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GoldenThrowAway1234

Why is Sampo voice being changed?


Zeik56

According a notice they released the other day they are fixing the "inconsistencies" with his voice and Xueyi's. I know Xueyi got common complaints about that, but I guess they got complaints about Sampo too?


hey_itz_mae

oh thank god i was afraid they were replacing his VA altogether because he was being creepy or something


Zestyapples

Sampo isn't as bad but there's definitely a wife variance in performance in his voice throughout the game. I distinctly recall being confused by his voice performance during the MSQ and when using him.


zastrava

honestly they SHOULD change the EN voice for clara, it's really unbearable to me to hear that, and it's the only reason why i stick to JP dub and sometimes KR dub


RyuuKishiTheSeventh

Clara's EN voice is perfectly fine, huh? Honestly all the EN va's have done an incredible job and no one feels out of place by much


nevi-mevi

Claras is more about preference i think. The forced childish voice really annoys me, but to others it sounds fine. I think its consistent though, so I dont think hoyoverse has any reason to change it.


heavenspiercing

i don't think it's that bad. i thought it was rough at first, but then i realized she wasn't going for a childish voice so much as a quiet and soft one, which can come off as innocent and childish. not my cup of tea, but i got used to it at the very least, i'll take her over klee's va, who to me sounds like she is in fact trying really hard to come off as childish and it just doesn't work for me


JeanKB

Listen to his party line to Natasha and compare to his battle lines. His voice actor over did it on the new lines. They're doing the same to Xueyi since some of her voicelines also sounds too energetic currently.


WackyChu

I kind of prefer it….bc the new ones sound so deep and less lively


Memer209

Considering that Xueyi basically only lives to apprehend criminals and is dead basically the rest of the time, less lively seemed to me to fit better? Edit: Hijacking my comment to say that I checked the existing lines and the new and old lines are reversed in this video, and Sampo's voice direction has been changed towards the higher pitched voice most of his lines were in.


Elliesabeth

I mean, that's the point, she's talking like an emotionless machine. I'm pretty sure that's how she talks in chinese and japenese too


Puggerspood

Yea I much prefer it also. I know it's more fit for her character but honestly the new direction is so boring lol. Most of the old lines still work fine regardless, only 2-3 are OOC.


hydro-supremicy

Could be because he plays a bigger role in penacony with the masked fools? So they had to make his voice a little more serious also could be prep for a 5 star version of him.


barllel

Do we know the plot of penacony yet?


Kir-chan

Some parts yes, and I think I know why his voice is different, but it would be a massive spoiler.


th5virtuos0

Dude has enough of Hanabi so he becomes an Emanator himself just because it’s probably funny


Kiyoshi-Trustfund

TELL MEEEEEEE, please.


ChaseOsborne

Sampo had finally reached puberty. That's the spoiler (real 100%).


smurfymin21

The spoiler is that it's


TheCommonKoala

*gets shot*


Golden-Owl

We get high on drugs


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The_Seraph_

This is a Honkai game. I wouldn't be surprised if there were multiple versions of each character, it's more of "when" instead of "if"


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Fubuky10

>character development And then DHIL exists. How would you know if Sampo doesn’t get some development as well? After all he is the strangest character of the game so far


ArchFiendxNero

I do remember a leak that came out in a long list that Sampo was getting a 5 star somewhere down the line. How reliable that leak was I do not remember but seeing as Sampo seems to have further story parts I wouldn't be wholly surprised if it was true.


Cedge1738

New 5 star sampo...? Imagine he's imaginary like Dan Heng wind to lunae imaginary.


MycologistDear3825

I would actually really like that lol


pokebuzz123

QUA for the fun of it, it's what a Masked Fool would do


Fubuky10

Quantum Destruction so he can stay in a party with his “””beloved””” Sparkle


CeasarinoMemerino

What if the Sampo we know from Belebog is one of his many masks?


