Voice overs...

**La Tene** · January 19, 2015, 02:06 PM

Please CA please redo the barbarian voice overs... those flamboyant tones are suitable for children's TV specials but not Total War - SUUUUUUULINGERS!

The barbarian voices in diplomacy, however, those were fantastic. I don't think these ones fit with the new factions though...

**Riekopo** · January 19, 2015, 02:17 PM

Agreed 100%. I don't want to hear the same goofy voice actors in Attila that were in Rome 2. Voice acting was never a problem before Rome 2, but now it's horrible. The things they say are goofy and they sound ridiculous. It kills the immersion.

**LinusLinothorax** · January 19, 2015, 04:15 PM

The espicially bad thing is the backstep in voice acting: Since Empire, we had the soldiers speaking in their native languages, but with Rome 2 the speakers with the cheap accents returned, and they were worse then ever before. Just one of the dozens of backsteps in Rome 2.

**Darios** · January 19, 2015, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by LinusLinothorax

The espicially bad thing is the backstep in voice acting: Since Empire, we had the soldiers speaking in their native languages, but with Rome 2 the speakers with the cheap accents returned, and they were worse then ever before. Just one of the dozens of backsteps in Rome 2.

While soldiers spoke in their native languages in ETW/NTW, the actual things they said were pretty ridiculous, especially the Russian voices.....

R2's voice overs are an epic fail. I don't think I will ever get over hoplites sounding like WW1 Tommies

**Achilles Lacedaemon** · January 19, 2015, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Darios

While soldiers spoke in their native languages in ETW/NTW, the actual things they said were pretty ridiculous, especially the Russian voices.....

I dont know russian, but what the english, portuguese, spanish and french units were saying was nothing ridiculous.

**Humble Warrior** · January 19, 2015, 05:17 PM

I believe CA just weren`t very serious when they did voiceovers for most every faction in RTw2 (which is mostly passing onto Atilla). I think they all did it like some joke `fun` on their part. Listening to some of the Romans and barbarians in R2 just takes me out of the immersion and it isnt because they don`t sound historical. It`s because they just don`t sound well acted.

**Antissa** · January 19, 2015, 07:06 PM

I agree, I'd say the voice acting in Rome 2 is definitely the worst in the series; the Barbarian voices are the worst offenders.

**EmperorBatman999** · January 19, 2015, 09:12 PM

I always cringe when I click barbarian cavalry and they shout "OUR HORSES LOVE BLOOOOOD." Who came up with that crap?

**Darios** · January 20, 2015, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by Achilles Lacedaemon

I dont know russian, but what the english, portuguese, spanish and french units were saying was nothing ridiculous.

To be fair the English voice overs were fine and the French ones were okey(ish) though they directly translated many English expressions mot-a-mot and it sounds silly. The Russian voice overs were terrible and the accents were even worse. Who came up with "Da, sir?!"

Originally Posted by EmperorBatman999

I always cringe when I click barbarian cavalry and they shout "OUR HORSES LOVE BLOOOOOD." Who came up with that crap?

Hahahaha))))

I wonder how CA plans on portraying both male and female soldiers in the same unit in regards to voice overs.

**The Wandering Storyteller** · January 20, 2015, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by EmperorBatman999

I always cringe when I click barbarian cavalry and they shout "OUR HORSES LOVE BLOOOOOD." Who came up with that crap?

Haha

**Brivime** · January 20, 2015, 05:50 PM

The Eastern voices are also Hebrew accents, you can tell because they pronounce R with the tongue on the bottom of the teeth.

Unless CA got voice actors from Mosul where we pronounce R the same way which I highly doubt.

**Lugotorix** · January 20, 2015, 06:38 PM

I thought some of the diplomacy phrases for Rome II were nice. Some of them actually stung a bit. 'Like a plump goose. And you look ripe.' ' My torturer has a collection of dullard's parts.' 'You I expect to see mewling like a woman.' It's more graphic language than past titles.

**Huberto** · January 20, 2015, 06:46 PM

Why oh why are the Attila voice overs the same as TWR2?

Is no one at CA sick of Mark Strong bleats?

**NostalgiaFan** · January 21, 2015, 01:40 PM

I just miss how the Rome 1 voices actually sounded different from each other or at least had more variation then the voices from Rome 2.

