This is what the ALIENS in Mass Effect actually SOUND LIKE

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  • In today's Mass Effect Legendary Edition video;
    Have you ever wondered what the Aliens in Mass Effect actually sound like? Like the Turians, Asari, Krogan, Salarian and so on? Look no further - here it is!
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  • @dextergrif1052
    @dextergrif1052 3 роки тому +2672

    I love that the reason we can understand every species is because of Universal Translators, and that this would be what they actually sound like without them.

    • @Terror_Official
      @Terror_Official 3 роки тому +153

      You get a small bit of that when talking to Thane. If he calls femshep Siha she doesn't understand, and thinks her translator has messed up.

    • @dextergrif1052
      @dextergrif1052 3 роки тому +91

      @@Terror_Official That too. I always imagined that the Turians would sound like birds, Asari would sound like fish, and the Salarians would sound like chittering insects. Glad to know at the very least the bird one was sort of correct.

    • @bioticgod
      @bioticgod 3 роки тому +25

      I wonder how these translators work... Are you always with headphones on ? Or are they implanted or something

    • @Moody.goth24
      @Moody.goth24 3 роки тому +36

      @@bioticgod it’s probably in the omni tools

    • @FriedCassowary
      @FriedCassowary 3 роки тому +49

      I don't know why, but that's kinda what I had imagined the Asari sounding like. Almost like you are hearing a kind of echo in the voice because even though they are speaking and they are moving air the way humans talk, but you hear it directly in your mind and not through sound hence the kinda bouncy echo it has.

  • @SharkWolf-lz3ov
    @SharkWolf-lz3ov 3 роки тому +2515

    I wish we got a mission in the trilogy where as our translators are broken and we have to work together with our squadmates to try to figure out each other's languages and complete the mission.

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +475

      That would've been hilarious. Maybe we should ask Bioware to include that in the next Mass Effect? 😆

    • @wizzord8372
      @wizzord8372 3 роки тому +80

      This needs to happen

    • @Memelord-md5hs
      @Memelord-md5hs 3 роки тому +244

      Best part i feel is that if u also brought ur human squadmates they just speak different languages than u (james would be spanish and kaiden is like Quebec french, etc) would add some extra funny stuff

    • @ThingsStuffington
      @ThingsStuffington 3 роки тому +258

      @@Memelord-md5hs And Miranda speaks the unintelligible language that is Australian.

    • @TJVBernal
      @TJVBernal 3 роки тому +37

      that should've been mandatory in like one or two of the three games

  • @ElzariusUnity
    @ElzariusUnity 3 роки тому +577

    I honestly expected Turrians to sound more avian, and not like drunk Klingongs

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +43

      🤣

    • @porsche911sbs
      @porsche911sbs 3 роки тому +53

      yeah I'd think it would be more screechy

    • @ethanschenck9714
      @ethanschenck9714 3 роки тому +31

      Me too, especially since their voices sound like they're being produced by a syrinx. I would have thought that they'd sound like parrot mimicry.

    • @erathen6311
      @erathen6311 2 роки тому +13

      For some reason I’d imagined turian voices would of been electronic like lmao

    • @Starman20290
      @Starman20290 2 роки тому +10

      Qapla'! (Burps and passes out)

  • @epiccarrot88
    @epiccarrot88 3 роки тому +2016

    The Turian voice has got to be the inspiration for the Vorcha. It sounds too similar.
    This also makes me wonder what Shepard sounds like to Garrus

    • @epiccarrot88
      @epiccarrot88 3 роки тому +105

      @@MrHulthen Maybe they also planned for Turians to turn on the galaxy at some point? There's quite a lot of dialogue options in ME1 that allows you to demonise them after all, and a lot of Turians in ME1 are either jerks or plain evil. It's hard to say really. It's interesting to think about though, seeing how their real voices sound like the Vorcha, a Terminus species.

    • @cristiancojocaru9821
      @cristiancojocaru9821 3 роки тому +83

      Don't "aaah" me, you sound like a vorcha.

    • @Zushi_Tsunami
      @Zushi_Tsunami 3 роки тому +138

      @@cristiancojocaru9821 fun fact the voice actor for male Shepherd also voices the vorcha.

    • @VVVHHHSSS
      @VVVHHHSSS 3 роки тому +89

      Humans probably sound like Banjo Kazooie characters, all wub wub wa wubba wub or something to the alien races.

    • @cristiancojocaru9821
      @cristiancojocaru9821 3 роки тому +55

      @@Zushi_Tsunami Not only the vorcha but also the hannar "because it is a big stupid jellyfish".

  • @modernmoonlight7350
    @modernmoonlight7350 3 роки тому +667

    So bascially:
    Asari - Your average Sim from The Sims series
    Turian - A choking cat
    Salarian - Someone heavily drunken
    Krogan - Nothing changed
    Volus - Me using toilet paper tube to make me sound funny

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +37

      The best comparison yet! 😂

    • @mythmondays6727
      @mythmondays6727 Рік тому +11

      I figured the asari would still have English as their base since they are still a psychic species.

    • @moviemaker199
      @moviemaker199 8 місяців тому +10

      More like:
      Turian - A Halo Jackal.
      Volus - A deep Japanese anime voice.

