I cannot believe that kind of mistakes in a multi-million dollar project. Could you imagine a Queen Victoria speaking with American accent? I don't think so.
Not only Philip speaks incorrectly (there is no Royal "We" in Spanish Language), but also has a clear Mexican accent. Lovely voice but really? Firaxis could not found a Spain's native speaker near Baltimore? If you add that Philip II had blond hair, not dark and the cliche of the bull for the Civ's icon, it is pretty clear in my opinion that the devs spent only the minimum time required in designing Spain.
It is especially upsetting when you see so much care and attention to detail in other areas of the game. For example, they spent hundreds of hours designing special combat animations, because you can see a man being impaled by another but not a horse being harmed. Apparently there is no time to pick up the phone and find a single Spain's native speaker for recording four or five phrases.
I am not angry. I am as upset as any of our American friends would be if they had watched Roosevelt speaking with British accent (no more, no less).
Not only Philip speaks incorrectly (there is no Royal "We" in Spanish Language), but also has a clear Mexican accent. Lovely voice but really? Firaxis could not found a Spain's native speaker near Baltimore? If you add that Philip II had blond hair, not dark and the cliche of the bull for the Civ's icon, it is pretty clear in my opinion that the devs spent only the minimum time required in designing Spain.
It is especially upsetting when you see so much care and attention to detail in other areas of the game. For example, they spent hundreds of hours designing special combat animations, because you can see a man being impaled by another but not a horse being harmed. Apparently there is no time to pick up the phone and find a single Spain's native speaker for recording four or five phrases.
I am not angry. I am as upset as any of our American friends would be if they had watched Roosevelt speaking with British accent (no more, no less).