As a JP dub player since day 1, I've been rewatching the 2.7 story in EN dub and I'm noticing the english dub seems to noticeably more effort put into it (like little things). For example, when Galbrena fights Schwarzloch, as she's about to shoot him into Cetus's maw, in the EN dub he audibly yells (despite there not being any dialogue for him here) as he swings his staff at her head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj76RTTM_eI
However, in JP dub, he's just completely silent during this moment:
https://youtu.be/S7cX61LwUU0?t=56
It just feels lifeless by comparison. It's like the EN actors are going above and beyond to be more emotive / expressive I guess. Also another thing, is that I noticed the EN actors have way more personality, characters like Cristoforo or Fenrico in EN vs JP is night and day, their JP actors sound extremely generic and bland. The different accents certainly help. Honestly when I got to the walk scene at the end (before you encounter Scar / Phrolova) I couldn't tell which voices were who in JP (despite how long I've played in JP), but in EN I could immediately recognize all of them. Despite not being a native jap speaker this doesn't normally happen for me.
I dunno I think the JP dub in this game is kinda generic and bland compared to EN at least, and actors don't seem to be trying as hard as the EN side to give. I think I might switch to EN desu.
