Cool, now when Mao yells at me in Chinese I can yell back at him
If Vikings are in.....
Will they speak Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic?
Or will they speak an ancient version of the above choices?
Likewise, for some of the leaders, it's basically almost impossible to mimic the actual language they spoke. For Wu Zeitian, for example, it'd be pretty much impossible for Firaxis to make her speak Classical or Middle Chinese, since much of what is "known" about them in terms of pronounciation is theoretical, so she will most likely speak modern mandarin.
It may not enhance gameplay, but it enhance immersion, which is at least as important.Seriously, what are you like 12.
This has nothing to do with me not wanting to read, it's about the Devs adding elements that don't enhance gameplay.
In one of the articles (don't ask me which) is was mentioned, that Firaxis has hired an agency, which's specialization are ancient languages...could become interesting to see, what they produce.
Catherine's language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkoAU5oG2B4
Well, he learned it. Tony Blair learned French too, doesn't make it his "native language".
Keep in mind that Corsica is not French in the slightest. It was an island off Italy lately annexed by the French state.
lolwut? Since when did Greeks ever spoke latin? They spoke ancient greek, and later it evolved into modern greek.I do own and passport and have traveled to many countries on several different continents. Accomplishing things in countries where you don't speak the native language is a lot more difficult then when you speak the same language and that's exactly why I don't want that in my games. Civ is a complex enough game already without having to know every language that ever existed.
On top of that what are they going to do with countries that spoke on language in ancient times that eventually transformed into another like Greece? Will they have the Greek leaders speak Greek or Latin? If they were to every put Brazil in the game will they speak a native language or will they speak Portuguese?
It may not enhance gameplay, but it enhance immersion, which is at least as important.
It's a very good move. As someone said, it feels pretty stupid when some foreign guy speaks in a tongue that is not its own.
I was pleasantly surprised with the units speaking their own language in Civ4, this is a next step in this direction and it's very good.
I would think that if they spoke your language, it would be more immersive.
Remember in CivRev where the leaders spoke in rediculous gibberish? If you only know one or two languages, than you won't be able to understand almost any of the leaders when they speak to you. To you, it might as well be gibberish.
I think if you want to sell the illusion that the AI player is a person, not an AI, you have to break down every communication barrier seperating you from them. Body language, lip syncing, and facial emotions are all steps towards that. When you give them another language you can't understand, it breaks the immersion a little bit, even though it's realistic.
I thought a good idea would be if you could turn on translators, who would repeat the leader's words in your language, but chances are they're not going to do that. Since the only voice acting will be relative to the nationality of the leaders or units, then there's no need to do any localizing voicework for other international versions.
In one of the articles (don't ask me which) is was mentioned, that Firaxis has hired an agency, which's specialization are ancient languages...could become interesting to see, what they produce.
Old Norse, probably.