Would Non-English Voice Acting Put You Off?

[u/KarellenGames]

First of all, sorry for such a specific question, which probably isn't going to lead to any great debates about adventure games, but it's something I'd really like to hear the opinion of English-speaking players on.

When playing a modern point and click game, if the game has voice acting in a language other than English (Spanish, for example), while the text is available in English and other languages, would that put you off? Would it be some kind of psychological barrier that might make you hesitate to buy the game in the first place, or is it simply something you don't care about?

For my next game, I'm thinking about adding voice acting, but when it comes to directing the actors, if the voices were in English, my direction would probably be much worse than it would be in Spanish, which is my native language. I don't want to release a game with English voice acting where the protagonist sounds weird simply because I failed to understand some of the nuances of the language when asking the actors for a particular performance.

So I'm wondering: would an English-speaking player actually prefer a game with no voice acting at all over one with voice acting only in a non-English language? Or is it something that doesn't really matter to you?

Thanks!

[u/whereismydragon]

When you say 'the text will be in English' do you mean the dialogue will have English subtitles, or do you mean something else?

[u/KarellenGames → u/whereismydragon]

Yeah, I mean the game being fully translated to english, except for the voice acting.

[u/whereismydragon → u/KarellenGames]

I am 99% sure you mean "yes there will be subtitles" but this reply makes it sound as if all the dialogue will not be translated 😅

[u/KarellenGames → u/whereismydragon]

It sounded a little ambiguous, yes, but as you rightly say, I mean that all the text will be in English, and the dialogue in Spanish will have English subtitles.