King's Bounty: Armored Princess (general discussion)

Roman · #1 11-19-2008, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

Well, I hope not. I imagine that there wouldn't be THAT many lines of text in the whole game. I doubt it would be more than 10 hours of work, max.

I agree. In fact, I doubt it would take more than one working day (8 hours) to correct the glaring mistakes. I am not a native English speaker, but even I would be able to make plenty of corrections just by skimming the text. I think a part of the problem is that some idiomatic expressions don't translate well from Russian to English.

Having said that, I must confess that I find the somewhat awkward translation charming in its own way.

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It's really worth considering (if not me then another native English speaker) because it is the kind of thing that English language reviews will make note of - and mark down in their final score.

You do realize, though, that by reading the text you would also read huge spoilers, right? Of course, it is the gameplay in KBL that is most of the fun, but still... it is nice to play it in the context of an unspoiled story.

Zhuangzi · #2 11-19-2008, 05:46 AM

I don't really care about the spoilers. To be honest, I find the story in KB pretty expendable. I barely read the text other than to find out what my options are and what I have to do.

jake21 · #3 11-19-2008, 05:33 PM

Well I think it would be difficult (and incorrect) to fix the translation out of context. You might be able to fix grammar and spelling but I find some of the translation in the current game to be plain incorrect. Therefore, you will need to playtest as you correct the grammar. This would best be done by someone fluent in both russian idiom and english idiom (definitely not me).

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Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

I don't really care about the spoilers. To be honest, I find the story in KB pretty expendable. I barely read the text other than to find out what my options are and what I have to do.

nakago · #4 11-20-2008, 05:54 AM

So for this new add on i assume you still need the original game installed?
just beat the game and wondering if i should uninstall it or not...

Anatoly · #5 11-20-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by nakago

So for this new add on i assume you still need the original game installed?
just beat the game and wondering if i should uninstall it or not...

This should be a stand-alone add-on. At least it is planned for now to make it this way. We will make an announcement if anything changes.

Infiltrator · #6 11-21-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Anatoly

This should be a stand-alone add-on. At least it is planned for now to make it this way. We will make an announcement if anything changes.

Thanks for this. Good news.

NatashaQuick · #7 11-21-2008, 10:21 PM

That is good. It's best to bring in as many new customers as possible!

Smash · #8 11-22-2008, 12:07 PM

On main site state release "I Quarter of 2009" is this will be world premiere or only local?

wolfing · #9 03-30-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Anatoly

This should be a stand-alone add-on. At least it is planned for now to make it this way. We will make an announcement if anything changes.

Did this change? According to this link http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/ga...ed-104373.html it is not stand-alone

Nike-it · #10 03-31-2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wolfing

Did this change? According to this link http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/ga...ed-104373.html it is not stand-alone

I can officially prove that Armored Princes is a stand-alone add-on, and you won't need original KB to play it.