![]() But as a the result I simply cannot take this character seriously.Īnd to be honest, how campy/realistic Xoti's accent really is, I have no idea - being Eastern/Central European most southern US accents sound similar to me - whether it's from Texas, Alabama or Arizona. Voice-Over & Audiobook Narrator Audio Editing Voice-Over YouTube Voice Recording Voice-Over Recording Voice Acting Audio Recording Narration Jobs. Videos will be reviews of movies and anime. I know this is just my feeling, but Xoti sometimes seems to be written to be as childish and obnoxious as possible - campy southern accent just magnifies that. Looking to hire a female voice talent for YouTube narration. And the script doesn't do the character any favors. ![]() Johnson as Narrator, she was working with what script she was given. I am pretty sure it was a concious voice direction on the developers part - every Raedceran has to speak with a thick sothern accent for one reason or another. At least you can mute the game when the narrations come up and just read through them. But Xoti's voice drives me nuts (that "Yeah?" when you select her OMG). No idea why Laura decided to go with that accent, instead of her normal one - was it her decision alone, or developers'? I don't know. I'd also take Ashley's narration over Laura's accent for Xoti any day. ![]() Or, since they had to give every damn job to somebody from Critical Role, at least let Liam O'Brien do it with his full Grimoire Weiss voice.īeing from Texas, Xoti (and the other Readceras characters) sound like Foghorn Leghorn, but Bailey adds just enough sexy charm that I find it cute. If they wanted a legendary video game voice actor to do the narrations, then they should have written a check to David Warner. But c'mon, I've heard much worse performances in that game by far. You can actually hear her trying to dramatically "act out" a narration in a few places. I understand that she was horribly miscast - she's a more of a drama "character " actress first and formost (incidentally, she really sells her performance as Ydwin) and asking her to read a dry narration is like asking BRIAN BLESSED to calmly recite a phonebook - this won't work in any way shape or form. Huh, why people do hate on Ashley Johnson's performance so much? She's not *that* bad - hell, I'll take her narration over Laura Bailey's southern-belle peformance as Xoti everyday.
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