Brazilian Portuguese Dubbing
Sooooo... trying to reach a developer here, or anyone with inside contact with CD Projekt Red.
Everyone one in my family are great fans of The Witcher, we have the English translated books, the Brazilian Portuguese translated books, both games on PC (on GOG AND on Steam, hehehe), and even my old father likes to watch the amazing cutscenes that you make.
When we saw yesterday that The Witcher 3 will be dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese, I freaked out! THAT’S AMAZING!!! Just… when it isn’t.
You see, there is not that much dubbed games in “PT-BR”, as we say, and, probably because of that, there are some really awesome examples, and some really, really bad, cringe-inducing ones. That happens basically because of the casting and the studio contracted by the company to handle the voice overs.
So I decided to intervene (hehehe)!!! I know that CD Projekt Red really dedicates itself to keep the quality of its games at its peak, always, and at all fronts, accepting feedback and all, and I will not let them be ashamed by a poor brazilian-portuguese dub.
So here it goes, some really good, some nice ones, and some really bad examples of PT-BR dubbing:
First, the best ones:
- Injustice: Gods Among Us. The best of all PT-BR voice overs. They even used the same casting of the television animated series of Justice League. Great actors, great directing, perfect.
- Batman: Arkham Origins. Great voice overs, with the same casting that made the PT-BR dubbing of the Nolan Batman movies.
- Diablo III. Again, great casting, great directing, recognizable voices, professional dubbers.
- Starcraft 2. The same of Diablo III.
Now, the so-so ones:
- Watch Dogs. Only the main character is good, the rest is really, really bland.
- Halo 3 and Halo 4, Call of Duty Black Ops 2. Good dub, just not as great as the first that I mentioned.
And now, the worst ones:
- Assassin’s Creed 3 and Assassin’s Creed 4. Terrible, awful, horrible. Bad actors, worse directing. Horrible voices, bland ones really, inaudible, emotionless. Waste of time and money for the developers.
- Killzone 3, Infamous 2, Uncharted 3. Anything, really that is not made here in Brazil (the dub of those games were made by a Miami Studio).
So, that’s what I wanted to say, hope any of the devs hear, so that they don’t fall into a trap, or, as we say around here, “não caiam em uma sinuca de bico”, hehehe
Bye!!!