Would you like an Irish accented Human companion?

#51
Guest_Reapercushion_*

Posté 06 septembre 2012 - 10:07

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Yes,please

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#52
Withidread

Posté 07 septembre 2012 - 12:32

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Das Tentakel wrote...

Withidread wrote...

Orian Tabris wrote...

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I think it was David Gaider, who mentioned at one point, that there simply weren't enough voice actors of one accent or the other (Irish or Welsh) to fill the Dalish roles, and that's why a mix was used. It has also been said several times that they use voice actors with native accents whenever possible.

I wouldn't mind an Irish accented protagonist, but, in keeping with lore, it would have to be a Dalish protagonist. (Which would suit me fine as I'd like to get my elven protagonist back)

Not entirely sure, but it seems they use agencies that specialise in voice actors, in the context of, say, commercials. And to be precise, agencies that are active, or primarily active, in English-speaking countries. The demand for accents is pretty limited, and I assume that means a very limited number of available actors. Some of those actors, like Stephane Cornicard, have done voice work in multiple games. In short, the pool in which they fish is relatively small.

Widening that pool would require ‘fishing’ in the various national networks of actors, but that may be too much work, finding out whom to contact, whom to select etc. Even in France, where foreign language skills can be pretty abominable (they are almost as bad as native English speakers, but at least English has the excuse of being the No. 1 world language), there are probably tens of thousands, if not more, people who would be perfect. But how to find them? And that’s just the first problem I imagine.

To be honest, I wonder if the whole accent thing wasn’t too much trouble, if finding enough native English speakers with genuine accents was already a bit too difficult.

Maybe they could hire German standup comedian Hape Kerkeling, he can probably do dozens of people at once, accents included.

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But he won't come cheap...

Interesting thought, I also wonder how much expense plays a role in it as well. But given the names brought in for the Mass Effect games, maybe expense doesn't play as much of a role in it?

Also, I couldn't understand half of what Hape Kerkeling was saying and it still made me laugh.

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#53
Das Tentakel

Posté 07 septembre 2012 - 11:07

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Withidread wrote...

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Interesting thought, I also wonder how much expense plays a role in it as well. But given the names brought in for the Mass Effect games, maybe expense doesn't play as much of a role in it?

Well, it seems to me that some voice actors are taken because they are simply good and available, if not exactly cheap, while some are taken because of their ‘star value’.
I think this very likely goes at the expense of the remaining budget.
And it’s a small world. You constantly meet the same names, with Nolan North being a very notorious case.
Even a European company like Ubisoft used a well-known American voice actor for Ezio Auditore. :mellow:

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#54
JamesStark

Posté 07 septembre 2012 - 11:13

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I wouldn't mind an irish female companion. With red hair and freckles. Mmm.

Women get all the sexy Irish characters so it's only fair. It'd be nice if they wern't just played for comic relief as well.