The voice acting was one of the best parts of the game. I love the various regional dialects they chose.

|spoiler| Nina’s delivery of “Where is Garuda?!” Caught me so off guard. I was just fighting this character, certainly an enemy, but in that moment her fear and panic was so viscerally obvious. They all kicked ass, phenomenal acting.

oh jesse cox must have been so thrilled to do this :) so happy for him

Ralph Ineson was absolutely superb. The depth of his voice, how authentic his voice felt and his voice acting was nothing short of charming.

This is a really special cast in terms of ff history. Acted their goddamn hearts out from the tiniest dialogue in side quests to huge cinematic scenes. So much love for the game.

Gotta give massive shout outs to Torgal's VA too. Absolute best boy, made me cry a few times with a great performance.

Clive's "I'll fucking kill you" is the rawest line ever, I love it.

I was not expecting to see Jesse Cox's face on the thumbnail for an official Final Fantasy video today. Ecstatic that he was given the chance. Jesse puts so much love and care into his work.

Man, Jesse Cox must have had a smile on his face for weeks after doing this.

My man Koji gettin the credit he deserves. That man does so much for us, and I feel he’s always overshadowed. I also want to listen to a radio drama with all of the cast. What a wonderful thing.

Please SQ, this should be the new FF standard of voice-acting going forward. All the actors were absolutely incredible.

I will say the voice actors and the characters are fantastic. Crazy to hear David Menkin sound so normal after getting used to his incredible work as Barnabas. Glad to see all the attention and praise being directed towards the voice actors. They are too often underappreciated.

Seeing Jesse on my frontpage on the official Final Fantasy channel as soon as I open youtube is quite a way to begin lunch.

Barnsbus's evil laugh during the 3rd phase really got to me. Astounding work from all

FFXVI gave the best voice acting I have ever witnessed in a video game, by a large marging. I don't say that to diminish the work other voice actors did on other games, but I truly believe FFXVI team went above and beyond and gave us the best voice acting ever made. I am not even a native English speaker but I was blown away by the quality of the English dubbing. You achieved the impossible, every character and its voice is now engrained in my mind and I will never forget them. Thank you so much, really.

The voice cast in this game was stellar, the graphics were stellar, the story was great, the gameplay was fun. Just a dtupendous achievement. My favorite game so far this year and one of my favorites in a long time. Just hit everything right with me. My only criticism is that i wanted more haha. Looking forward to any dlc stories that may come.

As an aspiring voice actor and huge Final Fantasy fan too, Ben Starr is such a huge inspiration. Also, FF8 fans rise up!!

I'm so happy that Jesse got to do this interview! He's always been a big Final Fantasy and voice acting nerd and I imagine this was a dream come true for him!

Omg I’m in love with Ben. He’s a super fan and now he’s probably the greatest VA Final Fantasy has ever had. And I want to say how refreshing it is that they chose to prioritize the English voices first and the mature rating really allowed for a more rich story and rich characters.

Man, got to 1 million subs finally and spend time interviewing such an amazing cast that really elevated the story with their performance alongside getting to talk to Koji Fox. Cox really deserves it all.

120 hours later, 100% the game and in all that time I still find myself wanting to play this game. It truly is a masterpiece. Thank you Ben for bringing us a truly wonderful performance as Clive, and to the rest of the cast you deserve just as much praise. Love you Final Fantasy!

I love that cast. SO MUCH. They did such an incredible job!!

It's our boy, Lil JC, Jesse Cox!

I haven't seen Koji Fox look and sound so excited about a game in so long.

I wish they did more with Benedikta. Her character deserved better.

The localization and voice acting is an absolute treat in FFXVI. The entire team did a tremendous job. Ralph Ineson and Ben Starr in particular have a very compelling dynamic that grounds both characters. I'm certainly looking forward to hearing these voice actors again and I hope Koji and the localization team will work on future FFs so we can all enjoy it.

75 hours into what i can only describe as a masterpiece. Ben starr is the goat what a performance, come to me ifrit!!!!!!!!!!

