I can sound like any hero in Overwatch šŸ˜‚

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After 2 years of playing I shouted ā€œrally to meā€ and my team actually asked why I ulted. I guess I learned a little more than mechanics with such a diverse cast of accents. :joy::heart:ļø I canā€™t wait to try Echo.

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Impressive, considering Brigā€™s actual voice actor has trouble with that.

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A lot of people seem to confuse accents too XD
I am french canadian and often play Mercy, and I have been asked a couple of time if I was ā€œthe real Mercyā€, although I donā€™t sound german at all. Happened with Sombra too, like you said it can be pretty funny :smiley:

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triggered Mercy Main Sheā€™s not German XD

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she isnā€™t german but the language she speaks is german.

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ā€œH E H Eā€

easily my favority baguette line

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Has trouble with what?

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Sheā€™s supposed to speak Swiss German which sounds very different from regular German.

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I know Mercy is Swiss, by saying ā€œI donā€™t sound germanā€, I did not imply that she was German either XD I just meant that imo my voice doesnā€™t have any accent to it that could sound german or any variation related to it. Since Mercy speaks Swiss German, chances are that it will sound ā€œgermanā€ to others who arenā€™t familiar with the language.
And although I am not sure how Swiss German should sound, Mercy voice actress, Lucie Pohl, is actually German-American and was born in Germany. So I have no idea if her Swiss German accent is 100% on point or not, but apparently speaking German was helpful. ^^
Also, since I donā€™t speak German nor Swiss German, I was wondering if Mercyā€™s voice lines were actually in Swiss German, or if they simply gave her voice lines in German even though her motherā€™s tongue is Swiss German? (even though Mercy motherā€™s tongue is Swiss German, it doesnā€™t exclude the fact that she could also know how to speak standard German). Could also possibly be a mix of the two; some being in Standard German and other voice lines using the Swiss German variation.

Edit: Michael Chu also talked a bit about accentsā€™ authenticity and voice actors in Overwatch: " ā€˜We are always trying to do our best to strike a balance between an authentic accent, acting and personality,ā€™ Chu said. ā€˜But it doesnā€™t always work. Another example was Mercy. We wanted someone with a Swiss-German accent, but thatā€™s hard to do. We liked Lucie Pohlā€™s voice acting so we went with her.ā€™ "
(Sombraā€™s voice actor doesnā€™t mind the haters, loves her character - Polygon)

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Iā€™ve lived in Switzerland all my life, I can confirm that most of Mercyā€™s voice lines are in German.

edit: at my workplace, i have been hearing Swiss Germans talk in English with an accent, it is slightly different from the German accent. But for non Swiss persons itā€™s harder to distinguish. Mercyā€™s accent sounds more like a German to me.

The only Swiss German voice line I know of is one of her ā€œHelloā€ lines ā€œHoi ZƤmeā€ which literally means Hallo Zusammen in German or Hi everyone in English.

I may have missed another but I donā€™t think so.

As a bonus, want to know why the Swiss are the best Samaritans ? Because, wellā€¦ we have Mercy

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Thank you for clarifying this :slight_smile: Thatā€™s what I thought but I couldnā€™t be sure since I donā€™t have experience with either German nor Swiss German.
The only time I went to Switzerland was when I was 6 years old because we were visiting family in France, and made a short trip to Switzerland during that timeā€¦ so I really donā€™t remember much in the end :sweat_smile:
I hope I can visit again someday!

Haha thatā€™s a cute one ^^

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yes ! iā€™ve been playing mercy a lot recently and been hearing her voicelines and have no idea what sheā€™s saying ! thatā€™s when i realized sheā€™s not speaking swiss german but german ! i donā€™t know much german but iā€™m fluent in swiss german (my parents are from switzerland) and it made so much sense to me ! also kinda frustrating how they couldnā€™t find a native swiss german speaker to vocie mercy :frowning: