Why are all the dunmer british? : V

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:39 am

It sounds really stupid to me (i am even british myself) strangest of all, the captain of the guard has a cockney accent.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:03 pm

They was from south London and they'll cut you up a treat!

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:48 am

Because why not? Why the hell not?

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:14 am

Because Bethesda is to cheap to have Jeff Baker do Dunmer male voices for a whole game. At least that's what I think and since beth hasn't said anything on the subject I'll continue to think that. Also no one say it's because they're not around ash of Morrowind, because the female voice has pretty much not changed and a lot of the Dunmer are from Morrowind and/or moved from Morrowind to Skyrim/Solstheim.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:57 am

I like it.
So they don't all sound like they all smoke 30 packs a day. I'm just happy they aren't all pudgey faced with no necks.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:51 am

Because Bethesda is to cheap to have Jeff Baker do Dunmer male voices for a whole game. At least that's what I think and since beth hasn't said anything on the subject I'll continue to think that. Also no one say it's because they're not around ash of Morrowind, because the female voice has pretty much not changed and a lot of the Dunmer are from Morrowind and/or moved from Morrowind to Skyrim/Solstheim.

Hiring one guy to do all the Dunmer voices would be the cheap option.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:25 am

Hiring one guy to do all the Dunmer voices would be the cheap option.

That's pretty much what they did...for the base game anyways

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Voice_Actors#Dark_Elves

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:50 pm

I don't actually have that much of a problem

it's just way more weird than american nords

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:11 pm

Because why not? Why the hell not?

I think fantasy genres typically lend themselves towards more 'neutral' accents, and I can understand why having a cockney geezer turn up might interfere with someone's suspension of disbelief.

Whether or not the suspension of disbelief is a dated concept is probably a separate debate.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:30 pm

the voice acting in Dragonborn brings memories of Morrowind......you know back then when voice acting was repetative

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:24 pm

the voice acting in Dragonborn brings memories of Morrowind......you know back then when voice acting was repetative

It's not repetative now?

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:30 am

Hmm, I think it would be cheaper just to find somebody with like lung cancer and having them do the voice.. Or do people with lung cancer not sound like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino?

I can't speak for the voices in this DLC since I haven't played it.. But i like the raspy voices of the Dunmer in Morrowind..

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:38 pm

Hiring one guy to do all the Dunmer voices would be the cheap option.

Not if he's really good and capable of doing several different voices and accents.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:51 am

Because Bethesda is to cheap to have Jeff Baker do Dunmer male voices for a whole game. At least that's what I think and since beth hasn't said anything on the subject I'll continue to think that. Also no one say it's because they're not around ash of Morrowind, because the female voice has pretty much not changed and a lot of the Dunmer are from Morrowind and/or moved from Morrowind to Skyrim/Solstheim.

I'll do you one better:

The whole "canon argument" about the presence of ash affecting the voices of dunmer is flawed. If that were the case, why does Neloth in DB sound just like every other british dunmer, instead of the voice of Baker's Neloth in Morrowind, and Baker's Jiub in Dawnguard?

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:16 am

I'll do you one better:

The whole "canon argument" about the presence of ash affecting the voices of dunmer is flawed. If that were the case, why does Neloth in DB sound just like every other british dunmer, instead of the voice of Baker's Neloth in Morrowind, and Baker's Jiub in Dawnguard?

Because you're so dawm ugly.

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Kidding

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:10 am

I'll do you one better:

The whole "canon argument" about the presence of ash affecting the voices of dunmer is flawed. If that were the case, why does Neloth in DB sound just like every other british dunmer, instead of the voice of Baker's Neloth in Morrowind, and Baker's Jiub in Dawnguard?

Exactly people just try to use that as the excuse when it's just BS the best voice for the Dunmer is and always will be Jeff Baker. I'm not saying the ones they use are bad but it just doesn't stack up to what we've had. (Though the Oblivion Elf voice can burn in hell).

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:25 am

It's Okay.

Sean Bean is in there.

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:00 pm

(Though the Oblivion Elf voice can burn in hell).

I hate the fact that my favorite daedra lord (hircine) has this wreched voice

» Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:00 am

Because you're so dawm ugly.

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Kidding

So damn ugly, Bethesda copied my armor into TES and called it Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw, and Nordic Trollbone.

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That's not ugly, that's envy