Hi Dark, Well, my issue with accented English was more to do with clarity rather than to do with acting and context. By all means if you have need of a Russian spy like in a James Bond type setting get a Russian to play the part as it will sound more authentic. If you are doing a game on World War II and you need a person to play the part of a German officer then by all means get someone with a Germanic accent. Accent really depends on the type of story or setting being told. One of my friends, Silvia, was from Germany, and she was pretty clear. Her English was very clear and her accent was not very strong. However, I did meet others in college who had very broken English and a very thick accent of their native language and it was difficult to always piece there words together with the accent and broken English. That would not be good in a game.
Dark wrote: > I must admit, I disagree with you here tom. > > It's probably something to do with being English and getting lots of > american films, tv etc, but I have no problem with accents so long as the > speech is understandable. > > One of my very best friends is russian, and though she's lived in the uk > sinse she was twelve, she stil has a noticeable russian accent, ---- > actually if I ever need a female barbarian warrior for a game I was going to > ask for her voice tallents (a roll she'd fulfill very well, though slightly > type cast, lol!). > > Obviously there is situational type casting, ---- afterall if your yee old > arthurian England knight is speaking with a German accent, there's something > wrong, but generally I don't mind. > > In fact, ---- appologies for saying, but i find American accents in very > Arthurian or tolkeen like fantasy slightly incongruous. Not off putting, --- > I'd just prefer an English accent in that context given the choice sinse it > seems to go with the genre for me, ---- the way a very English cowboy in the > old west would just sound wrong. > > I fully agree with you on the clarity issue though, if an accent is so > pronounced as to be unclear to non-natives of that accent, it's not going to > be great in an audiogame. > > beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
