MortalEngines wrote...
maxernst wrote...
MortalEngines wrote...
dbankier wrote...
Hawke sounds good to me. I don't think he sounds too posh, and I live in northern England so I'm bound to notice these things. The way some are reacting, you'd think he sounded like this.
Where in the north? I'm from Sheffield and while I like the accent and voice, it does sound a bit too articulate. It's not on the level of Prince Charles' poshness but it's still pretty upper-class. I don't speak anything like that and I've lived in England my whole life and I rarely hear people be so well spoken if I just meet them off the street. Maybe I need to listen over the voice a couple of times though.
There's nothing inherently posh about an accent. What's considered "well-spoken" is socially constructed. There's no particular reason that Ferelden nobility couldn't sound like cockneys and alienage elves sound like Prince Charles. As far as I'm concerned, the only limitation on Hawke's accent should be that it should sound reasonably consistent with the accent of other people in Lothering as presented in DA:O.
By articulate, I didn't mean educated. Otherwise I would of used the word educated. I mean, that the pronunciation of the words is overly upper-class to me, his wording is too high-pitched and clear, in particular his pronunciation of 'Castion' (or however it's spelt), 'back' and 'relic' just sounds too noble to me. But like I said, I still like the voice but I wouldn't call it an accurate british accent, most people don't speak like that and most people don't speak cockney either. The reason nobility couldn't sound like cockney and alienage elves sound like prince charles is that obviously those are real life accents and giving them to the opposite sociolect that they are commonly associated with would just confuse the audience. I've listened to the recording 4 times in a row now and I still think it's sounds overly articulate, my friends say I speak rather posh but I don't speak to that level.dbankier wrote...
MortalEngines wrote...
Maria13 wrote...
You have to realize that the vast majority of players are not English and have much weaker class-associations with particular English accents. Also, they've established people from Ferelden as having essentially English accents of one variety or another, and it would be unwise for them to choose an accent for the name character which was not characterized by clear, articulate diction. Otherwise, many non-English people playing the game will have a hard time understanding him, which might be okay in a flavor character (as long as there are subtitles), but isn't desirable for the protagonist. Us North Americans are used to hearing BBC English, whereas strong regional accents can give us trouble.
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I don't want him sounding like a freaking farmer.
