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Does anyone else kinda hate "retranslation" projects? Whether it's a fan version that tries to have more serious dialogue, or be more accurate to the Japanese naming scheme, or even an official rerelease/remaster, there just seems to be something charming about the goofy writing in those old original translations. Kind of like watching an classic kung fu flic. I know some folks are gonna whine "it's just nostalgia, muh old good" but I really think games like JRPGs just play a little better when they're not taking themselves too seriously.

>> No.9021769

I don't get it either.
I think those people take video games too seriously.

>> No.9021812

I don't want to spend hours and hours and hours reading a story if I know it's translated poorly.

>> No.9021818

>>9021767
Not with that one
The original two BoF games had trash translations, the second one more so, a retranslation was necessary

>> No.9021824

I think it's noticeable even with a game that never had a translation at all; for example I'm recently finally getting into Final Fantasy III (FC), and it has a "well written" fan translation that just doesn't quite hit right after playing the original FF1 NES.

>> No.9021827

>>9021812
This , specially if it´s a story-heavy rpg game. BoF was hit with bad translation 2 specially since 1 was a bit serviciable (still shit though)

>> No.9021832

>>9021812
>>9021827
None of these stories are really "deep" enough to warrant super-serious style storytelling though. You can tell what's going on, the blue haired teen and his furry cat girlfriend have to punch the mean wizard, you aren't missing anything.

>> No.9021837

>>9021832
That's not what I mean. If a lot of the game is me sitting there and just reading shit then if it's translated poorly I don't want to read it. It's the fact that I'm spending hours reading a bad translation, not whether the text is deep or something.

>> No.9021841

>>9021837
But what defines "bad"? I'd say a boring, dry, "accurate" translation is bad.

>> No.9021845

>>9021767
No fuck off, I hate seeing retarded westerners butcher kino stories with their censorship and "humor."
People who think shitty old translations are good are simply blinded by nostalgia glasses. Nothing more nothing less.

>>9021769
I'm sorry that you only play games with shit stories.

>> No.9021846

>>9021841
If the substance of what is being said or the character itself has been purposefully changed to something else to suit the whims of the translator.

>> No.9021848

>>9021841
You're objectively wrong.
Accuracy is good. Clarity is good.
Bad translations are the equivalent of the Cecilia Giménez's debacle.

>> No.9021856

>>9021845
>kino stories
Really.
BOF2, 8/16-bit Final Fantasy games, Mana games... "kino stories"
ok /tv/ tourist

>> No.9021860 [DELETED] 

>AAAAAA I NEED ULTRA DIEHARD ACCURATE TRANSLATIONS
>*squinting at moonrunes* THE HERO... HAS TO DEFEAT... THE DEMON KING!!! OH MY GOD FUCKING BRILLIANT BRAVO TORIYAMA *standing, applauding, pissing self*

>> No.9021861 [DELETED] 

>9021856
You aren't getting anymore (You)s from me if you can't even put a modicum of effort into your low-quality bait.

>> No.9021862

>>9021848
literally sovlless

>> No.9021863 [DELETED] 

>>9021860
JRPGs have bad stories and bad translations so there's no reason to play them at all IMO.

>> No.9021867 [DELETED] 

>>9021861
>running away from the argument
>le broken meme arrow meme
So you admit I'm right, but are too emotionally rattled to fom a coherent rebuttal? What a sad way to behave.

>> No.9021869

>>9021845
/thread
OP is a fag as usual

>> No.9021870 [DELETED] 

>>9021869
>n-noo you can't just have a thread about things I don't like
Aww, too bad it doesn't work that way faggot

>> No.9021873 [DELETED] 

>>9021870
back to /hm/ gae tardo

>> No.9021878
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9021878

God this board has really gone down the shitter.
It's no longer about appreciating retro games, it's about grasping desperately to every last little ounce of your ever-distant childhood and screeching through your tears about how much better it was for no reason whatsoever.
We need a video game equivalent of the Rusty Brown comics to give these people a look in the mirror.

>> No.9021879

>>9021878
Criticize any retro game, no matter how mildly, and you're guaranteed to get some autistic manbaby to throw a tantrum over it.

>> No.9021881

>>9021767
It depends. I'll play the official translation for a first playthrough but I may go find a modern retranslation for a replay.

>> No.9021884

>>9021767
nobody forces you to install the fanpatch

>> No.9021889

>>9021845
Video game "stories" are actually shit. Their purpose is to justify the gameplay.

>> No.9021890

>>9021878
>We need a video game equivalent of the Rusty Brown comics
God I would love that so much.

>> No.9021891 [DELETED] 

>>9021878
>hurr durr blurr i'm upset, let me write a huge manifesto about how brilliant i am because i only play games one specific way
Really amazed you find time to play games at all with all the preening your ego takes

>> No.9021893

>>9021889
I'm sorry that you only play games with shit stories.

>> No.9021894

>>9021890
>i love depressing postmodern nihilism
Really? I just like playing video games. Is that why people keep calling you "soulless"?