    • @lord_seraphineOG
      @lord_seraphineOG 6 місяців тому +4

      both Mass Effect and The Sims are from EA, really Asari one sounds like simlish

    • @sompret
      @sompret Місяць тому

      Garrus: "I do not fear you, Mother."

  • @queen_alexandra996
    @queen_alexandra996 3 роки тому +775

    "I feel sorry for all you who romanced garrus" jokes on you, I'm into that

    • @yunogasai1389
      @yunogasai1389 3 роки тому +34

      +20

    • @RykersRange
      @RykersRange Рік тому +47

      "Oh yeah Garrus! Give me to me!" "AARRAAAGHH-GUUGGGAAGHH CHACCKLLAACKAA!!"

    • @MKanakaredes
      @MKanakaredes Рік тому +19

      Exactly, this screeching bird is the true love of my life

    • @moviemaker199
      @moviemaker199 8 місяців тому +13

      ME players romancing Garrus: Give us a rose our beloved raptor boi!🥰🥰❤️❤️
      Garrus: (speaks his dialect)
      ME players: 😮!…………
      Other players: Oh, we’re so sorry…
      ME players: …….GIVE US A BOUQUET OUR BELOVED RAPTOR BOI!!!!! 😍🤤😍🤤😍💕💕💕💕💕

    • @Acutarius
      @Acutarius Місяць тому

      LMFAO REALL

  • @biffman1212
    @biffman1212 3 роки тому +673

    So Turians are Vorcha in disguise?!?

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +42

      haha yep

    • @Draconiangem
      @Draconiangem 3 роки тому +22

      Basically Mark Meer lol

    • @maksimkachar843
      @maksimkachar843 3 роки тому +16

      @@Draconiangem Mark Meer under disguise?

    • @stradi7128
      @stradi7128 3 роки тому +6

      Captain Gavorn might get insulted over this fact

    • @ZrodyApo
      @ZrodyApo 3 роки тому +3

      Makes you wonder what Vorcha really sound like 😂

  • @SeengignPaipes
    @SeengignPaipes 3 роки тому +416

    Well the turians were not as bad as I thought it would be, I expected some unholy screeching like some dude got his balls caught in a zipper while stepping on a lego piece.

    • @MrNicoJac
      @MrNicoJac 3 роки тому +25

      That would be a horrible way to go...

    • @mrsgamer9218
      @mrsgamer9218 3 роки тому +15

      Your comment killed me XD

    • @nrnsclark94
      @nrnsclark94 2 роки тому +5

      I'm done 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀☠

    • @Kjf365
      @Kjf365 Рік тому +5

      You know, I actually imagine they recorded these "native language" sounds to base their mouth movements on. They couldn't pull off very convincing English mouth movement with those alien faces and technology of the time so they made a rough gibberish sound to vaguely match in their animation as an excuse.
      So basically, take the voices with a grain of salt.

  • @cultofcringthulhu
    @cultofcringthulhu 3 роки тому +642

    Man this really would make these games feel like kotor

    • @Terror_Official
      @Terror_Official 3 роки тому +36

      Mordin sounds like the Jawas from KoTOR.

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 3 роки тому +7

      Na dosa imaraki. Anoranomaki droomka myin sobin sasha.

    • @sloth6480
      @sloth6480 3 роки тому +25

      I definitely got star wars kotor vibes. The asari sounded like the twileks 🤣

    • @lovesyoohoo
      @lovesyoohoo 3 роки тому +15

      Mucha shaka paka...

    • @culdtwanalames2882
      @culdtwanalames2882 2 роки тому +1

      @@lovesyoohoo loool

  • @Arthus850
    @Arthus850 3 роки тому +199

    I love the idea of universal translators. Just the idea that we hear them talking English and they hear us speaking their languages. I can just imagine Garrus talking to Shepard from his POV. Just imagining Shepard screeching like that makes me laugh.

  • @kratkartan1486
    @kratkartan1486 3 роки тому +819

    This makes me want to romance Garrus even more, now.

  • @P3891
    @P3891 3 роки тому +344

    for a series that ended its main run nearly 10 years ago its crazy how you can still find new things about it

    • @Diamond_2403
      @Diamond_2403 3 роки тому +6

      And that same franchise is making a comeback soon. I mean, I guess they technically already did with the Legendary Edition.

    • @kyvilfongkot6372
      @kyvilfongkot6372 3 роки тому +2

      Im hoping you can play a new race in the game like a newbie race starting spacefaring

  • @Dan-cm1tb
    @Dan-cm1tb 2 роки тому +56

    I remember reading up on a theory regarding Mordin’s strange way of speaking English. Every other alien race sounds perfect most likely because of the translators. But the theory states that Mordin isn’t using a translator and so his way of speaking English is because he himself studied the language and is directly talking to Shepard.

    • @Mrnumber
      @Mrnumber 7 місяців тому +11

      Also considering that his song rhymes means it's probably in the English language as another language wouldn't rhyme properly

    • @Dan-cm1tb
      @Dan-cm1tb 6 місяців тому +10

      @@Mrnumber ah yes,
      “I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A SCIENTIST SALARIAN
      IVE STUDIED SPECIES TURIAN, ASARI AND BATARIAN”
      But for real, it’s a cool little thing to think of

  • @saint-g7449
    @saint-g7449 3 роки тому +478

    I see now. I'm guessing they originally wanted to do the same thing they did in star wars kotor 1. Having each npc alien have their own language and sound.

