Anyone play Non English version of HL2?

[Kazreal]

I live in Tokyo, so I could choose to buy the Japanese
version, or the English version. How much localization will
there be anyway? (most games are in Enlglish with Japanese
subtitles..) I don't think they will redub all of the voices...

Ayone going to play a non English version of HL2?

 

[Steve]

nah... i don't speak japanese so good... heh heh...

 

[Kanehdian]

There's English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, traditional and simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
I think non-English versions will have subtitles but dubbing the voices would be seamless thanks to the Source engine's ability for characters to perfectly lip sync words.
I wonder, would the German version off of Steam be censored like the first Half-life was?

 

[aeroripper]

I dunno, but from looks of what they've shown in the e3 2003 demo all the voices are being dubbed into every localized language.

Ie... the g-man speaking in japanese easily thanks to the .wav file implementation.

Also the lip movements should match the words for each language... that's just a educated guess on my part but i think they went all 9 yards with it

 

[Steve]

I dunno, but from looks of what they've shown in the e3 2003 demo all the voices are being dubbed into every localized language.

Ie... the g-man speaking in japanese easily thanks to the .wav file implementation.

Also the lip movements should match the words for each language... that's just a educated guess on my part but i think they went all 9 yards with it

that's japaneses in the video? heh...i thought it was hebrew or something. i'm just a big silly, aren't i?

 

[AJ Rimmer]

that's japaneses in the video? heh...i thought it was hebrew or something. i'm just a big silly, aren't i?

I was told it was chinese

 

[aeroripper]

that's japaneses in the video? heh...i thought it was hebrew or something. i'm just a big silly, aren't i?

lol.. yea

or maybe it was chinese.. i don't remember what he said... i'm a dumb uneducated american, i can't tell the difference :bounce:

 

[NEO0978]

The German version of HL2 won´t be censored like the first HL.

But you won´t get it if you´re under 18.

 

[Kazreal]

The E3 video was mentioned to be in Chinese, and sounded like it..

(though I don't speak Chinese...)

 

[Steve]

no, it couldn't have been chinese. he didn't go heeeeYA! or anything...

 

[Kazreal]

Let me see...

My Chinese is not very good, but I think he said:

"Mr. Freeman...is my love monkey......"

 

[zul]

The PC Gamer said the localized versiosn would come dubbed and closed-captioned in its own language. And yes i mean closed-captioned not subtitled, its a cool feature in HL2 to help the hearing impaired understand the game better. The PCG review talked about it, its pretty cool

 

[ship]

that's japaneses in the video? heh...i thought it was hebrew or something. i'm just a big silly, aren't i?

Hahahaha Hebrew? Hahahaha not even close, man.

 

[Steve]

Hahahaha Hebrew? Hahahaha not even close, man.

hey hey! i called myself on it! and it had that back of the throat sound, and i knew it wasn't german or french! besides, i don't know any japanese people!

 

[ship]

Just poking a little fun at you. No worries.

/Ani yodeh-ah eich ledaber be-ivrit

 

[Steve]

Just poking a little fun at you. No worries.

/Ani yodeh-ah eich ledaber be-ivrit

hey, it's all gravy, baby. the thick kind. with chunks. mmm...chunks

 

[f|uke]

It would be cool if there was a way to change the language type in steam. I want to learn Spanish, so it would be cool to play through HL2 in Spanish.. after playing through it in English first, of course!

 

[ship]

http://www.studyspanish.com/

 

[Steve]

It would be cool if there was a way to change the language type in steam. I want to learn Spanish, so it would be cool to play through HL2 in Spanish.. after playing through it in English first, of course!

iGordon! Donde esta su traje de HEV?

 

[f|uke]

http://www.studyspanish.com/

Cheers ship. Looks like a good site. I dont really have time now, but will probably get started in early 2005

 

[Yogibbear]

how about in Indonesian?