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Tales of Vesperia PS3 English Fantranslation released
- Thread starter Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Yeah no interest in getting a 360 just for this.
R_thanatos
Member
Yep , flynn is playable during the final part of the first act ( the whole place ) , appears multiples times during act 2 and when he joins at the end of act3 before the final dongeon, you can enjoy him to the fullest as he has at least 2 cool quests to do ( i loved them ) and that delicious extra dongeon and colliseum battles.
Cornbread78
Member
This is why Bamco needs to port this to PS4, like yesterday.. I have had a 360, but I really want a updated and superior PS4 version.
It's hard to believe they are still leaving money on the table with this..
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
Going from their forums, there is one known typo, but they spent most of the development time quality checking their translations. If I recall correctly, they actually had announced the preliminary translation was complete in 2011, and basically just had quality control left. So there may be a few typos here and there (again, only one known so far) but I doubt the translation is anything but flawless. They've put a lot of love/work into this project, so I'd expect it to be pretty darn good.
You can check the script yourself here at the Online Translation Guide, which is designed for those who cannot find a way to patch their PS3's. From what I have read, (the first skit with Yuri and Repede + a much later skit with Estelle, Rita, Judith and Patty) the translation is more than just a literal translation, it takes the time to "localize" the dialogue. For example, the way Patty speaks in Japanese (ending sentences often with "nanojyaa", which my Japanese teacher tells me is probably the writers making her use an intentionally "old samurai" style of talking as a way to be cute) is now localized as her using stereotypical "pirate speak".
Here, the sentence:
一番の調味料は、その気持ちなのじゃ/ichiban no choumiryou ha, sono kimochi nanojya
which roughly translates to (my own interpretation):
the best flavoring is that feeling (+nanojya, which I don't fully understand, but apparently seems intentionally like she is speaking like an "old samurai")
is localized as (by their "professional" translation):
Aye, that passion is the most important seasoning of all!
So expect a proper localization style fan translation. The merits of localization vs pure translation are numerous in my opinion (within reason, renaming characters and changing settings is weird) so this is something I will greatly appreciate. Once I can get it to work...
It's funny, because playing the game in full Japanese is a good immersion experience for me, but I still don't have the proper level of Japanese to understand most of the game, so I've still been waiting for this to release for a while.
To be fair, I was planning on buying an old school PS3 one day just for this. Since a 360 still has a lot of other cool exclusives, it does make more sense than my insanity at least
.Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
No problem, always nice to use my decent Japanese to help people out/translate things. It's still gonna be a few years before I can play this game without spending massive amounts of time attempting translation or just breezing through with only what I remember from the 360 version. Can't wait to get this patch working eventually, just wish someone would find a work around for OFW 3.60 or above to run it.
Wow. Vesperia PS3 was a huge selling point when I was deciding whether or not to get a PS3. Shame it never actually got a US release.
...Might have to start pricing CFW PS3s so I can play this.
This would also be amazing.
...Might have to start pricing CFW PS3s so I can play this.
This would also be amazing.
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
They'll probably port it later when they need a cheap schedule filler like they did with Symphonia. Japan already has two versions of the game and newer stuff has been a greater priority for the west, so there's been no fit for it.
At the moment there's still stuff they can and probably will do first, and they seem to be sticking to one console release per year, so it may be a little while longer.
Troy Baker as Yuri was too good. And I didn't even know who Baker was back then, heh
Eons late with this patch. Was hoping Namco could've thrown us PS3 users a bone. Knowinh Namco though, wouldn't surprise me if they released a PS4 version using fan translation. They'll buy the fan translation, change some text and code, re-package it out West as Tales of Vesperia collection. I wanted to see what the fuss about that Pirate girl, as all of GAF, was drooling over her back when it was released.
I'm really impressed by the online translation guide they put up. Everything is laid out so neatly. I'm not used to that level of professionalism from fan translators.
It really is impressive. I wasn't expecting much before I clicked on the link. Wasn't expecting dialogue boxes all nicely laid out for people for story and skits.
Dayam, this is impressive. If they did a guide like this for the unlocalized Yakuza games, that would be so sweet.
I've had a Jap Vesperia ready for this, so you can say I'm very happy now!
My PS3 is downgradable, but I'll still see if there is someone in this town that can do the job for me.
Even if I can't use the patch, the translation guide is awesome too, and I get the benefit of improving my somewhat poor Japanese.
My PS3 is downgradable, but I'll still see if there is someone in this town that can do the job for me.
Even if I can't use the patch, the translation guide is awesome too, and I get the benefit of improving my somewhat poor Japanese.
