Suikoden Tactics - great voice acting?

[Sovereign]

I was reading a PSM a few days ago and saw a review up for Suikoden Tactics. It is mentioned in the review that one of the games strong points was a superb voice over job.

It this ends up being the case, it is quite a shock with all the poor voice over jobs being done for rpg localizations (Growlanser Generations, Shining Force Neo, etc.)

This could spell good news for voice acting in later Suikoden installments - giving more compellingly voiced dialogue to complement story development in future Suikodens.

[CKTurbo128]

That's great to hear that Suikoden Tactics will have excellent voice acting.

I just only hope that the main hero (Kyril) won't be a "mute" like the Suikoden IV hero. Conversations in Suikoden IV that involved the hero seemed a bit awkward because there was no spoken dialogue for him. :p

[patapi]

Kyril has a name, and such he isn't "mute".

Even Hero IV has a good deal of talking in this game, but none of his lines are voice-acted (except during your first visit to Razril, when he's still a child).

[Jowy Atreides]

I think the silent person for this game is Yohn. Unlike Tir, Riou, and Lazlo, however, she seems to be an actual mute, instead of just a person where you can't directly see what they are saying.

[Oppenheimer]

I think the voice acting in Suikoden V was a great addition and tactics lead the way for it. I think they improved upon Suikoden IV's voice acting because there aren't those uncomfortable pauses in between characters.

With voice acting I agree that it does make the mute characters stand out even more. The Prince seemed like he really was a mute, nodding all the time. They should at least have made him say the lines after you chose them (ala Mass Effect).

[KC_MCDOHL]

I'm not sure, from what I remember Suikoden IV's was better than Suikoden V's voice acting. In fairness, I have only played Suikoden V once so may need to play it again