Annoying Voices

[Didz]

Anyone out there know how to change the annoying American voices the Roman Army have adopted.

I always thought Rome was in Italy anyway?

I'm surprised after MTW with its appropriate latin command acknowledgements that I am bombarded with 'Sir! Yes! Sir!' every five minutes from supposed Roman Legionairies.

Has anyone got an alternative set of sound files or mapped the MTW one onto RTW?

The only problem I had with MTW was the noise it made when you selected a spy or assassin which was so awful it set my teeth on edge. Fortunately, I managed to swap it for the equivalent STW sound file which was much more bearable. Perhaps something similar is possible in this instance too.

[danimal]

Lets swap them for ridiculous G W Bush sound bites.

[Quietus]

Yeah, they copied a lot of phrases from Command & Conquer Red Alert 2.

"Sir, yes sir"
"We're Under Attack"
"Orders?"
"Aye Captain"
"Ship ready" and alot more!!

[Didz]

Bit poor don't you think?

[The Marcher Lord]

Agreed, very poor, all part of the new dumbed down Total War I am afraid. Those voices are really beginning to p*#s me off.

[GFX707]

Yup, I would've taken ANY accent over an american one. Oh well.

[Didz]

Yup, I would've taken ANY accent over an american one. Oh well.

To be fair they're not all American the admiral sounds like an escapee from a poor production of Treasure Island.

[Taiko]

Yup, I would've taken ANY accent over an american one. Oh well.

An American accent. Is that even possible when speaking English? I mean, we were the ones who perfected the language. It's everyone else who has an accent.

[LittleRaven]

I can handle the guy from Carthage. I can even handle the Romans, though "The day is ooours." does get irritating.

But one of the Greek voices absolutely drives me bonkers. When you drag a ram up to the walls, the guy shouts something like "Our rams have reached the walls!" That's fine. But on the last word he forgets that he's doing the My Big Fat Greek Campaign accent and slips into a British cockney accent. It's just terrible. *sigh*

[solypsist]

I got used to the voices, so they don't bug me. But the spy/assassin voices on the campaign map remind too much of Command and Conquer (who also spoke similarly when you moved them on the RTS map). So I agree with whoever also said C&C.
As for the American accents, well....traditionally in the movies the Romans have always had Brit accents; it's too bad Activision couldn't splurge to get David Bowie to do the voices of the commanders.

I'm surprised after MTW with its appropriate latin command acknowledgements that I am bombarded with 'Sir! Yes! Sir!' every five minutes from supposed Roman Legionairies.

[metatron]

To the walls!

[frogbeastegg]

I have dubbed one of the Roman voices 'Bruce the Fake Australian'. Victoria gave me a nasty shock when I first heard her talk. Based on the Res Romanae I had been imagining her with a cut glass English accent which tends ever so slightly to sarcasm ... er, no she's a posh Australian.

The Roman victory in battle voice makes me wince, a teenaged boy "the day is :voice breaks and soars: ours!". I think half the middle eastern factions sound like dodgy carpet salesmen, "hey, you wanna buy carrrrrpit, no? Is fine carrrpit, yis?"

I think the worst overall belongs to a barbarian warband unit. I saw them in my Julii game, stood under missile fire, 23 people died in two volleys, and I heard :pulls the deepest, most gravelly male imitation voice her froggy vocals will allow: "We're under attaaaaaack!!!" Gosh, you don't say. I annialated that unit, just to shut the nasty voice up.

I miss Sean Pertwee.

[Mori Gabriel Syme]

I have dubbed one of the Roman voices 'Bruce the Fake Australian'. Victoria gave me a nasty shock when I first heard her talk. Based on the Res Romanae I had been imagining her with a cut glass English accent which tends ever so slightly to sarcasm ... er, no she's a posh Australian.

The credits say "CA Oz." Which makes the certain-areas-of-the-US accents a bit strange.