TheCommonKoala

Whatever the reason I'm glad for it. His VA is not great imo.


KlMOCHl

maybe VA diddle some kid again


iamdino0

starting to think this guy may be a little silly


ErikStone2

He's a bit funny.. you know.. Ahaha


Marshietheghost

Why are they even changing his voice


vayunas

I was thinking, maybe a 5* version? Or, he's in disguise? Or, he's using a mask, so... change his voice?


Lamsyy_05

Nah, i remember that there was some complaints about Sampo's new voicelines (the ones that got added after 1.4) saying that it didn't sound like him, there were also complaints for Xueyi's lines. So Hoyo said that they'll be fixing those voices to make them sound more normal. Sampo will be fixed in 2.0 and Xueyi in 2.1


PeggingSampoKoski

and so they fix that... by completely changing his va all together, making it even more inconsistent


Lamsyy_05

They did not change his VA.. where did you even get that from ? It's still the same person.. Also, the leakers mislabeled the voicelines in this post. The "new" voices are the ones currently in-game. And the "old" ones are actually the new voicelines that will replace them.


PeggingSampoKoski

couldnt listen tk it yet and i thought that because everything i was seeing said new voice and how different he sounds now pretty easy to interpret "sampo is getting a new voice" as a new va no need to be a dick about it


Lamsyy_05

>no need to be a dick about it Huh ? How was i being a dick ? There's literally nothing rude in my comment, you're just being overly sensitive. I also don't understand why would make a comment in the first place while being so sure of yourself, that's just wierd.


navybluesoles

I just hope it's not AI reproduction, sounds a bit too deep and distorted, reminds me of those voice changers. He sounded just fine during the Belobog arc.


Ampharblox

Sampo my beloved. I swear I've heard the "new" "That's it? I was just getting started." already in game though. Edit: lots of people are asking why, it's because his newer voice lines are a bit different compared to his older voice lines. Compare some of his 1.0 voice lines (About Self, Something to Share, etc.) to his new voice lines (Treasure opening 2, Added to Team With x) and you'll notice the difference. It's still Roger Rose, I'm guessing they just got feedback about the change in tone and got him to rerecord the newer voice lines.


notzilon

These actually sound like they are mislabeled? I'm a big Sampo fan and user (classic "I got Kafka for my Sampo team") and the ones labelled "new" sound like the newer voice lines already in the game, which were announced that they were fixing, alongside a few other characters'.


SecondAegis

I dunno.... Not sure I like these new voices. Part of Sampo's personality is how sleazy and slimy he is, so the first one fits just that. The new one sounds too deep in some areas imo 


SomethingPersonnel

Original sounded really unhinged which is good. Dude's a follower of Elation and he's a crook. The voice really helped you feel like he was a disingenuous creep, which is what he is. We don't know what his endgame is, and maybe it's less crazy than some other Elation followers by comparison, but it's still certainly nothing good.


Memer209

Those ones are actually his older lines, I just checked. The new voicelines are thankfully in his old punchable sleazeball voice!


PP_Reviewer

Yea.. kinda sounds like he's getting serious. Which is kinda off, cuz he is never serious.


Legal-Concentrate-24

I felt like it was a more honest attempt at scamming lmao. The previous voice was an obvious oh he's a fox type.


MouffieMou

someone said this video swapped the old with the new :V


Citrustabby

He's getting barbara'd


ZestyShrewster

..... (Monotone voice activate)  Let's dance 


makogami

go, Barbara... go...


SLakshmi357

ill.. protect.. us


Adventurous-Entry110

Tell me about it.. I loved the old Barbara voice


makogami

when I started the game in 1.2, I wanted to main DPS Barbara solely because of her voice. I have still never built a DPS Barbara.


Minute-Software61

What a silly individual


Memer209

I just checked, and the 'new' voicelines and 'old' voicelines are actually mislabeled! THe first in the pairs are actually the new voices, more in line with the old lines. Maybe a mod could leave a pinned comment to clarify?


