Why does half the male nord population sound like Arnold Sch : V - Skyrim

» Wed May 16, 2012 6:54 pm

i remember how hadvar at the start sounded like he was russian, i laughed, but then i remembered how in oblivion, the nords sounded completely different

» Wed May 16, 2012 11:34 pm

some nords are voiced by him

no thats not true but....

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:36 am

Arnold is Austrian. So yeah, Germanic, not so much Scandinavian. I imagine near where he's from more people have that accent. Most of us used to an American or English accents from most everyone we hear only have Arnold as a reference here.

Edit: Damn fine reference to. I lol'd quite hard when I was imagining a guard saying, "GET TO DA DRAGON!" As someone up above mentioned.

» Wed May 16, 2012 2:58 pm

So far I have encountered very few men with this accent. And as evilknick said, that is a gross generalization. That's like asking why all the redguards sound like Denzel Washington or something. That is what Austrian, Scandanavian, and other Nordic culture accents sound like. I'm fine with it, and I don't encounter it that often. Honestly, I think they did a great job with voice diversity. I haven't really noticed the same voices anywhere except maybe the guards. Occasionally you get two guards next to eachother that sound identical, but honestly I don't mind because it's so rare.

I have not heard a single redguard say HAHAHA MY MAN, and none of them ever clap.

A lot of the guards say "IZ IT TROO ZAT YOU AHH ZEE DRAGONBUHRN?" though.

» Wed May 16, 2012 11:29 pm

I have not heard a single redguard say HAHAHA MY MAN, and none of them ever clap.

A lot of the guards say "IZ IT TROO ZAT YOU AHH ZEE DRAGONBUHRN?" though.

Not only that, but Redguards don't play the exact same character in every movie they are in.

» Wed May 16, 2012 10:39 pm

And some sound Like Disney's Pete.

Haha, I thought the same thing.

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Because they're supposed to have a nordic accent.

» Wed May 16, 2012 8:31 pm

General Tullius sounds like Colonel Tigh.
:wink_smile:

First the Stormcloaks, then the toasters!
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I want to find a follower voiced by Jim Cummings and take him with me to fight evil. It'll be like having Minsc back again! Butt-kicking for goodness!

» Wed May 16, 2012 3:20 pm

First the Stormcloaks, then the toasters!
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I want to find a follower voiced by Jim Cummings and take him with me to fight evil. It'll be like having Minsc back again! Butt-kicking for goodness!

"Back to work". Poor Colonel got relegated to C-Sec grunt work. Glad to see he's back in a position of power.

» Thu May 17, 2012 3:20 am

"Back to work". Poor Colonel got relegated to C-Sec grunt work. Glad to see he's back in a position of power.

But he wanted to go home to see his family and he ends up getting sent to a frozen wasteland. C-Sec is still trolling their employees.

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:57 pm

As someone from Scandinavia, I can tell you that no one sounds like Arnold here

» Wed May 16, 2012 10:05 pm

General Tullius sounds like Colonel Tigh.
:wink_smile:

That's because he is Colonel Tigh. Michael Hogan played Saul Tigh in BSG and he is one of the voice actors for Skyrim.

» Wed May 16, 2012 8:06 pm

Not all the Nords sound like that, the one(Edit, the Imperial dressed Nord) in the tutorial doesnt anyway.

Anyone heard them say "I'll be back" ? :teehee:

» Wed May 16, 2012 2:11 pm

I still wanna know how the hell they got Scandinavia and Austria confused.

» Thu May 17, 2012 2:13 am

Edit: Damn fine reference to. I lol'd quite hard when I was imagining a guard saying, "GET TO DA DRAGON!" As someone up above mentioned.

Skyrim needs a Wild Wasteland (New Vegas) equivalent that makes the guards say stuff like this. If Bethesda did this, I would donate $200 to them.

» Thu May 17, 2012 4:48 am

Why does half the male nord population not sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger? You can't have too much Ahnold.

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:15 pm

I think it's a trend they've carried from Morrowind.

One of the class-choice questions was "As a child, you take your mothers grocery list to Salmo the Baker, and he gives you a sweet roll as a gift. On your way back home, three thugs ambush you in an ally, and demand the sweetroll. What do you do?"

A) Throw it in the air, and attack them while they're distracted.
B ) Run.
C) Spit on it, and give it to them.
D) Give it to them.

Or some such. The same situation occurred with Butch in FO3, in the intro. There was also a reference in Skingrad in OB. There was a Salmo the Baker's house, with dozens of sweet rolls inside. The guards in Skingrad also had an ambient line. "I'll buy sweet rolls from Salmo any day. This one time, three thugs ambushed me..."

Yep, I remember that from Morrowind, was just wondering if anyone knows why they keep it in all of their games? I think it is hilarious.

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:41 am

It's funny. I know 8 different Norwegian dialects, 3 swedish ones, I can tell the difference between english dialects, welsh, scottish and irish accents, german dialects (west,east and bavarian), and to some extent I can also tell the difference between french accents and dialects. For americans it's just about sounding "european". For the record, I can certainly tell between some american accents (Boston, southern, etc.).

Is it so hard to try something other than the Arnold-accent?!

» Thu May 17, 2012 4:00 am

Having an Austrian husband and therefore having to watch Schwarzenegger movies 408590435834905 times, I get what you mean but fortunately it's nothing alike. Otherwise I'd go crazy

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:56 am

Im from Norway and I don't talk like that... :dry:

I dunno, they don't bother me much, 'cause it's mostly the guards. I don't like the Fargo accents though. I dunno if you've seen that movie, but a lot of them seem to be channeling that movie.

Ah jeez don git snippy with me yahr the one that kilt the dragon ya betcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB4PmbfG4bw

» Thu May 17, 2012 12:17 am

I dunno, they don't bother me much, 'cause it's mostly the guards. I don't like the Fargo accents though. I dunno if you've seen that movie, but a lot of them seem to be channeling that movie.

Ah jeez don git snippy with me yahr the one that kilt the dragon ya betcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB4PmbfG4bw

OH GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another movie I was forced to watch. "Yah."

» Wed May 16, 2012 7:58 pm

Lol good question OP, I was wondering the same thing.

» Thu May 17, 2012 1:31 am

French people all sound the same to me, so do South Africans and Kiwis (never tell them this). Any accent that isn't your own tongue will sound similar regardless of who is speaking.

» Wed May 16, 2012 4:12 pm

To me, the voice sounds more like Arnie's alter ego, Renier Wolfcastle (subject to spelling) from the Simpsons.
I would need a guard to say; "Jah! My eyes, the helmet does nothing!", to be sure however.

» Wed May 16, 2012 11:36 pm

French people all sound the same to me, so do South Africans and Kiwis (never tell them this). Any accent that isn't your own tongue will sound similar regardless of who is speaking.

False.

Not to me.