MilkyOctave
Member
Hence why I think they should release it in an offline form, all that work is lost when the domain goes down in 10 years.
There are quite a few. Sometimes fans just have to step up where companies failed to do so.
The Ace Attorney Investigations 2 translation in particular is extremely amazing work, took many years and overcoming a lot of programming hurdles.
Yeah... so downgrading a PS3 involves hardware and soldering -- there's no simple software tool. Not comfortable with physical tampering, since it's my primary gaming console.
Online guide looks pretty nice, though! Never tried playing through a Japanese game using one, but maybe I'll give it a shot.
Online guide looks pretty nice, though! Never tried playing through a Japanese game using one, but maybe I'll give it a shot.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Pretty much any CFW with an iso loader can play this.
Edit:https://youtu.be/12wrei62GCo - some direct gameplay footage
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
For being sub-HD, the PS3 version looks remarkably good and just about the same as what I remember the 360 version looking like.
Load times even with the install are still longer than 360 and frame rate is uneven at times, not a solid 60. 360 version with the NXE was damn near as fast as a cartridge and never slowed down.
Load times even with the install are still longer than 360 and frame rate is uneven at times, not a solid 60. 360 version with the NXE was damn near as fast as a cartridge and never slowed down.
I tried her a bit, bloody hell, she IS proto-Ludger. Hard as hell to control too, I think I'll stick with Raven.
It definitely more pleasant to the eyes than Xillia 1-2. Wish new Tales would use this style again instead of the semi-realistic stuff they have going on now. :/
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Alright I got this!
Now I just need to fix my Mom's YLOD PS3 whenever that comes in the mail and I'll be set.
Now I just need to fix my Mom's YLOD PS3 whenever that comes in the mail and I'll be set.
StarCreator
Member
How old is old enough? I have one of the first run slims (the 120gb model) on the latest OFW. If there's a way to back it up to CFW this might be enough to push me over the edge to just getting a new PS3 for my day to day use instead.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well if you have a first run slim you should be good to downgrade really! To be sure you can download a update.pup that just runs a check on the lowest firmware your PS3 can use and if it's 3.55 or lower you're good.
Vesperia PS3 is the only game I've ever imported. I played a little over a third of the game when I first got it, but eventually it found its way into my backlog partially due to the annoyance of having to read from a translation guide alongside a massive RPG.
Does anyone know if the patch will work with current save files, or would I need to start the game over from the beginning?
Edit: Nevermind, I have the most up to date firmware on my Slim so I probably can't run the homebrew. :/
Does anyone know if the patch will work with current save files, or would I need to start the game over from the beginning?
Edit: Nevermind, I have the most up to date firmware on my Slim so I probably can't run the homebrew. :/
Audioboxer
Member
What's the ODE?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Lee Chaolan
Member
I know right. Not sure if it's worth buying a cfw or old ps3 just for this
Audioboxer
Member
Pretty much a BD Drive emulator I'm just going to CFW a PS3 since that's simpler.
Would it allow a PS3 to play this without tampering? Don't want my console banned.
I'm almost done with it, aside from some typos it's flawless.
You'd have to take special precautions if you want to go online with it. I have no idea what that entails but you can google it.
You'd have to take special precautions if you want to go online with it. I have no idea what that entails but you can google it.
Audioboxer
Member
I would play offline, it's just afterwards anything leaving traces to lead to a ban would suck.
So does this imply that going online with a CFW PS3 is ok though? I just would like to sync the ToV trophies to my main account.
yeah you'd have to read up on it honestly.
it implies that there are certain versions of multiman and whatever other loaders you have that can't be detected by sony. I never bothered with them because I don't plan on going online seeing as how Vesperia is the only game I'm gonna play on my PS3, maybe P5 but that doesn't require online either.
Oooh so if I use those certain versions, theoretically I should be able to sync the platinum trophy when I get it and avoid getting banned right?
StarCreator
Member
I don't know why people place so much value in trophies that they would risk getting their accounts, which contain purchases made with real life currency, banned and thus forfeiting it all.
An ODE shouldn't get you banned since it doesn't use any sort of CFW. If you start using custom applications with it (such as multiman I believe) you will be banned when you try to go online. While needing to be installed, it can be uninstalled later. You can also turn it off if you don't need to use it.
I can't find a CFW PS3 for a decent price, so an ODE is a cheap alternative that doesn't make my PS3 unable to ever go online again (which is what I want to do after finishing Vesperia).
I can't find a CFW PS3 for a decent price, so an ODE is a cheap alternative that doesn't make my PS3 unable to ever go online again (which is what I want to do after finishing Vesperia).