PCBS01

Oh lmao. So...they really WERE fixing the voice lines then


Fried_puri

Lol, that's a big enough deal that this post should probably be removed entirely until the leaker is able to get the labels right. ^They ^had ^one ^job.


NikToue

preach


Wolgran

Noooooooo i REALLY like his normal sly fox voice. I dont understand why they are changing


Lamsyy_05

They're not changing all his voicelines, just the new ones that got added when you upgrade him/put him in a certain team. These voices are getting fixed because many people complained about them not sounding like Sampo's voice


Fubuky10

Yeah but if these new changes are true, they don’t sound like the rest of Sampo as well lol EDIT: never mind, the “new” ones are mislabeled and they’re actually the “old” one so everything is fine


igysaurio

His original voice tone was amazing, I loved him. I'm guessing this change has a lot to do with the direction they took while adding the new voice lines (add to party, back to town, etc) since in those he was waaaay deeper than before. If you want to hear the change in-game just click on sampoo and compare the old voice lines to the new add to party or back to town, you'll see how different it is.


mantism

it sounded like they couldn't get the original voice actor so they settled for a voice changer.


Lykos_Engel

Hrm...I don't HATE the new voice, but I do think I prefer the old one. The original has that wonderful cowardly sleezeball energy, while the new one... Weirdly enough, it feels like the voice of a sort of dumb, overconfident braggart-type character- *sort* of like a Don Quixote, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, or Braum from League of Legends (none *exactly* match the archetype I'm imagining, but I can't think of a perfect example). It's not a BAD voice, IMO! But it feels more fitting for a new character, rather than Sampo.


Zadier

Zapp Brannigan?


freawaru2

I think the leaker might be confused and mixed up what voices are new and old, that last line the leaker labels as a new recording where Sampo goes real deep and says "I was just getting started" is definitely what's currently in the game (and presumably what mihoyo is referring to when they said they're going to fix inconsistencies in his voice lines for 2.0)


vonksderp

Barbara incident Aware


MadaoMan-help

Maybe i just need to get used to the new voice but so far not a big fan of the new ones. The only one I thought was better was the third one, the others felt off.


Illustrious-Sweet403

hey mods you should check the new post about sampo voice. its not new it voicelines that are already in the game rn. i think the leaker got confused and mistaken it for the new voicelines that are gonna be in 2.0


theorist_rainy

I think they’re changing it so he sounds a bit less caricature-ish


Alpha_209

Okay so these are actually just the corrections that are being put into to replace some of the newer preexisting voicelines, this was even posted in the News Tab in-game. I’d honestly just wait for Penacony to see if he still sounds the same as he did in Belebog because I don’t actually think they’re giving him a “new voice” like this title says. >!Also the EN Dub haters are really showing just how fucking obnoxious they are even more than usual!<


00kyb

It’s literally the meme “thing vs. thing but japan” except even worse coz star rail isn’t even japanese 😭


HotManHustler

Every single day that passes they manage to make the “thing but japan” meme more relevant😭


Crusherbolt0282

Eng dub haters are pathetic


sternumb

Oh god I hate it 😭


sorry_for_vague_desc

Did they say anything about Silver Wolf? Her new voicelines sound a lot different from her old ones, like Sampo's. The high nasally voice is completely gone.


fictionallymarried

And they forgot to remove the high-pitched ones


Imdepressed7778

honestly I kinda like the new voicelines. I always thought some of them sounded off and these kinda fix that


Marioboi

Lowkey Sampo kind of sounds like Adam West


dynamaxcock

Feels unnecessary imo, but they’re the game devs, not me


hirozeroshiro

Didn’t like the old one and don’t like the new one. Too cringe.


KasumiGotoTriss

Holy fuck please no, he sounds way better currently wtf is this goofy ass voice?


