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Sem
Solid as a Rock
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Posts: 3386
Location: at the Dot |
quote:
Originally posted by pretty_ugly
yep i thought that jowood wont like this  lol
So Jowood is paying attention to their games after all. The line between legal and illegal was becoming really thin here. 
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Whailor
Most Exalted Highlord
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Posts: 423
Location: Tallinn, Estonia |
Yea, they "pay attention". Funny how they jump up their seats when people try to make the add-on finally work in english, but at the same time they don't even more a finger to actually RELEASE the damn package in english. So-called localised packages have come out in some countries, from where the people from other countries can't get it, but JoWood just sits there playing pocket pool with... you know with what.
It's getting to be pathetic already. First we see in some G3 production movie and some JoWood fella tells how interested they are in delivering their product to the customers, especially the english language versions. Also everyone KNOWS that english text, both spoken and written, has been completed long time ago. Now all see that the english version of the game is released in numerous countries, except in UK and US, and people from other countries then the package is on sale can't get it. And bloody JoWood STILL SITS there and does nothing!
Good example of lame work.
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:59 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
And? It´s their game. They decide where they want to release the game.
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:22 pm |
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Uriziel
Grand Mage
Joined: 17 May 2002
Posts: 735
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quote:
Originally posted by Gorath
And? It´s their game. They decide where they want to release the game.
AND? It's our money to decide if we will buy it after being treated like crap. It;s not wise to piss off your customer base 
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:32 pm |
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Dez
King of the Realms
Joined: 08 Jan 2003
Posts: 455
Location: Fortress of Tell Halaf |
Yeah Whailor you are damn right.Its like jowood is basicly just insulting their english customers.Hard to see any logic behind this strategy.Unless they just fancy bad PR. Seriously why on earth have released the notr in ITALY but not in UK? Isn't UK the biggest games-market in europe after germany?
Sure its their game, but I think people have right to express their oppinion about jowood's way to treat customers.They have not even bothered to infrom us fans whats the deal.
Can't help thinking how badly will they treat us when gothic 3 is ready.
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:01 pm |
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Xerxes712
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Nov 2002
Posts: 605
Location: Uber die Welt |
Actually it is ATARI, the license holder to publish the English version, is the stubborn company that will not let JoWooD publish in the English speaking territories.
Atarti is being a bull head. Be glad that JoWooD is allowing an add-on version to be published with the English voices on it; just that we have to rip the voices and text ourselves, to be legal for our own personal use.
You can buy copies from Italy. Remember to use your NotR German add-on over the English Gothic 2. Then the files will work. But each person must do this for themselves.
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:36 pm |
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Greb Jnnayr
Village Leader
Joined: 08 Dec 2001
Posts: 75
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If I remembe right, Atari didn't get the kind of sales from Gothic 2 that they wanted, so that is why they don't want to bring out NOTR to the US. I wonder if they didn't get the US sales they wanted because they sat on the US version for so long that people ended up importing it from the UK, I know I did- I had Gothic 2 for many months before it even hit the US. |
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:17 pm |
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Xerxes712
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Nov 2002
Posts: 605
Location: Uber die Welt |
I only have the UK version just because of that reason. The US Atari took months to get it to USA, so we bought from GoGamer.com the import from UK months earlier, thus ATARI thinking it did not sell well in USA.
Too bad publisher ATARI went with that stupid console game DRIV3R III, which was a huge flop, over the gothic 2 add-on. The add-on was ready to go since atleast the manual was printed in 2004.
Infrogrames published my version from the UK Gothic 2 v1.31.
Later 'Infrogrames' become ATARI in name. Then the merde hit the fan ever since.
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:11 am |
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pink-hippo
Counselor of the King
Joined: 21 Apr 2005
Posts: 351
Location: Val's hairy legs |
quote:
Originally posted by Dez
I understand the legal-apect even thought it sounds utterly stupid.
I thought this game is already licensed in the UK, so writing a fansub addon is also illegal (like errrr... pirating) too, amirite?
Hmm... double standards. Interesting. |
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Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:06 pm |
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Uocjat
High Emperor
Joined: 06 Mar 2003
Posts: 706
Location: deep in the dungons of area 51 |
as far as i know the english addon still isnt out anywhere near the UK or US
there are english versions in easten europe but they only ship there
if there had been a version buyable in the rest of the englishspeaking places we wouldnt have need to do this
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
JoWood: "OMG! They have English speech now, how on earth are we going to get them to buy two copies of the addon now???"
JoWood Lawyers: "Leave it to us..."
Loyal Paying Customers: "Hey, that doesnt go in there! arrrrgghhh!!!!"
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Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:23 pm |
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Uriziel
Grand Mage
Joined: 17 May 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by Chekote
Loyal Paying Customers: "Hey, that doesnt go in there! arrrrgghhh!!!!"
Mine is EXIT only 
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