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It's a shame. It's a real shame that Gorasul has to suffer from a bad translation. When i reviewed the german version of the game, it was a very nice one. The english version gets bashed quite often. Now Gamespy is the next site to review Gorasul, and once again they find that the game is haunted by a bad translation and weird bugs (that weren't there in the german version):
It's always a crapshoot when you play a game that was not developed with your language in mind. Even classic novels lose a bit of their true meaning when translated into another language. Gorasul is no Crime and Punishment, and the translation to English took a wrong turn at Albuquerque. Not only will you find such basic grammar boo-boos like using "their" rather than "there" or "to" instead of "too," but some of the mistakes actually cloud the meaning of the sentence entirely. I defy anyone to decipher what, "Up! On to other things. Ade!" or, "I am put off on the side," means. Or, "Hello stranger! How nice of you to honor me. I thought that you would have landed on these creatures. How nice that a friendly soul cleared that up for me!"
Um, ok.
The lingo is truly weird and there are at least a dozen instances where the pseudo-English results in "trial and error" puzzle solving simply because you have no idea what the phrase means. Not only is the translation bad, a lot of the dialogue is hokey. When you discover than someone is up to no good, they'll reply with, "Oh no! I am caught," or something equally as exciting. It's true that Baldur's Gate isn't James Joyce, but at least it doesn't make you cringe with a barrage of corny lines. The translation may be at fault here as well; the German version may have a bit more edge to it. It's impossible to say.
The griefs the reviewer had are reflected in the final rating: just 60%. |
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Gorasul Review at Gamespy
