why does everybody have British accents?

Did I miss something? Is my audio setting on European (as faked by american actors)? I finished a quest for Minifillia and all of a sudden she started talking to me in a fake British accent. Then the miquote who I assumed sounded like a cute asian girl started talking like Mary freak'n Poppins.

I was so distracted by the voice acting I missed the entire cut scene. I'll be disabling voices from here on out unless you can switch it to Japanese somehow? I mean really Miquote should sound like Australians they look down-under enough.

There is a Halloween episode of modern family where Gloria (south american 2nd wife) is tired of being mocked for her accent and OVER enunciate every word.. that's what it sounds like to me.

I have mine set to Japanese Audio for cinematics. I don't remember where exactly, but it is in the System Configuration.

Although, IMO, I think EU have better voice actors than NA. For some reason NA Voice overs never seem to accurately capture the expressions of the animated characters.

Not true for all voice actors, but the majority of the time, the voice just doesn't fit.

I'm glad someone finally mentioned this! I don't understand why they couldn't hire a few american voice actors for this.

I wondered this myself. Not that it bothers me as i'm originally from the UK.

All the dialogue is inspired (I guess you can call it that) by how people used to talk back in the day in London. More specifically hints of the "Cockney" dialect peek through in almost every conversation with an NPC. It's just done in a way that I actually find funny. Almost in the same way when an American would do a poor English accent, we just know and find it funny.

Because the island stretched its coiling vines all across the globe and influenced greatly how we perceive and consider fantasy.

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Originally Posted by Qualaz

I'm glad someone finally mentioned this! I don't understand why they couldn't hire a few american voice actors for this.

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the problem is I think they are american voice actors....pretending to be English for whatever reason.

Aren't you aware that all fantasy games and movies are meant to be exclusively voiced by the British?!

I have no problem with it. In my opinion, the voice acting is top notch. However, I am biased because of the fact that I find British accents attractive. ;)

Don't they generally hire Australians to do British accents these days in games.

Yeah, because aMerica is the best right? What's wrong with British accents? Personally I like them.

Because the world wants to hear people talking proper like tis why! Not everything revolves round Merica!

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Originally Posted by Vezzian

I wondered this myself. Not that it bothers me as i'm originally from the UK.

All the dialogue is inspired (I guess you can call it that) by how people used to talk back in the day in London. More specifically hints of the "Cockney" dialect peek through in almost every conversation with an NPC. It's just done in a way that I actually find funny. Almost in the same way when an American would do a poor English accent, we just know and find it funny.

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This.

Seems written and voiced in Cockney and also Elizabethan (I think?). I think the reason for this is maybe because of Tolkien and Lewis, since they were like the originators of what we know as fantasy. They both wrote in those styles. Seems the most fitting.

Having various British accents isn't a new thing. Almost every fantasy game is like that. I prefer NPCs with a cockney accent as opposed to a heavy southern accent and being called "boy" and I sure as hell wouldn't want to hear NPCs with a Boston accent or Midwestern... don'cha know? Do not want Americanized voice acting (at least not with regional accents).

French is the best voicover option anyway.

You can change the voices to Japanese. System configuration, I believe, the last part where you select how to save screenshots (jpg or png) is where you also select the voices.

Why wouldn't they want to hear the angelic voices of the God chosen rulers of the earth voice their game?

Wish they would hire British voice actors to do British accents T.T

The written dialogue is VERY British through and through, London accents, especially cockney abound in some of the cities. While the elves have a kind've faux-Queens English, it's no surprise therefore that the voice actors are also reading the said lines, in British accents. having an American read off lines written with cockney terminology would just sound plain wrong

Of course the accents arn't very convincing either in most cases. But American accents would just make things worse

I thought it was only the Sharlayans that did...

You can choose any language for the voice acting. however, I don't really see the problem with the english voices. Palpawhatshisnamethelalafell is really annoying but everyone else sounds fine. So what if they use ye olde english talk? SE does this with every final fantasy.