    • @rustybushel6220
      @rustybushel6220 3 роки тому +8

      That would've been so cool! Maybe not exactly like the way they sound here though.

    • @TheGingiGamer
      @TheGingiGamer 3 роки тому +5

      It wouldn't make sense from a story point of view as humans are new to the galaxy and don't understand the other races languages and vice versa.

    • @rustybushel6220
      @rustybushel6220 3 роки тому +8

      @@TheGingiGamer it's been about 30 years. I think it's possible.

    • @TheGingiGamer
      @TheGingiGamer 3 роки тому

      @@rustybushel6220 Maybe

    • @ClaudioGrecoPhD
      @ClaudioGrecoPhD 3 роки тому +12

      The Asari even sound kinda like the Twi'lek.

  • @fireblade295
    @fireblade295 3 роки тому +200

    Volus is hilarious. It sounds like some guy speaking into a really thick pillow.

    • @frederiksd
      @frederiksd 3 роки тому +22

      I think it fits perfectly, considering they come from a planet with much denser atmosphere and gravity. Forgot the name, but there is some heavy gas which acts the opposite of helium when inhaled and gives you such a deep voice.

    • @steve6333
      @steve6333 3 роки тому +14

      I like how they did the lines for the biotic god, the true star of mass effect.

    • @sparrowfox6943
      @sparrowfox6943 3 роки тому

      Well their suits do remind me of a stereotypical neckbeard when they speak, so now I'm just imagining a Volus is just holding a body pillow under the suit

    • @jamesfleming5830
      @jamesfleming5830 3 роки тому +3

      @@frederiksdHexofluoride. It's a lot of fun

    • @thomasliptak9469
      @thomasliptak9469 3 роки тому

      sounds like Simlish

  • @jameslh4535
    @jameslh4535 3 роки тому +117

    Whisper sweet nothings into my ears, Garrus.

  • @user-oo4pd8rw2v
    @user-oo4pd8rw2v 3 роки тому +750

    A very important note: ME1 in the Codex says that most races learn languages ​​of other races, which explains Tali's accent, for example. For the most part, translators are only used to communicate with the Elkors and Hanaras due to the fact that they communicate through the pheromones and subtle movements and bioluminescence that other races cannot understand.

    • @tenkaka11
      @tenkaka11 3 роки тому +100

      Elcor actuallly communicate through pheromones and subtle movements to one another, hence why they declare their "mood" before saying what they wanna say, like "Cautiously, how do you know I like spicy chicken wings?" I've not seen anything to suggest they communicate through soundwaves of sort (although I may be mistaken on such)

    • @fireborn
      @fireborn 3 роки тому +31

      Elcor sounds like farts.

    • @d.olivergutierrez8690
      @d.olivergutierrez8690 3 роки тому +81

      so tali is the only alien squadmate who speaks fluent English, another reason for me to love her 😍

    • @CrackFoxJunior
      @CrackFoxJunior 3 роки тому +157

      Not entirely accurate. Some individuals learn SOME languages of their close friends or the cultures they are interested in. There are 6000 human languages and a similar number for each species. Hanar were taught language by the Protheans, so they are capable of learning and understanding languages, but not physically able to speak them without a synthesised voice provided by the translator (since they don't have mouths). Elcor translators are programmed to react to pheromones to inform the listener of their emotions.
      In other words, most characters are speaking in their native tongue, which gets translated back and forth in conversation. Hanar communicate with eachother via bioluminescence. However to communicate with other species they learn a language, and anything they hear gets autotranslated into that language.
      There is a theory that Mordin is actually speaking Shepard's language, as most of his battle dialogue refers to English-specific things, and his speech pattern is broken.

    • @suokkis
      @suokkis 3 роки тому +16

      This would make little sense tough. It can only work if these races could naturally make the same sounds like other races. Like parrots with humans. In reality we would need machine translators, otherwise we couldn't learn to speak alien language any more than we could naturally talk to whales, same for them.

  • @poluticon
    @poluticon 3 роки тому +361

    could you imagine the first time humans encountered the Turians and heard them speak? they must have been like WTF! 😳
    Also, the Asari kind of sound like Twi'leks from KotOR

    • @DAETRICH
      @DAETRICH 3 роки тому +35

      The first time humans encountered TUrians was the first contact war, so yeah

    • @eden20111
      @eden20111 3 роки тому +15

      @@DAETRICH no it wasn’t … it was during the American Civil War of 1861 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @porsche911sbs
      @porsche911sbs 3 роки тому +5

      I mean what would you expect an alien to sound like? they would sound weird

    • @poluticon
      @poluticon 3 роки тому +5

      @@porsche911sbs yes, thank you Captain Copernicus, I know they would sound weird, what I meant was they’d sound scary as hell.