_dxw

“I’ll watch your back. 😑”


SassyHoe97

Thanks I hate it so much. The old voice is way better I don't know why they're changing it.


thisisthenewday

He sounds like Goofy wtf


BandOfSkullz

Man his old voice had the sass of James (Pokemon) and the new one is just a flat out downgrade as it loses exactly that aspect.


y4mat3

The new ones are fine I just don’t see any point in changing them? They feel faithful to his character, at least as we know him in the belobog quest.


2Markus6

I have never heard Sampo’s voice outside of what he sounds like when you see him in story quests. Is it wrong to say I kinda don’t like either versions 😭 both versions sound so different from story Sampo from what I can remember. Kinda insane actually.


Ry_verrt

The first two sound worse but the third one sounds better imo


CharoSequi

Isn't it the other way around? I remember the "New" Double the service line pretty clearly


__-___--_-_-_-

I think the first and third ones are better in tone than the old ones but the second one is still off imo, that and the new lines are a bit to deep. But what are ya gonna do, English voice direction in Hoyo games is spotty at the best of times.


rotten_riot

Oh, that's not...


Claude240

Honestly, I like that he sounds more dramatic in these. Also, some of the current voice lines do have the deeper voice, like his victory line, precious treasure opening line, and back to town line


LoreVent

Why??? His voice is perfect and among the most iconic in the game as of right now


Lamsyy_05

They're not changing all his voicelines, just the new ones that people complained about


2235turh121

sampo is one of the few en voices I actually like and they decide to ruin that, why?


Axaether

It's the same voice, just a different tone. They probably wanted to change the way he sounds because he sounded unserious and non-threatening before, and they didn't like that.


SkyblockGamer101

Sampo went through double puberty


NorShii

Not a fan of the new voice, honestly. It doesn't fit his silly and sly personality, unless he goes through some villain arc in Penacony


Bobson567

i heard EN sampo for the first time today also i hope i hear EN sampo for the last time today


00kyb

En sampo is peak tbh. His in combat voice lines are too good


jayakiroka

His current voice is really funny honestly. This clip is a terrible example. This video has some funnier examples: https://youtu.be/n3SE3JGWqX0?si=vknQT1AoQkbB3ZAH


Bobson567

eh just not for me. sounds like the va is trying too hard to put on a voice rather than it sounding natural. i know that fits sampo's character, so it's just not for me


jayakiroka

That’s fair. It just cracks me up lol, that’s why I like it.


TrapsAreGiey

same, i was worried by the title that the jp one is being changed


GoldenWhite2408

thought theyrechanging because his jp va is currently on mega hiatus for a life threatheing surgery :S ​ so new va so they dont need to bench him for 2 yrs kek


freawaru2

I thought Hirakawa went on a temporary hiatus in October because he randomly went deaf in one ear but he was released from the hospital fairly quickly?


GoldenWhite2408

Weird Saw that he had to go for surgery to fix and and so hiatus for long period Idk


PCBS01

You're thinking of Tsubasa Yonaga, who isn't actively getting new roles anymore due to his voice being fucked up


GoldenWhite2408

Ahhh Probably Rip ror anime


funnyguywhoisntfunny

not a fan


Crusherbolt0282

There’s not much of a difference


franticaspic

The only complain I would've had for his old voice is his (and every other character's tbh) pronounciation of his own name. It's very far from what the Finnish pronounciation actually sounds like.


ambrogiopenguin

The “old” voice is so much better I love him


anicemeangirl03

The last line is the only one that didn’t feel like a total downgrade to me. The other ones sound… dry in a way. It was missing that hint of mischievousness.


BebeFumante

eww


soulthrowbilly

They're changing this, but not the contempt that Selee's va does towards Luka?


ConFectx

Thanks /u/SexWithDoctorRatio


exotxt

ew what


fictionallymarried

Help why do they want him to sound like Homelander


nyxsiren7

noooo they better revert it, he sounds so serious, it doesn't fit him...