Benedikta and Barnabas voice actors are Norwegian! LOVE FROM NORWAY! YOU ROCK!

I love Ben calling Yoshipi Yoshipi. The game is amazing, it has become my favorite FF game.

I love that Ben expresses his love for the games. You are the best and we fans love you!!

Finished the game the other day, a absolute masterpiece, one of my most favorite games in a long time, and one i certainly won't forget anytime soon.

Koji just sitting there giggling! 🤣 Haha I love him so much!

The voice cast all seem like wonderful people, and it shows in their performances, they really poured their hearts into it. Also really happy for Jesse getting the opportunity to host this interview, he deserves it!

Each one of them deserves all the awards. They absolutely nailed it.

They're all were spectacular in their particular characters.

1st FF game, the English VO is the main language. Great cast they had me engaged in the story. Congrats to Jessie for being part of this.

Hell yeah, love Jesse.

Nina did such a great job as Benedikta ❤

Ben is to Final Fantasy what Henry Cavill is to the Witcher.

Since I saw Ralph in the witch I was blown away by his unique voice and acting.

*If you're not in tears by the end of this game, you're not human.* Well, I must be a human because that ending destroyed me

I love how Ben is wearing a Rosaria pin ❤

This interview was great. I want to see more behind the scenes action! Such a great voice actors and characters in game, and the story is so mindblowingly epic rollercoaster of all kind of emotions and feelings it was very hard to stop at times! Im still so damn addicted to all the things around this game. Simply the best game I have played in years!

this game was absolutely brilliant! the Eikon battles would only hold a fraction of the weight and spectacle that they do if not for all the beautifully acted conflicts and character moments that lead up to them. Also heres my obligatory DLC begging pls thx SPOILERS: a few of my favorite moments were Clive and Jill in the barn at Eastpool, Clive and Annabella at Twinside followed by Clive and Joshua's reunion, Jill and Clive on the shore of Ash, pretty much every scene Cid was in, Barnabas and Clive atop Reverie, Hugo and Clives confrontation in Rosalith, and of course the ending which was beautiful beyond words

Yay! For Jesse, this mustve been truly exciting. Barnabas' VA was not whom I thought he'd look like. Its always nice to see the faces behind the voices and compare them to your own imagination. 😄

this was fantastic! I'm so glad Jesse got to talk to them. Great interview, incredible cast!

Thanks to all the voice actors who made the story feel so great. Thanks Square Enix to create experiences like Final Fantasy. All of you made my life better =)

Clicked for Fanboi Jesse, and stayed for the great interview!

The voiceovers for this game were so good! Congratulations to all the cast! Wish the person who voiced Mid was in the interview as well, I loved her acting :D

Truly an amaaaazing cast for a FF journey!

These guys set a new standard for voice acting in FF games.

The voice acting and direction in the game was exceptionally good. Dare I say, best in the FF series thus far.

I cried like a baby at the end of this game, im human!!!!

Being from UK it’s great to hear all the then different dialects even have a bit of Geordie in there too.

I'm only here for my boy Cox good job man

The ending made me crying so hard...... thx square for this masterpiece ❤ love this game this game will always be a part of my life

Ben starr the GOAT

I seriously think this game was one of the best games I've ever played and the voice acting was extremely well done and top notch. it's obvious to see how much work and care went into every part and we really appreciate it as fans.

Bless this team for all the hard work that was put in, and it was a treat to have played this game.

I'm so happy you chose Jesse Cox to do this!

thank you for collabing with jesse! he truly deserves the world

The fact that Ben is a fan of the franchise is just so cool. Of course this should not be a prerequisite for doing the job, but it ends up making Clive more relatable, even so subtly, as the main character that we, also fans, control directly. And tell me the absolutely expected "you're such a nerd" reaction from Nina in response to Ben's segment in 8:05 is not something every FF fan is very used to, hahaha. He's us! And I hope S-E gives us a new Dissidia some time soon, at this point even for the sole reason that our man Ben would be able to interact with all of his, and ours, favorite characters through Clive. Rooting for you, buddy!

one of the best ff series ive seen in awhile, love this game so much.

