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[enishi]

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I don't want to spend an additional 34+ hours (prob shorter/longer but I'm trying not to remember how long I've spent on this game) but...but....this game should have ended with "Kimi ga Iru Kara".

In the advertisement here, SCEH claims that you can continue the save from either Japanese or English version in this Chinese version.

 

[duckroll]

You've gotta be kidding me.

Why?

 

[gokieks]

In the advertisement here, SCEH claims that you can continue the save from either Japanese or English version in this Chinese version.

I'm guessing that's referring to the Japanese and English variants of the Asian version that's already been released in HK, and not the versions from Japan or NA.

 

[BocoDragon]

I'm guessing that's referring to the Japanese and English variants of the Asian version that's already been released in HK, and not the versions from Japan or NA.

Damn.. they got it good. I hope somehow the western saves work too... but likely they dont.

I imagine Ultros would be happy though..

 

[Brofist]

Its not out yet I don't think...

Perhaps you saw the Hong Kong version? Which I believe was basically the US and Euro version.

In this case it appears to be a version for Taiwan, Korea... and mainland China? Do I have that right?

Actually you could be right, I thought I remembered seeing Japanese and English on the back but my memory is fuzzy.

 

[ULTROS!]

Damn.. they got it good. I hope somehow the western saves work too... but likely they dont.

I imagine Ultros would be happy though..

Yea actually. I got the Asian version of FFXIII (English).

 

[RevenantKioku]

Why?

Japanese Mei Ling is greater than everything.

I did miss Hayter when I played MGS3. I missed a lot of things when I played MGS3, though.

 

[zoukka]

Nowadays I think english VO is superior to the Japanese. When I watch anime and play Japanese games I feel like there's five voice-actors in the whole country.

Besides the stories in games are always bad. The cheesy american VA only makes it more tolerable and enables you to laugh while crying.

 

[Haunted]

Nowadays I think english VO is superior to the Japanese. When I watch anime and play Japanese games I feel like there's five voice-actors in the whole country.

Well, that's four more than Nolan North at least.


I've grown much more tolerant towards bad voice acting over the last years for some reason. If it's not super cringeworthy (like Ignition levels of bad or something) I usually don't see a need to change it. Even played some games with German dubs recently. A thought that would've made me shudder a couple years ago.

 

[Brofist]

If the game's characters are Western looking I'd rather play it with English VA (MGS). If they look Japanese or the game has some kind of anime look I prefer Japanese VA (Ninja Gaiden, Yakuza). If the game will most definitely lose something (cultural reference etc...) in translation from it's original language I'll always play in the original language.

 

[TheShampion]

Gosh darnit, I wanted a bilingual (as in both languages on one disc) version. Oh well.

 

[Kagari]

I wish they had done this right from the beginning (dual soundtrack). After all, End of Eternity/Resonance of Fate did it easily. But still, at times like this I'm glad PS3 can play any game from any country.....providing you can understand the language.

They couldn't because they redid the lip syncing... even though it's not perfect or as good as the original Japanese was, and a majority of those cutscenes are pre-recorded so they couldn't have two versions of those on the disc due to space issues.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Asia wins again. Add it to the pile of Siren, Afrika and Aquanaut's Holiday.

 

[B.K.]

I posted it earlier, but I guess either no one noticed or didn't care. The Chinese version is coming in a bundle with a Lighting Dual Shock 3 controller.

NCSX says there's another bundle too that includes the game, the white Dual Shock 3, FFXIII Original Soundtrack (10 tracks), a CG illustrations booklet, an Original FFXIII sleeve case, Playstation Network Card, and an exclusive FFXIII character poster.

NCSX is taking preorders for both. The set with just the game and controller is $109 and the big set with everything is $119.

 

[Kagari]

All I want out of that set... <_< ... is the damn PSN icon voucher. lol.

 

[B.K.]