In Rome 2 almost every faction around the Mediterranean sound British and boring, that might be fine for the Romans but making the Carthaginians and the Greeks sound the same is annoying as hell and takes away a lot of the immersion of playing a different faction.
In Rome 1 both the Carthaginians and the Greeks sounded differently from each other with the Carthaginians sounding more like the eastern factions which made sense because they were originally from the middle east before they came to north Africa and the Greeks had I think some kind of french accent with a little eastern mixed into it.
While that would be as historical as British Romans it at least made them different to the Romans and it honestly felt fitting for the Greeks to have that kind of voice because they are incredibly proud of their past.

And most of all they sounded cool, even if they sometimes sounded odd or funny they at least felt like they were having fun while the new voices all sound dull and monotone, just compare mark monotone to the previous battle advisor when they talk about the historical battles and you will see that unlike mark who sounds like he is going to fall asleep while the other guy puts EMOTION into his lines when they need to be.

**Noif de Bodemloze** · January 21, 2015, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Huberto

Why oh why are the Attila voice overs the same as TWR2?

Is no one at CA sick of Mark Strong bleats?

They save money that no need make voice records, CA decided to use same voice actors like in R2.

**NostalgiaFan** · January 21, 2015, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Noif de Bodemloze

They save money that no need make voice records, CA decided to use same voice actors like in R2.

So much for "standalone game".

**D@gget** · January 22, 2015, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by NostalgiaFan

I just miss how the Rome 1 voices actually sounded different from each other or at least had more variation then the voices from Rome 2.

In Rome 2 almost every faction around the Mediterranean sound British and boring, that might be fine for the Romans but making the Carthaginians and the Greeks sound the same is annoying as hell and takes away a lot of the immersion of playing a different faction.
In Rome 1 both the Carthaginians and the Greeks sounded differently from each other with the Carthaginians sounding more like the eastern factions which made sense because they were originally from the middle east before they came to north Africa and the Greeks had I think some kind of french accent with a little eastern mixed into it.
While that would be as historical as British Romans it at least made them different to the Romans and it honestly felt fitting for the Greeks to have that kind of voice because they are incredibly proud of their past.

This reminds me of a thread I read somewhere long ago about the Aztecs in Medieval 2 having the same voices as the Mongols:

"The native americans migrated from Asia so it makes sense"

To be honest, I hated the greek and barbarian voiceovers from Rome I, but loved the roman and eastern voices, specially for generals. Still, I remember people pointing something about "Romans having australian accents" or something like that. Some Rome II voices seem to be hit and miss, too. Haven't really come to a conclusion yet.

**Doe3000** · January 23, 2015, 06:25 PM

The voice overs for Shogun, Shogun 2, Empire and Napoleon were the best. The ones for Medieval II were ok, but they could be pretty cheesy at times (the French and German accents were like Monty Python impressions). Rome II is hit and miss - The barbarian soldiers sound incredibly weird, but the Roman accents were ok. As for the claim that the Rome II accents were a decline from the original Rome, don't forget the silly sounding Carthaginian voice over ("Last niiight thee weepin' of tha childrrren...) or who could ever forget the cheesy Roman teenage announcer whose voice would always break ("The day is ooooours!") or even all the Australian and American Accents (G'day, my name is Victoria and I'm ya advisah!")

**Achilles Lacedaemon** · January 23, 2015, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Doe3000

The voice overs for Shogun, Shogun 2, Empire and Napoleon were the best. The ones for Medieval II were ok, but they could be pretty cheesy at times (the French and German accents were like Monty Python impressions). Rome II is hit and miss - The barbarian soldiers sound incredibly weird, but the Roman accents were ok. As for the claim that the Rome II accents were a decline from the original Rome, don't forget the silly sounding Carthaginian voice over ("Last niiight thee weepin' of tha childrrren...) or who could ever forget the cheesy Roman teenage announcer whose voice would always break ("The day is ooooours!") or even all the Australian and American Accents (G'day, my name is Victoria and I'm ya advisah!")

You gonna say there's no awesomeness in this? XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCR8xV7fb5w

**Påsan** · January 24, 2015, 01:47 AM

Barbarians in R2/Atilla have a very clear Danish accent. I cant say anything for the lines but considering the vast majority of the German tribes have origins in Northern Europe, the accent is just right.