I really, really hope that they bring back the raspy Morrowind voicing for the Dunmer.

God, I really hated having all the elves sounding like Bosmer.

Stupid Bosmer...

EDIT: Wow, you guys answered fast, nice to see a TES forum that's alive.

Um...Are we supposed to compare?

Anyway, yeah, I like the grey, raspy Dunmer better too.

Morrowind Dunmer > Oblivion Dunmer.

I hate the Oblivion voices.

Morrowind Dunmer are natives, and subject to the harsh climes and bitter disposition of their environment. Cyrodiil Dunmer are well-assimilated Imperial citizens - they speak like Imperials because they are Imperials.

That being said, the three elf races sound exactly alike because Bethesda was too lazy to hire seperate voice actors. It can't be helped. I have a good feeling that we'll encounter quite a few gravel-throated Dunmer in Skyrim after their exodus from Vvardenfell.

FYI, only males sound raspy. Why do we classify them as being "raspy-voiced" when only about 50% of the population is so?

Doesn't have to just mimic Morrowind's voice, but I do agree that the one in Oblivion didn't really fit Dunmer.

It fit the Bosmer, I suppose. I actually thought the Breton or Colovian voice fit the Altmer better than the elf voice they had.

The Dunmer I always pictured having stronger accents actually. But raspy works best for them, in general.

And you don't really need more actors. Just a guy who can actually do friggin' voices! :blink:

although I think the dunmer male voice was cool, it didn't make sense that the women had normal voices and it will also prevent dunmers from having any kind of shouting or battle cry, I mean they are basically whispering loudly.

I can't stand the raspy voices in Morrowind. That's just me. :shrug:

However, I wasn't too fond of the voices in Oblivion...All I know is that the Imperial voices were a vast improvement, in my opinion.

Come to think of it, I actually think pleghmy would fit the Dunmer better than raspy.

Must the raspy-voice be an inalienable part of Dunmer physiology?

Can we not compromise, and simply give their voices a sharper, more serious tone? The dour to the Altmer's haughty?

Then again, the Altmer didn't even have haughty voices in Oblivion...because they, the bosmer, and the dunmer all had the same voice actors.

It really was a shame. Maybe we can actually get some more differences next game.

I agree, Oblivion dunmer sound like they need to be taken to Mamby Pamby land to find me some self confidence, or some ash to give them some manly voices.

morrowinds voices definetly

Oblivion Dunmers need to go butch ! So...yeah MW has better voices for them.

Oblivion just needed more voice acting period, one voice per race was retarded, and wasn't worthy of such a great game. I liked the Morrowind Dunmer better as well.

You know, I've heard the argument that the raspy Dunmer voice is an environmental thing -- I call bull. Jiub was an outlander (probably from Cyrodiil, sense that's where you were picked up). He had a raspy voice. I'm sure there were other Dunmer outlanders in Morrowind who had the raspy voice.

Also, why in the hell wouldn't other races develop raspy voices while living in Morrowind? Makes no sense.

The original intent was to have the Dunmer in Oblivion keep the raspy voice. You can see this in the E3 videos for Oblivion, where an Imperial talks to a Dunmer and you can hear his raspy voice. For some reason they just got lazy and gave them the same generic elf voice all of the other ones had.

TESV would hopefully have better voice acting. It'd be nice to have like, 2 different voice sets per gender per race, but it's understandable that that would be a lot of voice actors.

I hope they just growl.

This. Oblivion dunmer > morrowind dunmer.

To be honest, as badass as the Morrowind voice was, I couldn't imagine them speaking out fully-voiced dialog. It would certainly get annoying, especially if the old E3 video is anything to go by. This is why I'm hoping Bethesda doesn't entirely rely on voiceovers as they did in Oblivion, but that's just a dream waiting to be deferred. I'd still prefer it over the Oblivion voice, just because it keeps that powerful and imposing air about the Dunmer. All the lore nay-sayers don't really make much sense in their, "oh, but only native Dunmer who have spent their entire lives breathing ash should sound like that" remarks - I mean, nothing explicitly implies that all the male Dunmer you encountered in Oblivion had lived in Cyrodiil for the majority of their lives. Certainly, if TES V takes place after the Red Year, I'd expect plenty of Vvardenfell refugees throughout the provinces and fair justification to keep the raspy voice.

Of course, even if they don't utilize the Morrowind voice, I certainly hope the Dunmer in the next game will at least behave like their Morrowind counterparts. Arrogant, prideful, skeptical. Aside from the encounter with Valen Dreth in the beginning of the game, pretty much all of them (save for, of course, when their disposition was low) were wandering around going, "hi there!" and the like. I know that Bethesda wanted to keep the writing and responses of greetings and NPC conversations fairly uniform across all races, but it's not how I'd expect Dunmer to act. Even the most "westernized" of the nobility in House Hlaalu would probably have some nice, flowery greeting as they did in Morrowind. I don't know if I just have an overly romantic perception of high fantasy or what, but something about all these one-liner "hello!" and "good day!" greetings in Oblivion drove me insane rather quickly. :stare:


I love the female Dunmer voice all the same - I'm glad they kept that actress in Oblivion, although some of the voice's novelty wore off since every elven female used it.

I like the Morrowind voice, but it would get annoying. That raspy sound would get on my nerves so fast.

Here's a daring idea:

Use both. Seriously, not every Dunmer should sound like they're dying on lung cancer. Nor should they be the MOST OUTGOING RACE EVER.

So here's a solution: bring back the Morrowind voice, but keep it "locked up" for only the most special characters. The rest should be split between 2-3 different voice types that shouldn't even be race dependant.

Really, as much as I love the MW Dumner voice...Hearing that for EVERY bit of dialogue for them would get annoying....But Oblivion's male Dunmer voices were annoying for Dunmer...Perhaps just a more many voice for the male Dunmer?

I could easily stand most Dunmer males sounding like Jiub. It just fits them better.

Dunmer in morrowind sounded like chain smokers. Dunmer in oblivion were annoying.

Both svck period

Believe me, I love that voice too. But to have that for every line of dialogue for every male Dunmer? I don't know how pleasant that would be to listen to.