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theultimo said:
Im actually enjoying it now. At first it was annoying, but its fun to see a different take on the same lines i've heard for years now.
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Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (Official Thread of AWESOME) GO! PSP! GO!
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Im actually enjoying it now. At first it was annoying, but its fun to see a different take on the same lines i've heard for years now.
theultimo said:
The "translation" is also worse. I'm playing it with Japanese voices on, and I refuse to believe that whoever "retranslated" this script ever looked at the Japanese script. It seems like they took the original SotN translation and just reworded stuff or removed words to make it different. Inaccuracies and missing lines all over the place. They really should have left it alone.
This isn't entirely IGA's fault though, and the dual language options for the entire package is a pretty sweet deal. I'm loving replaying Rondo and SotN along with a pretty nice Rondo remake, all in one package and on the go too!
Erdrick said:
I'm in agreement with your suspicions. Stupid french speaking Canadians and their damn minority language laws, I mean it's not as if the fucking game gets "frenchied" just the manual and what use is that if there isn't a scrap of french dialogue/text in-game?
I think Quebec should have to wait until the euro release of the game, whereas they can actually play the game in their language.
Ordering online is useless since I've preordered this along with Front Mission at EB already. And I am finishing up Gurumin before I move on to play another game anyways so the delay wasn't all that disappointing. I was more pissed that I wasted the time to head down to EB and check for the game.
Yeah, I noticed the same thing. The translation really isn't very good at all (ie - not accurate). That's not to say that literal translations are always the best, but in this case, the results aren't even that good.duckroll said:The "translation" is also worse. I'm playing it with Japanese voices on, and I refuse to believe that whoever "retranslated" this script ever looked at the Japanese script. It seems like they took the original SotN translation and just reworded stuff or removed words to make it different. Inaccuracies and missing lines all over the place. They really should have left it alone.
This isn't entirely IGA's fault though, and the dual language options for the entire package is a pretty sweet deal. I'm loving replaying Rondo and SotN along with a pretty nice Rondo remake, all in one package and on the go too!
Still, I do like having the English voices in there (I kind of waffle between them) as it gives the game a new feel. Did everyone REALLY want the same old voice work when we've already heard it so many times?
Of course not, but when you've been through something so many times it does make one curious.duckroll said:
Then again, I actually enjoyed Metal Gear Twin Snakes. Having an alternate version of something is more interesting for me than replaying the same thing over and over again. You can always go back to the original version.
dark10x said:
The issue here is, that's another bad example. Twin Snakes was a remake of a VERY good game, and aside from some not so hot gameplay tweaks, the game script and voice cast was intact. While the gameplay and cutscenes could be considered worse, the graphics were certainly better and yes, it was a new experience.
Here, the big deal that they kept talking about in interviews was that it would be a brand new translation and dub that was supposed to IMPROVE a script/dub that was considered by many to be pretty poor. Instead of making it better, they made it WORSE. Awful.
Pureauthor
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Is it worse in the stylistic sense, or worse in the 'accuracy to the original' sense?
Or both?
Or both?
Pureauthor said:
Style is subjective, so I'll leave that battle for someone else. Accuracy-wise I personally refuse to believe that any professional translator of a decent skill level could be working with the original Japanese script and come up with the result that's in Dracula X Chronicles. It really, really feels like an edited version of the original translation just to sound "different" because I don't see anything "better" while playing with Japanese voices and comparing. Tons of missing middle sentences, and some stuff are reworded way beyond their original meaning.
Red Blaster
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duckroll said:
There were some minor (rather pointless) changes to the script in Twin Snakes actually.
Segata Sanshiro
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Hey whoa hey whoa hey whoa.Symytry said:
Hey.
Whoa.
No need to insult our friends in Quebec. I'm sure if they could change it, they would. The "language law" thing is unfortunately a political point, so it's incredibly resistant to being changed or struck down. It's a stupid law, but it's not the Quebecor gamers who should be spanked for it.
Link1110
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The easiest way to tell this is in SotN's intro where they cherrypicked the lines to keep, despite them not being the same as the original.duckroll said:
"Tribute!? You steal men's souls!" was not in the original in any shape or form. In fact, the only like that was close to the original was "Die now and leave this world! You'll never belong here!"
Literally (And crappily) translated, it was "Die! This is not the world you live in!"
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Mejilan said:
I need to unlock all the prime levels.
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The remake (and the original) are much, much easier.-jinx- said:
-jinx- said:Actually, I should clarify: How does the difficulty compare to the easy difficulty in UGnG?
As much as I'd like to believe than an "old-school challenge" would be appealing to me, the reality is that I don't have the time or patience to deal with that crap now.
What are the differences between UGnG on normal and easy?
