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[scotkrow]

The voice isn't what matters anyways, it's the persona behind the voice and that persona sounds like a badass. I can't wait to see what abilities he's got.

[android654]

the almighty moo wrote...

it sounds more african than afro-carribean.

also i like it there is a lack of accents, relativly speaking.

If I'm right, it's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. He's the English actor known for playing Eko in LOST and Wombosi in The Bourne Identity.

[cerberus1701]

Sounds ok to me.

And the Jar-Jar comparison isn't valid. I wouldn't care about Jar-Jar's voice if he was a decent character

But he adds NOTHING positive to the film or to SW. (Honestly probably the most overrated sci-fi anyway)

Just because there are some vague similarities in the voice, that doesn't automatically make the character the same.

[Dr. rotinaj]

Arcian wrote...

Raizo wrote...

It's like Bioware hasn't learnt anything from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Now ME3 has it's very own Jar Jar Binks. As someone who was born and grew up in the Caribbean I find this to be highly racist and offensive.

Jar Jar Binks wasn't hated because of the accent, but because his entire character AND the accent was played for laughs by exploiting stereotypes. You could have switched out the accent for a regular american one, and he would STILL have been hated.

This isn't the case with Prothy, obviously. He isn't a character that is played for jokes, and neither is his accent. Absolutely NOTHING about him is stereotypical - quite the opposite. My theory on why he was given an african accent is because the culture of africa is old and powerful, and because it is the origin and cradle of mankind and the ancestral foundation of modern society, much like the Protheans laid the foundation of the current cycle of galactic civilization.

Also, Prothy's accent isn't Caribbean. If you really were Caribbean, you'd know.

THIS. SO DAMN MUCH.

I litterally could not agree anymore. I could probably try, but my head would explode.

[CroGamer002]

Also, Quairans have more then 1 accent.

Why nobody complained about that?

[android654]

Mesina2 wrote...

Also, Quairans have more then 1 accent.

Why nobody complained about that?

In that hearing in ME2 there are at least 7 different Quarian accents. Most European, and few Eurasian and Middle Eastern.

[CroGamer002]

android654 wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

Also, Quairans have more then 1 accent.

Why nobody complained about that?

In that hearing in ME2 there are at least 7 different Quarian accents. Most European, and few Eurasian and Middle Eastern.

Didn't Kal'Reager had American accent?

[RiGoRmOrTiS_UK]

seriously. what makes this accent any less appropriate for an alien race than an american accent?

[izmirtheastarach]

android654 wrote...

If I'm right, it's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. He's the English actor known for playing Eko in LOST and Wombosi in The Bourne Identity.

That would be pretty cool, if it is him.

[Troller79]

yes this is awesome i love it, he sounds sexy as hell. now thats an alien id F*&K

Modifié par Troller79, 21 février 2012 - 09:03 .

[CommanderCoffee]

It reminds me of a Maori or Pacific Islander accent. Sounds neat.

[android654]

izmirtheastarach wrote...

android654 wrote...

If I'm right, it's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. He's the English actor known for playing Eko in LOST and Wombosi in The Bourne Identity.

That would be pretty cool, if it is him.

His personal wiki has him listed as "Ian" in ME3. Given that games and movies use fake names for characters and projects, Prothean isn't a far jump from Ian. Besides, I've seen so much LOST, and I can spot that guy's voice anywhere. It's the same Ethiopian accent he used for Mr. Eko.

Mesina2 wrote...

android654 wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

Also, Quairans have more then 1 accent.

Why nobody complained about that?

In that hearing in ME2 there are at least 7 different Quarian accents. Most European, and few Eurasian and Middle Eastern.

Didn't Kal'Reager had American accent?

It was kind of like a stereotype of a Texan accent, but not rural southern.

Modifié par android654, 21 février 2012 - 09:09 .

[Xayoz]

RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...

seriously. what makes this accent any less appropriate for an alien race than an american accent?

Because a distinctive human/national accent on a alien species breaks the immersion.
It would be equally unfitting if it was a russian, french, etc. accent.

[AxisEvolve]

Xayoz wrote...

RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...

seriously. what makes this accent any less appropriate for an alien race than an american accent?

Because a distinctive human/national accent on a alien species breaks the immersion.
It would be equally unfitting if it was a russian, french, etc. accent.

Bioware sent out some adds for voice actors in the Andromeda Galaxy but all the aliens there were fully booked.

But seriously,  almost every species in Mass Effect has human accents with the addition of added effects. The Prothean has the EXACT same voice system set up as the rest of them.

Modifié par AxisEvolve, 21 février 2012 - 09:13 .

[android654]

Xayoz wrote...

RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...

seriously. what makes this accent any less appropriate for an alien race than an american accent?

Because a distinctive human/national accent on a alien species breaks the immersion.
It would be equally unfitting if it was a russian, french, etc. accent.

But we've heard distinctive human accents on characters before. Is your imersion broken when you hear Tali, K'al Reager, almost all of the Qurians, Miranda, or Garrus talk? They all have human accents. And before you try and claim that he's too distinctive and they all have filters, Prothy's voice has a filter similar to that of the Turians.

[Troller79]

Xayoz wrote...

RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...

seriously. what makes this accent any less appropriate for an alien race than an american accent?

Because a distinctive human/national accent on a alien species breaks the immersion.
It would be equally unfitting if it was a russian, french, etc. accent.

so is it ok that Garus has an American accent answer me that? why would it be wrong for the prothean to sound south African?

[Xayoz]

AxisEvolve wrote...
But seriously,  almost every species in Mass Effect has human accents with the addition of added effects.

Perhaps. I haven't recognized a single one tho. This, hovewer, is brutally apparent.

Modifié par Xayoz, 21 février 2012 - 09:16 .

[Xayoz]

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Modifié par Xayoz, 21 février 2012 - 09:15 .

[Seraphael]

Sounds a bit immersion breaking to me to be honest. The accent denotes african decent not befitting the alien origin of the Prothean. Similarly, I wouldn't have appreciated a bleedin' Scottish highlander accent or a lilly white Norwegian sing-song accent on an alien for that matter. Any talk about racism is a derailment in my opinion.

[scotkrow]

Then how would all the the quarians okay? They have European, Arabic, western (Jayne Cobb, man crush), and Indian/British (really sexy). So why can't someone have a different accent? It's a voice, it's probably mostly Shepard and EDI programing the translation of prothean using the cypher and something all that, the prothean will be an awesome character, and it's refreshing to here someone with that accent speak with superiority about races that sound western.

[scotkrow]

It's because they'e all like ashley and are xenophobs who fear and hate the voice because it's different.

[Reinholder]

Hermes Conrad is a prothean? o0

[artgeek25]

so many crybabies in this thread lol. waaaahh he sounds like a jamaican, waaaaaaaah why can't he sound like a white person e.t.c. he sounds south african to me or possibly kenyan, amyway he sounds like a badass mofo, you guys are pathetic.