
With the long-awaited Lost Soul Aside now available worldwide – be sure to read our review in progress for an early verdict on the game – some scattered clips of the English localisation are beginning to go viral on social media.
It should be noted that this title has been developed by a small team within China, and thus is likely better experienced in its native mandarin. However, the clips are far too amusing not to share.
This first one is particularly funny, as it shows the protagonist falling to his death, with an ear-piercing yell that rivals the legendary Wilhelm scream:
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This other clip from a cutscene later in the game also raises a wry smile, as it shows a character literally kicking a child across the floor:
As fans progress through the game, we’d expect more amusing memes to emerge.
As we noted in our Lost Soul Aside review in progress, the storytelling and voice acting is a real weak point. But we’re enjoying some of the combat thus far, and we still think there are redeeming qualities to this release. Price may ultimately be its largest hurdle.





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I watched the launch trailer earlier and thought the dialogue sounded pretty uninspired.
Access are streaming it right now. I'll give it a look but so far I'm not feeling this one. It never really felt like a Day1 buy for me.
If the combat is fun though I'll pick it up later on sale.
Ok... it is kind of bad. That doesn't inspire confidence.
With that said, a couple of lines do not a whole game make. I will reserve judgement.
Some might call that bad acting. I call it high art.
DMC 1 has weird / funny English dub too. I remember the scene where Dante scream 'I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT'? For me, it was and still funny to this day. But that line doesn't make DMC 1 as a bad game.
Some examples of good games with funny / weird English dub; Mega Man 8, og RE 1, SotN, Virtua Fighter, Yakuza 1, Tales of Eternia.
I knew the English dialogue sounded pretty off on launch trailer, but I have to admit those videos killed me XDD
Well it’s a good thing a dodge the bullet not pre order this and it’s a shame because I was so looking forward to it too.
Kicking a child to the floor?
Ok, this game is GotY
Yeah i played it in Jp without hesitation lol
I always try to play Asian games in their native language. Good English dubs seem exceedingly rare...
Its hilarious , played the demo and in the opening 3 minutes , each character said more or less the same line twice
Sounds like that Mummy trailer where there was no music and it was just Tom Cruise screaming in a vacuum.
I need this game now. You sold me with the bad voice acting.
Just with a better price when it’s on sale.
This is too funny, wasn't intrested in the game but the acting and the kid getting kicked made me laugh hahaha
Definitely will add it to my wishlist now and wait for a sale.
***** now I suddenly wanna play this xD
Slam kicking a kid into some barrels because he didn’t do what he’s told is just called Good Parenting in many parts of China.
Sounds like a terrible dubbed anime. Jesus
There is always 'funny' bad dubs and then there is just the bad.
That scream alone gives me the feeling of the former, atleast I hope so because I can always use a good laugh.
It’s not real Chinese experience without comical overdub! Granted the content is silly; and this game looked daft to me
Legit thought that was Sephiroth in a helmet kicking the small child across the floor
But the scream is so hilariously bad lmao
I couldn't sleep last night so got my earbuds out and played this around 1 AM. Almost woke up the house laughing so hard at the kid scene. The combat is pretty good so far, and the bad acting and ridiculousness just adds to the hilarity. Total banger.
https://youtu.be/wOXwZWnJLsw?si=vSX7cN4N5PNVVZz5
Some games are destined to be classics and Lost Souls Aside is no exception...it's just a shame it will be for all the wrong reasons.
Will MindsEye have a competitor for GOTY?
looks like a "so bad it's good" dub, like some of the old kung fu movies have. If you're not bothered by ruining what's meant to be a serious experience, this could be a nice way to play through the game and laugh a little.
@PuppetMaster don't forget the incredible...
"HOLD YOUR FIRE, I'M A HUMAN!" line from the original Resident Evil 2.
Still think about it to this day 🤣
@Corc11 Don't forget "Since you're the master of unlocking," and "You almost became a Jill sandwich!" My daughter, who is 13, loves quoting those.
This could end up as a Jill Sandwich.
@Pat_trick
Bad acting aside this is objectively a better game than Mindseye in every way.
Can't tell if embarrassing or charming...
That’s so hilariously bad, I love it. 😂
Oh, now I double want to play this game. I love PS1 era everything, including the voice acting.
People often try to be optimistic about this and say "well it's so bad it's good" or "it's part of the charm" but imagine if Clair Obscur had voice acting like this. It's be a tragic shame that'd ruin the game. I guess if the game in general is bad, then it's not particularly ruining anything and can just be funny then.
Those clips don't seem any worse than many final fantasy scenes which it was inspired by.. It's certainly bad but not so bad that it's worth mocking. We've gotten just as bad English dialogue from Japanese developers
I see nothing wrong with the voices but we love in the times that people just want to complain about something they got nothing better to with their lifes
@Corc11 it’s Kendo’s line to Claire that I always remember. “Ooooah, sorry about that babe”
@PegasusActual93 In every way? That's an exaggeration. The voice acting in MindsEye was acceptable. This game has atrocious voice acting.
The only scoring review has given this game a 4/10. It might be better than MindsEye, but it's another terrible game and what makes it worse, backed by Sony.
This is gonna become one of those "So bad it's good", cult classic, in the future. 😂
I saved some of my sanity, by playing the demo with the Japan dub.
Sheesh it sounds no worse than any MGS game up till Sons Of The Patriots. And it can't be any worse than Troy Baker's totally OTT cringe performance as Higgs in DS2 either which was the only downside of the clear GOTY so far.
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