Why Bethesda did you use an Arnold Swartznegger voice mimic for so many Nord voices in your game?

Because they want something besides just American and English voices in the game. Shouldn't the Nords sound like Scandinavians anyway? Not that Schwarzenegger is Scandinavian, he's Austrian, but the voices either are genuinely Scandinavian or a pretty fair approximation of one.

Thank you for making this thread, I was so interested in knowing that.

I used to be upset with the voice acting like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

If it sounded cool I would be for it but that same Arnold Swartzneggerlike voice is everywhere since they use it for guards.

Its annoying and stupid. I guess they thought, "Hey lets put a voice in the game to appeal to germanic customers!" /droll

Its as bad as putting a kid, Wesley Crusher, on the Enterprise to try to appeal to a certain demographic

How much of movie, music, and game design is determined by marketing research?

lol

Why in the world do you think they put Scandinavian voices to appeal to any European demographic? They put them in there because the Nords are simply fantasy Vikings, and Scandinavian accents give it more atmosphere than insisting everybody in the game have an American accent, like in Oblivion.

Haha, i know! It is wierd! I was like wtf when i heard it the first time ;P