    • @YaMexicanBoy
      @YaMexicanBoy 3 роки тому +4

      I think they were more shock that they were massacred by them rather than hearing them speak

  • @CelestialDraconis
    @CelestialDraconis 3 роки тому +74

    Asari kinda sound like Simlish. "Blua dee ba doo" xD

  • @Funinightmare
    @Funinightmare Рік тому +10

    Hearing Turians native speech explains a lot about the first contact war

  • @lordharkon84
    @lordharkon84 3 роки тому +111

    Krogan sounds exactly like I thought it would tho 👌

    • @ianmurphy9955
      @ianmurphy9955 3 роки тому +6

      I like to think that they sound and act a little like ME's version of the Klingons from Star Trek, Salarian's would be the Vulcans of the series, Turians, the Romulans and the Asari would be let's say the Trill or something

    • @Fusso
      @Fusso 3 роки тому +4

      @@ianmurphy9955 Salarians would the Romulans and the Turians more like The Cardassians. Asari are a mix of Bethazoids with Vulcans (with all the mind melding thing, not so much the supression of emotions).

    • @ianmurphy9955
      @ianmurphy9955 3 роки тому +3

      Ahhhh thanks man! How could I forget Cardassia, yeah no you're right there

  • @DeathwingDuck
    @DeathwingDuck 3 роки тому +107

    I'm thinking they went this route with the "auto translators" because recording all that unique dialogue in those voices and practically creating full on languages was an unnecessary waste of time, rightly so. Also I can imagine that being a significant strain on the voice actors.
    Bioware did something like this with the Knights of the Old Republic games, but the lines were always the same few for the aliens who didn't speak english. When I played those 2 games way back when that got really annoying very fast and I started jumping through the dialogue once I got done reading it. I'm super glad they went the route they did with Mass Effect, but it's nice to see they actually did keep the idea of unique alien speech in mind.

    • @Kjf365
      @Kjf365 Рік тому +7

      It's my theory they did recorded those to base their facial animations on. Something to make consistent, if gibberish, mouth motion in conversations. Imagine being the poor animator trying to make Garrus look like he's speaking English convincingly.

    • @nathanielgarza9198
      @nathanielgarza9198 Рік тому +3

      Think it’s like humans are still the main race in Star Wars while humans are the backrole in Mass Effect
      They would have to invest a lot more for what people will probably see as annoying

  • @atomichorizen3987
    @atomichorizen3987 3 роки тому +86

    Asari sound pretty good, and the Turians, well.. whilst I don't mind them sounding whatever the devs or writers wanted, 1 critical flaw is that the Turians (and Protheans) have a low vibration in there voice when speaking when speaking to the player. whilst the translations would change how their speech comes out, I doubt such soundwaves would be cut out let alone implemented as shown with the Turians. Only other question would be what Sci-Fi reasoning do they have for there lips being able to match to human spoken words if they are using translators

    • @MeggieSixx
      @MeggieSixx 3 роки тому +22

      I like to headcanon that there's a sort of galactic common language, most likely based off of asari and salarian mouth movements. That would explain the turians trying to mimic it but with difficulty and they would likely still need translator help or a modified version of the language. Since humans have a similar anatomy to asari, they would probably be able to speak it fairly well, however only being part of the galactic community for ~30 years I wonder how many humans would be fluent. There's still a lot of things I'd have to work out for this headcanon to work but I feel it better allows for the speech variation we see between species in the game

    • @kratkartan1486
      @kratkartan1486 3 роки тому +13

      Well, Javik isn't speaking prothean at all except for right before Shepard touches him. After that, he's talking in english at least with us, as he does point this out when Shepard asks.

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 3 роки тому +12

      Suspension of disbelief. I just pretend that they are mouthing their own language and Shepard just heard it in English.

    • @CrumCringle
      @CrumCringle 3 роки тому +16

      I did expect the Turians to have that lower, double voice sound they do speaking with the translator.

    • @willfanofmanyii3751
      @willfanofmanyii3751 2 роки тому

      @@kratkartan1486 Plus the Protheans are speaking english in the flashback as well. Not the first time non-human species are speaking english to each other without a human there.

  • @suokkis
    @suokkis 2 роки тому +136

    I would love a mission in future mass effect where the translators break down or malfunction on some mission, and you have to hear them talking in their original voices while no one really understands each other, maybe have to sign through the mission.

    • @Danae_O
      @Danae_O 2 роки тому +7

      that would be amazing

    • @stephenking5852
      @stephenking5852 8 місяців тому +2

      The Green Lantern cartoon did an episode like that when Hal, Kilowog, and Razor lost their rings! 💚🏮

    • @maliciousintruder3010
      @maliciousintruder3010 4 місяці тому +1

      I'd love it if shepard starts talking French or something when that happens.

  • @janarussell3515
    @janarussell3515 3 роки тому +202

    Love it!
    BioWare did put at least one of those voices into the game as ambient sounds. The Turian voice plays in the background of Flux - I always thought it was weird they had vorcha voices in there since they didn't get introduced until the second game. The more you know :)

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +21

      Yeah they are audible in Flux :D

    • @caitlin6688
      @caitlin6688 3 роки тому +4

      Next play through I'm going to have to pay more attention.

    • @adairwest2632
      @adairwest2632 2 роки тому +1

      @@MrHulthen and in Coras den when talking to septimus

    • @DrkTrx
      @DrkTrx Рік тому

      It's in Flux, in the stairs

  • @jamesfleming5830
    @jamesfleming5830 3 роки тому +7

    Shepard: Whisper sweet nothings to me Garrus
    Garrus: Gah! Prothean no like you!