I'm currently playing my first playthrough, and i love it so much. The voice acting is amazing

Everyone nailed it. Top tier voice acting!

Loved the dialog between Joshua and Dion when they first meet.

They all did such an amazing job, but my fave is definitely Cid. The way he voices that character is 👌👌👌

This game is Legendary

definitely the game of 2023 for me. Thanks for your hard work

One thing the game shines is definitely the voice acting and voice direction, is amazing what they accomplished on that area. I am also very happy to see Jesse Cox here, he is so awesome.

My favorite Banedikta line is "You c--k!" Kind of shocking to hear that out of the blue... but was a big character establishing moment.

The voice act are great in this game, even the many of the NPCs

Cidolfus Telamon 😍

Oh wow they recorded some lines together! That’s awesome

This was amazing to watch! Thanks for being a good host as always Jesse.

I am literally blessed to have been able to absorb the experience of Final Fantasy XVI, even though I'm not able to play the game (currently). A profound experience for sure. Watching and loving this behind the scenes, I keep thinking about how cool Ben is, and how great Cid's performance was- how great the voice casting was. It was apparently English first, I believe they said, and I could REALLY feel that, as an English speaking person. Even though the dialogue is within a middle-ages, fantasy setting, with cool language touches, it still all felt extremely natural. I think everyone involved, everyone on and off the stage not shown, hit a home-run out of the park, into the parking lot. In my eyes, FF16 was a monumental success, and that makes me happy, man. Thanks everyone.

Finished it today. Well, you weren't lying: the ending was an incredible rollercoaster of emotions. You guys did such an OUTSTANDING job. I honestly didn't expect such a serious, deep finale... But the whole game is incredible. I love feeling like this at the end of a story, and very few games managed to get me in this state. Definitely a must-play.

Such a wonderful cast ❤️‍🔥 You all are a blast! An absolute blast!

13:45 I completely and absolutely agree with that statement.

I love this so much

the VA was amazing, all of you, had me so emotionally invested. thnk you for your work and passion

I love that Ben is a fan and he always mentions FF8.

One of the ultimate highlights of this game for sure, all the actors were outstanding!

But I love Joshua and Dion, too!

"If you're not in tears by the end of this game, you're not human". Well... that ending sure did a good job at breaking me in a million pieces 😭😭

omg Jesse Cox

I wish I could have Ralph's voice 🤤

For me it has to be one of the best games in terms of voice acting. The game of thrones inspiration actually translated very well, the quality is superb. Even down to the random villagers and back row characters. Congrats to the team

Wow, so glad for the name changes on this game.

The voice actors really elevated the material. Even the ones that didn’t last too long in the story. Very interesting how secretive the story was, even the main characters weren’t sure what they were a part of right away.

SO THIS IS WHY JC WAS AWAY FOR 2 WEEKS! Things click together now. Even with Ben being a visitor on Jesses 5 minute gaming news. 👍👍👍

Feels good to know their hardwork/amazing voice acting helped push this game to sell so much! grats all, love the vid

I got chills when Cid told Clive "Turn to page 394".

CID’s voice was spectacular

Ben and Ralph knocked it the fuck out of the park. It's honestly a shame we didn't get more of Ralph's work in the game.

This gaming is... so special !!!! thank you all 🥰

So that's how Jesse got Ben to do Five minutes news :D

Love Jesse, love this cast ❤

The voice cast is incredible... They really nailed it🔥🔥🔥🔥

No wonder I liked the audio quality of the performances for this game. 2:29 has both talents in the booth at the same time and that is one of the primary reasons I usually prefer the Japanese audio in both anime and Japanese games. If they had done this the way most US voice over companies do it, they'd have had each actor in the booth one at a time. This leads to audio that is _too_ crisp and clean. It sounds like exactly what happened: talent acted into the mic in front of them. It sounds unnatural. Doing it this way gives the audio a much more natural sound; Japanese dubbing companies do it this way too. It also vastly improves the performances of the talent when they're able to interact with each other directly. Absolutely fantastic job everyone.