In-game/install language selection

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It's great that many games come in localized versions these days. However, there can be several problems with those:

1. Without wanting to bash anyone, some localisations are simply bad. Doesn't have to be the case with GC3, but...

2. Even when it's not bad, with multiple patches, addons and whatnot the potential for messing something up in the process rises. IIRC in some cases (non-Stardock games) the main game was localized, while some of the additional content was not, or not that well, leaving people with a strange mixture of the original and some half-baked localized version. In some cases modders did improve localisations on their own, but this may take time, or simply not happen.

3. Even with everything done well, some players may prefer playing the original, since every localisation remains a translation and some things might simply work better in the original language (humor, word play, whatever...)

 

Please give people the option to install/run the game in the original English language, or in a localised version when available. IIRC this was not possible when you bought a localised GC II (which I did).

 

So in short, please allow people to play in English if they want.

 

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I don't recall if the localized retail installers had the option, but anyone who has registered their GC2 key could download the English version from us.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I didn't know that, thanks. Hopefully there's a similar way for GC III.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I bought my copy in UK and Paradox was the publisher. I remember that it had a small Paradox logo movie in the beginning of the game, but after reinstalling/updating the movie was gone as it was how Stardock intended :P

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

One more point to digital distribution. At least when developer has personal disribution means. :)