Imagine how many of the words they use that aren't in the dictionary. Imagine them being challenged over and over again and told these aren't real words by their mocking relatives.
For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble — and touting a “No More Scoring” gameplay option. The new launch is a double-sided version of the famous board game — one side with the original game for those who want to stick to the long-time traditional version, and one side with a “less competitive” version to appeal to Gen Z gamers, the New York Post reports. The flip side of the classic game, called Scrabble Together, will include helper cards, use a simpler scoring system, be quicker to play and allow people to play in teams. “The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don’t quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble,” Gyles Brandreth, who co-hosts the language podcast Something Rhymes With Purple, told BBC Radio 4 Today. “They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words.”
Elron was the first person on the forums to point out the mistranslations as well as the changed intentions of dialogue. His first post was locked after shills dropped in to start fights. He started another one, but now he's banned? Sheesh.
Edit: I see what got him banned. He start another post complaining how the localization ruined a character. The shills goaded him into a fight. However, another translator verified the character's tone was changed from "polite, but miffed" to "shrill bitch".
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997268255410354/?ctp=3#c4358997268255615350
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997268253902012/#c4358997268253923324
Depends on what you define as woke. Gender pronoun jokes? Sure. Belittling and mocking of the male protagonist? sure. Annoying strong female characters? sure. Sexual harassment / catcalling scene with grapey connotations by three men? sure. Resolved by a loud vulgar strong female character who dont need no hero's help? sure. Oh and I'm only about 6 or 7 hours in and have come across all of this. Just to be clear in not saying its 100% a woke dumpster fire, but many of these elements all do exist and seem to be a result of the localisation and not the Japanese dialogue.
The "chud" image is in the Twitter thread; just not by the OP. Scroll a little.
Source - https://twitter.com/zakogdo/status/1782340520670527759
After my last post, several side-by-side comparisons between what was localized and what truer translations actually say were posted on Twitter.
The localizers completely changed some lines and the characterization of several playable characters.
Also, Elron, the person who originally pointed out the issues on Steam, has been banned from the Eiyuden forums.
Edit: Forum posts are being locked left and right as the complaints are coming in.
I know that feeling all too well.
I just posted another article. Check out the Twitter account I linked. Plenty of side-by-side comparisons of what was localized and what the Japanese actually said.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997268253578395/
From the streamer I've watched playing, In my opinion the English localization (and that unfortunately includes the text when you have Japanese VA) is a disaster, 50% of the time the dialogue spoken by the Japanese VA, doesn't match the text or their Japanese personality in the least. I don't know if it counts as identity politics, but I already saw a "did you assume its gender" "joke".
The link under Edit 2 has some claims about who the localizers are, but I can't confirm myself.
I was so looking forward to this game. A true successor to Suikoden 2 would have been fantastic.
We're currently in the 48-hour access window granted to owners of the Digital Deluxe Edition. It'll probably take some time for people to dig through the rest of the game.
Something to keep an eye on.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997099027551134/
The screenshots are also full of cringe-worthy slang; such as an imperial guard using the term "Sus".
Edit: The thread has been locked. The usual "devolved into an unproductive argument" excuse as the shills descended up on it to start fights.
Edit 2: There are more threads on this topic.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997099029878406/
Edit 3: The original thread creator is attempting another thread. Here's the link.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1658280/discussions/0/4358997268253481830/
What he did was accuse anyone upset about Dragon's Dogma 2's of not even mentioning Resident Evil 4's, not thinking for themselves and needing to be told what to be angry at.
The same strategy was employed in comic books. Replacing established heroes with diversity replacements or changes was done at the fringes. They weren't going to make Superman gay, but Alan Scott? Ripe for a makeover take over.
I stopped watching the Drinker when he engaged in this one-two punch against his audience with The Last of Us Part 2 and the Watchmen movie. Both times, he either liked (or wasn't as negative towards) the subject than he knew his audience was. To mitigate the accusations of being a shill, he engaged in straw-men attacks against us.
For example: TLOU2 was him saying you couldn't judge the game unless you played it yourself. As though you couldn't watch playthroughs or evaluate leaks that turned out to be accurate.
Funny enough, Synthetic Man engaged in that very behavior with his immediately previous video on Dragon's Dogma 2. He went on a tirade regarding people complaining about Capcom's microtransactions.
I hope Synth doesn't end up turning into Drinker 2.0.
Same. Can't stand tattoos. Can't stand piercings. Can't stand smoking.
Are they calling it RED because they sit around imagining that's what we're seeing? Giggle on, weirdoes. I'm not spending money on your bullshit.
The Terminids escaped from farms they were put on after the first game because their corpses dissolve into a fossil fuel starships use for FTL.
The Cyborgs of the first game were former Super Earth citizens who were broadcasting dissent against the state and so a terrorist attack that killed five civilians (with no clear culprit) was used as justification to go to war with them. They were sent to the mines after their defeat. No idea if the Automatons are connected to them.
The Illuminate were attacked because they were hoarding "weapons of mass destruction", but it was really a pretext to steal their more advanced technology.
It's far more obvious in the first game.
It's a job that attracts them. Little actual work in exchange for huge amounts of power over people's ability to express themselves.
Source - https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1776398416819724799
The Steam Forums are currently on fire. Several topics have been deleted and the usual suspects are trying to gaslight anyone opposed to this crap.
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My washing machine has a teary-eyed cartoon avatar warning against heavy objects. I imagine his shower has one for hair clogs.
Source - https://steamcommunity.com/app/593110/eventcomments/7179373376269250889?snr=1_2108_9__2107
Of course, there's also a family management function that lets the child request you buy something for them. You know, the actual purpose of the feature. ¬_¬
According to the scathing reviews, the game launched with only three servers at first. They were eventually updated with more, but with stuttering and lag. The whole thing is a shitshow.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2446550/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_Classic_Collection/
You and me both.