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[Apostate 94]

MaraGriffyn wrote...

As long as the voice actor is speaking in their native accent and not doing something absurd like a fake French, I'm fine with anything.

I get the feeling there will only be one male and one female VA, though. It'd probably be way too expensive to hire more.

They could just alter the voice pitch on the computer and make it either sound all dwarfy or elfy, or just let us alter it when we make out character. similiar to what they did to voice Legion, record the voice then mess about with settings

[Han Shot First]

SergeantSnookie wrote...

Anything other than Fereldan.

This.

Thedas is a big continent with plenty of room for heroes from places not named Ferelden. If the player character isn't Orlesian, I'd rather he or she was from some place like Nevarra, or the Anderfels, or Tevinter, or Antiva, ect., ect.

[Jedi Master of Orion]

Some Orlesian characters are voiced by French actors and others are using fake french accents. I like to imagine the reason for that is because real and fake french accents are regional dialects from different parts of Orlais.

[Brodoteau]

The problem with the Inquistor not being from Fereldan (or having a Fereldan accent)  is that then you have to find a reason for why the Inquisitor is speaking English to everyone if he/she is not from Fereldan.  I can suspend disbelief and accept that Fereldans speak English. I'll even expand that to believe the Kirkwall is English speaking too (though why there wasn't a different accent, I don't know) and Starkhaven is Scottish etc. That's fine. But why would every other country also speak English? Why would the Inquisitor speak accented English to everyone?  Why would he/she speak English in the first place if he wasn't from Fereldan? 

Bioware made the decision to have different accents.  They decided not to have everyone speak English and maybe that is the "common" tongue (which was the Tolkein and D&D way out).  Which is fine, but you still have to show the player that there is a difference in languages otherwise the accents are even more ridiculous. There's no Universal Translator or babel fish in Thedas that I know of that can explain this away.

Which is why I would like Orlesians to, you know, actually speak French once in a while. As far as I can tell, the Orlesians are just English-speakers with French accents (so the French accent is a regional dialect like Scottish or American English?).   I know Zevran actually said some fake Antivan Spanish/Italian words.  And that was great but it seems that so far the only "language" that exists is Qunari. Even the dwarves don't speak dwarven to each other. And, let's not even talk about the Elves.

As such, keep the Inquisitor from Fereldan.  It makes things easier to understand. 

Modifié par Brodoteau, 29 août 2013 - 06:26 .

[Jedi Master of Orion]

Elves do have a language, it's just that they have forgotten almost all of it. An Inquisitor could be speaking common because that's the lanague that everyone he talks to knows.

Modifié par Jedi Master of Orion, 29 août 2013 - 06:21 .

[Han Shot First]

Besides being very unlikely, Bioware doesn't need to hire more than one male and one female VA for the different racial versions of the protagonist. People are assuming that the dwarf is going to be from the Deep Roads and the Elf is going to be Dalish, but that doesn't have to be the case. In fact makes much more sense to have the dwarf be born on the surface and for the elf to be from an alienage, and to give both the same national origin as the human protagonist. In going that route all racial versions of the PC would have the same accent.

[Brodoteau]

Jedi Master of Orion wrote...

Elves do have a language, it's just that they have forgotten almost all of it. An Inquisitor could be speaking common because that's the lanague that everyone he talks to knows.

Sorry I thought about the common thing and then edited my post above.  So above is my response to that.  If he is speaking accented common, then in my mind that means he/she knows a different language. 

So you're telling me that the Dalish, who are the last vestige of independent Elves have been assimilated?  Similarly, if the Dalish wanted to be different, then they would reclaim or reinvent their language.  Look at the programs that are done to modernize and protect languages like Welsh or Ojibwa or Inuktitut.  I don't buy that the Dalish speak English because they don't know enough Elvish.

Edited to add: Why does everyone cater to player?  Seems funny that I get to visit the Dalish and they are nice enough to speak to me in "Common", instead of telling me to screw off and force me to learn some Dalish if I want to get something done or be accomodated.   

Modifié par Brodoteau, 29 août 2013 - 06:35 .

[Parmida]

Antivan! Zevran's accent was really hot!

[Jedi Master of Orion]

The Elves lost most of their language with the Fall of Arlathan and enslavement by Tevinter. By the time of the creation of the Dales, they had forgotten most of their language already. They just speak what they know. An example of the ELven lanaguage is probably the ghost or spirit or memory of the little boy in the Elven ruins in the Brecilian Forest where the Werewolves had hidden from everyone.

