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Sailor Steve · 12-03-09, 02:27 AM

Accents.

SH2 gave the choice of German voices or English voices with German accents. Everybody complained that the German accents made it sound like a bad old movie. SH3 had German voices or English with American accents. This now proves to be an anticipation of SH4. Because SH4 was strictly US fleet boats there were no German voices at all. When the UBM was added they didn't put German voices back in at all. This was a mistake, but has been modded more than once.

My opinion - SH5 should have German voices - period. Uboatmen didn't speak English with German accents, and they didn't speak English with American accents. They spoke German, and as long as we get subtitles in whatever language we need, it will be realistic and understandable.

12-03-09, 02:27 AM	#46
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Accents. SH2 gave the choice of German voices or English voices with German accents. Everybody complained that the German accents made it sound like a bad old movie. SH3 had German voices or English with American accents. This now proves to be an anticipation of SH4. Because SH4 was strictly US fleet boats there were no German voices at all. When the UBM was added they didn't put German voices back in at all. This was a mistake, but has been modded more than once. My opinion - SH5 should have German voices - period. Uboatmen didn't speak English with German accents, and they didn't speak English with American accents. They spoke German, and as long as we get subtitles in whatever language we need, it will be realistic and understandable. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo