
Im still getting use of the new va. Honestly hearing the new va is a bit unsettling well sure they try their best but i feel they don't connecting the characters to bring them to live. What i hear is like they mimic the voice for replacing them. I play hsr since the release day their voice really connected the characters. Now seeing two va was replaced it doesn't feel the same anymore. Huohuo old va fits her character but the new one did good but feels like they forcing to replace old one. Btw mr. Tail old va are same va in Argenti. The new va did great to voice Tail but in Argenti cast it feels off the raily the voice is... Too smooth and didn't feel like beauty man i know 😅
I don't complain the story but the battle voiceline... Ummm it hurts 🥲
I like new voice ^_^
people are bothered by this? the difference don't seem to be that much
The story voice lines are very similar. The battle voice lines are not.
@@eastonair exactly. You really need to hear the combat voice lines to see what people are talkking about, because truthfully, the voices in the cutscenes ARE fine. There really is NOT much of a difference.
It's the combat lines that we hear 90% of the time that are messed up.
@@eastonair Same with Argenti, normal voicelines are different but sounds fine. But the battle voice lines are really weird
yeah the battle voice lines kinda suck, but the story is great
The battle ones don’t really hit the same as the og but the storyline is definitely really similar.
What’s the problem? Both VA’s sound like they fit the characters 😂
Oh course I start playing the event right after they changed their voices 🤦
tbh they did an amazing job both VAs, but Im gonna miss the old ones they just kinda hit different yknow.
While the old one is better the difference isn't that big but Argenti on the other hand... yeah I don't like it one bit.
First Argenti now HuoHuo??? What is happening to the VAs?!!!
Honestly, they sound almost exactly the same. If i wasn't told about the va change, i would've never noticed.
do that to moze
The new ones are great except for in battle, I hate how high pitched huohuo’s voice is
Tail just. Sounds wrong
Argenti 2.2 and 2.3 story please
I don't hear any difference lol
I like the new HuoHuos VA more 😮
Can someone explain why were VAs changed?
What happened?
That's why I prefer to play en CN or Japanese. Never problem.
i hear no difference tbh
Amateur agency
"Step aside, amateurs..."
Nah, i only use jp va 😂
huohuo old and new is way better than argenti case.
Why they changed her VA??
New VAs sound better here but the combat lines were butchered especially the Ultimate line from Tails 😭
Wait why did her VA change?
Why the changed it?
I have no clue 😅
some theories say it invokves the rceent SAG-AFTRA strikes.
@@gedemartha9534🤣,HSR & ZZZ aren't inculded.Only genshin is there
@@niernightgaming2925You mean the strike that that’s about English VA’s and other artist in the field fighting for AI voices not to take their jobs?
I’ll give you some brief theories
He got replaced due to bugs
He got replaced due to them lying about the bugs and never treated him fairly
Saga strike(seems the least plausible since the current va for argenti is with SAG-AFTRA so he could’ve been striked aswell)
Mr Tail/ Argenti’s VA were sick and so was his son
We mainly don’t have a reason form Honksi star rail yet so take this as a grain of salt(I don’t have much information on Huohuo’s VA)
Japanese dub >
Who cares English VA anyways?
Well I guess now I will always skip huohuo, I was thinking of taking it out to have a healer but with this change I won't take it out I already have a lot of supports just because of the VA I was going to take it out but this horrible change doesn't convince me 😷
I was truly considering to get Huohuo, however with this change, I can’t bring myself to hear a different Huohuo. I’m just too used to the old voice that every time I’ll hear the new one it’ll just make me sad again. I don’t pull for meta anyways. I will still support the new VA’s, but it’s just that those characters won’t be the same to me.
I'd personally recommend the upcoming abundance character drip marketed for 2.5
That's who imma try to get
They both sound terrible so not a big loss
let's stop trying to be nice and lying to ourselves, the new vas suck