Makes sense. I mean, in the past people have gotten funny about Assassin's Creed characters sounding too American. It's just about being consistent with your setting really...
It would be weird if a game set in Medieval Spain had voice actors who simply sounded like Modern Mexicans. AFAIK, they have pretty big dialect differences.
I think this is a bit sensational. I'd have to hear the interview, but it sounds like a playful comment. I would think the real reason is because it fits the story and setting, not because some people will get angered.
If anyone played the Mark of the Assassin DLC for Dragon Age 2, you might recall how utterly out of place Felicia Day sounded in that game. It was like if Larry David showed up in the Fellowship of the Ring, but everyone else continued to play it completely straight.
Anyway yes, British accents in European settings are good (even though technically, if you go back far enough, Europeans accents sounded more like some parts of the American South now... it's all very confusing)
> as the developers worried that American English-speaking characters would upset American players hoping for an authentic representation of medieval Europe.
As if middle English sounded closer to British English than American English.
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If anyone played the Mark of the Assassin DLC for Dragon Age 2, you might recall how utterly out of place Felicia Day sounded in that game. It was like if Larry David showed up in the Fellowship of the Ring, but everyone else continued to play it completely straight.
Anyway yes, British accents in European settings are good (even though technically, if you go back far enough, Europeans accents sounded more like some parts of the American South now... it's all very confusing)
As if middle English sounded closer to British English than American English.