  • @Sheogorath2077
    @Sheogorath2077 3 роки тому +111

    they sound relatively normal, not sure what they'd sound like with human languages though

    • @82dorrin
      @82dorrin 3 роки тому +35

      With turians in particular, their mouths wouldn't be able to form the same kind of speech that humans do. They probably _couldn't_ speak human languages any more than we could speak an alien language that required sub-vocalizations or multiple tongues.

    • @kratkartan1486
      @kratkartan1486 3 роки тому +10

      Turians at least would probably talk like Vorcha. I doubt Hanar can even actually speak, and really every race with lips could actually probably speak english if not a bit accented, like the quarians. Knowing Tali, she probably actually took the time to learn english. I mean, she did download a lot of things that help her understand our cultures, with language being among them.

    • @Sheogorath2077
      @Sheogorath2077 3 роки тому +3

      @@82dorrin yeah that's what I was thinking too, kinda wish they had an option to enable/disable the alien voices

    • @spiderz5145
      @spiderz5145 3 роки тому +15

      @@kratkartan1486 yeah, Quarians are probably the closest race to humans in Mass Effect... I’d think they’d be able to speak English and other human languages.
      Well... it’s debatable if Asari would be closest to humans... we dunno.

    • @0MujaKina0
      @0MujaKina0 3 роки тому +1

      @@kratkartan1486
      Hanars don't talk!
      They use Empathy or Telepathy to communicate your mind! Brain or whatever crap?😂

  • @tigersun7790
    @tigersun7790 3 роки тому +552

    Since there is no voice sample for the Quarians, I can still pretend Tali sounds like the best girl she is meant to be.

    • @82dorrin
      @82dorrin 3 роки тому +113

      Quarians are said to be very similar to humans, so their voices would probably sound pretty close to ours.

    • @lordharkon84
      @lordharkon84 3 роки тому +41

      She sounds like Cookie Monster

    • @baboongamingmgrr
      @baboongamingmgrr 3 роки тому +90

      ​@@82dorrin Yeah, a quarian in one of the novels managed to speak perfect English unaided with the ease of any native speaker, so they'd probably sound near-identical to us.

    • @nightpop6309
      @nightpop6309 3 роки тому +8

      AMEN!

    • @tigersun7790
      @tigersun7790 3 роки тому +12

      @@baboongamingmgrr nice

  • @Syoptical
    @Syoptical 3 роки тому +39

    Garrus. Noooo.

  • @Jaaxfo
    @Jaaxfo 3 роки тому +226

    You can actually hear some of the non human speech in game normally. Top spot that comes to mind is Flux in ME1, the background chatter is all non-translated
    Also, I feel like all the male race voices are just Mark Meer having fun making whatever sounds he feels these races should make

    • @Irenicus91
      @Irenicus91 3 роки тому +36

      Mark Meer having fun going wild and just making up alien voices is the most pure thing I have heard today.

    • @Kjf365
      @Kjf365 Рік тому

      I think more than that, it was to base face animation off of. Something other than human to justify random mouth flapping rather than actual English mouthing. Especially for the Turians. I can only Imagine trying to make that look convincing in 2008.

    • @michelleuhlinlilja
      @michelleuhlinlilja 10 місяців тому

      @carbongo I've always wondered why they didn't translate that though. Or maybe those are the names of the varren he releases?

  • @VVVHHHSSS
    @VVVHHHSSS 3 роки тому +58

    I love Garrus even more now.

  • @angryfilmgamer570
    @angryfilmgamer570 3 роки тому +97

    The only ones where the voices made sense were the Krogan and Salarian, based on their style and biology it fit them the best.
    However, not saying this because of any other reason, but the Turians language doesn't fit their character. The Turian should have - and I always been led to believe - a tone more similar to Krogan except softer and quieter. Granted while it is more in line with raptor vocals, it doesn't work.

    • @averywhitaker3513
      @averywhitaker3513 2 роки тому

      Turian voices are just so wet for a species that is literally incapable of sealing their mouths

    • @nathanielgarza9198
      @nathanielgarza9198 Рік тому +2

      Feel like that sounds like the Vorcha and not the Turian
      Most of the other languages fits how they sound, like they are actually saying the words in the same voice

    • @moviemaker199
      @moviemaker199 8 місяців тому

      The Asari voice also makes sense in the same way.
      The Turian voice sounds like the Jackals from the Halo franchise, which is shocking because all Turian voices in English are “deep” and “smooth” sounding.

  • @roberthebert2826
    @roberthebert2826 3 роки тому +17

    I think it would have been a really powerful moment if when the Normandy was doing the Evac for your party in the last run of ME3 when they were wounded their universal translators were broken so the romance partner tries to make sure Shepard knows they love them through the language barrier.

  • @SMATF5
    @SMATF5 3 роки тому +69

    Asari kind of just sounds like Simlish.

  • @MikefromTexas1
    @MikefromTexas1 3 роки тому +63

    None of those except Krogan make sense.😂
    Especially Turian, that sounds more like a Vorcha.

    • @porsche911sbs
      @porsche911sbs 3 роки тому +5

      I thought they all made sense, although I'd think the Turians would sound even more alien, screechy/chirpy like a bird. Krogan I'd expect to be low growls like an alligator.