All I want out of that set... <_< ... is the damn PSN icon voucher. lol.

You don't want the Lightning Dual Shock to match your Lightning PS3?

 

[Kagari]

You don't want the Lightning Dual Shock to match your Lightning PS3?

It already came with a white controller... and the design of that Asian bundle one is a bit of a joke.

 

[B.K.]

It already came with a white controller...

But it doesn't have Lightning on it.

 

[Kagari]

But it doesn't have Lightning on it.

Well... I don't need a fourth copy of the game... (2 Japanese, 1 English)...

 

[firehawk12]

Hrm, is this new?

On the Sony Chinese announce page a while ago, it only confirmed Chinese subs/menus so I wrote it off.

Edit: yeah, it looks like they changed the page to add English and Korean. Man, so tempting... :lol

 

[LiK]

You've gotta be kidding me.

nope.

Actually it was beyond crap, especially when everywhere was asking $140 for it compared to the $80-$100 street price of the standard edition. Its no surprise that there are still stacks sitting around on shelves and Game trying to shovel them off for $84 not two weeks ago.

i disagree, wasn't that bad compared to some other LEs i've seen. as for the price hike, pretty standard for Aus.

 

[Psykotik]

I posted it earlier, but I guess either no one noticed or didn't care. The Chinese version is coming in a bundle with a Lighting Dual Shock 3 controller.

NCSX says there's another bundle too that includes the game, the white Dual Shock 3, FFXIII Original Soundtrack (10 tracks), a CG illustrations booklet, an Original FFXIII sleeve case, Playstation Network Card, and an exclusive FFXIII character poster.

NCSX is taking preorders for both. The set with just the game and controller is $109 and the big set with everything is $119.

anybody know where else one can get the deluxe bundle online? (besides ncsx, they're presold out)

 

[InfiniteNine]

Well I'd like to buy FFXIII again since I'm no longer in financial hell, and I need a new dualshock, so it all seems to round out well. Buying!

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Well... I don't need a fourth copy of the game... (2 Japanese, 1 English)...

Sometimes, I hate you...

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Unless they add worthwhile new content, no. Just, no. I don't care whether "Moms are tough" is said in Japanese or English, it still sucks. :lol

 

[ULTROS!]

Unless they add worthwhile new content, no. Just, no. I don't care whether "Moms are tough" is said in Japanese or English, it still sucks. :lol

At least you won't need to understand it when hearing it.

 

[onken]

Why?

Because the Japanese voice acting is a fuckton better, of course?

 

[falconzss]

there's still a god somehwere. thanks, time to get my ps3 fixed.

 

[duckroll]

Because the Japanese voice acting is a fuckton better, of course?

Yeah, I dunno about that...

 

[ULTROS!]

Yeah, I dunno about that...

What's better: Something horrible that you don't understand or something horrible that you understand? :lol

 

[robertsan21]

I am getting this!

Belive it or not but I have yet to play FF13!

I just got sooo dissapointed when I saw that they just scrapped the lvl up system and gameplay system we had in the best FF game to date, FF12.
also the world map is not free to explore like in other FF games, so I decided to not buy this game at all but hmm now I feel like its time to buy it

I do not like the way square is handeling the new FF games

 

[dark10x]

Because the Japanese voice acting is a fuckton better, of course?

Disagree completely. The English dub was really good.

 

[onken]

Holy shit is this the same reality with Hayter eating a handful of gravel for Old Snake and fucking Otacon? The English VA is absolutely atrocious.

Also how many of you speak Japanese?

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Holy shit is this the same reality with Hayter eating a handful of gravel for Old Snake and fucking Otacon? The English VA is absolutely atrocious.

Also how many of you speak Japanese?

I don't, but i'd rather hear the game in its incomprehensible native language than a butchered version of my own.

In this thread, I take exception to the idea of weeaboo-ism when I would have said the exact same thing about a German, Russian, Italian or French production.

