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ken007
Village Dweller
Joined: 11 Mar 2004
Posts: 9
Location: Denmark |
One thing I don't understand is, why make the games in german?!? I mean, it would be so much easier if they just made the games in english in the first place... then it wouldn't be necessary to translate the games from german to english!
Take IO Interactive (A danish company by the way) who made hitman 1 and 2... they didn't make the games in danish first and then translated them to english afterwards!!! Hitman 2 has sold 3 million copies by the way!! And I also think that they would suck so much if they were in danish, so I don't get you germans!! |
Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:23 pm |
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HiddenX
The Elder Spy
Joined: 20 Jul 2001
Posts: 749
Location: NRW / Germany |
The german market is much bigger than the danish market:
German is the first language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:53 pm |
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ken007
Village Dweller
Joined: 11 Mar 2004
Posts: 9
Location: Denmark |
I also want to say that I hope that PB will make gothic 3 in english and I also hope that the voiceover will be a lot better this time around, sounding brittish and medieval and not like some gangmembers!!!!! |
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:58 pm |
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Angelo
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 13 Sep 2003
Posts: 108
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I think Atari is to blame, not PB. PB brought a good german version and then Atari screved it all with poor translating and the english version is also very buggy.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:37 pm |
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Spunior
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Posts: 117
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quote:
Originally posted by ken007
One thing I don't understand is, why make the games in german?!?
1) Because Gothic I&II have sold very well in Germany? Better than anywhere else?
2) Because text-laden games in English wouldn't sell that well in Germany?
3) Because Gothic 2 may not have come to live without the good sales of Gothic in Germany? (Whereas it sold rather poorly in NA.)
4) Because, 1) and 2) in mind, it would be an extremely stupid decision to not offer a German version in the primary market?
5) Because - as already pointed out - comparing Hitman, Gothic, the Danish and the German markets would be doing the 'apples&oranges'-thing? |
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:42 pm |
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Angelo
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 13 Sep 2003
Posts: 108
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Gothic would sell much better if it wasn't so buggy!
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:33 pm |
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
I doubt thats true. People who dont buy Gothic do so because its not their type of game. Doesnt matter how bug-free it was.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:43 pm |
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Angelo
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 13 Sep 2003
Posts: 108
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Look. Gothic is one of the best RPG games I have ever seen. I NEVER played RPGs before, I started loving RPGs after i tryed Gothic! Gothic2 is good too, but many people have problems with game crashing for no reason and numerous other bugs. Its a great game, but english Gothic2 urgently needs a patch.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:50 pm |
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
I never said it didnt need a patch. I just disagree with you that if it was bug-free then more people would have bought it.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:52 pm |
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Daedalus
High Emperor
Joined: 04 Jan 2002
Posts: 2516
Location: Estonia |
the advertizing was not that good thats why many ppl dont know about it |
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Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:16 pm |
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Xerxes712
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Nov 2002
Posts: 605
Location: Uber die Welt |
It is not that buggy at all. It is ad Daduleas said, It was NOT advertised for shit in NA.
Most people that did get a chance to play the game loved it. Most never heard of it in NA.
English is a more universal language for all to use.
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Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:15 pm |
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K_Murx
Village Dweller
Joined: 12 Mar 2004
Posts: 5
Location: Germany |
Why didn't they do e.g. DeusEx (not II) in german? They didn't even provide german voice acting... Or Diablo (again, not the second one)? Or Doom? Or about 99% of all games? Hey, and do you know with what kind of translations we learned to live through the couse of years? Okay, most times it was pretty funny (Civilisation I) , but some times not (JA2 vs. JA2: UB). The only thing you can blame Atari for is screwing up the english version. Nothing to do with PB, nothing with Gothic being primarily programmed in german.
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Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:45 pm |
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EDV
High Emperor
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 654
Location: The Netherlands |
GothicI was a game wich was first released in German. Because of the good reaction they also brought out the game in english, and in english it also became a decent succes. When GothicII was planned it wouldn't be fair to the German people (who made it succesfull) if the game came out in english.
I personnely don't care if the game comes out in German first, as long as it also comes out in english and I don't care waiting for a while until it does. I love the game no matter the language (although I prefer english because I'm better in it).  |
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Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:04 pm |
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Daedalus
High Emperor
Joined: 04 Jan 2002
Posts: 2516
Location: Estonia |
indeed the game was made in germany why it cant be first in german language ? if u wanna play the game very soon learn german language  |
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Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:09 pm |
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GhanBuriGhan
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 208
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As a more general reply, germans are much less used to entertainment in english than other (nonb-english speaking) european nations. E.g. almost all movies in cinemas and TV are shown with german voice overs, while other countries show originals with subtitles. In effect most gemans don't have much practice with the language and aren't terribly good at it. Same is true for Computer games. Deus Ex was rather an exception than the rule.
So I think its best if gemrans make games in german and have them professionally translated later. Problem is that some of these professionals arent doing a really great job. |
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