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 3 роки тому +3

      Grunt sounds like Jabba the Hutt 😂😅

    • @axios4702
      @axios4702 2 роки тому +1

      Asari and salarians kinda made sense too, same for the Volus.

  • @seva809
    @seva809 3 роки тому +31

    Mordin kinda sounds like that Geonosian general from Attack of the Clones lol.

    • @EXL714
      @EXL714 3 роки тому +1

      Bioware probably had samples from when they made KOTOR, so it could actually be Geonosian. I'm leaning more towards a fan did this, though.

    • @michaelangelo8550
      @michaelangelo8550 3 роки тому +2

      yes!! i kept imagining different Star Wars Aliens for each one... I Especially felt like the Asari sounded like Twi'leks ...

    • @axelnilsson5124
      @axelnilsson5124 16 днів тому

      Poggle?

  • @akivify
    @akivify 3 роки тому +28

    Thanks for this. I was always wondering how they really sound. And no, nothing could ever spoil Garrus' ..ehm.. calibrations

  • @Razzrazz90
    @Razzrazz90 3 роки тому +5

    The Volus and Krogan sound exactly how I’d expect. Meanwhile, the Turians sound like how I’d think Vorcha would talk

  • @Shadowdarkish
    @Shadowdarkish 3 роки тому +11

    The Krogan and Salarians sound exactly as I expected.

  • @DarthUchiha91
    @DarthUchiha91 3 роки тому +64

    Asari: I'm blue, da ba dee da ba daa...
    Now that song is stuck in my head😂

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 3 роки тому +1

      This killed me 🤣😂. Thank you!

  • @Keriga
    @Keriga 3 роки тому +20

    All of those sound rather funny to me xD now, the question I have is, how does Shepard sound like if listened through our alien friend's translators? Let's take Garrus for example, I wonder what he has been hearing this entire time while talking with Shepard xD

  • @alexandravaleria7079
    @alexandravaleria7079 Рік тому +3

    Garrus has the voice of an angel

  • @selvarr001
    @selvarr001 3 роки тому +91

    BWAHAHAHAHA hilarious! Srsly this is one of the funniest thing I saw in a while xD OMG, I always imagine the Turian voice with a more...mh...bird lizard mix but NEVER that! Hahaha let's hope that the translator never fails in some romantic times xD

    • @alphamorion4314
      @alphamorion4314 3 роки тому +5

      Shepard is going at it in sexy times with Garrus.
      Suddently the translator stops working.
      1:24
      XDDDDDD

  • @Karrie7888
    @Karrie7888 3 роки тому +25

    I'm a complete Garrus fangirl and I can't stop laughing :'D

  • @Austichar
    @Austichar 3 роки тому +4

    Someone has got to get Garrus's VA to speak Turian.

  • @edaraujo2169
    @edaraujo2169 3 роки тому +51

    The Salarian voice and dialect was fascinating!

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +3

      Sing songy in a way :D

    • @Terror_Official
      @Terror_Official 3 роки тому +11

      @@MrHulthen Makes me wonder what Mordin actually sounds like singing his version of Modern Major General...

    • @356MONKEYMAN
      @356MONKEYMAN 3 роки тому +7

      @@Terror_Official Chances are he learned English and sung it exactly as shown.

  • @OdieuxBarbare
    @OdieuxBarbare 2 роки тому +30

    Worst thing is they must hear the real voice and the translation at the same time 😂 If English isn't your first tongue and you ever watched a cheap translated show, you know what I mean!

  • @Naraku-qu3kp
    @Naraku-qu3kp 3 роки тому +10

    Everything kind of fits except the turians. That voice sounds more like a vorcha.

  • @Dubbel12
    @Dubbel12 3 роки тому +3

    When Grunt went "HRRRRGHGRAH HURGERGAH" I felt it.

  • @coryraymond7517
    @coryraymond7517 3 роки тому +2

    Huh, probably what the humans in the first contact war heard when they fought the turians. That must have been extra terrifying.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts 3 роки тому +1

      why do you think the turians were called birds? a number of birds make screeches like that.

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 3 роки тому

      @@toomanyaccounts and to me Turians resemble birds in a way. The humans called them “the birds” in The First Contact War.

  • @kenlewis2379
    @kenlewis2379 3 роки тому +6

    I'm calling BS on this. For all the people saying it reminds them of Kotor that's cause these are sound files from Star wars either raised or lowered. Garrus is using higher pitched Jawa. Salarian is using Rodian and so on.

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +3

      Nope, it's literally ripped out of the ps3 versions audio :)

  • @danielmorris9043
    @danielmorris9043 2 роки тому +3

    My Femshep will still love Garrus regardless of his true voice💕

  • @AngelWOLF239
    @AngelWOLF239 3 роки тому +11

    I think you can actually hear the voices without the translator in Chora's den on Mass Effect 1. I recommend wearing headphones because it is kinda hard to hear. Also try to listen on Flux too. You can also hear more voices.

