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Mad Max Makes Me Wonder Where All The Australians Went
🕑 Added 2015-05-26 15:39:15 +0000 UTC Despite capitulating to fan demand and making Max Australian in the new Mad Max game, it seems Avalanche Studios will still boast a predominantly American cast. Is it nitpicking to find this a problem? I don't think so, and explain why in this editorial.
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Chris Crowther
Given they apparently dubbed the first Mad Max movie in the US, because people had a problem with the Australian accent and slang, I suspect there's more than simple penny pinching going on. I doubt it's actually that hard to find Australian voice actors in the US either. Even if there is a shortage of them you can always just get them to do the work from Australia; it's not like they actually have to be in the US to do a recording. Hell it's not like they have to *be* Australian. The ability to effect a believable accent is arguably a part of the skill set of a good voice actor.
Mark Patten
As an Australian, given how we get very little acknowledgment in games nowadays, to have something that supposed to be Australian is disappointing. It's like if the next Call of Duty was from the Australian militarys perspective. Still be shooting brwon people, but theyd be in boats.
Yep, I commented on that after watching some trailer before this one. The horror was real, because I was looking that finally after Dead Island there might be a big game that doesn't use the simplified English.
