Agreed tom, clarity is very necessary, and I've certainly encountered people with such accents at my un (though as I said, not counting my russian friend).
In fact, I would not use someone with a highly pronounced newcastle accent (a jordy accent as it's known up here), in a game because unless your used to it, it can be slightly uninteligeable. My main disagreement was with your example of topspeed 2 as being unclear and unatmospheric, ---- personally I didn't have a problem with the voice in the game, and I actually felt the european English gave things a nice Grandprix type atmosphere, sinse I personally always associate motorracing with continental europe. the fact that I'm utterly pants at racing was my main obstacle in topspeed 2. I also didn't find the accent there unclear at all. Obviously though, there's going to be a fair amount of individuality in this, and I will admit I generally prefer humans to synths, ---- unless they are very bad human voices, or very good synths such as the scansoft voices. Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > 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] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1362 - Release Date: > 06/04/2008 11:12 > > --- 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]