The problem is that there is no Wendee Lee, from such gems as:

Xenosaga, Soul Calibur, Tales series and animes like Haruhi and Lucky Star and Cowboy Bebop+ TONS more.

She has to be my favorite voice actress.

Well, if it's fake accent at least the faked the correct one. I dont want to remember the ambarassment I felt when I played Resident Evil 4 and suddenly a village in spain (Spain in the 18nth century for some reason) was full of people speaking in Mexican.

Because we're awesome!

Although I couldn't quite figure out where in Scotland the Limsa folk were meant to be from. I'm positive I don't sound like that!

Makes a pleasant change from the usual drawling squall.

I wish Y'shtola would have her old voice... Fitted for her quite well.

For those who don't know how she talked before, lookie here.

FYI,JP voice is far superior than EU and NA.you should try

Could Be because Europe was the birth place of chivalry, stone castles, and other fantasy elements we love in fantasy games. Japan had a similar code of bravery with bushido but it is not quite the same as the chivalrous knights of yore.

German voices make battles more dramatic and exciting

Yes SWtOR did that too, but then most of the imperials in the movie were British...

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Originally Posted by Irondude

I finished a quest for Minifillia and all of a sudden she started talking to me in a fake British accent.

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Can we talk about this for a second? I really don't mind the English voice acting or anything. I think it's fine. But what the hell kind of accent does Minfilia have? It sounds vaguely British, but not. Maybe it's slightly Australian? I like it, but I can't place it and it's bugging the hell out of me.

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Originally Posted by Tassels

Can we talk about this for a second? I really don't mind the English voice acting or anything. I think it's fine. But what the hell kind of accent does Minfilia have? It sounds vaguely British, but not. Maybe it's slightly Australian? I like it, but I can't place it and it's bugging the hell out of me.

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She's from the mid-west and moved to Los Angeles after obtaining a 2 year theater degree online.

I enjoy Minfillia's voice. Her voice acting sounds natural, especially compared to like Papalymo or Cid. Ohmygosh Cid's is absolutely awful...

American...just turn on the tv and eveyone talks americna eng.
British is fine.
How about Swedish...would it make you more happy?

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Originally Posted by thReality

FYI,JP voice is far superior than EU and NA.you should try

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How so? Curious because I have no understanding of the Japanese language myself.

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Originally Posted by Kantide

The problem is that there is no Wendee Lee, from such gems as:

Xenosaga, Soul Calibur, Tales series and animes like Haruhi and Lucky Star and Cowboy Bebop+ TONS more.

She has to be my favorite voice actress.

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I wasn't fond of her as Clover in Virtue's Last Reward.

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Originally Posted by Infinitiy

American...just turn on the tv and eveyone talks americna eng.
British is fine.
How about Swedish...would it make you more happy?

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I can help with that. Actually, I would be much happier to speak native language. But I suppose I'm okay with English. ;)

I'm just butting in to say that one of the things I love about the English language are the wide variety of accents. English is spoken by so many different people, in so many parts of the world, and every region adds it's own flavor to the mix. English is such a diverse, colorful language that it seems a shame to me to confine the peoples of an entire (fictional) world to a narrow range of accents simply because it fits with some age-old custom that everyone in a fantasy must sound vaguely British (thanks, Tolkien). Accents are a part of history, and how a person speaks is an indication of where he came from. I know the people of Erozea didn't all come from one place, so why do they all sound so similar?

For the record, I have nothing against British accents. I just think some vocal diversity would add a little charm to different regions of the world. I mean, North America alone is home to many different accents; even my little part of the US has more accents than Erozea.

My only issue with the voice acting was Minfilia. FUUUUUUUVtysaytdfvytASFDYTASGYgbvds Minfilia... she sounds like whoever did the voice acting was just reading the damned script out loud in 99% of her lines. Papalymo's voice and the fake british accent other characters had was kind of annoying, too, but not anywhere near Minfilia's level. It was awful.

Fake British accents you mean.