{"id":21230,"date":"2023-08-30T17:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=21230"},"modified":"2023-08-30T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:13:27","slug":"20230830-21230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230830-21230\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored Core 6: Ayre\u2019s sighing hits different in Japanese and English, but neither feels good\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A certain repeating detail in FromSoftware\u2019s recently released ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON <\/strong>has been grating on the nerves of players bending over backwards in their attempts to combat Balteus, the challenging boss that appears at the start of the game. Please note that the following article includes spoilers for events that take place right before the fight against Balteus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The autonomous PCA craft Balteus is a powerful enemy that confronts players at the end of Chapter 1, in the early stages of Armored Core 6. In the mission in which Balteus makes an appearance, the player first clashes with the AC Entagle piloted by Sulla, a formidable opponent. In an already exhausted state, the player takes a blast of Coral, and starts hearing the voice of Ayre, a mysterious Rubiconian. Ayre becomes the player\u2019s partner for the grueling battle against Balteus (Related article<\/a>).\u00a0
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As players take on the unforgiving Balteus, many can\u2019t help but feel their irritation gradually rise as they are repeatedly made to hear the disappointed sighs of Ayre. When the player takes a blow from Balteus, Ayre lets out a sigh, saying \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Raven.\u201d Thanks to the beauty of language differences, Japanese- and English-speaking players get to experience a different kind of sigh, with the Japanese-voiced one being quite beyond words. If I were to attempt to analyze the components of this sigh, it would perhaps consist of 50% sadness, 30% disappointment and 20% resignation. Let\u2019s just say it doesn’t do anything to help how lousy you feel after being defeated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, as Balteus is far from a one-trick pony, most players are going to have to die quite a lot of times before they get it right, which means having that wretched sigh more or less inscribed into their minds. In the Japanese version, Ayre is played by Ai Fairouz, a popular voice actress known for roles such as Jolyne Kujo from \u201cJoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” and Power in “Chainsawman.\u201d Her strong, yet clear and beautiful voice repeating the let-down \u201cAhhh…” over and over again has had such an effect that players have even made compilations of the sighs using footage of themselves being totaled by Balteus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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