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Re: Thief 3 : more comments

Xocyll <xoc...@kingston.net>

mardi <e...@mail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>> 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.

Sure it can.  
Especially when it's the third installment in a series where the first
two did things properly.

>I, as an american, would rather have 'old world'
>accents but I'm not gonna bunch my proverbial panties over it.

It's the equivalent of having M-16s, M1-A1 tanks or Harriers in BF1942.

Xocyll
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