Anyway, when is someone gonna get a copy of this to confirm it?

 

[Aru]

I really don't understand the complains about FF VA.
I only found CC's a bit disappointing by moments, but the main entries VA is great and each voice fits its character.

 

[ULTROS!]

Maybe because of Vanille.

Anyway sorta OT but how do people find Selphie annoying? She just moves a lot when her dialogue comes up, she has no voice at all!

 

[duckroll]

What's better: Something horrible that you don't understand or something horrible that you understand? :lol

But there's nothing horrible about MGS voice acting.

Holy shit is this the same reality with Hayter eating a handful of gravel for Old Snake and fucking Otacon? The English VA is absolutely atrocious.

Also how many of you speak Japanese?

I've played MGS3 and MGS5 in Japanese and I definitely don't think the Japanese voice track is any sort of amazing leap over the English voice track. I really like the cast Kojima gets for the Japanese voice track in MGS games, but I really like the English cast as well. I generally prefer it in English because it sounds way more natural when they're actually talking about stuff in the games.

 

[Darthdevidem01]

By the end of this gen. I'm going to own like 3 or 4 versions of this game.

So sad.

WHy would ANYONE ever own more than 1 version of the game. No matter how good a game is thats just silly!

 

[dgenx]

after almost 1 year I can finally say I'm glad I'm in China!

next week to Hong Kong!

 

[onken]

I've played MGS3 and MGS5 in Japanese and I definitely don't think the Japanese voice track is any sort of amazing leap over the English voice track. I really like the cast Kojima gets for the Japanese voice track in MGS games, but I really like the English cast as well. I generally prefer it in English because it sounds way more natural when they're actually talking about stuff in the games.

Well I would have to disagree, the JP VA is a marked improvement imo, though to be fair the difference is more noticeable in MGS1 & 4.

 

[duckroll]

WHy would ANYONE ever own more than 1 version of the game. No matter how good a game is thats just silly!

Lots of reasons. Different languages, added content in re-releases, different platforms, different packaging, bonus extras, etc.

 

[dark10x]

Well I would have to disagree, the JP VA is a marked improvement imo, though to be fair the difference is more noticeable in MGS1 & 4.

What makes you say that?

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

i don't know if this has been answered before, but will the menus and everything else be in english?
japanese voiceovers and english subtitles are everything i ever wanted from ff13, but if i can't understand those menus

edit: nevermind, just saw the info in the first page, op.

any good place where i can order this that ships to europe?

 

[rvy]

The hell? Chinese 360 owners should rage! They are not getting equal treatment! :lol

 

[Darthdevidem01]

Lots of reasons. Different languages, added content in re-releases, different platforms, different packaging, bonus extras, etc.

Out of those added content sounds like the only valid reason.

 

[FrankNitty]

So this version will have either the choice of english, japanese, or chinese full menus? With the Japanese audio and eglish subtitles, and you can use your save to continue from either teh japanese and english versions? lol wtf....mmm to import or not to import :lol

 

[duckroll]

Out of those added content sounds like the only valid reason.

Erm, valid reason? What are you, the purchase police? Is there some law I'm unaware of which makes what is important to someone's purchase more or less valid? It's their money, not yours.

The hell? Chinese 360 owners should rage! They are not getting equal treatment! :lol

FFXIII is a PS3 exclusive in Japan and all of Asia. Chinese 360 owners can't play the game to begin with.

 

[Kagari]

The hell? Chinese 360 owners should rage! They are not getting equal treatment! :lol

Yeah, SCE Asia should just go ahead and localize a version for them to while they're at it, shouldn't they.

 

[FrankNitty]

anybody know where else one can get the deluxe bundle online? (besides ncsx, they're presold out)

Yes Asia

 

[crazygambit]

That's impossible. Original voices are always a million times better than dubbed voices. ALWAYS!

Fixed.

Also, for.

Edit: What's a good place to import this?