I don't think Castlevania is very hard at all...but I frequently play old 2D nes and snes platformers. (I want a ninja gaiden trilogy in 2.5D remake!)
-jinx- said:Actually, I should clarify: How does the difficulty compare to the easy difficulty in UGnG?
As much as I'd like to believe than an "old-school challenge" would be appealing to me, the reality is that I don't have the time or patience to deal with that crap now.
Erm, unlike GnG games this isn't something you beat in one sitting. Instead whenever you get to a stage, if you get a game over or choose to quit to the menu, you can continue at the start of that stage. All unlocked stages are selectable so you can go back for secrets. It's not really remotely a "hard as balls" games, and is rather progressive as far as sidescrollers go. This definitely isn't something you would group with "omg oldschool too hard" games.
ezekial45 said:
here
duckroll said:Here's the director's cut.
Die Igarashi, you don't belong in this world.
It was not by my hand that I was once again appointed producer.
I was called here by.... fanboys... who wish to pay Me tribute.
Tribute?
You steal gamers' money, and make them your slaves!
Perhaps the same can be said of all game developers.
Your words are as empty as your soul.
Castlevania ill needs a savior such as you...
What is a game?
A miserable little pile of code!
But enough talk, have at you!
No... It can not be Ahhhhhhhhhh.
SiegfriedFM
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They have to, since the emulation issue turned out to be wrong...
No. They assigned it to a freelancer (me) at the last minute, and I haven't played through enough yet to write what I'd feel is a balanced and complete review. Look for it Monday. FYI-difficulty seems nicely balanced in the remake. Just for the sake of comparison, I finished both games on Castlevania Chronicle for the PS1. Now THOSE were difficult.castle007 said:gamespot hasn't reviewed this game yet. Too hard for them?? :lol
I am thinking that they will give it 7.5
It will probably end up as the lowest scoring portable CV
And the score it gets is the score it gets. Not sure what world you live in, but 7.5 and 8 are NOT bad scores from GameSpot. The site scores conservatively. Everyone knows this. Lord, I'd love to be able to give more games 8's and above... publishers just don't put out many that are deserving.
What score am I going to give this? Heh, you'll have to wait and see *grin*
Docpan said:
Um, I am well-aware that his name is in the credits.
Per the game:
Toru Hagihara (Producer & Director)
Koji Igarashi (Assistant Director & Scenario)
Although it is possible he influenced certain aspects of the game, by your own statement, he joined the project halfway through -- unless Hagihara pulled a Shinji Mikami and threw a game well on its way to being completed into the trash can and started over (Resident Evil 2), IGA couldn't have had THAT much influence on the game as an Assistant Director that joined the project halfway through. IIRC, the title was given to him more out of respect than anything else.
Hagihara is the man responsible for SotN/NitM. IGA is responsible for the avalanche of rehashed trash that heaps feces on the franchise.
Please know what you're talking about next time. Thanks.
BravoSuperStar
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lol....man I really don't get this whole claim that every 2-d CV since SotN is just utter garbage. They are good games, certainly not "trash". Re-hashes, yes, but far from "trash". Hating just to hate? Seems like it.
Splash Wave
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Does this game hurt anyone elses eyes? The blur/ghosting of the background makes it so I can't play very long before I have to stop.
Maybe we hate them because the level design is shit, there's no challenge and the sprites haven't changed since Rondo? Or maybe we hate them because they're the exact same thing, over and over and over again. Or could it be the fact that maybe we grew up with the series, and saw it grow/progress/improve or at the very least CHANGE with each mainline iteration up to and including Symphony, where it ran into a brick fucking wall?SuperEnemyCrab said:
I guess none of these reasons are good enough to hate? The best three things IGA's had his name on in the last ten years are Symphony of the Night, Castlevania Chronicles, and Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles -- and none of those games were actually designed by him. If that doesn't scream "hey there's a big fucking problem with the guy in charge of this shit," I don't know what does. He's lazy, his direction sucks, and he has no desire or drive to improve the series in any way.
And I apologize. I really did not want to make a big "I hate IGA" post, but I can't fucking stand when people say that I am unjustified in my dislike of this tripe. IGA's Castlevanias are no different than EA's yearly installments of sports titles. Incremental improvements, just enough to get by, because who cares -- your target audience will buy them anyway. How can anyone defend that?
Demigod Mac
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Ugh. Alucard and Maria have such annoying new voices. The original actors matched the characters perfectly, despite the actual performances.
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Chemo said:
Wow. You need a hug!
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Way to engage his argument with a thoughtful and well-reasoned rebuttal. I applaud you.SuperEnemyCrab said:
Segata Sanshiro
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It completely disarms him! After all, who doesn't need a hug?jiji said:
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I need one whenever I play an IGA game.Segata Sanshiro said: