Final Fantasy XV has been out for almost a week! In order to commemorate that, we decided to ask Ray questions that you've been sending in to us from around the web. We asked about his thoughts on the game, his experience with the project, as well as his past exposure to the Final Fantasy series as a whole.
-What has been the most challenging thing about voicing Noctis?
The hardest part was definitely the transition between the voice I used for Duscae and his voice as it is now. We had to go through many iterations and auditions to make sure it was right! My anxiety levels were very high that month....
As far as I can tell, they are only focusing on FFXV for now! Perhaps in the future a Dissidia game...?
Everything about working on this was immensely fun. The people behind the mixing board, the localization team, the director Keythe Farley - all incredible people and really easy to spend a couple years with in the studio day after day! Also, the story of this game is incredible - simple, yet powerful. Lots of "act-able" moments, which I always get a kick out of doing.
Hehe - I called Max Mittelman first! He's a great friend of mine from way back, and I had been filling him in on the audition! Then, I called my mom....!
As a gamer, yes! I started with the game boy non-canon FF Adventure and Legend 1-3, then found out later that they didn't count!
I was too young to audition for any other FF....
I was too young to audition for any other FF....
This question comes up a lot, and honestly I don't have much in common with him! To me, acting is all about finding cool and interesting ways to get into someone else's head and state of mind, which means I get more excited about characters who aren't like me.
We all only met about a year ago. Adam [Ignis] I got to meet a couple times during production, Chris only once. I got to know Chris [Gladio] a lot better this past week at the Gamestop conference where we both went. Robbie [Prompto] however...that guy I see ALL the time. We're in a TON of things together. It's creepy. I'm kinda sick of him. We even go to a ton of cons together.... maybe one near you someday!
I always listened to the FFXV soundtrack and the Distant Worlds concerts on my way to every session! Those always get me feeling really passionate about games!
Ah man. You gotta love/hate Ardyn.
I really appreciate your love of the games! I see your articles on reddit all the time, so it's how I get my news too, sometimes! Thank you for the questions.
Big thanks again to Ray for taking the time to answer our questions! If you'd like to contact Ray yourself, you can find him at Raychase.com or send him a tweet @RayChase. Eyes on Final Fantasy would like to continue asking voice actors questions from you in the future, so if there's anyone you would like us to reach out to, please let us know in the comments!