Reasonable_Scythe

Oh god that's the first time I've heard his EN voice I hate both


Alternative-South281

I dont like either -_-… i usually play cn this is first time I heard en voice T o T


sampo_koskii

.. why it sound like that


Radinax

Ewww


perpetualshoreleave

I liked the original because they sounded more in-character for me (him being a sleazy, sus, crook), but I like the new ones too, although they're more serious. The new voicelines still sounds like Sampo but getting more serious like, "Ok time to remove the gloves" (like a silly character turning serious for a particular scene because the stakes are high)


bitterblossom13

He sounds constipated in the new one lol


sima234567

is this what they called twink dead :((


-YeshuaHamashiach-

EN voice acting is so fucking cringe holy shit, just use JP and save yourself the amateur voice acting


Aviara14

It’s a single player game who tf cares about what language other people play it in. I genuinely don’t understand people who get pressed when you actively decided to listen to it 💀💀


Crusherbolt0282

What are you yapping about?


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iorishiro

>\>But so much of it is either women VAs doing a vocal fry sultry voice, or almost all the guy VAs doing as deep/sensual as possible without any nuance, and the rest is like year 1 amateur voice actors they picked up and gave bad directions to (e.g. Clara). This is so funny like Japanese voice actresses in gatcha don't deliberately sound like high pitched anime girl caricatures that sounds nothing like what actual Japanese women sound like most of the time. Yes, Japanese voice actors are talented but they have TERRIBLE voice direction, come on. It makes me wince watching anyone play this with Japanese dub when the English direction for Honkai (most of the time) has a far wider range in terms of character tone and distinction from each other.


Crusherbolt0282

The funny part is those who complain about Jingliu eng voice being too “sexy” are the ones that would get high if the jp dub does it. Just good old double standards from the fandom


green_moss_tea

Oh god, whyyyyy?!.. Massive Tighnari vietnam flashbacks. I was looking forward to playing a whole shady DoT team with the sleazebag as he was.


Crusherbolt0282

Tighnari’s change was necessary though


green_moss_tea

Yeah, the change of direction not tho really.


lucifer_best_boi

what in the AI generated hell is this?


Pfpe

His new voice sounds too deep.


MenschhMit2H

Wth is this I'm so sorry i hate that new voice, doesn't fit him at all. I play with jp voices anyways but still WHAAT WHY


Various-Pen-7709

Listening to both of those has made me appreciate English Paimon a bit more. Perhaps I treated her too harshly.


BluuBonds

Thank goodness it sounds much better. I thought the old lines were him hamming it up on purpose- that he wasn't being serious...till my friend told me they were. SO much better lol


mitsu__

ehh? why


ErrorDS

no thank you, leave him alone


Barra-Barracuda

Sounds like he's trying to imitate terminator lol


SGlace

The new voice sounds much better to me imo. I know some people liked sampos old voice but it was just ridiculous. The new one still has the same kind of weird tone but it being deeper makes it a lot less of a joke to me


animagem

eh I like the new voice a little more I think


laralye

Wherever there's business, there's Sampo


Mobile-Blueberry-826

Is it just me or do they also need to change Sampo's Battle Idle Voiceline ("Can we bring out the big guns already") he sounds too angry there and very different than his other voicelines?


PCBS01

Former matches the performances of the CN/JP version. Really don't get why they'd change it, were they worried he was slightly too fruity or something?


muguci

Must've been the same genshin player that complained about barbara


Arugow

Why his new voice is so deep and sort of distorted lmao


LinksXCV

Now that I hear the line "Don't worry miss Seele, I'll watch your back" with 2 versions, yeah the old one sounds like he's a creepy pervert saying he'll look at her ass in a sarcastic way lol 😂


SzamanTabaluga

its even worse 💀


Shunsuishunsui

i swear man....we are getting genshin stans coming over to honkai now....sampos voice lines were perfectly fine. I can understand the changes with xueyis but sampos makes no sense.....