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Re: Thief 3 : more comments

mardi <e...@mail.com>

> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:45:04 +0800, "mr bernard langham"
> <notactua...@spammenot.com> wrote:

>>Since the New World was not colonised until well after Europe had emerged
>>from the Dark Ages, the sight of a mediaeval knight, peasant, or otherwise
>>inclined person speaking with a broad modern American accent is a complete
>>anachronism and, to many people, extremely irritating.

> Hollywood doesn't worry about historical accuracy, why should a US
> game developer be any different.

While true historical accuracy would be nice it can't be expected from a
friggin video game. I, as an american, would rather have 'old world'
accents but I'm not gonna bunch my proverbial panties over it.