Originally Posted by vometia
Originally Posted by Isaac Springsong
English posters got defensive without reading because they assumed I disliked English accents. As opposed to my actual point, which is that I hate the fact that there only exists *one* accent in the entire game, regardless of which accent that is.

I think part of the reason is that it seems there's always a huge controversy whenever a game, film or TV series features English accents and it becomes a bit easy to assume the worst after a while, whatever the intention. And even with BG3 being done by a European studio that has a history of using English VAs it's something that's come up a lot, often in less than positive terms. In mean in contrast to games/films/whatevs with an entirely American cast which seldom get any any attention.

Edit: and for me personally I think I've become sensitised to it having formerly endured years of daily accent snobbery: being a northerner living near London was not fun.


Then maybe incorporate that knowledge and don't just use English accents when it makes no sense in the medium? You are literally missing the point I highlighted, which is that I don't care whether it's *all* English accents, or all Chinese, Arabian, American, Pacific Islander, whatever. Doesn't matter which it is, in a game as purposefully diverse as D&D in the Faerun universe, it is an insult to have *everyone* with the same accent. It is an insult to the first two games in the series that had more variation in accents in the first *five minutes* than this game does in 5 hours.

Last edited by Isaac Springsong; 12/11/20 04:27 AM.