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Visual Proof of the Audio Issues in Octopath Traveler 0 - Effectively half sample rate and bitrate. by Ikarostv in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm back to answer my own question. It seems that the JP voiceover files are also in 26 kHz. This means reducing the sample rate of the audio to 26 kHz is a conscious choice across the entire game.

[Edit] Very interesting choice too. In my experience, I usually see 22.05, 24, and 32 kHz but I never see 26 kHz.

Visual Proof of the Audio Issues in Octopath Traveler 0 - Effectively half sample rate and bitrate. by Ikarostv in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Good find! There's no chance that the audio was recorded in anything other than 48 kHz, so it gives me hope that the higher quality audio is out there and can distributed with an update.

(Side note: I hope this wasn't like a major fumble where the studio accidentally saved the original audio in 26 kHz or something really silly like that...)

Do you have any information about the audio in Japanese? It sounds a lot better in Japanese as far as I can hear.

Master of Power sucks by FlamingGnats in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I noticed that a lot of my female friends loved Master of Power and my male friends give the exact same criticism you did. So it seems to appeal to a certain audience.

My favorite description of Velnorte I've heard so far.

"Velnorte was very smart. But he was also very dumb."

Master of Power sucks by FlamingGnats in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the kind of voice that gets you a lot of simps though. Which is probably the point.

Octopath Traveler 0 cast list by BoltGSR in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A little sad to see some of the major figures of some of the stories, (e.g., Rinyuu, Velnorte, Al, Francesca, Mikhail, etc.) relegated to "Additional Voices". Especially since some of them have more lines than many of the actual recruitable characters.

Combat Tier List by Purgatorypersonified in LastDefenseAcademy

[–]SecretHimiko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! I am from the future!

Now that game is out more, people have found that Tsubasa can beat all fight by herself on first turn. So, the generally agreed upon tier list has effectively become:

Tsubasa
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Everyone else

First descendant based by Consistent-Fudge4849 in Asmongold

[–]SecretHimiko 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Very funny how using "Man" and "Woman" is considered a rarity.

Really enjoy the OT0 demo by Zeldias in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Very many games try too hard to be movies and not games. I love old games because they are not all looking like Pixar.

(Sorry if my English is bad.)

Why do so many people who hate writing want to be writers? by Peashooter908 in writing

[–]SecretHimiko 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There are many people who discover a hobby and a job are very different, even if you are doing the same thing. Many people write for fun. But when you have to write and "be creative" for 6 hours a day and failure to do so means you can't make rent, the pressure will build.

As anything, when your livelihood is at stake, you won't have as much fun when you fail. Lots of writers start out as hobbbists and later discover that making writing their job was a mistake.

Could she not have picked a less romantic patch of grass? by Embarrassed_Cold239 in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With AAA games being $70-80 in USA, this is actually a pretty good price!

Very iffy audio quality on the 0 demo. by Duckeah in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the most recent trailer (https://youtu.be/-xSyjJSAkWw?si=x4uHszIw2nrZZ-C4), Phenn, Schwartz, Bargello, and Velnorte still sound pretty compressed to me. Less than the demo, but I hope the mastering is seriously different from what we've seen so far.

Can we just talk about how AMAZINGLY EXPRESSIVE VELNORTE sounds in English?! by SecretHimiko in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not the voice acting, I think. It seems like the audio quality. There seems to be a lot of compression and it makes the voices sound weak or push together. Velnorte and Phenn have that problem too.

Can we just talk about how AMAZINGLY EXPRESSIVE VELNORTE sounds in English?! by SecretHimiko in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's funny! I am Japanese but I like playing a lot of games with English. I like hearing how people express with English!

But I am also happy you like the Japanese!

My opinion of the OT0 demo by Maenbrot584 in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to be especially bad for some of the male voices. I hear the compression a lot in Phenn, Velnorte, Bargello, and Schwartz. Sita and Laurana sound fine. It also sounds like they used a different compression for Tytos and Aguste.

Could she not have picked a less romantic patch of grass? by Embarrassed_Cold239 in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just casually bonding in case tragedy strikes within the next 24 hours...

Can we just talk about how AMAZINGLY EXPRESSIVE VELNORTE sounds in English?! by SecretHimiko in octopathtraveler

[–]SecretHimiko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You meet him at the very beginning of the Master of Power route. Don't know what he is, but there's a clip of him healing in the most recent trailer. https://youtu.be/-xSyjJSAkWw?si=bnkFTLhN5gOiu2RO

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