character voices and accents

farl · 06-17-2005, 03:46 AM

Some time ago there was a nice thread in this forum about favourite voices and characters to pair them with. That made me curious about the various accents and their origins. Because english is not my mother tongue, it is difficult for me to clearly identify them. Obviously the male aggressive ("there are two kind of people, hunters and their prey") is french, and the burly male ("'tis wits not strength that makes a solid lad") appears to be scottish, but I can not beyond that. I wonder if the female intellectual(?) voice ("I prosper with the will of destiny.") has a russian or german accent? There seem to be some voices with an italian accent ("just don't put it in a writing").

Any opinions or comments on the various voices?

By the way, I like the idea of having a suitable voice as part of a charcacter in a role playing game, and SirTech has done a remarkable good job on this. I only regret that there are "only" 18 options for each gender.

Pyrates · 06-17-2005, 08:42 AM

Yeah, the voices are great [img]smile.gif[/img] I think the female intellectual sound pretty indian to me (I've met a lot of english speaking indians in my year of abroad study in the US), just quite a bit more clearly spoke, probably with a tad of german

Cheers,
Philipp

Nightowl2 · 06-17-2005, 10:04 AM

One of the female voices - complains about marriage/husband - is American southern. Another female voice, the "prosper" one, is, I think, meant to sound something like Natasha (Russian) from the old "Rocky & Bullwinkle" cartoon show.

Two other voices - one male, one female - are meant to be Oriental, either Chinese or Japanese, not sure which (or maybe one each). "Who can clear the muddy water" is the male, and (one of my favorite lines) "Life is short, and I just made it much shorter" is the female.

Nightowl2

J'aran · 06-29-2005, 06:01 AM

One of the aggressive female voices ("Zhere vill be many implements of destruction at my disposal, ja?") is meant to sound German, I'd say. That soundset seems to be specifically tailored for valkyries.

[ 06-29-2005, 06:03 AM: Message edited by: J'aran ]

JOE030303 · 06-29-2005, 09:19 PM

that one may also be swedish (viking?)ja?

J'aran · 06-30-2005, 05:50 AM

Possibly, though to my European ear ( [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) she sounds more German than Swedish, Norwegian or Danish. Furthermore, the way she sings a rather clear, 'operaic' note when hit with a fear effect leads me to believe that the developers got at least a small part of their inspiration from Wagners (= German) opera Der Ring des Nibelungen, which is themed with Germanic/Scandinavian mythology, one of the characters in it is a valkyrie.

Gimli · 06-30-2005, 09:05 AM

Hmm I like that one for a female Gadgeteer myself, then I know she really will have many "instruments of destruction at her disposal, yaaa"

06-17-2005, 08:42 AM	#2
Pyrates Drow Warrior Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Muenster Age: 45 Posts: 287	Yeah, the voices are great [img]smile.gif[/img] I think the female intellectual sound pretty indian to me (I've met a lot of english speaking indians in my year of abroad study in the US), just quite a bit more clearly spoke, probably with a tad of german Cheers, Philipp __________________ \" ... and the Vogon will do things to you that you wish you\'d never been born, or, if you\'re a clearer minded thinker, that the Vogon had never been born.\"

06-30-2005, 09:05 AM	#7
Gimli Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 12, 2002 Location: Moria Posts: 912	Hmm I like that one for a female Gadgeteer myself, then I know she really will have many "instruments of destruction at her disposal, yaaa" __________________ There\'s one dwarf left in Moria that still draws breath!

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06-17-2005, 03:46 AM	#1
farl Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: June 14, 2005 Location: Sankt Augustin, Germany Age: 66 Posts: 6	Some time ago there was a nice thread in this forum about favourite voices and characters to pair them with. That made me curious about the various accents and their origins. Because english is not my mother tongue, it is difficult for me to clearly identify them. Obviously the male aggressive ("there are two kind of people, hunters and their prey") is french, and the burly male ("'tis wits not strength that makes a solid lad") appears to be scottish, but I can not beyond that. I wonder if the female intellectual(?) voice ("I prosper with the will of destiny.") has a russian or german accent? There seem to be some voices with an italian accent ("just don't put it in a writing"). Any opinions or comments on the various voices? By the way, I like the idea of having a suitable voice as part of a charcacter in a role playing game, and SirTech has done a remarkable good job on this. I only regret that there are "only" 18 options for each gender.

06-17-2005, 10:04 AM	#3
Nightowl2 Galvatron Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: Plateau of Leng Age: 46 Posts: 2,190	One of the female voices - complains about marriage/husband - is American southern. Another female voice, the "prosper" one, is, I think, meant to sound something like Natasha (Russian) from the old "Rocky & Bullwinkle" cartoon show. Two other voices - one male, one female - are meant to be Oriental, either Chinese or Japanese, not sure which (or maybe one each). "Who can clear the muddy water" is the male, and (one of my favorite lines) "Life is short, and I just made it much shorter" is the female. Nightowl2

06-29-2005, 06:01 AM	#4
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	One of the aggressive female voices ("Zhere vill be many implements of destruction at my disposal, ja?") is meant to sound German, I'd say. That soundset seems to be specifically tailored for valkyries. [ 06-29-2005, 06:03 AM: Message edited by: J'aran ]

06-29-2005, 09:19 PM	#5
JOE030303 The Magister Join Date: October 22, 2003 Location: USA Age: 71 Posts: 110	that one may also be swedish (viking?)ja?

06-30-2005, 05:50 AM	#6
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	Possibly, though to my European ear ( [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) she sounds more German than Swedish, Norwegian or Danish. Furthermore, the way she sings a rather clear, 'operaic' note when hit with a fear effect leads me to believe that the developers got at least a small part of their inspiration from Wagners (= German) opera Der Ring des Nibelungen, which is themed with Germanic/Scandinavian mythology, one of the characters in it is a valkyrie.

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