Modifié par Jedi Master of Orion, 29 août 2013 - 07:07 .

[The Six Path of Pain]

I'll take a Ferelden accent over an Orlesian one any day of the year "shrugs"...So pretty much anything but Orlesian.

[Han Shot First]

The Six Path of Pain wrote...

I'll take a Ferelden accent over an Orlesian one any day of the year "shrugs"...So pretty much anything but Orlesian.

You thought Riordan had a bad accent?

I think his VA would be epic for an Orlesian PC, though perhaps better suited for an older character like Duncan.

[maliluka]

I know it would have been all over here already if that had posted the VA already, but does anyone recall if and when they posted who they were for DA2?

[Grand Admiral Cheesecake]

Inquisitor: DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY!!!!

*crossbow-ed*

Varric: It's just been revoked.

[windsea]

Antarctican.

[MKDAWUSS]

Han Shot First wrote...

SergeantSnookie wrote...

Anything other than Fereldan.

This.

Thedas is a big continent with plenty of room for heroes from places not named Ferelden. If the player character isn't Orlesian, I'd rather he or she was from some place like Nevarra, or the Anderfels, or Tevinter, or Antiva, ect., ect.

Ferelden is the Tatooine of Dragon Age.

[The Six Path of Pain]

Han Shot First wrote...

The Six Path of Pain wrote...

I'll take a Ferelden accent over an Orlesian one any day of the year "shrugs"...So pretty much anything but Orlesian.

You thought Riordan had a bad accent?

I think his VA would be epic for an Orlesian PC, though perhaps better suited for an older character like Duncan.

As awesome as Riordan was the same VA that did Riordan also did Hubert in DA2 and his accent was annoying. What's your point?

[Seishoujyo]

West Coast accent "da inquisitor yo" or australian, and I m buying for sure.

Modifié par Seishoujyo, 30 août 2013 - 01:27 .

[K_Tabris]

Nothing can beat Jo Wyatt's voice.

[Salvatore510]

Six different voice actors with possibly three different accents. Dwarf Inquisitor obviously will have an American accent. Elf who knows. Inquisitor should be someone easy to understand but not familiar. Also have to make them from some place with no accent yet.

Human inquisitor from Tantervale with an Australian or Afrikaaner (As others have suggested) accent would be nice. Seems like the cities of the Free Marches have different accents. Kirkwall is English, Starkhaven is (presumably) Scottish, Tantervale can be something unique.

[Angrywolves]

I liked Riordan's accent.
If the Inquisitor is Orlesian of course and you choose male.

[In Exile]

Brodoteau wrote...
So you're telling me that the Dalish, who are the last vestige of independent Elves have been assimilated?  Similarly, if the Dalish wanted to be different, then they would reclaim or reinvent their language.  Look at the programs that are done to modernize and protect languages like Welsh or Ojibwa or Inuktitut.  I don't buy that the Dalish speak English because they don't know enough Elvish.

Well, they don't. This is WOG. 

[AppealToReason]

I want him to sound like a Newfy.

[Han Shot First]

The Six Path of Pain wrote...

Han Shot First wrote...

The Six Path of Pain wrote...

I'll take a Ferelden accent over an Orlesian one any day of the year "shrugs"...So pretty much anything but Orlesian.

You thought Riordan had a bad accent?

I think his VA would be epic for an Orlesian PC, though perhaps better suited for an older character like Duncan.

As awesome as Riordan was the same VA that did Riordan also did Hubert in DA2 and his accent was annoying. What's your point?

Uh...you do realize that Hubert was intended to be an annoying ******, right? And that his VA was intentionally hamming it up for that purpose? Obviously if that actor were to voice a protagonist in a Dragon Age game, that protagonist would not be anything like Hubert.
 
If you are going to be snarky, at least try to follow it up with a valid point.

[shit's fucked cunts]

Seishoujyo wrote...

West Coast accent "da inquisitor yo" or australian, and I m buying for sure.

Yeah, those accents go hand in hand, really.

[TCBC_Freak]

MKDAWUSS wrote...

Han Shot First wrote...

SergeantSnookie wrote...

Anything other than Fereldan.

This.

Thedas is a big continent with plenty of room for heroes from places not named Ferelden. If the player character isn't Orlesian, I'd rather he or she was from some place like Nevarra, or the Anderfels, or Tevinter, or Antiva, ect., ect.

Ferelden is the Tatooine of Dragon Age.

Yup. Bioware does love Star Wars, so it makes sense that they would follow the same model.