Narration / Voice Acting in trailer

[GoldenRivet]

about the narration and voice acting in the trailer.

it was very clearly spoken english and there have been some complaints about it.

i would like to remind you all...

... if you select the english option in SH3 or SHIV you get that same plane Jane english.

Im sure if you select the "German language option" in SHV you would get the good German voice acting.

they probably used the plane english option as this trailer was aimed at an english speaking audience.

so... dont fret

[Mopy]

Heheh it was odd to hear American voices after being used to hearing German in SH3 for so long. There is a German voiced trailer though:

http://silent-hunter.de.ubi.com/silent-hunter-5/

I'm looking forward to German voices/English subs again

[Highbury]

I am sure it will have the option to choose as SHIII did.

However, it would be nice if the English itself was at least German accented... I don't know, would just seem better that way.

[Ragtag]

German language with english subs. I really hope there are options for changing speech language in the game.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Highbury

I am sure it will have the option to choose as SHIII did.

However, it would be nice if the English itself was at least German accented... I don't know, would just seem better that way.

Like trying to watch Cruise in Valkerie, almost funny and ruined the movie.

[Kapteeni Rantala]

I think people should just forget about this already. There's a German voiced trailer (which sounds just fine), and there will certainly be the option of choosing German language in the game.

So - drop it, already.

[Rockin Robbins]

The voice acting is irrelevant. The trailer itself sucks! It reduces a U-Boat captain and crew to a collection of fools who post no lookouts, whose first inkling of an air attack is BOOM!! Then an entire fleet of deadly escorts, previously undetected, of course, descends on them.

They're at 120 meters and urgently, as if going deeper were difficult, captain orders "deeper!" Yikes, this is Das Boot overdramatization and crew retardation all over again. It reduces Silent Hunter to an arcade game.

It's supposed to be a simulation. A simulation where crews post lookouts and planes are sighted in the clear unlimited visibility of day from a distance from which bombing is not possible for a few seconds. Ships are detected by their smoke before they ever pop up over the horizon. U-Boat crews and captains are professionals, not fools!

That's just great: a trailer directed at 13 year olds. Thanks, Ubi, for respecting your players.

I guess we shouldn't be surprised by whatever we find in the game, should we? Why does that trailer not encourage me. I think they should have spoken Pig Latin.

Originally Posted by Highbury

it would be nice if the English itself was at least German accented... I don't know, would just seem better that way.

i agree and no matter what the language is that you choose, if its german crew it should be german accent even if they speak russian or english

[Sonarman]

Maybe they should follow Hollywood's example witn Sean Connery and just use a Scottish accent for everything,... Russian-Scottish in Red October, Spanish-Scottish in Highlander, American-Scottish in Outpost etc etc'

Torpedosss loshhhh

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

aimed at an english speaking audience.

Yeah and feeling straight ridiculous. English speaking audience should satisfy reading subtitles instead. Do you think SH3 trailer was made for only german speaking audience ? No it was made because of logical factors and period.

[conus00]

^^^
HAHAHAHA, well spoken! I have been living here in the US for almost 10 years, have learned the language and speak it daily but it keeps amazing me how majority of Americans think of an English as a pinnacle of languages, "The World Language" and "the hardest language to learn".

Only about 20 -25% of planet's population speak English as a native or second language.

[Ragtag]

They aim for the most realistic Silent Hunter game ever. German speech should definatly be in-game imho. Otherwise the immersion will be killed on the spot, at least for me.

[danlisa]

For those complaining about the Voice acting, I ask you this:

"How much do you think it costs to hire professional voice actors for games?"

Alot!

For all I care, they could have Mickey Bloody Mouse voice the German crew as long as the money saved is put towards development and bug killing.

[conus00]

Originally Posted by danlisa

For those complaining about the Voice acting, I ask you this:

"How much do you think it costs to hire professional voice actors for games?"

Alot!

For all I care, they could have Mickey Bloody Mouse voice the German crew as long as the money saved is put towards development and bug killing.

Good point. But let me see "more than 1.5 million copies sold." at even underestimated $35 a copy we are at 52.5 million $ made.
They could afford one....
Just kidding.

Originally Posted by danlisa

For those complaining about the Voice acting, I ask you this:

"How much do you think it costs to hire professional voice actors for games?"

Alot!

For all I care, they could have Mickey Bloody Mouse voice the German crew as long as the money saved is put towards development and bug killing.

Yes a strong decent game requires solid budget, so ? you said nothing new here. But that includes also voice actings. If you could play SH5 with mickey mouse voice that means there's something wrong with you..