  • @Vesp3r1987
    @Vesp3r1987 3 роки тому +6

    Im glad they went with "universal language" lol

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +3

      thank god for english amirite :D

  • @snorriivan6365
    @snorriivan6365 3 роки тому +22

    The Turian in your video seems to be saying "Kurtos kolacs", I didn't know they liked Hungarian pastries lol

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +3

      hahahah really? : D

    • @snorriivan6365
      @snorriivan6365 2 роки тому

      @N7Andy si eu sunt Roman, am trait in Scotia, Germania, si acum Canada, pentru mine imi aduc aminte de vacantele la munte, la mare sau cand mergeam la balci in copilarie! Stiu ca se vind si in Romania, dar n-o sa zic ca e specialitate romaneasca ca stiu foarte bone ca ungurii au venit cu idea lol. Ma-si supara si eu daca ar incepe sa zica ei ca sarmalele si tuica e inventata de ei.

  • @Pandalajda
    @Pandalajda 3 роки тому +9

    From now on whenever I talk to Garrus... That voice will be all I hear

  • @Queizar_X
    @Queizar_X 3 роки тому +17

    I'm just gonna pretend that this isn't real (isn't cannon).

    • @axelnilsson5124
      @axelnilsson5124 16 днів тому

      It is it just doesn’t matter as we’ll likely never hear their native language in a future game

  • @douglasmurphy1113
    @douglasmurphy1113 3 роки тому +2

    *Me romancing Garrus:* "Ah, he has such a way with words"

  • @McDicker96
    @McDicker96 3 роки тому +7

    I always heard weird noises in flux and couldn't figure out what it was
    Now I know

  • @jarodbanks9120
    @jarodbanks9120 3 роки тому +7

    Never seen a video like this for Mass Effect. Thanks for sharing this with everyone!

  • @JyujinPlus
    @JyujinPlus 3 роки тому +5

    I like to think that even by Salarian standards, Mornin still talks fast. So Dan just played us a Salarian talking but to hear Mordin you have to set the video to 2x

  • @rurukitty405
    @rurukitty405 3 роки тому +5

    I don't care what my boi Garrus sounds like for real. He's still my buddy, hubby and long lost Turian brother. Depending on if I romance him or not.

  • @thomassciascia5204
    @thomassciascia5204 3 роки тому +3

    The Volus sounds like a sim with a really deep voice

  • @axios4702
    @axios4702 2 роки тому +3

    I always imagined turians sounding more like Halo jackals. Krogans, asari, salarians and volus fit though.
    Quick question though, is Tali just talking to you in english? Words like "bosh'tet" have clear translations yet you always hear that and others like "keelah" or "geth" in her language.
    Only other examples of things like that are words that dont enter in a translator like "Ardat-Yahksi" (an asari secret) names or some religious terms.

  • @icarusgaming6269
    @icarusgaming6269 3 роки тому +4

    Most of these need some vocal processing, but the Salarian conlang is *perfect*

  • @matteblack5805
    @matteblack5805 Рік тому +1

    Turians honestly just sound like my German coworker when I weld his tools into his toolbox again

  • @DetarakoRax
    @DetarakoRax 3 роки тому +2

    Makes me wonder what the Reapers would actually sound like if they didnt make everyone understand what they were saying.

    • @Kilo_23
      @Kilo_23 3 роки тому +2

      *Inaudible machine noises intensifies*

    • @poluticon
      @poluticon 3 роки тому +2

      I imagine old dialup modem sounds

  • @kuva
    @kuva 3 роки тому +4

    the asari just sounds like a frickin sim

    • @MrHulthen
      @MrHulthen  3 роки тому +1

      exactly like Simlish, right xD

  • @the_kronomos1226
    @the_kronomos1226 3 роки тому +5

    I'm so intrigued by the other voices, but the krogans were exactly what I'd expected. Perfect.

  • @GummeeHater01
    @GummeeHater01 3 роки тому +1

    How a (very particular) prothean really sounds:
    * button slamming, airlock whoosh

  • @madcap3450
    @madcap3450 3 роки тому +2

    The turian voice actually makes sense. I mean look at their mouths they most likely wouldnt have regular human voices

  • @matalvis
    @matalvis 3 роки тому +23

    Shepard: "I'm telling you Liara, nothing is going to change my mind."
    Liara: "Even if this is not what I really sound like?"
    Shepard: "What does that mean?"
    (Liara turns off omnitool translator and talks. Turns it back on.)
    Shepard: "We'll bang, Okay?"
    Those who get this reference, I am happy to see you guys have been fans since the first game.
    Now I want to know what the other races sound like.

  • @mojom.9221
    @mojom.9221 3 роки тому +7

    Knowledge can be a burden... we neeed to collectively forget these Voices. :-0

  • @collinmclaren6608
    @collinmclaren6608 4 місяці тому +1

    Honestly not surprised. I always imaged turians sounding like a mixture between Jackals (halo) and Prawns (District 9)

  • @devinwellman1644
    @devinwellman1644 3 роки тому +2

    If you go to Flux in mass effect 1, at least in Legendary edition, you can hear background chatter of the all the aliens present in the club and you can hear their languages not being translated.

  • @commandershepkarian4226
    @commandershepkarian4226 3 роки тому +19

    I still love Garrus even after hearing his true voice. I still find him attractive and will Always love him

  • @82dorrin
    @82dorrin 3 роки тому +14

    These make a lot more sense than aliens speaking English.
    With turians in particular, their mouths are structured in a way that they likely _couldn't_ speak human languages even if they wanted to. Any more than humans could speak an alien language that required sub-harmonic vocalizations or multiple tongues.

