Yes, we have bananas... but no PTW

[Firebird]

Originally posted by ADG
That's one of the reasons I don't like translations...most translations are extremely badly done...

e.g. in The Settlers IV (from what I've heard), the blacksmith and weaponsmith is called exactly the same thing. When reading the story in the game, you feel like they're talking to a baby (It's not a childrens game, but the translation makes you feel like it is...)

Oh, yes: Either do it well or don't do it. Missing important details because of foreign language or because of bad translation! Nice choice

I wonder:
I have read piles of books translated into danish, and those translations only very rarely turns out to be that crappy. How come games are that different?

[Firebird]

Originally posted by ADG
Would be better if they release the english version at the same time, all around the world, then later release the localised version...unless they of course include BOTH english and local language in the release...

I think its fair for an american game to come out a little later in europe due to shipping, and likewise the other way around. But why it has to be the same date in most of the rest of the world I don't get. What do they gain by holding the game back?

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Firebird
What do they gain by holding the game back?

The only difference is, because they hold the game back, the rest of the world has more time to read how bad the game actually is...

[Firebird]

Hardly a gain for them, hu?

[Alex]

Originally posted by Firebird
I wonder:
I have read piles of books translated into danish, and those translations only very rarely turns out to be that crappy. How come games are that different?

Because the games are not translated by people who are great experts on translation or have some kind of information about the particular aspects of what they are handling with.

Let me clarify this with an example: In order to translate Civ3 into Portuguese, you'd have not only to speak Portuguese, you'd also have to research something about the military terms used to designate different kinds of armies during History, in Portuguese.

You want to translate "pikeman". Oh, that's easy, let's call it "lanceiro". That's how this unit is known in Portuguese. But what about "spearman", then? The Portuguese word for it would have to be "lanceiro" too, since both units represent the same thing (men with spears, albeit different spears). You scratch your head and, instead of researching how each unit is called in Portuguese, you decide to label the "spearman" as "homem-lança" (a literal translation). For those who don't know Portuguese, "homem-lança" is a laughable term, which detracts from the historical atmosphere of the game.

That's what happens when you get incompetent people do do the work of a professional.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Staszek

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because Amazon is not willing to send software outside the European Union. Complicated? No, just sad.

I suppose Brazil has enough of Amazon already...

On topic: There are no info about release date in Sweden either, at least not in the "Coming titles" list on the biggest domestic online shopping sites.

[Akka]

Solution is simply to download the original version and buy the localised one.
That's what I do all the time (I HATE the localised version too).

[Alex]

Well, an update... recently a local gaming site mentioned that PTW is going to be released here, but they did not specify any date. They mentioned November, but... considering how some European dates are being pushed back, I would not trust this. Probably December.

They even had a review of the expansion.