  • @richardobiekwe9437
    @richardobiekwe9437 3 роки тому +1

    Half of all first contact war KIAs would have been due to laughter.

  • @bbatman1164
    @bbatman1164 3 місяці тому +2

    I pretty sure Mordin actually speaks English because he is that smart

  • @caspianbydefault
    @caspianbydefault 3 роки тому +4

    I would love to hear the Drell and Prothean language. I know with Thane we get a few words in Drell, but I would love to hear it in conversation.

    • @kratkartan1486
      @kratkartan1486 3 роки тому

      You actually get to hear the prothean language when recruiting Javik. When he wakes, he's speaking prothean (even though Shepard can understand him, the game makes it a point to let us hear it since the others can't) up until Shepard touches him. When he next speaks, he's speaking English and Shepard asks about that.

    • @caspianbydefault
      @caspianbydefault 3 роки тому

      @@kratkartan1486 Oh, wow, I'll need to pay closer attention, I don't remember that. Thank you!

  • @VanelekLev
    @VanelekLev 3 роки тому +4

    Damn, i realy shld watch this video when i am eating, i just spit my food from laugh🤣

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 9 місяців тому +2

    Someone please do the Heimlisch maneuver on Garrus, he's choking on a turian donut

  • @artemisfowldragon
    @artemisfowldragon 6 місяців тому +1

    I can just imagine one time Garrus’ translator broke and Shepard just shit themself laughing. After that, he made sure his translator was always in working order. Always.

    • @axelnilsson5124
      @axelnilsson5124 16 днів тому

      Does both translators have to work in order for both individuals to hear the translation of their language from each other?

    • @artemisfowldragon
      @artemisfowldragon 15 днів тому

      @@axelnilsson5124 i think it's an end to end translation deal, stuff interfaces with each other in real time so that the everyone understands what's being said

  • @ripperdjak6224
    @ripperdjak6224 3 роки тому +3

    Aaaannnnndddddd still in love with Liara. Her voice is still sexy to me

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 3 роки тому

      I would so date an Asari if they were real 😍

  • @reaper9390
    @reaper9390 3 роки тому +4

    What in the actual F!?🤣🤣🤣

  • @cyaneyes79
    @cyaneyes79 3 роки тому +2

    This is simply a sound effect known as walla, which imitates the murmur of a crowd in the background. Actors typically just make nonsense sounds in the background. For the background of Flux, they just had voice actors doing walla as turians, walla as krogan, etc. That doesn't mean that it's "what the aliens actually sounds like."
    Like if an actor did nonsense words and sounds in a human voice for human walla, you wouldn't say it's "what humans actually sound like!"
    It's just background vocal noise and is not intended to be anything more. Besides, when you're in Flux, we're hearing this through Shepard's ears, so if it was the untranslated alien languages, why wouldn't Shepard's translator be translating it?

    • @ambskater97
      @ambskater97 2 роки тому

      No one cares. That's what they sound like.

  • @AA-sw5pb
    @AA-sw5pb Рік тому +1

    Garrus can whisper in my ear like that any day

  • @Frohoth
    @Frohoth 3 роки тому +3

    I wish I didn't click this video

  • @selorkiith4461
    @selorkiith4461 3 роки тому +2

    So Asari as secretly Sims...
    But I guess the reverb effect on Turians is missing?
    The rest is perfectly fine!

  • @blondfoss
    @blondfoss 11 місяців тому +1

    Krogans:
    yep, still awesome.

  • @PMO.DB98
    @PMO.DB98 3 роки тому +2

    The fact the Turians sound like Vorcha and the Krogans sounds like boys when our voice drops meanwhile the Volus actually fits

  • @nyveggie
    @nyveggie 3 роки тому +2

    Nobody:
    Asari: simkoi simlish shlep shlap shloo

  • @wilczegry295
    @wilczegry295 5 місяців тому +1

    So Garrus hears us in this bird squawk of his all the time, wow :D

  • @ppenmudera4687
    @ppenmudera4687 3 роки тому +2

    With intense linguistical analysis, I can confirm that the turians and krogan are actually Klingons.

  • @drpretzel2086
    @drpretzel2086 3 роки тому +1

    Time to share this to my friends chat room to instantly ruin there day

  • @utkarshkumar1106
    @utkarshkumar1106 3 роки тому +2

    Garrus need to CALIBRATE his voice!!!!

  • @Nosttromo
    @Nosttromo Рік тому

    They all make so much sense, none are out of character at all

  • @loganswalk8621
    @loganswalk8621 2 роки тому +2

    Kinda noticed they took the Star Trek method of creating alien languages the Asari are almost ethereal indicating their powerful biotics and alluring nature the Turians and Krogans are harsh and aggressive for their warlike culture the Salarians are bubbly because they're amphibians and the Volus are gassy alluding to their high pressure atmosphere planet.
    For anyone who doesn't know the Star Trek method is using the race's culture and biology to develop their language.

  • @khyrodon
    @khyrodon 5 місяців тому +2

    Nothing will stop me romancing Garrus. Noth. Ing.

  • @some_random_dude
    @some_random_dude 3 роки тому +2

    A bit late, but:
    asari -> Simlish
    turian -> warrior empires in Spore
    salarian -> something from Star Wars
    krogan -> Klingon
    volus -> simlish with gas mask?